Ministry, Chinese firm spar over Siem Reap mine
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is currently working to withdraw the licence of a copper mining company in Siem Reap province’s Chi Kraeng district that it accuses of operating illegally for more than a year. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-chinese-firm-spar-over-siem-reap-mine
Top brass of RCAF told to get on social media
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces commander-in-chief Pol Saroeun yesterday told hundreds of the Kingdom’s top military brass to be more like Prime Minister Hun Sen and join the information age via smartphones and social media. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/top-brass-rcaf-told-get-social-media
Korean shipper adds Sihanoukville port to route
Korean company HMM Logistics will start shipping goods to Sihanoukville port this month in a move expected to increase regional trade, speed up deliveries of goods from South Korea and accelerate the growth of the Cambodian economy. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22475/korean-shipper-adds-sihanoukville-port-to-route/
Japan: helping Cambodia clean up its landmines
Near the Thai border, in the Bovel district of Battambang province, today children can safely play outside. But not that long ago, what is now the local primary school’s playground was littered with dozens of mines. ...
Euronews team
http://www.euronews.com/2016/03/17/japan-helping-cambodia-clean-up-its-landmines
Ministry finishes valuing rice exporters
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has finished its evaluation of rice producers and processors that have registered to export milled rice to China, checking to see if they comply with the hygiene laws in China. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25397/ministry-finishes-valuing-rice-exporters/
Water distribution over: PM
The government’s two-month nationwide campaign to distribute water to those affected by drought officially ended yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced while speaking at a graduation ceremony at the Asia-Europe University in Phnom Penh. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25414/water-distribution-over--pm/
US supports TPP bid
The United States yesterday threw its support behind Cambodia becoming a member of the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to promote economic growth, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region and the Pacific Rim countries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25980/us-supports-tpp-bid/
Online vehicle registration
In an effort to digitalize its public services, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced yesterday that registration of vehicles and payments for drivers’ licenses can now be made online by the end of the year. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29483/online-vehicle-registration/
Cambodia-Australia affordable houses venture
Cam Top Property Group, from Cambodia, and Australia-based Cate Group have come together to jointly invest $25 million in an affordable housing project that will be launched next week for low middle- and middle-income Cambodians. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31605/cambodia-australia-affordable-houses-venture/
Senator gets seven years for Facebook border post
Opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for forgery and incitement after presenting a border treaty on Facebook that the CNRP says merely contained a mistranslation. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-senator-sentenced-seven-years-prison-fake-vietnam-treaty-120293/
Chinese firm mulls energy sector prospects
A leading Chinese manufacturer of power transmission and distribution equipment recently visited Cambodia to explore opportunities in the Kingdom’s rapidly growing energy sector, including a proposal for a factory to produce equipment for the electricity sector. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-mulls-energy-sector-prospects
Youth political expression hampered, opposition says
A number of young people were detained in 2016 for making social media posts deemed to be inciting violence. The opposition has said freedom of expression among its youth wing is limited compared to more seasoned activists. ...
Kann Vicheika
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/youth-political-expression-hampered-opposition-says/3714709.html
Prison denies radio access to inmates
Inmates at Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh will no longer be able to listen to the radio, according to a social media post by a jailed opposition member, which is an apparent violation of the law. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35818/prison-denies-radio-access-to-inmates/
Education not curbing use of pesticides: study
Cambodian farmers are mixing pesticides to increase their potency in ways that are known to be hazardous, but increased knowledge of the hazards presented by pesticides does not appear to curb their use, a new study shows. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-not-curbing-use-pesticides-study
Renewables start to gain traction
Solar power is slowly gaining momentum in Cambodia as a viable source of electricity for the country’s growing energy needs, though stakeholders are anxious to see a real government commitment to establish a beneficial regulatory framework. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/renewables-start-gain-traction
Space tech to aid park preservation
The Apsara Authority has extended an agreement with China’s International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage to continue using its remote sensing technology to discover and preserve ancient temples in Siem Reap province. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083666/space-tech-aid-park-preservation/
King signs off on amended election laws allowing CNRP seat redistribution
King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on four sets of controversial amendments to Cambodia’s electoral laws yesterday, officially approving provisions that will allow the opposition CNRP’s seats to be redistributed in the event of its dissolution. ...
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-signs-amended-election-laws-allowing-cnrp-seat-redistribution
EU expresses concerns over rights
A European delegation on a two-day visit to the Kingdom yesterday expressed concerns about recent political developments in Cambodia, saying that the deteriorating political and human rights situation could have consequences for development assistance and trade. ...
Mech Dara and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-expresses-concerns-over-rights
First elderly care centre to open
The Ministry of Social Affairs plans to create an elderly care centre, which would be the first centre in Cambodia focused on receiving and taking care of the elderly. Officials said it might be created next year. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091115/first-elderly-care-centre-open/
Anti-fraud software firm draws major clients
A year after a local technology company introduced new software to combat financial crime in Cambodia, four banks have started using the system to fight against money laundering and terrorism financing, the company’s executive said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/anti-fraud-software-firm-draws-major-clients