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Tycoon Reported Facing New Legal Troubles
Cambodian tycoon Teng Bunma may have more legal problems to add to his plate. The often-controversial businessman is wanted for investigation of fraud in...
Hun Sen Dumps 100 Advisers Ministry Jobs Double
Prime Minister Hun Sen will whittle down his flock of advisers from more than 100 to just 10 to help save the government money,...
Australia Boosts CMAC Training
The Australian government has donated approximately $898,000 for management training of staff at the Cambodian Mine Action Center. The money is being channeled through...
Economic Reforms Needed for Aid to Resume
By Van Roeun The key for Cambodia to get international aid back will be a demonstrated effort at economic reform, the country’s top finance official...
New Industry Chief Sworn In
Suy Sem officially became the new minister of industry, mines and energy on Thursday, replacing Pou Sothirak. The former secretary of state for the...
PM Quashes Overture to Taiwan Gov’t
Prime Minister Hun Sen has squashed an “unauthorized” overture to the Taiwanese government raising the possibility of reopening a representative office in Cambodia, aides...
UN Clears Holding Center; It Fills Next Day
UN human rights workers on Thursday and Friday took 32 homeless people, most of them children, from a railway-car-sized shed the city uses as...
Battambang Officials Pledge to End Land Grab
battambang town - Military Region 5 General Van Sophat is aware of complaints that the military is pushing poor villagers off land. He can...
Curious and Devout Flock to Bizarre Birthplace
chamkar samrong, Battambang - Reich Oun, a 38-year-old farmer in this small farming village, says her pig just gave birth to a monkey and...
Accused Malai Secessionists Plead Ignorant
battambang town - Sim Chan, 28, was at home at 3 pm on Nov 11 when five armed soldiers knocked on his door, called...
Commune Election Law Sent Back for Changes
A draft law for next year’s planned commune elections has been sent back to the Interior Ministry for reworking, possibly delaying the already late...
Treating Malaria in Anlong Veng—During and After Ta Mok
anlong veng town, Oddar Meanchey province - Eight months into her first pregnancy, 28-year-old Hun Nuon ended up in the only hospital of this...
16 Protesters Charged in Battambang Court
Sixteen people were sent to Battambang court Monday morning for disarming government soldiers and attempting to incite social disorder, the northwest province’s court prosecutor...
Deminers to Learn New Techniques
Ninety deminers from the Mines Advisory Group Cambodia will be trained over the next few months to conduct mine awareness and bomb disposal. The...
Anlong Veng Demands Its Leaders Face Justice
anlong veng, Oddar Meanchey province - Residents of this remote former rebel stronghold on Wednesday said they support a trial for Khmer Rouge leaders....
King Offers Opposition a Safe Summit
King Norodom Sihanouk has offered his palace and royal guard as security for opposition leaders Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy if the two...
Canadian, US Firms Planning To Power Up in Battambang Power Gap
Two North American companies will build a power plant in Battambang town providing a temporary solution to the area’s electricity needs, a government official...
Council of Ministers OKs Long-Awaited Land Law
The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a revamped land law, a move lawyers and land experts hope is the first step in sorting...
They Oughtta Be in Pictures!
One-time Cambodian movie star Pich Phirun’s business card has a few extra titles these days. “Mr Pich Phirun, Cambodia Moviestar-Tailor head,” it reads. Pich Phirun,...
Firing Range Shuts Down Temporarily
One of the city’s shooting ranges closed last week because of the current political atmosphere and a municipal crackdown on illegal weapons, the club’s...
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US, Cambodia in War of Words Over Detained Opposition Leader
Cambodia and the United States sparred this weekend over comments appearing on a U.S. embassy Facebook page criticizing the Cambodian government’s continued detention of the leader of a now-banned opposition party.
