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Annual US-Cambodian naval exercises begin in Sihanoukville
A U.S. naval fleet docked in Sihanoukville on Monday for the sixth annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) exercises with the Royal Cambodian Navy. ...
Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/annual-us-cambodian-naval-exercises-begin-in-sihanoukville-100510/
ASEAN integration concerns aired at grassroots event
Hundreds gathered yesterday in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for the fifth Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly, where they called for issues ranging from deforestation to democracy to be addressed ahead of ASEAN integration. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-integration-concerns-aired-grassroots-event
Disabled khmers struggle for voting rights
Despite having enough members to make a significant difference in the next elections, disability rights groups are struggling to get the National Election Committee (NEC) to take their needs seriously ahead of the 2017 commune elections and the 2018 national elections. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17877/disabled-khmers-struggle-for-voting-rights/
Rainsy cancels return to Phnom Penh
Turning his back on a public promise, opposition leader Sam Rainsy canceled his scheduled return to Cambodia on Monday night and said he would instead return “in the next few days,” refusing to guarantee that his time abroad would not stretch into weeks or months. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-cancels-return-to-phnom-penh-100503/
Early issues crop up in voter registration test
The recent testing of a new electronic voter registration system has fallen significantly short of expectations, with only about 50 per cent of the hoped-for registrations completed, according to officials.The National Election Committee (NEC), which is tasked with organising new voter lists for the 2017 ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/early-issues-crop-voter-registration-test
Rainsy stripped of lawmaker status
Sam Rainsy is no longer a lawmaker.The decision to strip the opposition leader of his lawmaker status and immunity followed a morning meeting of the National Assembly’s permanent committee that was boycotted by the Cambodia National Rescue Party. ...
Chhay Channyda and Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-stripped-lawmaker-status
Cambodia poised to arrest opposition leader, violence feared
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was stripped of his lawmaker status and parliamentary immunity Monday, paving the way for his arrest in connection with a defamation case that the opposition says is politically motivated. The prospect of Rainsy’s arrest has sparked fears of unrest in ...
The Associated Press News Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ap-cambodia-poised-to-arrest-opposition-leader-violence-feared/3059829.html
US, Cambodia navies launch joint military exercise
On November 16, the United States and Cambodia launched an annual military exercise with an opening ceremony held at the Royal Cambodian Ream Navy Base in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/us-cambodia-navies-launch-joint-military-exercise/
U.S. and Cambodian navies begin CARAT 2015 training
The U.S. Navy began training with the Royal Cambodian Navy, commencing the 6th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training program in Cambodia. ...
Rainsy urges migrants in Korea to attend events
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Friday urged Cambodians living in South Korea to attend CNRP events being held in Seoul this weekend, despite a warning from the Cambodian ambassador on Thursday that people should stay away. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-urges-migrants-in-korea-to-attend-events-100316/
Ministry requests governor response to minorities
The Interior Ministry on Friday released a letter that it sent to Mondolkiri provincial governor Eng Bunheang asking him to respond to a petition—filed last month and thumbprinted by 900 members of 17 ethnic minority Bunong communities—requesting his removal. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-requests-governor-response-to-minorities-100365/
Rainsy vows to return amid threats of arrest
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy is scheduled to return to Phnom Penh tonight where he could face arrest and a two-year prison sentence over a defamation case dating back to 2008, his party said yesterday.Eng Chhay Eang, a spokesman of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, ...
Meas Sokchea and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-vows-return-amid-threats-arrest
Vietnamese border at centre of new book
A new book by veteran journalist Chhay Sophal, released on Saturday, argues that politicians on both sides on the political divide should discuss a concerted strategy to “claim back” territory from Vietnam that was once part of a Khmer kingdom. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-border-centre-new-book
News analysis: AEC to boost bloc's influence on global economy-- Cambodian experts
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which will become a reality at the end of this year, would boost the ten- nation bloc’s influence and prestige in the global stage, according to Cambodian scholars here. ...
Xue Lei, Nguon Sovan
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6687807/2015/11/14/news-analysis-aec-boost-blocs-influence-global-economy-cambodian-experts
Cambodian PM condemns Paris attacks, shares condolences with victims' families
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday strongly condemned a series of terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday that killed at least 127 people and extended his deepest sympathy to the bereaved families. ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=309157
Sam Rainsy faces arrest warrant
Citing a seven-year-old defamation case, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, forcing the travelling Cambodia National Rescue Party president to choose whether to stay abroad or return and face a two-year prison term.The warrant, stemming from ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/sam-rainsy-faces-arrest-warrant
Cambodian Premier reconfirms the next election dates
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen reconfirmed here yesterday afternoon the dates for the next commune/Sangkat council election and national election, the State News Agency-AKP report. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-premier-reconfirms-the-next-election-dates-9071
Sesan villagers seeking police chief’s removal
More than 200 families in Stung Treng province filed a petition yesterday calling for their local police chief’s dismissal, accusing him of working against their interests and committing environmental crimes. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-villagers-seeking-police-chiefs-removal
Investment protection law with Russia set to pass senate
A new law protecting investment from Russia and Belarus will help Cambodia diversify its export markets as well as encourage more investments from Russia and Eastern Europe, Senate spokesman Mam Bun Neang said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17761/investment-protection-law-with-russia-set-to-pass-senate/
Rainsy S Korea event off-limits for Cambodians, envoy warns
Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea has again come under fire for telling Cambodian expatriates they face “arrest and deportation” if they attend an opposition party event this weekend in Seoul.In a Facebook post yesterday, Suth Dina told Cambodian workers and students in Korea to shun ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-s-korea-event-limits-cambodians-envoy-warns
Deportation of Chinese scammers was Cambodia’s decision: Kheng
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Wednesday dismissed rumours of ulterior motives behind the deportation of a Chinese “scammer” group. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deportation-chinese-scammers-was-cambodias-decision-kheng
Ministry denies responsibility for collapsed dirt quarry
After a wall of land separating a lake and a dirt quarry in Phnom Penh collapsed on Tuesday night, creating a fierce current that destroyed a fishing boat and left one of its crewmen missing, authorities Thursday refused to say who was overseeing the quarry ...
Ben Sokhean and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-denies-responsibility-for-collapsed-dirt-quarry-100208/
Takeo factory dispute negotiations prove fruitless
Unionists, factory representatives and Labor Ministry officials on Thursday failed to find a solution for about 1,600 employees of a garment factory in Takeo province who were fired for striking last month, and the case will be passed along to the Arbitration Council, a ministry ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/takeo-factory-dispute-negotiations-prove-fruitless-100231/
Koh Pich hosts annual kite flying competition
Hundreds of handmade kites fluttered above Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island on Thursday morning as 49 competitors converged for the 19th annual Khmer Kite Flying Festival. ...
Buth Kimsay and Olivia Harlow
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-pich-hosts-annual-kite-flying-competition-100227/