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Young Cambodians embracing graft, survey says
Most Cambodians between the ages of 15 and 30 are prepared to pay bribes to get ahead and many believe they can engage in corruption without losing their integrity, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday by Transparency International Cambodia (TIC). ...
Zsombor Peter and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/young-cambodians-embracing-graft-survey-says-80078/
Government set to pardon more pregnant women
Following last month’s release of 16 incarcerated women, the government has assembled a team of experts to continue releasing women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-set-to-pardon-more-pregnant-women-79988/
Families ask to meet Agriculture minister
Representatives of 163 families from Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district submitted a request to the Agriculture Ministry on Monday to meet with Minister Ouk Rabun over his request that the Phnom Penh Municipal Court delay the allocation of nearly a hectare of land the families ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-ask-to-meet-agriculture-minister-79883/
Rival tuk-tuk associations agree to truce
Daun Penh district governor Kuoch Chamroeun on Monday negotiated a truce between two rival groups of tuk-tuk drivers who clashed violently earlier this month in a dispute over passengers. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rival-tuk-tuk-associations-agree-to-truce-79875/
Customs official’s son quizzed on night club shooting
The son of a high-ranking customs official suspected in a nightclub shooting that left one man injured was questioned at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday but has yet to be charged, officials said. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-officials-son-quizzed-on-nightclub%E2%80%88shooting-79863/
ASEAN defense ministers reiterate joint efforts to tackle IS threat
Defense ministers from the 10 nations of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) agreed here Monday to cooperate in tackling the grave security threat from the Islamic State (IS). At the end of the two-day 9th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting, the ministers signed a joint declaration ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1wU1LlU
Police draft plan to protect foreign nationals and investors
With petty crime on the rise in Cambodia, the National Police on Friday drafted a plan to protect foreign nationals and investors throughout the country, a police spokesman said Sunday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-draft-plan-to-protect-foreign-nationals-and-investors-79840/
Mafia ‘not welcome’
Cambodia’s National Police chief Neth Savoeun has told foreign embassies that it won’t tolerate “foreign mafia” in the Kingdom, in what appears to be a thinly veiled message to Russia concerning recent conflict between Russian nationals in Sihanoukville. According to the statement, Savoeun has been ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/mafia-not-welcome
Trafficking victims rescued from Malaysia, Indonesia
A Cambodian couple “trafficked” to work in Malaysia returned home Friday morning after being “rescued” by the Cambodian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, a government official said yesterday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trafficking-victims-rescued-from-malaysia-indonesia-79797/
Customs official’s son involved in club shooting
The son of a high-ranking customs official was involved in a shooting incident at the Rock nightclub in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district early Sunday morning that left one man injured, according to police. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-officials-son-involved-in-club-shooting-79842/
Lawmaker requests funds to help pay HIV villagers’ debt
The head of the National Assembly’s commission on public health submitted a letter to the Assembly’s president on Thursday requesting that the government find funds to help HIV-positive villagers in Battambang province’s Roka commune pay back the debts they have incurred due to the virus. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmaker-requests-funds-to-help-pay-hiv-villagers-debt-79828/
Cambodia to attend ASEAN defense ministers'meeting in Malaysia
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh left for Langkawi, Malaysia on Sunday to attend the 9th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting to be held from Monday. “The ASEAN defense ministers will review the latest development of security and defense situation in ASEAN,” ...
Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1CkICdO
Cambodia rebukes "labor abuse" report
Cambodia has rejected a U.S.- based Human Rights Watch’s “labor abuse” report, saying the report is groundless, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Labor late on Friday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-rebukes-%22labor-abuse%22-report-8301
After ministry’s intervention, families ask Hun Sen for help
A representative of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet yesterday advised 163 families involved in a 6-year land dispute with a businesswoman in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district to seek the Justice Ministry’s expertise after the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday it had swapped the contested ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-ministrys-intervention-families-ask-hun-sen-for-help-79793/
After visit, Refugee deal still shrouded in doubt
In 2001, Australia’s then-Conservative government first introduced its “Pacific Solution” as a way of stopping an influx of asylum seekers attempting to reach its shores by boat—and as a way of winning votes during an election defined by wedge politics. ...
Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-visit-refugee-deal-still-shrouded-in-doubt-79790/
First lady’s visit could inspire attitude change, lawmaker says
The impending visit of First Lady Michelle Obama to Cambodia will serve as an opportunity for people and officials to revisit their attitude towards girls’ education, a lawmaker says. ...
Men Kimseng
http://bit.ly/1Lh2u7h
With few options, prisoners raise children behind bars
Keo Chkriya was pregnant when she was sentenced to prison, on charges of drug distribution. By the time she left, she had been caring for her son in a cell for nearly two years. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1BKg64C
Products edge closer to GI status
Feasibility studies on achieving Geographical Indication status for Thma Koul rice, Kampot durian and Cambodian golden silk have been completed, officials said yesterday. Ouk Prachea, secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, said the ministry was waiting for the results of the studies done by ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/products-edge-closer-gi-status
Chinese puppetry show launched in Cambodia
An eight-member troupe of China’s Fujian puppetry practitioners performed the show here on Wednesday. Held at the Chinese Cultural Mansion in Cambodia, the show drew dozens of viewers, including Cambodian Culture and Fine Arts Secretary of State Samraing Kamsan, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo and ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2015/03-12/157756.shtml
Cambodia, Australia further discuss refugee resettlement plan
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton on Thursday to further discuss a refugee resettlement plan following an agreement struck by the two countries in September. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-australia-further-discuss-refugee-resettlement-plan-8297
Government considering national oil company
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is in the early stages of developing a national oil company, a ministry spokesman said Wednesday. Meng Saktheara, who is also a secretary of state, said his ministry had been working with the Finance Ministry to assess the risks of ...
Kang Sothear and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-considering-national-oil-company-79538/
Hopes low as Cambodia begins world cup quest
With thousands of fans expected to fill the stands at Phnom Penh’s Old Stadium Thursday afternoon to watch Cambodia kick off its improbable bid to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in a match against Macau, coach Lee Tae-hoon isn’t sure his side is ready. ...
Ouch Sony and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hopes-low-as-cambodia-begins-world-cup-quest-79540/
Drug smuggling suspects questioned at court
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday began questioning members of a suspected drug smuggling ring who are accused of trafficking crystal methamphetamine into the country from Laos, according to a police official. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/drug-smuggling-suspects-questioned-at-court-79561/
Kids to get schooled on Traffic Law
High school and university students, considered particularly at risk of road accidents, may soon be taking lessons on the new traffic law if a proposal from the Transport Ministry comes to fruition. Tram Iv Tek, minister of public works and transport, yesterday said that the government ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/kids-get-schooled-traffic-law