Villagers, military face off on Siem Reap farmland
Farming families in Siem Reap province have asked local authorities to protect them from soldiers they say are trying to drive them from their land with intimidation tactics, including firing rifles close to villagers.Varin Commune Council member Prong Youn said yesterday that 123 families filed ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-military-face-siem-reap-farmland
Kratie authorities tell families to get off land
Kratie’s provincial authorities on Friday gave an ultimatum to over 100 families living in Damrei Phong commune in Chhloung district, telling them to get off their land or face legal action. ...
Kong Meta and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-authorities-tell-families-get-land
Timber auction called off for lack of interest
The government has indefinitely postponed what was intended to be the first of several public auctions to sell off 71,000 cubic meters of timber seized by authorities since January, according to officials, who cited a lack of interest among potential buyers. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/timber-auction-called-off-for-lack-of-interest-114711/
Unionists freed after strike called off in Kampot
The Kampot Provincial Court on Thursday released three union leaders without charge after the Cambo T.D.G. garment factory dropped its complaint against the trio in return for an end to a two-week strike. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unionists-freed-after-strike-called-off-in-kampot-115168/
Car window smashed after dropping off activist monks
A large rock smashed through the side window of a car that had just dropped off members of the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice in Kandal province on Tuesday night, the group’s leader But Buntenh said on Wednesday. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/car-window-smashed-dropping-off-activist-monks-132465/
Taxis ordered off street sides near Monivong Bridge
Chbar Ampov district governor has ordered taxi drivers to cease parking along the road near Monivong Bridge, offering them an alternative nearby as part of ongoing efforts to ease congestion on major capital roads. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076835/taxis-ordered-off-street-sides-near-monivong-bridge/
Tea Banh shrugs off threat of international sanctions
Defence Minister Tea Banh expressed indifference to the threat of international sanctions being levied on government officials and the Cambodian economy on Saturday, while ordering his military to be ready to destroy any attempts at an alleged “colour revolution” or popular demonstration over the arrest ...
Mech Dara and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tea-banh-shrugs-threat-international-sanctions
Lancang-Mekong expo kicks off in Phnom Penh
The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation’s economic and technology exhibition 2017 kicked off yesterday in Phnom Penh to enhance trade and investment between China and Cambodia, plus other Mekong countries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40332/lancang-mekong-expo-kicks-off-in-phnom-penh/
Rubber exports jump as smugglers siphon off profits
The total amount of rubber exported by Cambodia surged 30 percent last year, but widespread rubber smuggling on the Vietnamese border crippled potential profits from the booming industry. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-jump-smugglers-siphon-profits
Factories told to cool off for hot season
According to the official announcement, manufacturers in the textile, garment and footwear industry must do more to stop employees from fainting and suffering ill health as a result of working under excessive temperatures. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36898/factories-told-to-cool-off-for-hot-season/
Voter ink can be washed off, NEC admits
Less than a month before Cambodia goes to the polls, the country’s top election body on Wednesday acknowledged it had paid nearly $800,000 for indelible ink that its own tests showed could be removed using hair care products, an issue one opposition leader called a ...
Ouch Sony and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/voter-ink-can-be-washed-off-nec-admits-129469/
Ministry gets told off over bad road quality
Interior Minister Sar Kheng publicly chided the Transportation Ministry yesterday over the poor quality of National Road 8 and the ministry’s failure to maintain the eastbound highway that cuts across Prey Veng province, where Kheng is the head of the ruling CPP’s working group. ...
Mech Dara and Kuoch Masy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-gets-told-over-bad-road-quality
No deal in SL Garment factory face-off
A long day of negotiations failed to resolve a factory dispute yesterday at a company that supplies to major international brands Gap, Levi’s and H&M. After more than 1,500 workers from SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) factories in the capital’s Meanchey district marched to the Ministry of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052356325/National-news/no-deal-in-factory-face-off.html
45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting kicks off
The 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) kicked off in Phnom Penh on Monday, focusing on politics, security, food and energy security, economics and culture in order to further advance the bloc’s cooperation toward a community by 2015. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said thatafter 45 years, ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-07/09/content_15561089.htm
Committee Formed to Sell Off Mfone’s Assets
The administrator dealing with the debts of defunct mobile operator Mfone yesterday established a committee to sell off the company’s remaining assets. Since it filed for bankruptcy in January, more than 1,000 creditors, including former staff, have claimed Mfone owes them a combined $160 million. Mfone’s remaining ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/committee-formed-to-sell-off-mfones-assets-22715/
Cambodia protesters call off rally after bloody crackdown
Anti-government demonstrators said on Saturday they had called off a mass rally they had planned to stage in the Cambodian capital on Sunday after a bloody crackdown on garment workers allied with the protest movement. The decision to call off the rally came hours after ...
The News International
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-1-224707-Cambodia-protesters-call-off-rally-after-bloody-crackdown
NGO says commander smuggled timber, tip-off ‘ignored’
A conservation group yesterday accused a military commander in Kampong Speu of smuggling two tonnes of illegally cut rosewood to Vietnam on Monday night. Chea Hean, director of the Natural Resources and Wildlife Preservation Organisation, said the commander had cut the timber in the protected Oral ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-says-commander-smuggled-timber-tip-%E2%80%98ignored%E2%80%99
Cambodian Opposition Refuses to Call Off Parliament Boycott
Cambodia’s opposition said it will not attend the scheduled opening of parliament next week despite a request by the king to call off their boycott. The opposition continues to insist that the ruling party agree to an independent investigation into allegations of massive voting fraud ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodias-opposition-rejects-offer-to-attend-parliaments-opening/1752326.html
US Ambassador Says Corruption Scares Off American Firms
U.S. Ambassador William Todd on Thursday said that despite his efforts to promote Cambodia as an attractive destination for business, major American companies are reluctant to invest here as they still perceive the country as indelibly corrupt. “I believe now is the time for big U.S. ...
Ben Woods and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-ambassador-says-corruption-scares-off-american-firms-42799/
Global Fund backs off threatened cuts to grants
The Global Fund has backed down on its threat to cut or reduce health grants to Cambodia worth more than $100 million, saying they considered the fraction of misused funds that have been returned thus far a sign of sufficient good will. In a letter sent ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/global-fund-backs-threatened-cuts-grants