Kidney trafficking between Cambodia and Thailand sparks fears of new organ market
The seven-inch scar runs diagonally across the left flank of his skinny torso, a glaring reminder of an operation he hoped would save his family from debt but instead plunged him into shame. But on discovering the broker earned US$10,000 for each kidney they sacrificed, ...
Asia One News Staff
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/kidney-trafficking-between-cambodia-and-thailand-sparks-fears-new-organ-market
Expert urges gov’t to save site
An archaeologist is pleading the government to save an Angkorian-era canal before the work of brick makers completely erases the site. Built nearly 1,000 years ago, the 120-kilometre stone channel was used to transport building materials from a quarry to Angkor Wat, according to archaeologist Thuy ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/expert-urges-gov%E2%80%99t-save-site
Cambodia expects to receive half million Chinese tourists this year: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that his country is expected to greet about 500,000 Chinese tourists this year, an estimated increase of 8 percent year-on-year. Kong Sopheareak, director of the Tourism Ministry’s Statistics and Planning Department, said Sino-Cambodian excellent ties and Cambodia’s attractive ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141201/cambodia-expects-receive-half-million-chinese-tourists-year-
Gov’t accepts request for law to ban monks voting
The government on Thursday formally accepted a request from Cambodia’s top Buddhist monks to consider drafting a law that would ban the country’s more than 50,000 monks from voting. At the end of the meeting Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An, the minister of ...
Och Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-accepts-request-for-law-to-ban-monks-voting-74511/
Cambodian, Indonesian FM discuss bilateral, ASEAN issues
Cambodian and Indonesian foreign ministers discussed ways to further enhance ties and cooperation between the two countries on Wednesday. Both sides also agreed to boost bilateral trade volume, which was still relatively small — around 500,000 U.S. dollars last year, he said. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1F1Cy6W
Firm calls fraud case a ‘misunderstanding’
The director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court last week formally accused a property developer of attempting to defraud him of more than $200,000 he paid for a villa in Tuol Kok district when his name was not transferred to the land title, the businessman’s ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-calls-fraud-case-a-misunderstanding-67656/
Illegal logging ravaging the last forests, activists say
Forestry activists say at least 55,000 tons of luxury wood were sent from Cambodia to China this year alone. Activists from communities that live near or among some of Cambodia’s last forests told reporters Wednesday that illegal logging is ravaging their homelands, part of a “systematic” ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/illeal-logging-ravaging-the-last-forests-activist-say/2492309.html
Cambodia investigates village's high HIV rate
Cambodian health officials are investigating an alarmingly high rate of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in a remote village. At least 82 people have tested positive for HIV in Rokar, Battambang province, which has a population of 2,000 people. Officials said they suspected a ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-investigates-high-hiv-rate-remote-village/2561848.html
The rising global health crisis no one is talking about
Motorcycle fatalities are claiming the lives of a third of people in Asia–but governments don’t seem to notice. In Cambodia, HIV/AIDS-related deaths equate to 2,300 per year, and the government allocates $58 million to combat the disease—but 2,000 deaths are caused by highway fatalities, with ...
Michelle Bergmann
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/09/asia-motorcycle-deaths
Licadho asked to show its data
Dismissing a recent report showing a sharp increase in land disputes, the government has said such conflicts are in fact decreasing and formally called on rights group Licadho to release its findings. Licadho reported last week that it recorded about three times as many new land ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/licadho-asked-show-its-data
Minor party leader charged
League for Democracy Party (LDP) president Khem Veasna was yesterday charged at the Appeal Court on allegations that he cheated a party activist out of $70,000 between 2009 and 2011. The plaintiff, Duk Moeun, had sued Veasna at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in August 2013, ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-party-leader-charged
In Cambodia, funding cuts put eye surgery program in peril
Some 100,000 prospective patients could lose opportunity for eye care due to Australia scaling back its foreign aid budget. But as Fred Hollows and other Australian NGOs brace themselves for the cuts, the Australian government is forging ahead with a $40 million scheme to relocate ...
UCA News Staff
http://bit.ly/1yR7nif
Ministry lists heritage preservation efforts
More than 6,000 archaeological and cultural heritage sites have been registered across the Kingdom, among other achievements, according to the Culture and Fine Arts Ministry. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50710421/ministry-lists-heritage-preservation-efforts/
Poor families receive first round of government aid
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation said 92 percent of the 560,000 families have received their first installment of government subsidies. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744336/poor-families-receive-first-round-of-government-aid/
Social land concessions for 153 veterans’ families
Kampong Thom provincial authorities will hand over around 2,000 hectares of social land concessions to 153 families of veterans in the province, according to the governor. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810400/social-land-concessions-for-153-veterans-families/
South Korea offers further assistance in Covid-19 battle
The South Korean government has provided further assistance worth $350,000 to help the Cambodian Ministry of Health in the ongoing fight against Covid-19. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-offers-further-assistance-covid-19-battle
More than 40 percent of Cambodia’s stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines administered
A total of 548,670 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, leaving slightly more than 866,000 doses left for those who are eligible for booster shots or for elderly who qualify for this vaccine. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923336/more-than-40-percent-of-cambodias-stock-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccines-administered/
WHO donates three vaccine cooling vans for Covid campaign
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia has donated more than $320,000 in medical supplies to the Ministry of Health for pandemic prevention and response efforts. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/who-donates-three-vaccine-cooling-vans-covid-campaign
Kraavan, once the loneliest elephant in the world, lonely no more as he has a splashing time at Cambodian wildlife sanctuary
The 37-year-old elephant Kaavan was seen enjoying his stay at the 25,000-acre Kulen Prum Tep Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501085179/kraavan-once-the-loneliest-elephant-in-the-world-lonely-no-as-it-has-a-splashing-time-at-cambodian-wildlife-sanctuary/
Over 282k new voters registered for National Election
The National Election Committee said today that more than 282,000 additional people have registered to cast their ballot for next year’s National Election. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501181552/over-282k-new-voters-registered-for-national-election/