Eleven families request more compensation in land dispute
Eleven families locked in a land dispute with two sugarcane plantation companies in Koh Kong province returned yesterday to the Ministry of Land Management, asking it to work out compensation for them as it did for other villagers. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50299272/eleven-families-request-more-compensation-in-land-dispute/
Land Ministry hails successes
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on Monday held a convention in Phnom Penh to report on its accomplishments for the year, hailing the 263 land disputes it has resolved, and to set its plans for next year. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-ministry-hails-successes
Villagers seek help with their dispute
About 100 people representing 162 families from Koh Kong province came to Phnom Penh yesterday to resubmit a petition to the National Assembly and some state institutions asking for intervention in a decade-old land dispute with three sugar companies. Phav Nherng, a representative of the families ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33387/villagers-seek-help-with-their-dispute/
Farmers ask Hun Sen for help, told to go home
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet on Tuesday refused to accept a petition from some 200 farmers who traveled from Kratie province to Phnom Penh to ask for help in settling their land dispute with a plantation owner, urging them to try settling the case with ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/farmers-ask-hun-sen-for-help-told-to-go-home-64716/
Koh Kong’s first int’l seaport set for launch
Koh Kong province’s first international seaport, invested in and developed by Koh Kong Port Management Co Ltd, is scheduled to launch in the second half of the year, as a number of linked infrastructure works reach completion, according to provincial governor Mithona Phoutong. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kongs-first-intl-seaport-set-launch
CNRP senator makes case for bail at supreme court
Opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour, who has been in prison since August on incitement and fraud charges, had his request for bail on health grounds heard by the Supreme Court on Friday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109120-109120/
Gov’t ‘clarifies’ alleged rights abuses for IPU
A delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – a transnational organisation of lawmakers – met with lawmakers, several ministries and the UNHCR over the past two days to discuss concerns about the beating of two opposition lawmakers last October as well as the jailing of ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-clarifies-alleged-rights-abuses-ipu
Maybank introduces mobile banking app to Cambodia
Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has introduced its mobile banking app in Cambodia that integrates augmented reality capabilities and a QR code reader for customers to easily locate the nearest Maybank branch. ...
The Star Online Team
http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/07/05/maybank-introduces-mobile-banking-app-to-cambodia/
Company owners, employees arrested over huge timber raid
The owners of Hong Sopheap Development Company in Preah Vihear have been arrested days after military police carried out a massive raid on a 4,000 hectare social land concession (SLC) that the company holds a licence to log. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/company-owners-employees-arrested-over-huge-timber-raid
Cambodia protests against Vietnam’s road construction projects in border area
Cambodia sent a diplomatic protest letter to Vietnam on Wednesday over what it considers an encroachment of its border territory, as the Cambodian border committee planned to reveal the map it is using to demarcate the borderline in response to a demand by the opposition ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-protests-against-vietnams-road-construction-projects-in-border-area-07012015142551.html
Council of Ministers lambastes Sam Rainsy for citing $168 map
The Council of Ministers released a statement on Friday blasting CNRP President Sam Rainsy over a French-made map he posted to Facebook, claiming the opposition leader was disrespecting the territorial integrity of Cambodia. ...
Thai princess to visit kingdom
Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will visit Cambodia next month to boost bilateral education ties between the kingdoms, a topic she has worked on since her first visit in 1992. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-princess-visit-kingdom
Fine arts university to relocate
The government will spend at least $12 million to relocate the Royal University of Fine Arts (RUFA) and build a cultural center on four hectares of land in Chroy Changvar district, while the old University buildings will be used to expand the National Museum. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36128/fine-arts-university-to-relocate/
Kratie University construction complete
The recently constructed Kratie University, which was mostly funded by the Chinese government, was handed over to the Education Ministry yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37563/kratie-university-construction-complete/
Thai uni offers scholarships to 40 Cambodian students: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen requested that Thailand’s Krirk University meet with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport to discuss recruitment after the school announced scholarships for 40 Cambodians. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-uni-offers-scholarships-40-cambodian-students-pm
Government establishes sub-committee on universal health coverage
The government is establishing a Sub-committee on Univeral Health Coverage in Cambodia to direct, coordinate, monitor and review all policies, strategies and action plans set out in the “Roadmap for Univeral Health Coverage in Cambodia 2024-2035” policy planning document. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501529683/government-establishes-sub-committee-on-universal-health-coverage/
Activists launch ‘Rescue Island’ campaign for Koh Kong Krao
Environmental activists have launched the “Rescue Island” campaign to urge the government to preserve Koh Kong province’s Koh Kong Krao island, Cambodia’s largest, as a national park. They are concerned that development could destroy forever the natural beauty of the 103sq km island. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-launch-rescue-island-campaign-koh-kong-krao
Sam Rainsy Party meets soon to pick new chief
Sam Rainsy Party deputy president Teav Vannol yesterday declined to say whether he would take leadership of the party in the wake of president Kong Korm’s retirement, though a fellow senator said it was all but a foregone conclusion. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sam-rainsy-party-meets-soon-pick-new-chief
Former SRP president slams arrest of Um Sam An
As the opposition marked the 41st anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, one of its senior officials yesterday lashed out at the imprisonment of a CNRP lawmaker for criticising the government’s handling of the Vietnamese border issue. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/former-srp-president-slams-arrest-um-sam
Cambodia tourism grows 2.6%
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered an increase of 2.6% during January to March, this year, according to the Statistics and Tourist Information Department. ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2016/05/cambodia-tourism-grows-2-6/