CNRP Lawmaker Visits Controversial Plantation
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay said yesterday that he would ask the government to cancel the land concession of a Vietnamese rubber firm in Ratanakkiri province he accused of logging and exporting wood illegally. Mr. Chay, a candidate in July’s national election for the Cambodia National Rescue ...
U.S. seeks to cut aid to Cambodia
Lawmakers in the U.S. and human rights activists are pushing for cuts of more than $70 million in aid to Cambodia if Prime Minister Hun Sen wins the July 28 elections. Many factors have pushed the U.S. to this point be it unfair and unjust, such ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTQ1OTEyZDAxMTd
Thousands expected to visit Kep sea festival
At least 20,000 tourists and travellers will participate in the so-called “sea festival” at the end of this year, officials at the Kep province tourism department said. The two-day event, which started in 2011 as a tourism booster for the country’s coasts and beaches, was cancelled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thousands-expected-visit-kep-sea-festival
Scammers pose as bank staffers
Acleda Bank is trying to protect its customers from getting bamboozled by a phone scam in which callers allegedly posing as bank employees ask for money transfers in exchange for a prize, according to a statement and ads placed in a local newspaper. An Acleda ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070966730/Business/scammers-pose-as-bank-staffers.html
Bavet border crossings up 6.2%
The number of foreigners arriving into Cambodia from its biggest border with Vietnam at the Bavet international crossing in Svay Rieng province increased 6.2 per cent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2012. Data from the checkpoint show ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bavet-border-crossings-62
NEC Says Final Election Results Will Be Released in Two Weeks
The final results of Sunday’s national election will not be announced until mid-August, the secretary-general of the National Election Committee (NEC) said Monday. The latest possible release date would be early September, Tep Nytha said, adding that the speed with which they were announced depended on ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-says-final-election-results-will-be-released-in-two-weeks-37399/
R’kiri floods trap thousands
The number of Ratanakkiri residents trapped in their homes by floodwater that continues to rise amid relentless rain is now estimated by provincial authorities to be at least 4,000. Heavy rain has put five Lumphat district communes – Lbaing I, Chey Uddom, Batang, Seda and Kaleng ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/r%E2%80%99kiri-floods-trap-thousands
Cambodian opposition stages new rally in capital amid post-election deadlock
Cambodia’s main opposition party staged another mass rally in the capital on Sunday, vowing to keep up its political fight in the aftermath of national elections they say were rigged. Around 10,000 people turned out for the protest in Phnom Penh. The demonstration was part of ...
The Washington Post Staff
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/cambodian-opposition-stages-new-rally-in-capital-amid-post-election-deadlock/2013/10/06/b3d36554-2e65-11e3-9ddd-bdd3022f66ee_story.html
Climate change becomes strategic challenge, needs joint attention: Cambodian PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that climate change has now become a strategic challenge to development that requires urgent and joint attention. “Climate change is no longer a remote case, but is affecting all of us in the present and become one of the ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-11/05/c_132860551.htm
PM, Rainsy meet nailed down: gov’t
Two days after opposition calls for renewed negotiations, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith announced yesterday evening that the ruling party will sit down with its opposition counterparts on Thursday to talk election reform, though opposition leaders last night weren’t so sure. Speaking at a gathering of journalists ...
Stuart White and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-rainsy-meet-nailed-down-gov%E2%80%99t
Japan urges Cambodia's ruling, opposition parties to continue talks over political row
Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties to resume talks to resolve political dispute over the results of the country ‘s July 28 election. “Japan has been actively supporting Cambodia’s nation-building efforts to date,” said the Ministry’s statement released to Cambodian media ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/814239.shtml#.UkTnhdKBmN8
Youths to march for justice over shooting
More than 300 youth from around Cambodia plan to rally on Friday to demand justice for the man killed during the opposition party’s three-day demonstration last month. Participants from a variety of universities, high schools, youth clubs, civil societies and other groups will march from Wat ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youths-march-justice-over-shooting
Sam Rainsy: “ I have no fear to appear at the Court”
Opposition leaders said that they were not afraid to appear at the Court even though the defense lawyer would be busy. The comment came after their defense lawyer, Choung Chou Ngy, had sought delay of questioning the two opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, who ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YWU0ZGQ0NTY3MjQ
Land activist to be released
Outspoken land activist Kuch Veng will regain his freedom in 15 days after the Pursat provincial court yesterday handed down a guilty verdict with a one-year sentence, then suspended nearly three quarters of that term. Veng has been in prison since May 19 on charges of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-activist-be-released
Cambodians income rose four times in two decades
Cambodia’s per capita income increased four times in two decades since the Kingdom held its first United Nations supported democratic election in 1993, according to a report from Cambodia’s Development and Research Institute. In 1993, the country’s per capita income was only $240 USD per year, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZWIxMzQ0ODVmZmQ
First mango export factory planned
Mong Reththy Group is co-investing $2 million to build a factory in Preah Sihanouk province for the packaging and export of Cambodian mangoes, the first company to formally ship the fruit overseas. Located in Koe Phos commune, the factory will cover 12 hectares of land and ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-mango-export-factory-planned
Summonses for 30 in Ly Yong Phat spat
Thirty people locked in a land dispute with ruling party senator and sugar tycoon Ly Yong Phat received summonses yesterday to appear in Kampong Speu provincial court. Although the summonses don’t list a complainant, some of those called to appear in court next Tuesday said they ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/summonses-30-ly-yong-phat-spat
Vietnamese market planned
Cambodia’s first Vietnamese wholesale market is being constructed in Phnom Penh, a Vietnamese trade officer told the Post yesterday. Tran Tu, trade attaché of the Vietnam Trade office in Cambodia, said the new wholesale market seeks to enhance Vietnamese produce in Cambodia. The wholesale market, will be located ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-market-planned
Cambodian Opposition Gives Government Three-month Deadline
Cambodian opposition officials said Tuesday they will give the government three months to hold a new election, or they will lead a movement in hopes of toppling its leadership. Kem Sokha, vice president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said the government is harming its citizens ...
Theara Khoun
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-opposition-gives-government-threemonth-deadline/1812433.html
Little Paris comes to Koh Pich
Construction on a four-year, $150 million commercial and residential development that will transform 70,000 square metres of land on Koh Pich into Parisian-style apartments with a replica of the Arc de Triomphe at the centre is reportedly scheduled to commence in the coming months. The Élysée, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/little-paris-comes-koh-pich