As oknha ranks grow, honorific loses meaning
Initially a status reserved for a privileged few, the number of businesspeople bearing the honorific “oknha” has ballooned from an estimated 20 individuals in 2004 to some 200 in 2008 and more than 700 today. Traditionally a title of nobility bestowed by the king to honor href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-oknha-ranks-grow-honorific-loses-meaning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-oknha-ranks-grow-honorific-loses-meaning-62057/
Shukaku pushes forward at Boeung Kak
Local developer Shukaku will step up construction of its controversial Boeung Kak lake development project this month, beginning work on a drainage system and corporate office, a spokeswoman told the Post yesterday. An updated master plan of Shukaku’s Phnom Penh City Centre project – an href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shukaku-pushes-forward-at-boeung-kak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/shukaku-pushes-forward-boeung-kak
Germany gives $16 million for healthcare sector
In the context of COVID-19, Germany donated $16 million to Cambodia for health projects that include complementing the Ministry of Health’s initiative to help the poor who cannot afford to pay for hospital treatments and fight against the coronavirus. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/germany-gives-16-million-for-healthcare-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50817778/germany-gives-16-million-for-healthcare-sector/
Strict new Standard Operating Procedures and Certification for KTVs and Nightclubs issued ahead of possible reopening on 30th of November
Ahead of the possible reopening of KTVs and Nightclubs after November 30th, the Ministry of Tourism has issued strict new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to ensure public safety against the continuing threat of COVID-19. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/strict-new-standard-operating-procedures-and-certification-for-ktvs-and-nightclubs-issued-ahead-of-possible-reopening-on-30th-of-november/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia seeks more Korean funds in textiles
As part of the process to strengthen and widen the base of the economy as the country has entered the fourth quarter of 2022, the Government of Cambodia is seeking to tick all the right boxes, and it includes tourism, textiles exports as well as href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeks-more-korean-funds-in-textiles/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501171566/cambodia-seeks-more-korean-funds-in-textiles/
New PM urges Royal Government to commit to nation’s success
Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, requested his colleagues in the Royal Government to do their utmost to fulfill this noble national mission to achieve the glorious new mandate given by the people through elections. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-pm-urges-royal-government-to-commit-to-nations-success/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348610/new-pm-urges-royal-government-to-commit-to-nations-success/
Government implements new procedures for IDPoor
New procedures for qualifying for the ID poor programme were announced at the Hyatt Regency, Phnom Pehn yesterday that will provide assistance to impoverished people who have come under increasing financial pressure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and events occurring outside the country. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-implements-new-procedures-for-idpoor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501167528/government-implements-new-procedures-for-idpoor/
Angkor Children Hospital to launch scheme to cover cost
Angkor Hospital for Children will launch the “Patient Contribution” scheme for medical services for children on July 7, but for patients from poor families, the hospital will still continue to provide free healthcare. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-children-hospital-to-launch-scheme-to-cover-cost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501103734/angkor-children-hospital-to-launch-scheme-to-cover-cost/
Cambodia faces serious tax crimes, says Kong Vibol
Tax, economic, financial and money-laundering crimes have become major impediments in Cambodia’s march to progress said Kong Vibol, Director General of the General Department of Taxation (GDT) on Thursday. Internal tax authorities have been seriously facing tax crimes, he observed. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-faces-serious-tax-crimes-says-kong-vibol/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501261473/cambodia-faces-serious-tax-crimes-says-kong-vibol/
Illegal timber found by police goes missing in Ratanakkiri
A pile of illegally logged wood discovered by police in Ratanakkiri province earlier this month along a road built by a local rubber plantation often accused of illegal logging has since gone missing, a Forestry Administration official said on Sunday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illegal-timber-found-by-police-goes-missing-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Vietnamese firm to invest in massive casino
A little-known Vietnamese investment firm plans to build a massive $200 million mixed-use development that includes a hotel, casino and water park in the dusty Cambodian border town of Bavet through its fully-owned Malaysian subsidiary, a government official confirmed yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-firm-to-invest-in-massive-casino/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-firm-invest-massive-casino
Unions reject bonus bargain
Union leaders yesterday rejected a proposal from Cambodian garment makers to provide US$9 a month for a worker’s housing and transport fees, demanding an additional $1. The benefits were announced last week after unions said they would lead a large-scale protest href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-reject-bonus-bargain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070657244/Business/unions-reject-bonus-bargain.html
Two Russians arrested after fight over Kazantip profits
Police arrested two Russian men at a rented villa in Sihanoukville on Saturday after a Moldovan man was injured in a fight that began when one side allegedly demanded a portion of the profits from the upcoming Kazantip music festival, officials said on Sunday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-russians-arrested-after-fight-over-kazantip-profits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-russians-arrested-after-fight-over-kazantip-profits-78001/
Land at risk: Families in Kratie wary over moves
Kratie town and provincial administrators met with representatives of families living alongside Kratie Town Hall yesterday after receiving a petition expressing villagers’ concern that the town hall planned to expand its premises onto their land. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-at-risk-families-in-kratie-wary-over-moves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-risk-families-kratie-wary-over-moves
Military police officer, retired soldier detained over beating
A military police officer and a retired Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier are being detained at the Battambang provincial military police headquarters after beating a crowd of 11 scavengers for allegedly stealing a bra and pants from one of their wives, officials said on Sunday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-police-officer-retired-soldier-detained-over-beating/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-officer-retired-soldier-detained-over-beating-78014/
Body in Ratanakkiri found to be that of local boy
The body of what villagers had suspected was a Montagnard asylum seeker, found partially buried in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district earlier this week, was determined to be the remains of a local teenager who had drowned in a river, a villager said Thursday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/body-in-ratanakkiri-found-to-be-that-of-local-boy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/group-contests-police-report-of-gateway-arrests-81784/
Suit v countersuit in Preah Vihear
Members of a forest community and local officials in Preah Vihear province have renewed a legal battle over a small patch of woodland in Rovieng district after the villagers last year accused the officials and a landowner of illegally profiting from the protected area. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/suit-v-countersuit-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/suit-v-countersuit-preah-vihear
Land official accused in construction feud
A complaint lodged with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) alleges that a high-level planning official in Phnom Penh has been illegally building a house that has caused damage to neighbouring buildings, and used his influence to override a court order for construction to stop. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-official-accused-in-construction-feud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-official-accused-construction-feud
Beaten handcart-puller files complaint against military police
A handcart-puller who was knocked unconscious by military police during a May 26 protest in Poipet City—sparking an attack on the local customs office—on Friday filed a court complaint requesting $10,000 in compensation from his attackers, a rights monitor said Sunday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beaten-handcart-puller-files-complaint-against-military-police/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beaten-handcart-puller-files-complaint-against-military-police-85145/
New political party unveiled in Cambodia to contest in 2018 elections
A handful of human rights activists and social researchers on Sunday jointly formed a political party to contest in the 2018 national elections although a political analyst said that small parties are hard to win even a seat. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-political-party-unveiled-in-cambodia-to-contest-in-2018-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/02/c_134472537.htm