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A King’s temple remembered

The elders of Banteay Village have a favorite comparison when discussing the temple perched above a floodplain on the outskirts of town. ...

James Reddick and Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15951/a-king---s-temple-remembered/

Rights NGO worker held over UDG protest

An NGO worker was detained on Friday after participating in a roadblock by Koh Kong province’s Poy Chorpun community to protest the activities of the Chinese firm Union Development Group (UDG). ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-ngo-worker-held-over-udg-protest

Hundreds evacuated in northwest amid further flooding

Hundreds of families were evacuated from their homes in Pailin province over the weekend as tropical storm Vamco brought torrential rain to the country’s northwest after causing serious flooding in Kampot and Battambang provinces last week, officials said Sunday. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hundreds-evacuated-in-northwest-amid-further-flooding-94851/

HAGL makes deal with villagers

A “major breakthrough” has been reached in discussions between Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang Anh Gia Lai and 11 indigenous communities in Ratanakkiri province that have lost land and resources to the company’s plantations. ...

Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hagl-makes-deal-villagers

Survey says garment workers earn $191 monthly

A new survey of what the country’s 700,000 garment workers earn and spend in a typical month has concluded that the median take-home pay of a garment factory employee is $191, higher than the minimum wage, but lower than what employers have claimed. ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/survey-says-garment-workers-earn-191-monthly-94853/

After scramble, campaign on Nauru ramps up

Less than two weeks after Australia’s immigration minister met with Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh following media reports that a controversial refugee deal had collapsed, a spokesman for an organization that monitors refugees on Nauru said that asylum seekers there are again being ...

George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-scramble-campaign-on-nauru-ramps-up-94837/

Eight Nigerians get 10 years for trafficking meth

Eight Nigerians were sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday following a sting operation last year that culminated with an undercover officer purchasing 100 grams of crystal methamphetamine from one of the eight. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eight-nigerians-get-10-years-for-trafficking-meth-94835/

More than 60 busted in raid

Police detained and questioned 62 suspects, including a minor, following a drug raid in the capital’s Trapaing Chhuk village in Sen Sok district on Saturday. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-60-busted-raid

Locals block gold exploration

Fearing the loss of their water source, hundreds of villagers of the Jarai ethnic minority last week continued to block an Australian gold mining company from accessing a plot of land in Ratanakkiri’s Andong Meas district that is licensed for exploration.Angkor Gold Company, which first ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-block-gold-exploration

Gov’t tackles Social Media

Social networks are a double-edged sword when it comes to the dissemination of news and information according to experts at a social network ethics and morality workshop yesterday. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15954/gov---t-tackles-social-media/

Police arrest, release activist in Koh Kong

Police in Koh Kong province arrested and released an activist on Saturday who helped families organize a roadblock against a Chinese company they accuse of stealing their farms. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-release-activist-in-koh-kong-94857/

Four arrested in raids on timber warehouses

Four people were arrested and more than 1,000 pieces of illegally logged timber seized in Mondolkiri province during a coordinated series of raids on three warehouses over the past three days, an official said Sunday. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-arrested-in-raids-on-timber-warehouses-94855/

Storms rage on in parts

Rainstorms have battered coastal areas and the Kingdom’s northwest, leaving hundreds of homes flooded and thousands of hectares of crops underwater, a disaster management official said yesterday.Battambang province was the worst hit, with at least one death reported and some roads blocked by floodwaters, according ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/storms-rage-parts

More than 1,000 logs confiscated

Forestry officials raided two locations in Mondulkiri province on Friday, confiscating more than 1,000 logs from suspected illegal timber dealers. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-1000-logs-confiscated

Dengue cases rising in Siem Reap

Dengue fever has killed 24 people so far this year, most of them children. As dengue fever cases continue to rise in Siem Reap province, the statistics seem scary. Death by dengue, however, is most often due to complications stemming from multiple infections coupled with ...

Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15953/dengue-cases-rising-in-siem-reap/

Centre aims to bolster women entrepreneurship

A women’s entrepreneurship centre opened its doors in Phnom Penh on Friday, providing a platform for Cambodian women to access the tools and resources needed to start or grow a sustainable business.The WECREATE Cambodia Center supports female entrepreneurs by connecting them to a network of ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/centre-aims-bolster-women-entrepreneurship

Floods hit Battambang

Six districts in Battambang province are dealing with heavy flooding, and 155 households in Bavel district were evacuated this weekend, officials said. ...

Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15952/floods-hit-battambang/

PM wants no double tax for foreign teachers

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday he would like to stop foreign teachers from being required to pay income tax both in Cambodia and their home country in order to attract more highly-skilled educators to work here. ...

Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-wants-no-double-tax-for-foreign-teachers-94863/

Three children injured after playing with UXO

Three children were seriously injured on Friday afternoon after a piece of unexploded ordnance (UXO) they found near their homes in Kompong Speu province detonated when they tried to make it into a cowbell, local officials said Sunday. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-children-injured-after-playing-with-uxo-94861/

China, ASEAN eyes production capacity cooperation

Zhang Ping, owner of a northeast China power technology company, described his trip to the 12th China-ASEAN Expo in the southern city of Nanning as a success. Also attending the expo, representatives from Sihanoukville special economic zone in Cambodia are seeking investment from China and ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/19/c_134640721.htm

15th anniversary of Cambodia-China Friendship Association marked in Cambodia

The 15th anniversary of the Cambodia-China Friendship Association was celebrated here Saturday evening under the auspices of Cambodian National Assembly President Heng Samrin. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6652776/2015/09/19/15th-anniversary-cambodia-china-friendship-association-marked-cambodia

Abuse fears holding up workers pact for Qatar

A major factor holding up an agreement to send Cambodian workers to Qatar is the Cambodian government’s refusal to send domestic workers to the country amid a “high risk” of sexual abuse, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/abuse-fears-holding-workers-pact-qatar

‘Living wage’ talks draw major brands

Envoys of major clothing brands and retailers visited Phnom Penh this week to discuss how to achieve a “living wage” for Cambodia’s garment workers, while the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) contends the “uncompetitive” industry is slowing down as buyers pull out. ...

Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/living-wage-talks-draw-major-brands

Nine Cambodian provinces face loss of EU funding for forestry management project

Nine forest communities across Cambodia on Friday expressed concern about illegal land encroachment and logging operations as a European Union-funded sustainable forest management project which helped communities in wooded areas thrive comes to an end. ...

Hang Savyouth and Oum Rainsey
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/nine-cambodian-provinces-face-loss-of-eu-funding-for-forestry-management-project-09182015165712.html

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