Climate Change Will Adversely Affect Economy
Cambodia’s manufacturing and tourism sectors will face adverse effects from climate change due to the country’s focus on hydropower, according to a report produced jointly by British and Cambodian think tanks. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/climate-change-will%E2%80%88adversely-affect-economy-36624/
Cambodia’s rice export in January down
Cambodia exported 21,536 tons of milled rice in January of 2014, down 4,190 tons (16%) compared to 25,726 tons exported in the same period of last year, according to a report on agriculture, forestry and fishery. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=Y2JjZWMwNzAwNDd
Prey Lang activists detain two loggers
Two illegal loggers were arrested by a community patrol in Prey Lang forest on Wednesday, the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-activists-detain-two-loggers
13 killed 47 injured in Sunday's road accidents: Police
13 people were killed, and 47 others were injured in road accidents on Sunday, a day ahead of Pchum Ben festival from 22-24 September, website of General Commiosariate of National Police said. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZjIxZDY5MDVjYTQ
Corruption reform remains slow, expert says
Anti-corruption groups say Cambodia needs to do more to curb the practice. Preap Kol, executive director of Transparency International Cambodia, told “Hello VOA” on Thursday that Cambodia is going the “right way,” but it needs to do more. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/corruption-reform-remains-slow-expert-says/2556771.html
Some 570 Cambodians fall ill after eating contaminated snacks
Approximately 570 Cambodian people, mostly children, in northwestern Cambodia’s Siem Reap province got sick after eating bread filled with meat and vegetables on Saturday afternoon, a provincial health chief confirmed. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Icwc7r
Cambodia inaugurates China-funded Mekong bridge, road
Cambodia inaugurated a 1.73-km Mekong River bridge, along with a 143-km road, here on Wednesday in a bid to boost economic development and reduce poverty in this far northeastern region. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Do883N
Marijuana crops burned
Military police destroyed more than 500 marijuana plants with an estimated value of $30,000 in Kampot province on Friday, an official said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/marijuana-crops-burned
Cambodian team 2nd in regional stock challenge
Two Cambodian university students won $8,000 on Monday by placing second in a regional stock trading competition, after making it to the final round of the contest ahead of nearly 2,000 other teams from across Southeast Asia. ...
George Styllis
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodian-team-2nd-in-regional-stock-challenge-76450/
Cambodia, China to co-organize Spring Festival Night Show in Phnom Penh
The state-owned National Television of Cambodia (TVK) and China’s Yunnan TV station will jointly organized the 2015 Spring Festival Night Show on Feb. 10 in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, TVK’s director-general Kem Gunawadh said Monday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-china-to-co-organize-spring-festival-night-show-in-phnom-penh-8140
Cambodia’s ruling party promotes PM’s sons, top allies
Cambodia’s ruling party named three sons of long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen to its upper ranks on Sunday as part of a bid to rejuvenate its leadership and claw back support lost at the last general election. ...
Daily Times News Staff
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/foreign/03-Feb-2015/cambodia-s-ruling-party-promotes-pm-s-sons-top-allies
Cambodian PM tells opposition leader not to take revenge
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has told opposition leader Sam Rainsy not to take revenge on him if one day he is out of power so as to maintain national peace and unity. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1FpLbNa
Cambodia’s ruling party president Chea Sim dies
Chea Sim, president of Cambodia’s ruling party and president of the Senate, died at his home in Phnom Penh on Monday after years of deteriorating health, an official said. He was 82. ...
Yeang Socheameta
http://bit.ly/1G8CzJC
Hanoi official meet over CNRP's border trips
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday received Vietnamese Communist Party Politburo official Le Hong Anh at his office in Phnom Penh and asked that Vietnam remain “calm” over recent fact-finding trips to the border led by opposition lawmakers. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-hanoi-official-meet-over-cnrp-border-trips-85289/
NGOs meet with opposition lawmaker over controversial law
Representatives of pro-democracy and human rights groups met with the National Assembly’s vice president, opposition lawmaker Kem Sokha, on Wednesday, repeating calls that a controversial law to regulate NGOs be tabled. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ngos-meet-with-opposition-lawmaker-over-controversial-law/2826073.html
Man who sold clinic license faces 10 years’ imprisonment
A Cambodian man who sold his license to operate a medical clinic in Stung Treng City faces up to 10 years in prison after a woman died following an abortion conducted illegally on the premises, a court official said. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-who-sold-clinic-license-faces-10-years-imprisonment-85889/
CPP, CNRP groups in ‘lightning oath’ swearing competition
Some 200 members of a CPP-aligned youth group knelt down at a riverside shrine in Phnom Penh on Sunday and swore an oath of loyalty to the ruling party, the Cambodian Red Cross and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-cnrp-groups-in-lightning-oath-swearing-competition-86077/
Son Chhay to call Sok An over corruption order
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay is today expected to request Sok An, head of the Council of Ministers, to appear before the National Assembly to explain a recent directive forbidding public employees from dealing directly with lawmakers on corruption issues. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/son-chhay-call-sok-over-corruption-order
Firm’s owner released after marble deaths
The Chinese owner of a company who was arrested after three of his employees were crushed to death by marble slabs while unloading a shipping container in Phnom Penh on Tuesday was released Wednesday evening, an official said Thursday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firms-owner-released-after-marble-deaths-86611/
Thai and Cambodian traders sign tens of business deals, worth nearly THB2,000m
Nearly a hundred of senior Thai officials and entrepreneurs from six lower northeastern provinces met with counterparts from five Cambodian border provinces on June 26th in Siem Reap, Cambodia, to discuss their cooperation in trade, investment and tourism. ...
NNT News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5806270010007