‘At least we caught one of them’: capital police
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016One out of four burglars was arrested early yesterday morning in the capital’s Stung Meanchey commune.Patrolling police witnessed four men breaking...
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Kem Sokha appeal of jail sentence falls flat
Niem Chheng, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016Acting opposition president Kem Sokha’s appeal of a five-month sentence for failing to appear before a lower court was rejected by the Appeal Court...
View ArticleA few too many beers lands drunk in the drink
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016A man landed in a pool after dropping from not a diving board, but the second floor of a construction site.Two construction workers were drinking in...
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Bodyguard unit trio released one year after MP beatings
Mech Dara and Shaun TurtonThe Phnom Penh Post, Mon, 7 November 2016A little over a year since they brutally attacked two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly, three troops from the Prime...
View ArticleNeighbourliness goes beyond a cup of sugar
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016Neighbours are your second line of defence against theft when your lock fails you, as proven in a case on Friday.A man had locked his motorbike in...
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Worker nutrition poor: study
Ananth Baliga, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016New research released last week shows that nearly a third of female garment workers were underweight and more than a quarter were anaemic, with one...
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Rice standards run out of steam
Cheng Sokhorng, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016The government is seeking funding to complete its effort to draft standards for 11 local varieties of rice as part of an initiative aimed at...
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Prey Lang community seeks selfies for a cause
Cristina Maza, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016Seeking to capitalise on Cambodians’ embrace of social media, the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) will launch a selfie-taking campaign this...
View ArticleSeeming Samaritan robs PP accident victim
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016A motorcyclist was left physically and emotionally hurt after a motorbike crashed into him from behind in the capital’s Stung Meanchey commune on...
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Hundreds at Sovann Funeral
Khmer Time/Taing Vida Monday, 07 November 2016As steady rain fell yesterday morning, hundreds of mourners gathered at Phnom Penh’s Wat Than pagoda to start the funeral rites of former prime minister...
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Minister slams UN rep over alleged ‘prejudice’
Jack Davies, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon slammed UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) country representative Wan-Hea Lee for alleged...
View ArticleDeadbeat driver puts car – not card – in ATM
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016A driver was served a double whammy on Saturday night when he crashed into a motorbike and an ATM in the capital’s Daun Penh district.The incautious...
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Agriculture Ministry quashes ‘plastic rice’ rumours
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016The Ministry of Agriculture has moved to debunk fears that “plastic rice” has been distributed across the Kingdom in the wake of a series of Facebook...
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Two fined for holding illegal meat
Khouth Sophak Chakrya, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016Two Ratanakkiri men were reprimanded and fined late last week after a joint operation uncovered six mountain tortoises and more than 60...
View ArticlePhnom Penh guard shot to death by fleeing men
Lay Samean, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016Police are continuing to hunt for two suspected thieves who fled into the forest after shooting dead a security guard in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey...
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Ex-PM Sovann cremated in capital
Mech Dara, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016The body of former prime minister Pen Sovann was cremated at Wat Russei Sanh on Phnom Penh’s southwestern outskirts yesterday, with family, friends and...
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One killed, 19 injured in crashes
Kim Sarom, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016Two separate traffic accidents left 19 passengers injured and one dead this weekend in Pursat province’s Krakor and Bakan districts, traffic police...
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New JICA-funded traffic lights going up around city
Alex Willemyns, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 7 November 2016Phnom Penh’s traffic lights will by mid-2017 no longer feature the presently ubiquitous countdown timer, with the replacement of the city’s 69...
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2,818,887 citizens have yet registered to vote, 23 days left
6,845,329 people registered to vote as of NOV 05ប្រជារាស្ដ្រចំនួន ២.៨១៨.៨៨៧រូប នៅមិនទាន់ចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតនៅឡើយ ហើយនៅសល់តែ ២៣ថ្ងៃទៀតប៉ុណ្ណោះ។2,818,887 people have yet to register to vote and there are 23...
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Hun Sen: It‘s the French
Hun Sen: It's the French“They insult only me, the younger generation, [but] the Vietnamese people were brought here by the French to tap the rubber trees, and 70 percent of the tappers were Vietnamese....
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