CPP touts Hun Sen’s attendance at US summit
Sitting in a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and fellow Asean leaders in California on Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen seemed to have his mind on what Cambodians would think of his participation in this week’s U.S.-Asean Summit. ...
Anthony Jensen and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-touts-hun-sens-attendance-at-us-summit-108697/
Mystery blaze destroys timber, vehicles at Pursat forestry office
At least 27 vehicles loaded with confiscAted timber were destroyed by fire while parked in the Kravanh Forestry AdministrAtion compound in PursAt province on Sunday, leaving no evidence for potential prosecution and rights groups doubting the authorities’ version of events. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mystery-blaze-destroys-timber-vehicles-pursat-forestry-office
Workers at JC Penny supplier rally for unpaid benefits
Following more than two weeks of protests in front of their shuttered factory in Por Senchey district, more than 500 workers from Win Shingtex (Cambodia) Co. Ltd tried to march yesterday to the Ministry of Labor, the Council of Ministers and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23032/workers-at-jc-penny-supplier-rally-for-unpaid-benefits/
Poor local showing at Phnom Penh’s agro fair
Cambodia’s biggest agriculture industry event of the year received a cool response on its first day as turnout from local agro-businesses was low and overseas suppliers struggled to find potential buyers for the latest agricultural products. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/poor-local-showing-phnom-penhs-agro-fair
Parties at impasse over rules for 2017 commune elections
The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP are deadlocked in their ongoing negotiations over new rules for commune elections, according to party officials, with the length and scale of election campaigns at the center of the dispute. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-at-impasse-over-rules-for-2017-commune-elections-93692/
King Sihamoni calls for climate action at COP21
King Norodom Sihamoni delivered an impassioned plea for a legally binding international climate change treaty in an address to the delegates of 195 nations and the world’s civil society on Monday night as the UN Climate Talks in Paris (COP21) opened. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-sihamoni-calls-climate-action-cop21
First Phnom Penh street fair at Toul Tom Poung
Phnom Penh’s first ever non-profit community street fair will be held in Toul Tom Poung, also known as the Russian Market, tomorrow. ...
Srey Kumneth and Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15703/first-phnom-penh-street-fair-at-toul-tom-poung/
No fake license plates found at military police headquarters
The first two days of a new crackdown on the improper use of military license plates have focused on vehicles parked at the National Military Police Headquarters in Phnom Penh, a spokesman said Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-fake-license-plates-found-at-military-police-headquarters-98521/
Illegal loggers hard at work on Mondolkiri luxury timber
Authorities in Mondolkiri province seized three vehicles packed with illegally logged luxury timber at separate locations inside the Snuol Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area in the space of two hours Saturday night but failed to apprehend any of the drivers. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-loggers-hard-at-work-on-mondolkiri-luxury-timber-101448/
‘Cyber PM’ calls for swifter wi-fi at airports
Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has recently found an outlet for his charming side in cyber space, called for swifter wi-fi at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday while inaugurating the expansion of its terminal. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22878/---cyber-pm----calls-for-swifter-wi-fi-at-airports/
Government unaware of at least 128 orphanages, report says
The government was unaware of about half of the residential child care centers operating in four provinces and Phnom Penh prior to a study conducted last year, according to a report released on Thursday. ...
Buth Kimsay and Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/110401-110401/
Ministry hits back at rebuke of contentious telecoms law
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has defended the controversial new Telecommunications Law following a biting legal analysis by rights group Licadho, which says the legislation is a veiled tool to silence critics and potentially criminalize private expression. ...
Sonia Kohlbacher and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-hits-back-at-rebuke-of-contentious-telecoms-law-110921/
Officer convicted of fraud still employed at Defense University
A military officer convicted of fraud and sentenced to one year in prison in October is still employed by the National Defense University (NDU), the school confirmed this week, despite the fact that the officer’s co-conspirator is now behind bars. ...
Buth kimsay and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officer-convicted-of-fraud-still-employed-at-defense-university-112874/
Cambodia at ‘high’ risk of Zika outbreak in 2017
Amid reports of the emergence of the Zika virus in Myanmar and the discovery of the first birth defect believed linked to the virus in Vietnam, two researchers with Phnom Penh’s Pasteur Institute have concluded that Cambodia is at high risk of its own Zika ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-high-risk-zika-outbreak-2017
Monitor’s results CPP took about 50% at election
Transparency International (TI) Cambodia yesterday said that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party appeard to have won 49.4 percent of the nationwide popular vote on June 4 based on the stations it monitored, nearly six percentage points ahead of the CNRP’s 43.2 percent. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitors-results-cpp-took-about-50-election
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. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39692/illegal-building-at-angkor-site-must-go--says-unesco/
Drug mule arrested at airport with ‘cocaine in stomach’
Cambodian authorities last week arrested an alleged drug mule attempting to smuggle cocaine into the Kingdom by hiding it in his stomach. South African national Blignaut Chan, 26, was seized on September 13 at Phnom Penh International Airport in a joint operation between the National ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-mule-arrested-airport-cocaine-stomach
Architect Vann Molyvann dies in Siem Reap at 90
Renowned Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann has died at the age of 90 in his home in Siem Reap. Molyvann’s assistant, Choung Chhoeun, confirmed the architectural great passed away today at 9:45am. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/breaking-architect-vann-molyvann-dies-siem-reap-90?utm_content=buffer9172a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Copper found at Angkor Gold mining site in Ratanakkiri
Canadian mining firm Angkor Gold Corp has discovered a new copper system during exploratory drilling of its Oyadao South licence in Ratanakkiri province, the company said in a press release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/copper-found-angkor-gold-mining-site-ratanakkiri
CNRP, CPP to discuss judicial reform at National Assembly
The CNRP said on Tuesday it would join today’s meeting of the National Assembly’s agenda-setting permanent committee in hopes of pushing ahead with proposed amendments to a trio of contentious laws on judicial independence. ...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-cpp-discuss-judicial-reform-national-assembly-119749/