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Kem Sokha to honor Phnom Penh court summons
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday that he would honor his summons to appear at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court this morning to answer questions about the opposition party’s protests in 2013 and 2014. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-to-honor-phnom-penh-court-summons-81613/
58 Cambodians among slaves rescued in Indonesia
At least 58 Cambodians were among the more than 300 enslaved fishermen recently rescued from a remote island in Indonesia’s Maluku province, an intergovernmental migration body said Tuesday. ...
Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/58-cambodians-among-slaves-rescued-in-indonesia-81595/
Eating out on the up in capital
Phnom Penh residents are spending big bucks eating at restaurants, thanks to rising demand for high-quality meals among office workers and other members of the middle class, a new study by Park Cafe Food and Beverage revealed yesterday. The study estimated that about $1.53 million was ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eating-out-capital
Staffers call for closure of Nauru site
The Australian government ignored allegations of physical and sexual abuse of asylum seekers held on the Pacific island of Nauru for more than a year without taking action, staff at the detention centre have alleged. ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/staffers-call-closure-nauru-site
Urban poor more likely to lack titles: report
Cambodia’s land-titling review process lacks transparency and clarity and is in danger of leaving behind Phnom Penh’s urban poor, according to a new report. Since the Systematic Land Registration (SLR) program was established in 2002, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has granted ...
Sarah Taguiam and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/urban-poor-more-likely-lack-titles-report
PH to ink agriculture, food cooperation agreement with Cambodia
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) is working on the details of a technical cooperation agreement with the Kingdom of Cambodia. Specifically, the agreement would promote technical cooperation and information exchange in food and agriculture, said DA Secretary Proceso Alcala, who met with Cambodian Agriculture Minister ...
Rappler.com News Staff
http://bit.ly/1aMBxIE
Democracy being undermined in political processes: report
Recent studies show that Cambodia’s democratic development is backsliding. For many Cambodians the future is unpredictable, creating a sense of uncertainty for many, while political freedoms are on the wane. ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://bit.ly/1CSOoSC
Success of ASEAN integration hinges on interconnectivity
Acquiring international bandwidth, creating a timetable for an upgrade and extending computer networks to underserved areas will be essential for governments to build a digital infrastructure for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). ...
Nithin Coca
http://bit.ly/1yU6j7C
Survey finds deep discontent as Cambodian land disputes continue
According to a new survey, land disputes in Cambodia lead to employment insecurity, causing poverty, food insecurity, and increasing physical and psychological insecurity. The survey found that most expressed a desire for the government to eliminate land disputes and set a clear policy to address ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1H3iZQi
AIIB will use its US$50 billion to help spur hydroelectric development in Asia
With 35 nations signing on as founding members, Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has a reported US$50 billion foundation from which it plans to spur infrastructure growth in developing Asian countries with projects that include hydroelectric facilities. ...
Gregory B. Poindexter
http://bit.ly/1cbOuvO
Government of Cambodia seeks double rice exports to China in 2015-16
The government of Cambodia is planning to double rice exports to China in 2015-16 (May-April) to around 200,000 tons, local sources quoted the Ministry of Commerce spokesman as saying. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://bit.ly/1c7agRr
Vietnam, Cambodia trade unions deepen ties
A delegation from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) met with Cambodia’s trade unions this week to strengthen ties, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. ...
Bernama News Staff
http://bit.ly/1FAtAAi
PH to ink agriculture, food cooperation agreement with Cambodia
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) is working on the details of a technical cooperation agreement with the Kingdom of Cambodia. Specifically, the agreement would promote technical cooperation and information exchange in food and agriculture, said DA Secretary Proceso Alcala, who met with Cambodian Agriculture Minister ...
Rappler.com News Staff
http://bit.ly/1aMBxIE
Maternal mortality rates remain high, despite UN goals
Cambodia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the region, and despite UN goals set up for the end of 2015, that number has remained high. There, only 75 percent of women giving birth were attended by trained health workers in 2012, according ...
Men Kimseng
http://bit.ly/1CvJJCo
Illegal migrants rounded up at Talat Thai
Police have arrested more than 500 illegal migrant workers at the huge Talat Thai market in Pathum Thani. Police said the illegal migrants would face legal action before being deported to their home countries. ...
Pongpat Wongyala
http://bit.ly/1NT1B0y
Assembly ready to choose members of election committee
The National Assembly has been presented with a full list of 24 candidates for nine positions on the National Election Committee. As the Assembly prepares to select the members, its women’s political committee urged that it select more women, and that a woman be chosen as president ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://bit.ly/1ClraBf
Mine, UXO explosions casualties up in 2014
Both the number of accidents and casualties caused by old landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) rose by nearly 40 percent last year, according to the latest government data, though the two figures were still the second lowest on record following years of progress in ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mine-uxo-explosions-casualties-up-in-2014-81534/
Plan to boost birth records
Working with Unicef, Cambodia will develop a 10-year national strategy to boost birth-registration rates and build an integrated database encompassing identity records for the entire population, recently released tender documents reveal. Among the challenges to improving the birth-registration system, according to Kosalvathanak, is a lack ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-boost-birth-records
Cambodian students trapped in Yemen capital as battles rage
Eight Cambodian nationals studying in Yemen remained trapped in the capital of Sanaa on Monday as sectarian violence continued to consume the country, officials said. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-students-trapped-in-yemen-capital-as-battles-rage-81530/
Cashew, poultry feed rules on the way
The Institute of Statistics Cambodia issued two new draft standards yesterday, one for cashew nuts and another for chicken- and duck-feed production. The new guidelines aim to bring the products in line with international standards and also help producers increase their exports. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cashew-poultry-feed-rules-way
HIV-positive commune official dies in Battambang
A deputy commune chief in Battambang province’s Roka commune, where an outbreak of HIV has infected nearly 250 villagers, died Monday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hiv-positive-commune-official-dies-in-battambang-81542/
Villagers’ request for crossing rebuffed
Demanding that 20 metres of a median on National Road 6A in the capital be removed to ease commutes to and from their villages, about 45 people protested outside the Ministry of Public Works and Transport yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-request-crossing-rebuffed
Minor party leader charged
League for Democracy Party (LDP) president Khem Veasna was yesterday charged at the Appeal Court on allegations that he cheated a party activist out of $70,000 between 2009 and 2011. The plaintiff, Duk Moeun, had sued Veasna at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in August 2013, ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-party-leader-charged
Stung Treng farmer charged with drug trafficking
The Stung Treng Provincial Court on Monday charged a local farmer with drug trafficking after police arrested him near the Laotian border in Thala Barivat district on Saturday, officials said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stung-treng-farmer-charged-with-drug-trafficking-81550/