First refugees from Nauru to arrive Thursday
The first four asylum seekers moving to Cambodia from the South Pacific island of Nauru will arrive Thursday, part of a controversial resettlement deal with Australia. ...
Neou Vannarin and Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1G7vDhd
One-year sentence cut short for tycoon
Tycoon Sok Rathorn, who was in the midst of a one-year prison sentence on fraud charges, was provisionally released from detention yesterday after a deal was struck in a separate case. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-year-sentence-cut-short-tycoon
China to prepare master plan for Cambodia’s new roads
The Transportation Ministry this week inked a $644,000 deal with a Chinese firm for a master plan to lay out Cambodia’s needs for new roads over the next several years. ...
Zsombor Peter and Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-to-prepare-master-plan-for-cambodias-new-roads-91107/
Police told to target known human trafficking establishments
National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun called a high-level meeting in Phnom Penh on Monday to instruct relevant police units to increase their surveillance of establishments known to deal in human trafficking. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-told-to-target-known-human-trafficking-establishments-93170/
Cambodia committed to join research on safe, sustainable and affordable energy sources
Cambodia is ready to participate in research on safe, sustainable and affordable energy sources to contribute to dealing with climate change issue. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50960524/cambodia-committed-to-join-research-on-safe-sustainable-and-affordable-energy-sources/
2 more refugees headed to Cambodia from Nauru
Two more refugees detained on the South Pacific island of Nauru are expected to arrive in Cambodia soon as part of a controversial resettlement deal with Australia. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/two-more-refugees-headed-cambodia-nauru/2995592.html
Cambodia and Thailand agree on border security
Both Cambodia and Thailand agreed on Tuesday to adopt an approach of nonviolence when dealing with those found illegally crossing the border after a meeting between the two nations’ border authorities. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31624/cambodia-and-thailand-agree-on-border-security/
Top Papua New Guinea bank to enter local asset market
Bank South Pacific (BSP), Papua New Guinea’s largest bank, signed a joint venture deal with RMA Cambodia to enter the Cambodian asset finance market, according to a media report yesterday. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/top-papua-new-guinea-bank-enter-local-asset-market
Garment meeting: Official vows to stamp out corruption
A Ministry of Labour official yesterday vowed to go after any of his “corrupt” colleagues that deal with the garment and footwear sector, and urged workers to file complaints about substandard working conditions. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-meeting-official-vows-stamp-out-corruption
Private universities fear new vocational schools
Private universities in the Kingdom will have more competition as the Education Ministry laid out plans yesterday to open more vocational schools to deal with the unprecedented number of graduating high school students. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14998/private-universities-fear-new-vocational-schools/
Refugee reportedly seeking repatriation
One of the four refugees resettled in Cambodia as part of a multimillion-dollar deal signed with Australia wants to return to the country he escaped from, according to a report. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/refugee-reportedly-seeking-repatriation
Volunteering to Tackle the Intractable Issue of Land
Veun sai district, Ratanakkiri – Kitted out in their camouflage uniforms, military boots, belts and Ministry of Land Management baseball caps, the dozen or so student volunteers looked like a stern bunch. There was no smiling as they sat at wooden desks in an open pagoda ...
Lao Dams, Mining Ruining Sekong Water Quality in Cambodia
Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the Sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the Sekong’s ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/sekong-06252013190742.html
Refugees resettled in Cambodia reportedly move into private accommodation
Refugees resettled in Cambodia as part of a multi-million-dollar deal with Australia have reportedly moved into private accommodation, five months after arriving in the Asian nation. ...
Stephanie Anderson
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-20/refugees-resettled-in-cambodia-moved-into-private-accomodation/6870970
Iranian couple from Nauru latest to leave Cambodia
An Iranian husband and wife are the latest refugees to return home after being resettled in Phnom Penh as part of an expensive deal between Cambodia and Australia, immigration officials said Monday. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/iranian-couple-from-nauru-latest-to-leave-cambodia-109551/
Rice industry crisis taskforce to meet deputy PM
The newly established special industry committee to deal with the crisis confronting the rice sector will meet Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon today to discuss urgent solutions to the problems they face. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23334/rice-industry-crisis-taskforce-to-meet-deputy-pm/
South Korean firm to share tech expertise
The Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts and the South Korea-based firm Gwangju TechoPark will soon reach a deal on improving technology in Cambodia’s special economic zones. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39921/south-korean-firm-to-share-tech-expertise/
Embassy calls for calm as workers flee Thai factories
The Cambodian embassy in Bangkok has called on illegal workers not to leave Thailand as officials attempt to negotiate a deal to allow migrants to stay in their jobs. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39903/embassy-calls--for-calm-as-workers-flee-thai-factories/
Australia prepares to send first refugees from Nauru to Cambodia within days
The Australian government has chartered a plane to move the first group of refugees from Nauru to Cambodia within days as part of a $40m resettlement deal, sources on the island have said. ...
Paul Farrell and Lauren Crothers
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/15/australia-prepares-to-send-first-refugees-from-nauru-to-cambodia-within-days
Company wanted to sell spyware to Cambodia
Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team was working on “potential deals” with customers in several Southeast Asian countries including Cambodia over the past three years, according to internal emails recently released by transparency website Wikileaks. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/company-wanted-to-sell-spyware-to-cambodia-87980/