Government
Government releases draft law on food safety
The Commerce Ministry on Wednesday released a draft of the country’s first food law, which establishes a Food Safety Authority charged with protecting domestic consumers and ensuring that exports meet international standards. ...
Janelle Retka and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-releases-draft-law-on-food-safety-88533/
Hun Sen asks France, UK, US for border maps
Prime Minister Hun Sen has written to French President Francois Hollande, U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron to ask them to provide maps of Cambodia’s borders and experts to confirm that the government has demarcated the border legally. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-asks-france-uk-us-for-border-maps-88554/
Kem Sokha warns against putting trust in leaders
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha has called on the public to become more actively involved in politics to prevent political leaders from growing too self-important and abandoning their causes. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-warns-against-putting-trust-in-leaders-88556/
Surge in electricity bills sparks confusion
Confused citizens in coastal communities like Kampot and Sihanoukville are complaining about surging electricity bills, which they say are not linked to higher usage or even rises in per unit cost. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13327/surge-in-electricity-bills-sparks-confusion/
Election registration experiment starts in September
Cambodia’s next elections for commune officials will take place in February 2017, Interior Minister Sar Kheng has confirmed. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13337/election-registration-experiment-starts-in-september/
More than 7,000 pass Korean language test
The results of a Korean proficiency test for would-be migrant workers were released Wednesday, with more than 7,000 Cambodians qualifying as prospective laborers in South Korea’s agriculture, manufacturing and construction sectors, according to officials. ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-7000-pass-korean-language-test-88560/
Vietnam, Cambodia to increase cooperation in border control
Vietnamese and Cambodian officials have pledged to resolve border issues between their two countries on the basis of friendship and respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. ...
Tuoitrenews News Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/29238/vietnam-cambodia-to-increase-cooperation-in-border-control
Students knuckle down to prepare for cheating-free exam
Hean Chanthorn, 20, a grade 12 student from Chea Sim Santhor Mok High School in Phnom Penh, says he wakes at 4 a.m. every morning to revise. He heads to school at 6 a.m. and stays there until 7:30 in the evening. After dinner, Chanthorn ...
Leng Sreynich
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/students-knuckle-down-to-prepare-for-cheating-free-exam/2862364.html
Assembly president won’t postpone border demarcation
National Assembly President Heng Samrin has refused a request from opposition lawmakers to suspend border demarcation through the 2018 national elections. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/assembly-president-wont-postpone-border-demarcation/2862812.html
Chinese corners opened in Cambodia to boost language learning
The Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia on Tuesday launched Chinese Corners at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the Royal University of Fine Arts. ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2015/07-15/173177.shtml
Hun Sen asks western leaders to help resolve Cambodia’s border disputes
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen sent letters to the leaders of the three western countries on Wednesday asking to borrow a decades-old map to try to settle disputes over alleged territorial encroachment by Vietnam.The Cambodian leader sent letters to U.S. President Barack Obama, French President ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hun-sen-asks-western-leaders-to-help-resolve-border-disputes-07152015160828.html
China gives cars and phones to foreign ministry
China has donated three Toyota Hilux Vigo trucks, one minibus Toyota Coaster and 45 Ascend P7 Huawei mobile phones to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13294/china-gives-cars-and-phones-to-foreign-ministry/
Sao Sokha praises military police on anniversary
National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha on Tuesday painted a rosy picture of the country during a ceremony in Phnom Penh to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of a wing of the armed forces that has been routinely called upon to crush dissent. ...
Khuon Narim and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sao-sokha-praises-military-police-on-anniversary-88336/
Amid border tension, officials told to shape up
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Tuesday handed down a list of instructions to government officials working along the country’s border with Vietnam to help tamp down newly inflamed tensions along disputed stretches of the frontier, including an order to stop cutting informal deals with their ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-border-tension-officials-told-to-shape-up-88330/
Officials to improve Prey Speu conditions
Following a visit to Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu detention centre on Friday, the United Nations, NGOs and authorities have vowed to work together to find solutions for those detained there. ...
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-improve-prey-speu-conditions
Officials at border call for better info sharing
Authorities in Svay Rieng province have slammed the minister in charge of negotiating border issues with Vietnam, saying he has not kept the military and governor’s office in the loop regarding the ongoing dispute with Cambodia’s neighbour. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-border-call-better-info-sharing
Alcohol law to go to council of ministers by week’s end
A draft of Cambodia’s first alcohol law—which if passed would introduce a drinking age of 21 and ban the sale of alcohol between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.—will be sent to the Council of Ministers by the end of the week, Health Minister Mam Bunheng ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/alcohol-law-to-go-to-council-of-ministers-by-weeks-end-88344/
‘Terrorist’ group takes final step to party status
The Khmer People Power Movement on Tuesday handed the Interior Ministry the last of the paperwork it needs to form a political party, just days after its self-exiled founder, Sourn Serey Ratha, was pardoned by King Norodom Sihamoni, at Prime Minister Hun Sen’s request, for ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/terrorist-group-takes-final-step-to-party-status-88338/
ILO launching new garment newsletter
The International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday will launch a news bulletin focusing on Cambodia’s garment and shoe sector, aimed at providing data for Cambodian policymakers during annual minimum wage talks. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-launching-new-garment-newsletter
Opposition leader seeks muslim political support
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy met with Cambodian Muslim leaders recently, promising a broad range of political concessions important to their community. ...
Ser Sayana and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-opposition-leader-seeks-muslim-political-support/2859935.html
Owner of meth den is Interior ministry official
Authorities are searching for an Interior Ministry official who owns a three-story video arcade in Phnom Penh that was used as a drug den before police raided the establishment over the weekend and arrested dozens of people, an official said Monday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/owner-of-meth-den-is-interior-ministry-official-88158/
NEC recruiting 2,400
The National Election Committee (NEC) has announced it will recruit 2,400 computer-trained staff to oversee electronic voter registration, due to be launched early next year across more than 1,600 communes. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-recruiting-2400
Police seek grave smashers after video goes viral
Police in Kandal province are seeking to arrest three men after footage emerged last week of them running through a Vietnamese graveyard in Sa’ang district damaging headstones. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-seek-grave-smashers-after-video-goes-viral-88168/
More funding for people with disabilities
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is increasing funding to support a rehabilitation and prosthetics project for people with disabilities in Cambodia. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13296/more-funding-for-people-with-disabilities/