Agriculture ministry to end ELC assessment in October
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will finalize its assessment over the companies which have been granted economic land concessions (ELCs), in October, as the ministry has announced to reduce the period of ELC investment to 50 years from 70-99 years, said a ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=69494
Cambodia needs ‘genuine’ dialogue to avert crisis: Opposition spokeswoman
Cambodia needs a genuine “culture of dialogue” between its political parties to avert a descent into crisis, Monovithya Kem, the daughter of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha and a spokeswoman for the country’s opposition party, told The Diplomat Tuesday in an exclusive interview in Washington ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/cambodia-needs-genuine-dialogue-to-avert-crisis-opposition-spokeswoman/
Quach restructures, sets course for likely IPO
Mengly J. Quach Holdings (MJH), an umbrella for companies engaged in education, health care, food, media and financial services, is undergoing a restructuring and audit, and plans to spin off of its core educational arm ahead of a possible listing on the Cambodian stock exchange, ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/quach-restructures-sets-course-likely-ipo
Aggrieved villagers come to Phnom Penh for protest
About 100 residents of Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district gathered at Phnom Penh’s restive Samakki Raingsey pagoda on Wednesday ahead of a planned march calling for justice in their long-running land dispute. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aggrieved-villagers-come-to-phnom-penh-for-protest-103757/
Newly titled communities hope to protect more than just traditions
After three years of processing, two Phnong villages in northern Kratie province finally received community land titles on Saturday, the first to do so in Kratie province. Currently, there are two more villages with community land titles in Ratanakiri, and seven in Mondulkiri, making eleven ...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19402/newly-titled-communities-hope-to-protect-more-than-just-traditions/
Gov’t: China, Vietnam helping in timber fight
Environment Minister Say Samal, known for his outlandish and at times false claims about illegal logging and deforestation in the Kingdom, said yesterday that his ministry was collaborating with officials in Vietnam and China – two of the largest buyers of precious Cambodian wood – ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30518/gov---t--china--vietnam-helping-in-timber-fight/
Ratanakkiri court rejects petition over dispute
More than 200 people living on a contested plot of land in Ratanakkiri province on Thursday lodged a petition with the provincial court calling for the release of three community leaders who were convicted and jailed on Wednesday over a dispute with a wealthy businessman, ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ratanakkiri-court-rejects-petition-over-dispute-102009/
European bank adds Cambodia to network
France’s BRED Bank, one of the largest lenders in Europe, plans to open its first branch in Cambodia by the end of the year as it expands its network in ASEAN, its CEO said, adding that it aims to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19971/european-bank-adds-cambodia-to-network/
Farmers in northwest struggle as cassava prices remain low
Yon Kob’s cassava fields in Sala Krao district have usually been harvested by now, but this year the thicket of thin, knobby cassava plants is still standing. Mr. Kob has delayed his harvest in the hope that the price of the tuber would rise, but ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22982/farmers-in-northwest-struggle-as-cassava-prices-remain-low/
China to foot bill for new National Assembly offices
Just days after Cambodia was accused of watering down an ASEAN statement on the South China Sea, China promised to pay for a $16 million, 12-floor administration building for the National Assembly during a visit of delegates to the country led by Assembly President Heng ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-foot-bill-new-national-assembly-offices
Angkor Gold hits the jackpot
Angkor Gold Corp., a Canada-based mineral exploration company with operations in Cambodia, has completed its exploration and analysis of ground samples at its Koan Nheak site in Mondulkiri province. Around 31.8 grams per ton (g/t) of gold were found in the samples, according to a ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28560/angkor-gold-hits-the-jackpot/
Cambodian villagers ask for missing compensation for confiscated land
Eighteen Cambodian families whose land was confiscated for the construction of a Chinese hydropower dam in a northwestern province on Thursday requested that the local government and Chinese operator of the facility pay them compensation they are owed, said a local resident and an official ...
Morm Moniroth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/villagers-ask-for-missing-compensation-for-confiscated-land-09172015152530.html
Cambodia becomes dialogue partner in SCO
Cambodia has officially become a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The memorandum was signed on Thursday in the framework of the Eurasian Economic Forum in China’s north-western city of Xian by Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and SCO Secretary General Dmitry Mezentsev. ...
Russia & India Report News Staff
http://in.rbth.com/news/2015/09/24/cambodia-becomes-dialogue-partner-in-sco_427465
Amid tensions, two sides vow to continue political dialogue
Officials from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party say they will continue political talks, despite last week’s assault Of two opposition lawmakers and the removal Of Rescue Party Vice President Kem Sokha from his senior post at the National ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/amid-tensions-two-sides-vow-to-continue-political-dialogue/3032973.html
CSO coalition letter ready for climate talks
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has produced a document laying out in detail the projected dire effects of climate change on the Kingdom, in the hopes it will help their voice be heard among the 25,000 delegates attending the upcoming Paris Climate Talks ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cso-coalition-letter-ready-climate-talks
Survivor and refugee finds healing in writing her memoir
The author Ly Sambo survived the Khmer Rouge and eventually made her way to America as a refugee. Her story is not uncommon from that of other survivors of Cambodia’s atrocities and wars. But she says she helped herself reconcile with the brutal past by ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/survivor-and-refugee-finds-healing-in-writing-her-memoir/3107216.html
City hall to add 600 security cameras throughout the capital
Despite a slew of global investment banks slashing their oil price forecasts this week, KrisEnergy —the Singaporean oil and gas firm with a controlling stake in Cambodia’s most promising offshore oil reserve, Block A—remains committed to helping Cambodia produce its first drop of oil, a ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/krisenergy-committed-to-cambodias-block-a-105341/
Switzerland promises more funding for Kantha Bopha
Swiss ambassador to Cambodia Ivo Sieber pledged his country’s continued support of Kantha Bopha Hospital yesterday, mentioning that almost half of the hospital’s funding comes from the Swiss government. The promise was made during Amb. Seiber’s meeting with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong at the Foreign ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21115/switzerland-promises-more-funding-for-kantha-bopha/
China to consider rice deal
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday asked China to consider Cambodia’s rice stocks as part of its effort to distribute food relief to other countries. The request was made during a meeting between the premier and Ho Hau Wah, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25570/china-to-consider-rice-deal/
Child allegedly beaten at Prey Speu
Officials at the Prey Speu Social Affairs Center in Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district are scrambling to deflect criticism after reports surfaced that a young boy and a man were beaten and injured there, with the director Of the center saying the boy injured himself ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27112/child-allegedly-beaten-at-prey-speu/