Fortified rice raises risk of hookworm infections
Eating fortified rice increases the risk of hookworm infections, a study in Cambodian schoolchildren shows, suggesting that the rice’s added nutrients inadvertently help parasites grow. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mike Ives
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/health/news/fortified-rice-risk-hookworm-infections-1.html
Man killed in first lightning fatality of the year
Pailin province’s first thunderstorm of 2016 claimed a victim on Friday afternoon when two farmers were struck by lightning while returning home from their fields. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22697/man-killed-in-first-lightning-fatality-of-the-year/
Indian company plans to invest $1 billion in Cambodia
An India-based company is exploring investment opportunities in Cambodia’s real estate and hotel market and says it will invest $1 billion over five years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22859/indian-company-plans-to-invest--1-billion-in-cambodia/
Ethnic forest patrol ambushed in Preah Vihear
Four members of a forest patrol were ambushed in Preah Vihear’s Cheam Pen community forest on Tuesday afternoon, according to deputy forest chief Ros Lim. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-forest-patrol-ambushed-preah-vihear
Organic farming expands to meet demand
In the past, much of the produce sold in siem Reap’s large indoor markets was imported from foreign countries. Now local initiatives are trying to change that. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16035/organic-farming-expands-to-meet-demand/
Advisers to Sokha out after ouster
More than 20 parliamentary staffers are out of a job after the removal of opposition deputy leader Kem sokha as the parliament’s first vice president. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/advisers-sokha-out-after-ouster
Cambodia, Macao ink tourism pact
The Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Macao to boost the Kingdom’s tourism industry and train personnel in the sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25554/cambodia--macao-ink-tourism-pact/
Ministries eye budget bumps for next year
The Ministry of Economy and Finance finished month-long consultations with key ministries on Thursday in preparation for the drafting of Cambodia’s budget for 2017. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-eye-budget-bumps-next-year
Pay protest amid fears owners skipped town
More than 600 workers from the capital’s Bodykids Fashion Wear factory protested on Friday and saturday after management failed to pay them their February wages. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pay-protest-amid-fears-owners-skipped-town
PM: Invest more in processing raw materials
Prime Minister Hun sen called on investors to invest in the processing of raw materials to support the government’s 2015-2025 Industrial Development Policy (IDP). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38736/pm--invest-more-in-processing-raw-materials/
Gaps in framework open mines to graft
The Ministry of Mines and Energy’s mineral exploration licensing process is vulnerable to corruption, an independent study has found, identifying 14 potential openings for graft. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gaps-framework-open-mines-graft
Illegal building at Angkor site must go, says Unesco
The Unesco representative in Cambodia has expressed support for the Apsara Authority’s actions to prevent the spread of illegal constructions in the Angkor Archaeological Park. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39692/illegal-building-at-angkor-site-must-go--says-unesco/
New airport to be constructed next year
Royal Government of Cambodia’s plan to construct an international airport in siem Reap province will be carried out next year, according to local media report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phal Sophanith
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=107909
Eight villagers fall ill after chemical bomb exposure
Another chemical bomb was discovered in svay Rieng province’s Korki commune yesterday, as officials worked to remove two others from a local school and pagoda. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084894/five-villagers-fall-ill-chemical-bomb-exposure/
Committee to probe factory faintings
The Labour Ministry’s National Committee for Health and Work safety held its first meeting yesterday pledging to investigate the reasons for faintings amongst factory workers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108422/committee-probe-factory-faintings/
More than 2,300 foreigners deported
The government’s crackdown on illegal immigrants has resulted in more than 2,300 being deported and barred permanently from the kingdom so far this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097266/2300-foreigners-deported/
Record growth in insurance
Cambodia’s insurance industry saw record growth in 2016 and was valued at $113 million, according to a report from the Insurance Association of Cambodia (IAC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35153/record-growth-in-insurance/
Police chief sacked in corruption scandal
Kampong Thom’s provincial police chief has been stripped of his rank and moved after officers under his command accused him of demanding money for promotions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36900/police-chief-sacked-in-corruption-scandal/
Nuclear aid from Moscow takes shape
Russia has announced a wide range of measures to help establish an information center in Phnom Penh as part of Cambodia’s development of nuclear energy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37692/nuclear-aid-from-moscow-takes-shape/
Boeung Kak rally: Eight held in capital over WB protest
Daun Penh district security guards briefly arrested eight women outside World Bank headquarters yesterday morning during a peaceful demonstration for Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak community. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kak-rally-eight-held-capital-over-wb-protest