Japanese developer unveils housing projects
Japan’s Creed Group is investing hundreds of millions in three housing developments in Phnom Penh, the company announced last week. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14510/japanese-developer-unveils-housing-projects/
Sihanoukville beach businesses given brief reprieve
Sihanoukville beachfront businesses that were due to be bulldozed this weekend have been granted a temporary stay of execution. ...
Morn Vanntey
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-beach-businesses-given-brief-reprieve
Tourism working group created
The government has set up an inter-ministerial working group for the management and development of tourism and ecotourism. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089314/tourism-working-group-created/
Ly Hour eyes next borey development
Housing Development Association of Cambodia president Ly Hour has unveiled plans to erect a borey in Tboung Khmum province. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/ly-hour-eyes-next-borey-development
Lao President in Cambodia for state visit
Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, is paying a two-day state visit to Cambodia starting Thursday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/lao-president-in-cambodia-for-state-visit-8239
Xayaburi dam nearly half done
Construction of the Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos is almost half finished, the developer behind it has said. ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/xayaburi-dam-nearly-half-done
Cambodia condemns terrorism act Australia's Sydney
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday condemned the terror act of taking civilians hostage in a cafe in Australia’s Sydney. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/16/c_133858471.htm
Three Cambodians return home after being cheated to work abroad
Three Cambodian people who were cheated to work abroad returned home on Tuesday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/three-cambodians-return-home-after-being-cheated-to-work-abroad-8287
Comfrel launches online tool for change
Democracy watchdog Comfrel yesterday rolled out a new website intended to help young workers garner support for a variety of causes. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/comfrel-launches-online-tool-change
Lightning kills one in S Rieng storm
One person was killed and dozens of homes damaged on Sunday evening in storms in Svay Rieng province, police said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-kills-one-s-rieng-storm
Police find marijuana plantation
Scores of marijuana plants were seized by police in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district on Saturday morning. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-find-marijuana-plantation
Kampot peppers grow incomes -- for a few
Rising demand for Kampot Peppers is pushing a cultivation increase, but only a limited number of companies are benefiting. ...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14038/kampot-peppers-grow-incomes----for-a-few/
Cambodia to host talks on protecting heritage
Cambodia will this week host a regional seminar on the Unesco convention for the protection of cultural heritage during armed conflicts. ...
Michelle Vachon
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-to-host-talks-on-protecting-heritage-93055/
Authorities cut down promo ads blocking sidewalks
Phnom Penh authorities are purging the streets of illegal outdoor advertisements that they say are clogging up the city’s sidewalks. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15165/authorities-cut-down-promo-ads-blocking-sidewalks/
Cambodia Upgrades Diplomatic Relations With Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to upgrade Cambodia’s diplomatic relations with Japan to a “strategic level” during talks in Tokyo on Sunday, but also thanked his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, for making efforts to mend relations with neighbor China, according to media reports. During a state ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-upgrades-diplomatic-relations-with-japan-49386/
Cambodian transgender activist Sou Sotheavy wins 2014 David Kato Vision & Voice Award
The David Kato Vision & Voice Award has announced that the 2014 award will go to Cambodian transgender activist Sou Sotheavy. Now 75 years old, she has spent the last two decades working to establish a national network of organizations to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...
LGBT Weekly News Staff
http://lgbtweekly.com/2014/02/12/cambodian-transgender-activist-sou-sotheavy-wins-2014-david-kato-vision-voice-award/
Cable shows cartel’s reach
A sex-trafficking network that included “high-ranking” government officials and had infiltrated Cambodian law enforcement agencies and NGOs for years worked to cover up Vietnamese sex rings and collect payoffs from illegal prostitution establishments in Phnom Penh. However, four years after a court finally convicted the police ...
Daniel Pye, Taing Vida and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cable-shows-cartels-reach
Boeung Kak women kept away from NGO, reporters
Imprisoned Boeung Kak lake villagers, some crying, motioned to human rights representatives and Post reporters through a chain-link fence at Prey Sar prison on Tuesday. Their efforts to talk to the visitors were futile, however, as two guards stopped anyone from approaching the 13 women sentenced ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053056483/National-news/silent-treatment-at-prey-sar.html
Youth lead tribal push for development
The move toward modernity and development is often represented in numbers: growth in GDP, wellness indicators and many other kinds of statistics. ...
Ros Chanveasna and Raquel Bacay
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17771/youth-lead-tribal-push-for-development/
Cambodia backs Timor-Leste ASEAN membership
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that Cambodia supported Timor-Leste’s bid to become the 11th member of Asean. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25747/cambodia-backs-timor-leste-asean-membership/