Illicit wood seized despite opposition
Nearly 20 cubic metres of timber were seized by local authorities in Stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district yesterday, despite alleged interference by a military police officer from Preah Vihear province, police said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illicit-wood-seized-despite-opposition
Thai princess to visit Cambodia next year
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will pay her visit to Cambodia in February, next year to boost more cooperation on health and education for 5 year ahead. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1JLW6lq
Kids stumble on lost artefacts
Children taking their cows out to pasture in Kampong Chhnang town last week stumbled upon what appear to be the remains of a long-buried 10th-century temple, local authorities said yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kids-stumble-lost-artefacts
‘Mastermind’ of drug gang flees; lieutenant charged
The alleged “mastermind” of a multimillion-dollar international drug smuggling gang has fled to Laos, while his lieutenant was charged in Phnom Penh on Monday with manufacturing, trafficking and possessing narcotics, officials said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mastermind-of-drug-gang-flees-lieutenant-charged-86190/
Woman arrested for pimping teenage girls to foreigners, locals
A woman was arrested in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district on Monday for allegedly pimping out at least seven underage girls to Cambodian and foreign men, police and an NGO said Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/woman-arrested-for-pimping-teenage-girls-to-foreigners-locals-86337/
Prasac gets $65M to expand lending
Four foreign banks, under the umbrella of the International Finance Cooperation, a member of World Bank Group, provided $65 million in syndicated loans to Cambodian microfinance institution Prasac to expand its lending portfolio. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prasac-gets-65m-expand-lending
Stop stadium plans, CNRP lawmakers ask
Three CNRP lawmakers have issued a letter urging the government to decline a request by tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company to claim rights over a former sports stadium in Battambang province. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-stadium-plans-cnrp-lawmakers-ask
Japan, Cambodia agree to work closely on developing Mekong region
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Namhong, agreed Thursday to keep working together over infrastructure development in Cambodia and four other countries along the Mekong River, the Foreign Ministry said. ...
The Japan Times News Staff
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/03/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-cambodia-agree-work-closely-developing-mekong-region/#.VZYTaEY2XHA
Electricity company says weather to blame for exhorbitant bills
State power provider Electricite du Cambodge released a statement Tuesday claiming that soaring electricity bills were due to hot weather, and not because of any changes in the rates being charged to customers. ...
Buth Kimsay and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/electricity-company-says-weather-to-blame-for-exhorbitant-bills-87651/
Permitted More than 25,000 get work cards
The Ministry of Labour granted about 25,000 work permits to foreigners in the first six months of 2015, about 5,000 more than they issued during all of last year. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/permitted-more-25000-get-work-cards
Protesters decry ‘land grabbing’
About 300 protesters from Svay Rieng and Preah Sihanouk provinces marched to parliament yesterday to file petitions urging the local authorities to intervene to resolve ongoing land disputes in their homelands. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-decry-land-grabbing
Cambodia seeks role as mediator between ASEAN, China
Cambodia will continue to seek to be a mediator in South China Sea disputes between China and Asean nations, Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong said Wednesday. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-seeks-role-as-mediator-between-asean-china/2873352.html
Ministry claims NGO’s land dispute numbers misleading
The Ministry of Land Management has again accused rights group Licadho of spreading false data that shows that the number of families embroiled in new or intensifying land disputes jumped threefold last year. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-claims-ngos-land-dispute-numbers-misleading-90425/
More Cambodia opposition activists charged with insurrection
A Cambodian court on Wednesday charged three activists from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party with insurrection in connection with a protest last year that turned violent. ...
ABC News Staff
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cambodia-opposition-activists-charged-insurrection-32897662
ACU urges tighter Health Ministry practices
The Anti-Corruption Unit has written to Health Minister Mam Bunheng to say that his ministry is failing to follow required procurement procedures and to urge him to bring its practices in line. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-urges-tighter-health-ministry-practices-90912/
Ten B Kak activists dispersed by police
Gathering yesterday in front of Phnom Penh City Hall to demand a speedy resolution to longstanding land disputes, 10 Boeung Kak villagers were forcibly dispersed by security personnel citing traffic concerns. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ten-b-kak-activists-dispersed-police
Royal family opens country’s first geriatric unit
King Norodom Sihamoni, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath and Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday presided over the inauguration of Cambodia’s first geriatric center at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/royal-family-opens-countrys-first-geriatric-unit-91109/
Ranger claims villagers given OK to clear trees
Rangers patrolling the Samlot Protected Area in the provinces of Battambang and Pailin say a 34-hectare section of the jungle is being cleared by villagers with impunity from local authorities. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ranger-claims-villagers-given-ok-clear-trees
Private universities fear new vocational schools
Private universities in the Kingdom will have more competition as the Education Ministry laid out plans yesterday to open more vocational schools to deal with the unprecedented number of graduating high school students. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14998/private-universities-fear-new-vocational-schools/
Gov’t cuts leases of 12 ELCs
The government yesterday slashed the lifespans of 12 economic land concessions (ELC) – by half in some cases – as it continued to implement a new policy capping ELC leases at 50 years. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-cuts-leases-12-elcs