'I want Trump to win': PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States, saying the controversy-plagued real estate developer and reality TV host would bolster world peace by reducing tensions between the US and Russia.
Analysis: Father's shadow long for Hun Manet
In August 1989, as Hun Manet was nearing his 12th birthday, his father was in Paris, piquing the international media's attention as the gangly young prime minister leading the Vietnam-backed Phnom Penh government in talks to end Cambodia's bloody civil war.
On TV, a licence for violence
Comedian Leap Sophorn almost always plays an "innocent" woman, she says. Her roles are varied: daughters, mothers, farmers, even KTV workers. But for the most part, she needs to nail a certain submissiveness.
Roka outbreak had high hepatitis C co-infection rates
Research presented by the Pasteur Institute yesterday revealed that the 2014 HIV outbreak in Siem Reap's Roka commune was accompanied by a staggering rate of co-infection with hepatitis C, a finding that is "not good news" for those affected, one expert said.
Beers, bikes and binging: for teens, it's easy access
Seventeen-year-old Doung Sokchea has been drinking since midday. Now it's after sunset, and he's one of many teenagers gathered on an embankment overlooking the Mekong on Koh Pich. Most are on motorbikes, many have beers in hand.
Surrogacy ban lacks force of law
Anti-surrogacy advocates have welcomed the government's recent stance to ban surrogacy in Cambodia, though legal experts have warned that the shady practice could still continue if the prohibition is not enshrined in law.
Better aim for online marketing
Engaging online content and more targeted social media outreach are major keys for commercial success in Cambodia, whose youthful population has been identified as the world's most receptive to social media advertising and content, a market researcher said yesterday.
MPs pay respects to ex-PM Sovann
Cambodian People's Party lawmaker Nguon Nhel paid his respects to late former prime minister Pen Sovann yesterday, as authorities stuck to their refusal to allow his cremation at Wat Botum park.
Libraries given copies of Kem Ley's writings
Students of murdered political commentator Kem Ley have raised $30,000 from the sales of two books compiled from his allegories and other writings, and yesterday began donating 1,000 copies of the book to university libraries around Phnom Penh.
Defendants tell court ringleader was a cop
Relatives of a drug kingpin killed during a shootout with military police in April testified in court yesterday that the drug dealer was actually a police officer.
Prison rates soaring in Cambodia
Cambodia's incarceration rate has doubled in the past 10 years, according to statistics obtained from the General Department of Prisons.
Civil society, opposition criticise budget's opacity
Transparency advocates and a senior opposition lawmaker have lashed out at the 2017 draft national budget, which is currently in committee at the National Assembly, criticising its lack of details and small outlays for local governance.
Flooded schools miss first classes in capital
Three schools in Phnom Penh's Dangkor district failed to open for the first day of the school year due to residual flooding from the Prek Thnout River, Ministry of Education spokesman Ros Salin said yesterday.
Activists seek freedom for Vanny, dispute resolutions
Thirty activists from the Boeung Kak and Borei Keila communities submitted a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen's cabinet yesterday asking for officials to solve their long-running land disputes, stop using violence when they protest and to free imprisoned activist Tep Vanny.
Differing versions of Vietnam border events presented
Prosecutors and the defence at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday presented key documents yesterday to reinforce opposing versions of events that took place between Democratic Kampuchea and Vietnam in the 1970s.
Teacher sex assault case gets jolt after stall
A teacher in Kampong Chhnang who stands accused of sexually harassing three of his female students in 2013 remains at large despite an arrest warrant finally being issued last month after the Ministry of Justice intervened in the case.
Preah Vihear officials charged in graft case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged two officials from the Preah Vihear mines and energy department with corruption yesterday, with a former colleague linking the charges to an illicit 2014 land sale.
KrisEnergy ups stake to unclog offshore Block A oil
Singapore-listed KrisEnergy Ltd has upped its stake in the Block A offshore oil field to 95 percent, acquiring the shares of two minority stakeholders who had opposed the Cambodian government's attempts to renegotiate a revenue-sharing model, the company revealed in its third-quarter filings.
Bancassurance has room to grow
The bancassurance model, while still relatively undeveloped in Cambodia, has huge potential to drive the growth of the insurance sector, financial industry specialists said during a conference in Phnom Penh yesterday.
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