Ministry warns of unusual dry season rain
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has warned of impending unseasonal rain from this week until early next week, especially in lowland areas. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36224/ministry-warns-of-unusual-dry-season-rain/
Logging investigation finished
Members of the prime minister’s anti-logging task force who had been looking into officials’alleged collusion with Vietnamese timber smugglers in Mondulkiri has ended its 10-day investigation. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-investigation-finished
Monks sell off public land
The chief of a Buddhist pagoda, a village chief and six laymen will appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday after accusations they sold public land worth $50,000. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39143/monks-sell-off-public-land/
CMA launches fund to strengthen MFI staffing
The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) has announced that it will establish a staff development fund to stem the tide of cross-institutional recruitment in the competitive microfinance institution (MFI) sector. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cma-launches-fund-strengthen-mfi-staffing
Police burn 60,000 marijuana plants at Takeo village hotspot
Police destroyed more than 60,000 marijuana plants spread across 3 hectares of land in a well-known Takeo province hotspot for growing the illegal crop, officials said on Tuesday. ...
PM creates brigade after Laos row
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday visited troops in Stung Treng province along the border with Laos, where he announced the creation of a new brigade following tensions between the countries. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078547/pm-creates-brigade-laos-row/
Sihanoukville to welcome new Marriott hotel
Local real-estate firm Grand Lion Group reached a deal with US-based Marriott group to manage and operate a new five-star hotel in the coastal city of Sihanoukville. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113798/sihanoukville-to-welcome-new-marriott-hotel/
EU talks ‘election climate’
The EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, Frederica Mogherini, yesterday released a letter outlining Europe’s continued concern with what it perceives as a deteriorating political situation in Cambodia. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-talks-election-climate
Minister praises 2013 protest crackdown
The Labor Minister yesterday lauded the government’s crackdown of a garment worker protest back in late 2013 and early 2014, which he claimed was necessary to avoid a war. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36168/minister-praises-2013-protest-crackdown/
Families call for return of land
A group of 20 people representing 554 families locked in a 10-year land dispute yesterday submitted a petition asking the government to end the lengthy conflict. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36748/families-call-for-return-of-land/
Foreign tourist arrivals up 12 percent
Foreign tourist arrivals to Cambodia went up more than 12 percent in the first quarter of 2017, as the country ramped up efforts to improve services and attractions for visitors. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38458/foreign-tourist-arrivals-up-12-percent/
Makro supermart to open before year end
A branch of the cash and carry supermarket Makro will open in Phnom Penh by the end of the year after construction kicked off at an official groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38838/makro-supermart-to-open-before-year-end/
Government vows to tighten control over Kingdom’s pawnbrokers
The government is preparing legislation aimed at ensuring tighter control over the nation’s pawnshops to ensure professionalism in a sector that has grown rapidly and lacks a supervisory framework. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-vows-tighten-control-over-kingdoms-pawnbrokers
Government OKs four firms for local mineral mining
The Ministry of Mines and Energy announced that it has granted licenses to four different mining companies to explore for potential mineral resources in Kratie, Kampong Thom, Mondulkiri and Kampot. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-oks-four-firms-local-mineral-mining
Cambodian migrant workers return from Thailand
Despite the Thai government’s temporary backtracking on its harsh punishments of undocumented migrant workers, hundreds of Cambodians working in Thailand continued to pour back into their home country yesterday. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-migrant-workers-return-thailand
Various wild animal horns confiscated after a raid
Officials from the forestry administration raided a home in Mondulkiri province’s O’Raing district on Tuesday, confiscating the remains and horns of various endangered animals and making one arrest. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078537/various-wild-animal-horns-confiscated-raid/
Kandal centre to monitor veggie quality
A centre to improve the standard and quality of agricultural products, especially vegetables, will be set up in Kandal province soon, the director of the provincial agriculture department said yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083526/kandal-centre-monitor-veggie-quality/
Cambodia, Bangladesh to strengthen trade
Cambodia and Bangladesh are seeking to strengthen cooperation on trade and enhance and expand trade and business partnerships via a deal which will be signed in October. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083529/cambodia-bangladesh-strengthen-trade/
Business a priority: Hun Many
Ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) lawmaker Hun Many reassured investors yesterday, saying the government was focusing on ensuring a good investment climate in the country underpinned by social stability. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087901/business-priority-hun-many/
Sweden stops new aid
Sweden said yesterday it was stopping new aid for Cambodia, except in education and research, and would no longer support a reform programme after the CNRP was dissolved last week. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091718/sweden-stops-new-aid/