NEC seeks to help monks vote
The National Election Committee (NEC) submitted a letter to The Ministry of interior on Monday recommending that bureaucratic obstacles preventing The Kingdom’s 60,000 monks from registering to vote be resolved. ...
Alessandro Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-seeks-help-monks-vote
Platform to unify online trading for CSX
A central online trading platform expected to launch by the end of the year will allow investors to trade securities listed on the local stock market using a desktop computer or smartphone. ...
Brian Ng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/platform-unify-online-trading-csx
Rainsy claims CPP behind ‘Khmer for Khmer’
CNRP President Sam Rainsy continued the opposition party’s attack on political commentator Kem Ley’s “Khmer for Khmer” reform group Wednesday, telling supporters that the group is a creation of the ruling CPP. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-claims-cpp-behind-khmer-for-khmer-76158/
COVID-19 and Cambodia’s human rights concerns
In late January, Cambodia’s Prime MInister, Hun Sen, made a televised statement about the spread of misInformation regardIng the COVID-19 virus outbreak origInatIng from Wuhan, ChIna. He also threatened to “kick out” reporters or officials seen wearIng a face mask. He said that the real illness ...
Jillian Louis
Arrested pedophile teacher deported back to UK
A British pedophile who was arrested at the behest of the British Embassy two weeks ago was deported Wednesday evening, an immigration official said Wednesday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/%EF%BB%BF-arrested-pedophile-teacher-deported-back-to-uk-98655/
Tourism industry eyes Russia
The Tourism Ministry has outlined The potential of tourism services and investment opportunities to Russia, hoping to attract tourists and investments to Cambodia. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39752/tourism-industry-eyes-russia/
Environmental ‘disaster’ at Akara
Academic says significant damage is proved by report, disputed by company. Findings of toxic contamination from Akara Resources’ gold mine have been hailed as significant scientific confirmation of an environmental disaster in Phichit.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
CPP touts Hun Sen’s attendance at US summit
Sitting in a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and fellow Asean leaders in California on Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen seemed to have his mind on what Cambodians would think of his participation in this week’s U.S.-Asean Summit. ...
Anthony Jensen and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-touts-hun-sens-attendance-at-us-summit-108697/
EDL amasses huge debt due to unpaid bills, investment outlay
Unpaid electricity fees, notably owed by state organisations, have accumulated into a large debt to be paid to Electricite Du Laos (EDL), a minister told the recent National Assembly session. Minister of Energy and Mines Dr Khammany inthilath gave the information when responding to questions ...
Special Report: Unique way to life at upper Songkhla Lake under threat
The RID’s sluice gate against sea-water intrusion is being introduced on Pak Pra canal without Residents’ knowledge, posing threat livelihoods and Their self-sufficient economy as much as The lake ecosystems.“Lom Nok”, or The seasonal easterly wind, has started to blow inland, signalling 64-year-old farmer Samruay ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Govt: no plan to ban used car imports
The government said yesterday it had no plans to ban The import of second-hand cars, despite concerns Cambodia lags behind oTher ASEAN countries on The issue and over safety and consumer protection. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23338//
CNRP: Sam Rainsy likely unable to stand as candidate for next election
Senior figures of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has expressed concerns that the CNRP leader Sam Rainsy who have been ousted from the National Assembly last week. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cnrp:-sam-rainsy-likely-unable-to-stand-as-candidate-for-next-election-9079
Ranariddh’s adviser quits royalist party
Noranarith Anandayath, the long-serving personal secretary of former First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, said Sunday that he has resigned from the prince’s newly formed political party and is considering joining the CPP. ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ranariddhs-adviser-quits-royalist-party-70310/
One-time NEC fave weighs call
The head of a local rights group who was once touted as The consensus choice for The revamped National Election Committee’s key ninth member will soon announce wheTher she will officially withdraw her candidacy. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/one-time-nec-fave-weighs-call
CPP wins Doung recount
After a full recount, the NEC said the results now stood at 2,611 votes to the CPP and 2,609 to the CNRP, handing the commune that was initially won by the opposition to the ruling party. the body said it deliberated on 141 invalid ballots, ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-wins-doung-recount
Police installing CCTV cameras at major intersections
Cambodian national police have begun installing closed-circuit TV cameras at traffic lights, in hopes of better enforcing traffic laws and to assist authorities in solving crimes. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/police-installing-cctv-cameras-at-major-intersections/2866701.html
Gov’t releases sub-decree on Bokor town development
The government has decided to develop Bokor National Park into a futuristic and historic tourism city, a sub-decree on The introduction of The master plan for Bokor town’s development said. The area will be connected to The Kingdom’s souThern coastal tourism corridor. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-releases-sub-decree-bokor-town-development
‘Anarchic’ Poipet fees decried
New reports of border officials at Poipet International CheckpoInt demandIng extra from travellers crossIng the border between Cambodia and Thailand have agaIn thrown the spotlight on the oft-maligned western gateway to the KIngdom, with an opposition lawmaker pledgIng action to stop the “anarchy”. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anarchic-poipet-fees-decried
Cambodia’s opposition calls on government to expedite ‘dragging’ assault probe
Cambodia’s opposition party has called on the government to expedite a “dragging” investigation into a violent attack on two of its lawmakers and urged the United Nations to join the probe after the international body expressed concern over the assault. ...
Leng Maly
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/probe-11022015171340.html
Government to evict families under bridge
The government has delayed plans to renovate The Chroy Changvar Bridge, which was slated to undergo changes and improvements this month, after it was revealed that 21 families will have Their homes demolished near The eastern end of The bridge to facilitate The construction. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33878/government-to-evict-families-under-bridge/