National government
Ministries and other national bodies
Crowdsourcing Cambodia’s online bill of rights
As the government prepares to draft a new law on cybercrime, Internet users are speaking up about which rights they want to see protected. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14004/crowdsourcing-cambodia---s-online-bill-of-rights/
Rights advocates urge swift passage of Law on Juvenile Detention
Rights groups say the Cambodian government should prioritize the passage of a law that would provide better guidance on the treatment of juveniles by the court system. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rights-advocates-urge-swift-passage-of-law-on-juvenile-detention/2896679.html
Gov’t requests probe into prisoners in Malaysia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the country’s ambassador to Malaysia, Princess Norodom Arunrasmey, to investigate reports that hundreds of Cambodian migrant workers have been jailed in the country’s Selangor state. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-requests-probe-into-prisoners-in-malaysia-90388/
Ministry claims NGO’s land dispute numbers misleading
The Ministry of Land Management has again accused rights group Licadho of spreading false data that shows that the number of families embroiled in new or intensifying land disputes jumped threefold last year. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-claims-ngos-land-dispute-numbers-misleading-90425/
After effigy burning, governor raises prospect of arrests
After about 100 villagers on Sunday burned effigies of officials involved in a land dispute in Kompong Chhnang province that has dragged on for nearly a decade, the provincial governor said the protest was “contrary to the law” and gave authorities a reason to arrest ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-effigy-burning-governor-raises-prospect-of-arrests-90429/
Cambodia expels 1,484 illegal foreigners in 7 months: police
Cambodia has deported 1,484 illegal immigrants to their birth countries within the first seven months of 2015, the National Police’s website reported Saturday, citing a senior immigration police officer. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=295344
Work permit crackdown: Westerners next
Starting in August, the Labor Ministry plans to focus its work permit crackdown on “Western companies.” ...
Emmanuel Scheffer
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13889/work-permit-crackdown--westerners-next/
Officials reject claim that army belongs to CPP
Military, government and ruling party officials on Thursday distanced themselves from deputy military commander Chea Dara’s comments this week that the “army belongs to the Cambodian People’s Party,” insisting that the military remains neutral. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-reject-claim-that-army-belongs-to-cpp-90200/
Authorities charge Chinese man with illegally transporting Cambodians
Cambodian human trafficking authorities charged a Chinese national on Thursday with attempting to illegally transport 18 men to work in China in what one government official said was the first such case of trafficking Cambodian men to the country. ...
Anti-dredging protests in Koh Kong called off
Representatives of about 100 villagers and activists in Koh Kong province on Wednesday said they decided to temporarily halt their campaign against two sand-dredging companies because a group of suspected agitators had appeared in the area. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-dredging-protests-in-koh-kong-called-off-90020/
Interior ministry to launch own TV station
The Interior Ministry on Wednesday signed an agreement with a Chinese media company to launch its own radio and digital television stations next year, with the firm planning to invest more than $30 million into the joint venture. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-to-launch-own-tv-station-90018/
Cambodia’s armed forces ‘belong’ to the ruling party: four-star general
Cambodia’s armed forces belong to the country’s ruling party and must prevent a “color revolution” from overtaking the Southeast Asian nation, a four-star general said Wednesday, drawing criticism from an opposition official who called his understanding of the military’s role “limited.” ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/military-07292015145855.html
Cambodian Commerce Ministry to invest $450,000 in rice sector to boost exports
Cambodia’s Commerce Ministry has agreed to invest $450,000 as a one time seed capital in the country’s rice sector to help boost exports, local sources quoted an official from the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/23358/cambodian-commerce-ministry-invest-450000-rice-sector-boost-exports
33 trafficked Cambodian fishermen return from Indonesia
Another group of 33 Cambodian laborers, who were trafficked to work as illegal fishermen on fishing boats in Indonesia, returned home on Tuesday afternoon, Xinhua quoted Cambodian foreign ministry spokesman Chum Sounry said. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/33-trafficked-cambodian-fishermen-return-from-indonesia-8764
This country just made it legal for cops to keep 70% of All the traffic fines they collect
Drivers in Cambodia have a lot to contend with: cavernous potholes, weaving motorcycles kicking up clouds of choking dust and noodle hawkers trundling down the “fast” lane. Now motorists may find their pockets as ravaged as their nerves, after officials announced a fivefold bump in ...
Charlie Campbell
http://time.com/3976259/cambodia-traffic-police-keep-fines-corruption/
Driving schools see growing demand
Demand for driving lessons is growing along with car ownership in Cambodia. ...
Un Raksmey
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13786/driving-schools-see-growing-demand/
Interior Minister launches ghost-busting commission
The government is strengthening the quality of the civil service, warning that staff who fall short of standards will be let go and that so-called “ghost workers” will be eliminated, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday. ...
Chea Takihiro and Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13807/interior-minister-launches-ghost-busting-commission/
Koh Kong sand-dredging protests heat up
Concerned Koh Kong residents, joined by environmental activists from the campaign group Mother Nature, began an ambitious protest last weekend in the province’s Andong Teuk commune. ...
Jack Laurenson and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13808//
Cambodia to attend trade exhibition in Macau
A group of Cambodia’s businessmen will attend the upcoming trade exhibition in Macau this year, said ministry of commerce. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-to-attend-trade-exhibition-in-macau-8759
Eurocham pushes for construction rules
The European Chamber of Commerce on Monday signed an agreement with the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to help it come up with development standards to increase investment in the Kingdom. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13748/eurocham-pushes-for-construction-rules/
Activists board dredging barges in Koh Kong
About 80 villagers and activists in Koh Kong province on Monday boarded and attempted to tow away five sand-dredging barges as part of their ongoing campaign against two firms they accuse of polluting a local waterway and causing riverbank collapses, activists and officials said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-board-dredging-barges-in-koh-kong-89643/
Kingdom may fall short of Tourism target
Cambodia may not achieve its goal of attracting 5 million tourists this year due to the slowdown in the global economy, according to the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13765//
Effort to curb violence against children gaining speed
The effort to reduce violence against children in Cambodia is gaining speed, with a boost from the Religion Ministry, which will highlight the Buddhist value of nonviolence as well as the practice of meditation in the country’s schools, according to ministry officials. ...
Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13762/effort-to-curb-violence-against-children-gaining-speed/
Rice federation to get $450,000 from ministry
The Cambodian Rice Federation signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday to receive $450,000 in financial support from the government to increase Cambodia’s rice exports, according to a federation official. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/rice-federation-to-get-450000-from-ministry-89665/