Khmer Times
Two new parties join the fray
Two new political parties – the Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) and Khmer Solidarity Party (KSP) – submitted applications for party registration to the Ministry of Interior yesterday. ...
Va Sonyka and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14011/two-new-parties-join-the-fray/
(Un)Protected Areas
In Cambodia’s wildlife sanctuaries, conservation areas and national parks, forests are falling as fast as anywhere else. ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/unprotectedareas/
E-commerce surges in Cambodia
As Internet use spreads across Cambodia, e-commerce outlets are mushrooming. Some are online shopping centers like MAIO Mall, which offers a plethora of functions, including lending and booking services. Others, like Shop168, link brick-and-mortar stores with customers via web portal and delivery services. Others, like Mall ...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13987/e-commerce-surges-in-cambodia/
Chinese tourists overtake S Koreans at Angkor
China has overtaken South Korea to become the largest tourist source to at the Angkor world heritage site, state-run Agency Kampuchea Press (AKP) reported yesterday. ...
Agence Kampuchea Press team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14009/chinese-tourists-overtake-s-koreans-at-angkor/
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/
Land grabbers back in business
Reinforcing a view that land grabbing is now a business for some rural Cambodians, several villagers who were paid Wednesday for ending their squat on a palm oil plantation reappeared 48 hours later, laying claim to different parts. ...
Ros Chanveasna and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13963/land-grabbers-back-in-business/
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/
Iv drips still the treatment of choice in Kratie
It used to be a common sight in Phnom Penh – a child wandering on a street with a needle in his hand, followed by a parent holding a bag of IV fluid. ...
Aisha Down and Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13961/iv-drips-still-the-treatment-of-choice-in-kratie/
Ta Ngov residents to keep land despite road expansion
Residents of the Phnom Penh suburb of Ta Ngov have reached a verbal agreement with the Chbar Ampov district government to make room for the expansion of a road along Barang Canal. ...
James Reddick and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13960/ta-ngov-residents-to-keep-land-despite-road-expansion/
Protest leader flees
After exposure in the press and a brush with military police, a protest leader has fled rural Kampot for Siem Reap province. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13887/protest-leader-flees/
Calls for speedy resolution of voter complaints
An election watchdog group is calling for a complaint investigation mechanism to efficiently collect and study allegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13890/calls-for-speedy-resolution-of-voter-complaints/
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/
Sihanoukville beach vendors ordered to move
Authorities in Sihanoukville have ordered 26 vendors on O’chheuteal Beach to move their stalls away from the popular stretch of sand by Saturday next week in the interest of “aesthetic beauty” or face eviction. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-beach-vendors-ordered-to-move-90207/
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/
Arbitration body orders capitol tours bus drivers back to work
The Arbitration Council on Wednesday ordered 40 Capitol Tours bus drivers to end a strike that began on July 22 over claims that five other drivers were fired for attempting to organize a union at the company. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arbitration-body-orders-capitol-tours-bus-drivers-back-to-work-90014/
Mobile voice messages a hit with new moms
Dr. Thearith helps thousands of women in Kampong Chhnang province care for their babies. He provides them with advice about how to breastfeed, how to keep their infants from contracting malaria, and how to avoid infections. ...
Srey Kumneth and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13850/mobile-voice-messages-a-hit-with-new-moms/
Dengue cases flying under the radar
Dengue fever can kill. But like the mosquitoes that carry the disease, the number of cases of dengue each year can be difficult to count. One thing is certain: the number of cases in Cambodia goes massively underreported every year. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13844/dengue-cases-flying-under-the-radar/
Governor on interpol list three years after shooting
An international arrest warrant has finally been issued for Chhouk Bundith, the former governor of Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City who went into hiding before being found guilty of shooting three garment workers three years ago, according to National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-on-interpol-list-three-years-after-shooting-90005/
In letter to lawmakers, PM says border work on track
Responding to 12 opposition lawmakers who issued a letter asking the government to bring a case against Vietnam to the International Court of Justice over its alleged border incursions, Prime Minister Hun Sen this week said his administration was already doing fine demarcating its eastern ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-letter-to-lawmakers-pm-says-border-work-on-track-90030/
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/
Shipping deals turn the tide for Cambodian economy
New shipping agreements will soon be signed between companies in Cambodia and China that will see the Kingdom’s largest port continue its transformation into a regional hub, port officials say. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13852/shipping-deals-turn-the-tide-for-cambodian-economy/
Farmers try to cash in on cashews
Cambodian farmers want to grow more cashews in response to rising prices. But lack of information and resources is holding them back. ...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13835/farmers-try-to-cash-in-on-cashews/
China’s woes a mixed bag for Cambodia
China’s tumbling stock market may impact tourism to Cambodia, but it is not likely to reduce Chinese investment in the Kingdom, analysts and executives say. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13787/china---s-woes-a-mixed-bag-for-cambodia/
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/