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
Rainsy lauds late Chea Sim
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday praised former ruling party president Chea Sim, who died on Monday, calling him a national hero and comparing his patriotic ideals to those of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk. Speaking to reporters after paying his respects at the former Senate ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-lauds-late-chea-sim
Rainsy: CNRP now has Vietnam border map
The CNRP is now in possession of the constitutionally mandated map of the Cambodia-Vietnam border and will soon start using it with GPS technology to confirm whether border posts have been correctly placed along the 1,228-km frontier, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday. CNRP lawmakers have ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-now-has-vietnam-border-map-rainsy-says-86738/
Opposition working toward launch of television station
Most media in Cambodia focus on the achievements of the government. That’s because most stations are owned by members of the government or its supporters. But the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is now preparing its own channel, after it was offered a license during political ...
Nov Povleakhena
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-working-toward-launch-of-television-station/2841562.html
Ahead of ‘clean’ exams, bookshops see fall in business
The owners of bookshops near the Bak Touk High School would usually be doing a roaring trade at this time of year. The grade 12 examinations each August have long been an annual boom time for the shops where students copied cheat sheets for the ...
Leng Sreynich
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ahead-of-clean-exams-bookshops-see-fall-in-business/2924131.html
Public bidding for mining licences starts
The Ministry of Mines and Energy announced public bidding for mine exploration, calling on local and foreign companies to apply. The move is made as the first commercial gold mine extraction is scheduled this year. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50679846/public-bidding-for-mining-licences-starts
Chinese company granted licence to explore Block D
Chinese-owned Cambodian Resources Energy Development Co Ltd has been granted a three-year exploration licence in the Gulf of Thailand’s Block D, off the coast of Cambodia, a senior official at the General Department of Petroleum told The Post on Thursday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-company-granted-licence-explore-block-d
PAS recieves 200 container lifeline
Garment factories in the Kingdom have been handed a lifeline as nearly 200 containers arrived at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) on Monday to ease the shortage of raw materials in the sector. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pas-recieves-200-container-lifeline