Police arrest 17 Bangladeshis wanted for human trafficking
A yearlong investigation by immigration police culminated in the arrest on Saturday of 17 Bangladeshi men hiding in Phnom Penh and Poipet City to avoid charges of human trafficking in their home country, police said Sunday. Three of the fugitives, arrested at a guesthouse in Phnom ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-17-bangladeshis-wanted-for-human-trafficking-72876/
Ebola risk relatively low: govt
The risk of Ebola coming into Cambodia remains low despite a recent Ebola scare in Thailand, officials from the Ministry of Health’s Communicable Diseases Control said at a conference yesterday, while still noting that the Kingdom remains vulnerable to other, lesser-known diseases. CDC head Ly ...
Charles Rollet
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ebola-risk-relatively-low-govt
Cambodian King hails Vietnam’s supports during President Sang’s visit
The Cambodia people never forget the invaluable supports Vietnam had given to Cambodia and will continue enhancing ties between the two countries, King Norodom Sihamoni told visiting President Truong Tan Sang Tuesday. Sang met with the Cambodian King right after his arrival in Phnom Penh on ...
Hitler remarks misread: Military Police chief
National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha hit out for the first time yesterday at reports that he claims to draw inspiration from Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, arguing that his comments were misinterpreted. During an annual meeting of Phnom Penh’s military police on Thursday, local media reported ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hitler-remarks-misread-military-police-chief
Kem Sokha blasts Hun Sen’s era of destruction
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Sunday assured supporters that the opposition party is still working to oust Prime Minister Hun Sen from power, claiming that no other Cambodian leader has overseen the level of environmental destruction that has taken place during his time in ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-blasts-hun-sens-era-of-destruction-76353/
Gov’t says ‘nyet’ to fest
Still eager after recent events to shield Cambodian culture from indecency, government officials yesterday said they had become increasingly wary of the imminent kaZantip music festival in Sihanoukville, with high-ranking tourism officials reporting that the event had already been cancelled. KaZantip, which was scheduled to take ...
Chhay Channyda and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-says-nyet-fest
Sokha Hotel officially opens
After more than six years of construction, the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel and Residence officially opened its doors to the public yesterday, with Prime Minister Hun Sen on hand to inaugurate the city’s newest hotel. Speaking at the launch, Hun Sen said the Sokha Hotel will ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sokha-hotel-officially-opens
Scores of ethnic Khmer Krom hold fresh rally against Vietnamese diplomat
About 500 ethnic minority Khmer Krom monks and activists on Monday staged a fresh protest here to demand a Vietnamese diplomat to recognize the “true history” of the former Kampuchea Krom provinces. It was the third rally in the last two months after Trung Van Thong, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/11/c_133547930.htm
City route goes solar
Two solar-powered buses will soon be put to the test on Phnom Penh’s bus line 1, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday. The test buses will operate from 6am to 6pm, saving enough energy to run more than four hours at nighttime along the route, ...
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/city-route-goes-solar
Holiday traffic deaths up nearly 50 percent
The number of people killed in traffic accidents during this year’s Pchum Ben holiday and preceding two days increased by nearly 50 percent over the same period last year, a senior police official said on Thursday. From Saturday through Wednesday, there were 49 fatalities, compared to ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/holiday-traffic-deaths-up-nearly-50-percent-68466/
Workers storm factory, attack managers
Thousands of unionists protesting their dismissal clashed with managers at a footwear factory in Kompong Cham province Monday morning, leaving at least two Taiwanese supervisors with head injuries. About 2,000 workers—who were fired from the Juhui footwear factory in Choeung Prey district last month over demonstrations ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-storm-factory-attack-managers-69209/
Cambodia takes tentative steps to tackle corruption
Luxury cars and fancy homes are among the lavish gifts Cambodia’s political and business elite shower each other with on special occasions but there are hints the government is moving to curb such excesses. Patronage has long been a problem in impoverished Cambodia, with bribery ...
Worldbulletin News Staff
http://www.worldbulletin.net/america-canada/146002/cambodia-takes-tentative-steps-to-tackle-corruption
One million hectares reclassified, gov’t says
More than 1 million hectares of forest terrain and land leased by private companies has been put under government control since Prime Minister Hun Sen initiated a moratorium on new economic land concessions (ELCs) in May 2012, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and ...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/one-million-hectares-reclassified-gov%E2%80%99t-says
Business bribery is rife: report
Cambodia has again ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world with the release of global anti-bribery association TRACE’s bribery risk index. According to the index, titled the TRACE Matrix and released on November 11, Cambodia is the fifth most at risk country ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/business-bribery-rife-report
Cambodia hosts int'l half marathon at Angkor world heritage site
About 8,000 professional and amateur athletes from 78 countries and regions took part in the 19th Angkor Wat International Half Marathon on Sunday at the complex of Angkor Wat Temple, a world heritage site. Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon, president of the National Olympic Committee, said ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sports/2014-12/07/c_133837828.htm
Evictees prevented from screening video to mark anniversary
About 100 former members of the Dey Krahorm community returned to the site of their brutal eviction in central Phnom Penh on Saturday afternoon to mark six years since they were forced off their land, but were prevented by authorities from screening a video of ...
Commute deadly: gov’t
Garment workers continue to die in traffic accidents on their way to and from the factory, a new report highlighting the deadly commute in Cambodia’s largest industry shows. In the report, titled The Dangerous Journey of Garment Workers in 2014, the Ministry of Labour’s National Social ...
Cambodia expects more Chinese tourists during the Spring Festival
Cambodia is expected to welcome hundreds of Chinese tourists during the Chinese New Year which starts late next week, Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon said. According to the minister, Cambodia received some 560,000 Chinese tourists in the whole year of 2014, up 20 percent year-on- ...
english.eastday.com News Staff
http://english.eastday.com/auto/eastday/world/u1ai8476571.html
Lawmakers debate disaster management law
The National Assembly on Thursday debated and easily passed two chapters of a law that aims to improve responses to natural and man-made disasters, partly by imposing fines and jail time for incompetent officials and citizens who know of, but fail to report, a coming ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmakers-debate-disaster-management-law-85043/
Support grassroots: study
A new study is advocating a bottom-up approach to the Kingdom’s NGO scene, calling on international donors to alter their support strategies and foster the independence of grassroots initiatives taking off at the local level. The draft report, which was published last week by the Stanford ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/support-grassroots-study