China makes five proposals on securing shared future for Lancang-Mekong
<p>premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday called on five nations living on the Lancang-Mekong River to consolidate political will and deepen economic ties to promote regional peace and sustainable development. China is willing to work with others to strengthen the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) as China benefits ...p>
Xinhua
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/11/c_136886297.htm
Royal Group plan for Sihanoukville beach cleared of businesses remains a mystery
<p>More than a month after businesses on a prime stretch of Occheuteal Beach were told to pack up and leave, officials in preah Sihanouk province are still unaware of local conglomerate Royal Group’s plans for the space. Evictions on the beach began around Christmas time, ...p>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-group-plan-sihanoukville-beach-cleared-businesses-remains-mystery
Industries left guessing as Cambodia fails to release customs data for 2017
<p>When government-aligned Fresh News reported on Sunday that bilateral trade between the US and Cambodia had increased to $3.46 billion last year, up more than 8 percent from the year before, they weren’t using Cambodian government data. Nor was the state-run Agence Kampuchea presse using government ...p>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industries-left-guessing-cambodia-fails-release-customs-data-2017
Koh Kong probing filling in of mangrove forest
<p>The illegal filling of a mangrove forest in peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary is being investigated, Koh Kong provincial authorities said yesterday, though officials say they still don’t know who is behind the crime. Sok Sothy, deputy provincial governor, said the sand dredging and filling in of ...p>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-probing-filling-mangrove-forest
Press freedom ‘collapsed’ in 2017, journalist survey says
<p>The “façade of media freedom” in the Kingdom “collapsed” last year, with journalists reporting a sharp drop in their hopes for independent press, according to the results of a new survey launched yesterday. The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) study surveyed 75 journalists from ...p>
Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/press-freedom-collapsed-2017-journalist-survey-says
Costs outweigh the benefits of foreign direct investment: FAO
<p>Cambodia has been featured as a case study in a new report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) focusing on the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing nations’ agricultural sectors. While the report acknowledges the positive effects ...p>
Monks enter forest fray
<p>Months ago, Chinese engineers were posting markers for a hydropower dam opposed by villagers in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley. This week, in marked contrast, monks draped trees in iconic saffron sashes as they blessed the very forest the dam would destroy. The saffron robes ...p>
Daniel Quinlan and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monks-enter-forest-fray
CCHR to host workshop for youth on electoral reform
<p>On 20 and 21 June 2014, The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) will host a workshop for youth on electoral reform aimed at providing opportunities for youth participants to identify key concerns regarding electoral reform and to develop recommendations, in addition to learning about ...p>
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Beehive Radio Protest To Go Forward
<p>Independent radio broadcaster Mam Sonando says he will go forward with a planned demonstration Jan. 27, in protest of the government’s refusal to allow him to expand his radio reach and open a television station.
The Minister of Information denied permission for the expansion, but Mam ...p>
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/beehive-radio-protest-to-go-forward/1837059.html
Construction of Belarus tractor assembly plant in Cambodia nearing completion
<p>The progress in the project to build the Belarus tractor assembly plant in Cambodia was discussed in a meeting between Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Igor petrishenko and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Cambodia to Russia Thay Vanna, BelTA learnt from the press service of the ...p>
BelTA News Staff
http://news.belta.by/en/news/econom?id=739642
CCHR releases a report assessing adherence to fair trial rights at the Court of Appeal
<p>Today, 23 June 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights’ (CCHR) Trial Monitoring project releases its first report assessing the adherence to fair trial rights at the Court of Appeal (the Report). This is the seventh report published by the Trial Monitoring project, and the ...p>
Cambodian center for Human Rights (CCHR)
No cheating in exam finals marks sea change for Cambodia
<p>Cambodia’s final exam results for 2014 were disastrous, with more than half of the 90,000 students failing. The reason? The authorities stamped out cheating – the first of a series of reforms designed to fix the impoverished country’s broken education sector.
The new policy is ...p>
Big News Network News Staff
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/229087639
Joint statement on the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO)
<p>Representatives of 80 civil society organizations (CSOs) called on the Royal Government of Cambodia to make the official draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) available to the public, and to conduct dialogues with different stakeholders for collecting their views, concerns and perceptions on ...p>
Joint Organizations
Thankful letter from CCC to H.E. Cheang Vun
<p>The Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) would like to thank H.E. Cheang Vun, the head of the 5th Commission of the National Assembly for giving a permission to its representatives to join the consultation on the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations taking place ...p>
Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC)
Cambodia’s slow power transfer begins with death of Chea Sim
<p>Billboards across the country have carried the same picture for more than a decade – side-by-side the three most senior members of the ruling Cambodian peoples party (CCp) stand: president of the National Assembly Heng Samrin, prime Minister Hun Sen, and Cpp president Chea Sim. ...p>
Luke Hunt
http://bit.ly/1L1ieqQ
Cambodia is affected by GONI storm
<p>Cambodia will be under influence of GONI storm, leading to more wide spread of raining in the kingdom. While some coastal areas such as Koh Kong, Kep and Kampot provinces will have heavy raining along with strong wind, sea surface will have strong wind and ...p>
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology
Over 1.5 million vehicles checked for overloading
<p>The Ministry of public Works and Transport on Thursday reported that it had inspected over 1.5 million vehicles between December last year and this month, in a continued effort to address the Kingdom’s road safety concerns. “No matter how much money the government spends on ...p>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-15-million-vehicles-checked-overloading
Court charges union leader with making threat, extortion
<p>The phnom penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged an independent union leader with making a threat accompanied by extortion after he was arrested with 51 bamboo poles while leading a strike of about 100 garment workers on Tuesday.
According to Article 232 of the Criminal ...p>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-union-leader-with-making-threat-extortion-77471/
Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong: past trends, current status, possible futures
<p>The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan and Guangxi in China) is undergoing unprecedented changes. Many of these are positive, reflecting political stabilization and economic growth following decades of poverty and conflict. But the rate and type of development is ...p>
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZjY4MTUzZGZkNmQ
Economic land concessions
<p>Disclaimer: This dataset contains data for ELCs in Cambodia with known contract dates starting from 1996 to 2012. The list was updated in November 2017 to include adjustments to ELCs as a result of the Order 01, starting in 2012, such as land cuts and ...p>
