Lon Nol-era explosives found
An unscheduled bathroom break led to the discovery of 27 pieces of unexploded ordnance in Kampong Speu’s Samrong Tong district on Monday, military police said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lon-nol-era-explosives-found
Officials to meet about census findings
The Interior Ministry’s immigration department will on Wednesday report the findings of a nationwide census of foreigners that began in August, an immigration official said Monday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-to-meet-about-census-findings-76415/
Thailand deports monks across border
Thai authorities deported 20 Cambodian monks through the Poipet International Checkpoint on Saturday after they illegally crossed into Thailand to seek alms, an immigration official said Monday. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thailand-deports-monks-across-border-79346/
Court delays trial of fugitive tycoon’s parents
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday delayed the trial of fugitive Defense Ministry official Thong Sarath’s parents, who are facing charges of possessing illegal firearms. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-delays-trial-of-fugitive-tycoons-parents-81399/
VN monks chased off of island
Authorities yesterday forced out 10 Vietnamese citizens and burned down several shrines illegally built on a Navy-controlled island off of Koh Kong province, an official said. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vn-monks-chased-island
Ministry report outlines 2014 illegal logging figures
The government seized more than 7,000 cubic meters of illegally logged wood last year, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-report-outlines-2014-illegal-logging-figures-76250/
Two busted over illegal reptiles
Twenty-eight hard-shell turtles and eight snakes – weighing more than 50 kilograms – were seized from a minivan in Kampong Thom’s Kampong Svay district on Wednesday. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/two-busted-over-illegal-reptiles
Armed robbers at large after Pursat market heist
Five robbers stole more than 4 kg of gold and platinum jewelry from a market in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district on Saturday, police said Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/armed-robbers-at-large-after-pursat-market-heist-80533/
Children’s faeces just as toxic, report says
A recently released study on hygiene in Cambodia has found that a lack of understanding of the dangers of handling child faeces is causing serious health problems. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/childrens-faeces-just-toxic-report-says
Police seize tour buses from Vietnam suspected of smuggling
Police in Svay Rieng province on Sunday stopped three Phnom Penh-bound tour buses from Vietnam suspected of smuggling shoes and clothing into Cambodia, officials said Monday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-seize-tour-buses-from-vietnam-suspected-of-smuggling-85621/
Germany's finance firm lends 15 mln USD to Cambodian rice miller
The German Investment and Development Corporation (DEG) signed to lend 15 million U.S. dollars to Cambodian rice milling company Angkor Kasekam Roongroeung (AKR) here on Wednesday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12367/germany-s-finance-firm-lends-15-mln-usd-to-cambodian-rice-miller/
Thai fishing slaves find lack of support at home
When hundreds of fishermen were rescued from a life of slavery on Thai fishing boats off the coast of Indonesia earlier this year, the world took notice. ...
Astrid Zweynert
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13243/thai-fishing-slaves-find-lack-of-support-at-home/
One dead after Cambodian, Vietnamese fishermen clash
A Cambodian man was left dead after a group of fishermen from Kampot province clashed with Vietnamese fishermen while at sea on Sunday evening, according to officials. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-dead-after-cambodian-vietnamese-fishermen-clash-89639/
Commerce Ministry to launch magazine soon
The Ministry of Commerce will begin publishing a news magazine early next month to promote its activities and provide information on market developments, an official said Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/commerce-ministry-to-launch-magazine-soon-90926/
Cambodia encourages U.S. companies to invest in infrastructure projects
Cambodian government has encouraged U.S. companies to join biding on infrastructure projects and build quality physical infrastructure in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/955936/cambodia-encourages-u-s-companies-to-invest-in-infrastructure-projects/
Solar Surge Threatens Hydro Future on Mekong
Thousands of megawatts of wind and solar energy contracts in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia have been signed, seriously challenging the financial viability of major hydropower projects on the river, an energy expert told a water conference last week.Buoyed by a recent Thai government ...
VOA Khmer
Hun Sen bans industry fishing at Tonle Sap lake permanently
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday extended indefinitely a ban on commercial fishing in Tonle Sap lake, citing ongoing illegal fishing to the detriment of local villagers. The premier had first imposed the ban on 35 fishing lots in the lake in August, as a result of ...
Fainting link to Canadian cold
Women who had fainted in a poorly ventilated garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning were making winter coats to be sold at Walmart stores in Canada, it was revealed yesterday. Executives with Taiwanese-owned Heart Enterprise (Cambodia) Ltd also confirmed reports ...
Garment Factory Lease Issues Cause Protests Over Severance
Afraid that the Dai Young Cambodia Co garment factory in Phnom Penh would not be renewing its land lease, more than 800 workers protested on Saturday at the factory in Russei Keo district demanding that the owner sign a guarantee of severance pay, labor unions ...
Maid ban finally complete
The Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies announced a temporary ban on the sending of all domestic workers to Malaysia amidst another underage trainee scandal – this one involving a firm owned by the wife of a senior member of Cambodia’s international police department. on Monday, the ...