Boeung Kak activists found guilty
Ananth Baliga and Lay SameanThe Phnom Penh Post, Tue, 20 September 2016Four Boeung Kak lake activists were convicted and sentenced to six months in jail yesterday for their roles in a 2011 scuffle with...
View ArticleEx-cadre tells of KR marriage
Cristina Maza, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016Civil party Sa Lay Hieng, a former Khmer Rouge cadre, took the stand yesterday to testify about her forced marriage and of how she later fell...
View ArticleMoU with UN stalled by government
Shaun Turton, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016A memorandum of understanding between Cambodia and the United Nations has been stalled for almost 10 months thanks to the government’s insistence...
View ArticleWater Fest ‘will be celebrated’
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday doubled down on his May pledge that the annual Water Festival and accompanying boat races – held only...
View ArticleThai Smile to expand service to Cambodia
Post Staff, Tue, 20 September 2016Thai Smile, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thai Airways, will begin operating direct flights between Phnom Penh and Bangkok starting in October, according to online...
View ArticleCops link shipment of luxury wood to Pheap
Mech Dara, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016Forestry officials in Prey Veng province confiscated 309 pieces of luxury timber allegedly belonging to logging tycoon Try Pheap after the truck...
View ArticleCambodian rails linked to Thailand’s
Khouth Sophak Chakrya, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016The long-awaited railroad between Phnom Penh and Bangkok moved one step closer to completion yesterday after tracks on the Cambodian side...
View ArticleEmbalming chemical found in Takeo prahok
Niem Chheng, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016Takeo provincial authorities yesterday confiscated and destroyed more than 180 kilograms of contaminated prahok from four production sites,...
View ArticleBar association denies allegations of bribery
Andrew Nachemson and Bun SengkongThe Phnom Penh Post,Tue, 20 September 2016Bun Honn, the president of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC), yesterday denied allegations of corruption...
View ArticleKandal man arrested for alleged blackmail
Niem Chheng, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016A 23-year-old man is due in court today accused of blackmailing his girlfriend by threatening to publish nude photos of her on Facebook.Kan...
View ArticleElephant kills owner in Mondulkiri
Khouth Sophak Chakrya, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016A 45-year-old man in Mondulkiri province was attacked and killed by his 37-year-old male elephant yesterday as he attempted to force the...
View ArticleCambodia’s Hun Sen: If I Back Down ‘I Will be Nothing Short of a Dog’
2016-09-19 RFACambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at the opposition on Monday as he refused to negotiate with the Cambodia National Rescue Party as long as the CNRP is threatening mass...
View Article2,557,505 people registered to vote as of SEP. 18
សេចក្ដីប្រកាសព័ត៌មាន៖ លទ្ធផលបណ្តោះអាសន្ននៃការចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត ដើម្បីរៀបចំបញ្ជីបោះឆ្នោតថ្មី ឆ្នាំ២០១៦ ពីថ្ងៃទី០១ ដល់ថ្ងៃទី១៨ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦2,557,505 people registered to vote as of September...
View ArticleCNRP MP Statement on Cambodian farmers must be protected by the government
សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍របស់ក្រុមសមាជិកសភាគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ថ្ងៃទី១៩ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦
View ArticleNew facility for young offenders
The Phnom Penh Post,Tue, 20 September 2016The Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday confirmed it would construct a new national facility to rehabilitate child offenders.The news follows a meeting last...
View ArticleThais defend record on fishing vessel abuses
Yesenia Amaro, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 20 September 2016A month after the Cambodian Human Rights Committee sent a request to its Thai counterpart asking it to implement safety measures to protect...
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