There’s a lonely, rowdy twin in K’Speu tonight
Post Staff, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016A pair of twins in Kampong Speu province proved to be identical in their criminal tendencies after beating a villager on Tuesday.The bandit brothers,...
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Charges in celeb assault case
Mech Dara and Erin Handley, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016A relative of a wealthy timber tycoon has been charged with intentional acts of violence and placed in pre-trial detention for...
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‘The trash just floats away’
Bun Sengkong and Yesenia AmaroThe Phnom Penh Post, Thu, 17 November 2016Along a riverbank in the capital yesterday, garbage was strewn in a thick carpet 12 metres across and 10 metres long, spilling...
View ArticleCreepy bathroom bag snatcher snags purse
Post Staff, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016A restaurant owner was in for a nasty surprise when she went to the bathroom in her Sihanoukville home yesterday, only to find a burglar lying in...
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School infrastructure issues on kids’ minds
Joey Chua Xue Ting, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016Nearly 90 percent of Cambodian children interviewed in a new global survey said they would first renovate school facilities and create...
View ArticleAlmost 3 tonnes of illegal wood seized
Mech Dara, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016Military police and Forestry Administration officials have arrested a man alleged to have been transporting almost 3 tonnes of endangered rosewood in...
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Cruiseco still mulling compensation figure
Lay Samean, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016The families of two men who drowned after a cruise ship collided with their Water Festival racing boat during practice earlier this week have yet to...
View ArticleTeen found strangled to death in trash heap
Kim Sarom, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016A garbage collector uncovered a gruesome scene yesterday when he found the body of a strangled woman in a trash pile in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok...
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CNRP leader diversifies social media playbook
Alex Willemyns, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has waded into the Twittersphere, using his first tweet to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump on his...
View ArticleFire water fans the flames of alco-arson
Post Staff, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016A healthy helping of booze stoked the flames of one man’s fiery temper on Monday in Siem Reap, culminating with him burning his own house.The...
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A quick reminder from President Obama [From Hak Chou]
THE WHITE HOUSE A quick reminder from President Obama:From now through January 31, 2017, the Health Insurance Marketplace is open for business.You can head to HealthCare.gov to shop for health plans...
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North Korea May be Mistaken in Thinking Novice Trump Will Let it Off the Hook
A commentary by Andrei Lankov2016-11-15 RFASo, it has happened: Contrary to nearly all polls and predictions, Donald Trump, the Republican Party candidate, was elected the 45th President of the United...
View ArticleCambodia signs MoU with China for tourism
Post Staff, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016Chinese and Cambodian officials have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase exchanges of investment and training for tourism, the Ministry...
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Teacher accused of rape of student, 12
Niem Chheng and Ananth BaligaThe Phnom Penh Post, Thu, 17 November 2016A Kampong Thom high-school teacher was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping his 12-year-old student four times last week, with...
View ArticleLand titles earn prison for tycoon
Niem Chheng, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced local tycoon Sieng Chan Heng to one year in prison for swindling Chinese investors in a land deal...
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Rainsy’s symbolic offer
Meas Sokchea, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy on Tuesday announced that he would provide money for migrant workers in Thailand to return home...
View ArticleUnofficial crossings at Thai border reopened
Khouth Sophak Chakrya, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016Cambodian and Thai authorities have agreed to reopen several unofficial border crossings in Banteay Meanchey province, two weeks after...
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Experts question praise of China’s ‘drought relief’
Andrew Nachemson, The Phnom Penh PostThu, 17 November 2016The Mekong River Commission, in a missive posted on their website on Monday, credited China’s “emergency water release” from its Mekong dams...
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Is Trump eyeing PM critic for State?
Alex Willemyns and Mech DaraThe Phnom Penh Post, Thu, 17 November 2016US lawmaker Dana Rohrabacher, who once said “Hun Sen is a corrupt, vicious human being” and described the premier as one of the...
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