Ministry considers Turkey’s request to close Zaman schools
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that it was reviewing a diplomatic request from Turkey to close Zaman-operated schools in Phnom Penh because of their alleged ties to an organization being blamed for last month’s failed coup in the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-considers-turkeys-request-to-close-zaman-schools-117033/
Dam threat to Mekong River’s last few dolphins
The fate of the last surviving Irrawaddy river dolphins on the Laos-Cambodian border hangs in the balance after a Laos government official was reported as saying this week that construction of the dam would begin by the end of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Claire Boobbyer
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/11857911/Dam-threat-to-Mekong-Rivers-last-few-dolphins.html
Prince Ranarridh offers support of government’s border policies
Prince Norodom Ranarridh, leader of the royalist party Funcinpec, says he has offered support to Prime Minister Hun sen, to verify Cambodia’s maps in its demarcation discussions over the Vietnam border. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/prince-ranarridh-offers-support-of-government-border-policies/2959993.html
Senator’s son-in-law rejects land grab claim
The son-in-law of senator Kok An has rejected accusations the tycoon is attempting to grab six hectares of land from a plot he sold to a south Korean development company 10 years ago. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senators-son-law-rejects-land-grab-claim
PM says CNRP’s land plans will stoke war
Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday warned that a CNRP victory in the 2018 national election would inevitably lead to war when the opposition party starts redistributing land from the rich to the poor, something that opposition leader sam Rainsy said would only be done ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-says-cnrps-land-plans-will-stoke-war-95150/
Sexist traditions a hurdle for region’s female leaders
Government ministries bound by sexist traditions and a lack of support are keeping women officials across Asia from implementing their ideas, female leaders gathered for a four-day seminar in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sexist-traditions-hurdle-regions-female-leaders
Cambodia’s young generations a demographic boon, for now
Economists say Cambodia is not facing the risk of an aging population, as is happening in richer countries around the region, but it must still plan for a future when its younger generations grow old. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-young-generations-a-demographic-boon-for-now/3095179.html
Cambodia’s indigenous groups suffer under climate change, deforestation
In the remote province of Ratanakiri, in northeastern Cambodia, deforestation and climate change are taking a heavy toll on communities.Drought has damaged crops, from rice to sesame, cashews, beans and potatoes, making it hard for farmers here to earn a living. And deforestation has greatly ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-indigenous-groups-suffer-under-climate-change-deforestation/3102193.html
Opposition’s return to parliament could help jailed activists
With the return of the Cambodia National Rescue Party to the National Assembly this week, following a boycott that began in November, analysts say there is a chance some of the party’s activists could be released from jail. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-return-to-parliament-could-help-jailed-activists/3107125.html
S. Korea is laying the foundation for accelerating growth
The flow of Korean investment into Cambodia has been in the spotlight for more than a decade, primarily foreign direct investment in the construction and property sectors. Investment from the East Asian nation continues its rise, and in 2014 south Korean investment in Cambodia ranked ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20465/s--korea-is-laying-the-foundation-for-accelerating-growth/
Cambodia weather predication under Dipole Model Index’s influence
Under the effect of Dipole Model Index, Cambodia will experience extreme hot weather with minimum rainfall, increasing thunderstorms, lightning and strong wind during Dry season in March and April. The situation continues to strike until the end of July. Good amount of rain reports and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry Of Water Resources and Meteorology
Taskforce to weigh measures for rice sector’s future
The Commerce Ministry has created a special taskforce to study challenges threatening the sustainability of the nation’s rice industry and will report its findings within two weeks, a ministry official said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taskforce-weigh-measures-rice-sectors-future
It’s back to school for real estate agents
The Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) will set out a framework to build a professional training school by April to enable its agents to compete with those from other countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22926/it---s-back-to-school-for-real-estate-agents/
Old debt on agenda for PM’s Russia visit
Prime Minister Hun sen will attempt to renegotiate the $1.5 billion of soviet-era debt Cambodia accrued during the 1980s when he visits Russia in May, according to a post on the premier’s Facebook page. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/old-debt-agenda-pms-russia-visit
Protests planned for Preah Vihear sugar plant’s opening
Preah Vihear’s deputy governor has vowed not to let protesters near Prime Minister Hun sen as he cuts the ribbon on a $360 million sugar mill in Tbeng Meanchey district today. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-planned-preah-vihear-sugar-plants-opening
Rights group says Anti-Corruption Unit’s claims baseless
Adhoc president Thun saray on Tuesday defended his rights group’s pro-bono legal representation of the alleged mistress of deputy opposition leader Kem sokha, who last week rescinded her denials of the affair and accused Adhoc staff of convincing her to lie. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-group-says-anti-corruption-units-claims-baseless-111795/
Russian crude oil imports not on refinery’s wishlist
Russia is looking to expand its crude oil exports to AsEAN countries – including Cambodia – despite the Kingdom being years away from having refinery capabilities. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/russian-crude-oil-imports-not-refinerys-wishlist
Cambodia heaps praise on U.S.-Vietnam climate accord
Officials and environmentalists have congratulated Vietnam and the United states on a recent climate changed agreement signed between the two former adversaries, saying the co-operation will have a positive impact on mitigating the effects of the phenomenon in the region. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-heaps-praise-on-us-vietnam-climate-accord/3347270.html
Deal to end Phnong’s five-year land dispute
A community of ethnic Phnong people in Mondulkiri’s Keo seima district has accepted a settlement from a Vietnamese rubber firm ending a five-year land dispute. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deal-end-phnongs-five-year-land-dispute
Measures in works amid low child’s rights ranking
A new report has ranked Cambodia 125 out of 163 countries in terms of its protection of children’s rights, even as the government works to finalise a sub-decree and code of conduct to better shield children from abuse, exploitation and neglect. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/measures-works-amid-low-childs-rights-ranking