Road accidents kill over 2,000 killed in 11 months
At least 2,148 people were killed in almost 11 months to November in road accidents across the country, according to a report of General Commissariat of National Police on Wednesday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/road-accidents-kill-over-2000-killed-in-11-months-7734
Funding ‘not misused’
During a defence of his 30-year legacy on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen also took pains to extricate the nation’s newest, longest and most expensive bridge from corruption allegations. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funding-not-misused
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
Government: over 14,000 hectares of land cut off to hand over to people in Koh Kong, Preah Vihear provinces
Environment Minister, Say Sam Al, said on Monday that the Royal Government of Cambodia has cut off over 14,000 hectares of land and handed over to citizens, and military forces. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1AZj6oE
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
Illegal tools of fishing trade go up in smoke
Fishery Administration officials in Kampong Chhnang province burned nearly 1,000 electric fishing nets and other devices yesterday morning in a ceremony capping off a provincial crackdown on illegal fishing equipment. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-tools-fishing-trade-go-smoke
China's top political advisor meets king of Cambodia
China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng met with King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia and his mother, former Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, in Beijing on Friday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://bit.ly/1aJiHRM
Court questions general over tycoon’s murder
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday resumed its questioning of Major General Thong Sarath, a Defense Ministry official charged with orchestrating the murder of tycoon Ung Meng Chue in November. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-general-over-tycoons-murder-82534/
Guns go up in flames after B’bang amnesty
Nearly 600 guns – most of them crude homemade rifles – were burned in Battambang province on Monday after a campaign to encourage locals to hand their weapons over to the proper officials. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/guns-go-flames-after-bbang-amnesty
Drug trial delayed over false statement claims
Two women charged with drug trafficking told the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday that their original police statements, which placed them in a trafficking ring, had been falsified by police. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/drug-trial-delayed-over-false-statement-claims-85494/
Logger shot dead in Thailand, official says
A Cambodian man who had been illegally logging rosewood across the border in Thailand was shot dead by Thai soldiers on Friday, a village chief in Oddar Meanchey province said Tuesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/logger-shot-dead-in-thailand-official-says-85715/
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
Court charges bank staffer over theft of $1.6 million
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged an employee of the Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia over the theft of $1.6 million from the firm, a police official said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-bank-staffer-over-theft-of-1-6-million-90737/
Abbot warns of protests over arrest of ‘activist monks’
The Khmer Kampuchea Krom Buddhist Monk Association has slammed the August 1 arrest and defrocking of two monks, accusing police officials of detaining the pair on baseless and politically motivated charges. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14483/abbot-warns-of-protests-over-arrest-of----activist-monks---/
Map researcher threatened
A prominent researcher studying Cambodia’s border with Vietnam said yesterday that he had received numerous threats on Facebook amid the protracted and fiery debate surrounding the disputed frontier. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/map-researcher-threatened
EU lends a hand in fight against fisheries crimes
The EU handed over a patrol boat to help boost fisheries crimes suppression, as the authorities continue to crackdown on the illegal activities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501069252/eu-lends-a-hand-in-fight-against-fisheries-crimes/
China Defends Dam Building on Mekong River as Activists Head to Court
BEIJING – Officials from southwest China’s Yunnan province have defended a plan to build a dam in the region as “fully legally compliant”, after an environment group took developers of the project to court last month for violating laws.Keep reading ...
Government downplays fears on economy
The government has moved to ally fears about the state of the economy, insisting the country is not in recession.Government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat said some critics are relaying inaccurate descriptions of the state of the economy.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Business sector feels pinch of govt's minimum wage hike
BANGKOK – The Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s planned 300 baht daily minimum wage hike has forced some businesses to shift their production bases to areas bordering Cambodia and Myanmar, the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) told a seminar on Monday. At a seminar on implementing the ...
Fainting report finds heat, hysteria
The results of an investigation into two mass fainting incidents at a factory in Kampong Chhnang confirmed that M&V International Manufacturing had violated Cambodian labour law by forcing some staff to work overtime and failing to give them a full day off each week, according ...