Investors show confidence in The Peak
After a suit and tie gala event at Sofitel this month that aimed to drum up local support for the newly launched luxury residence The Peak – the most expensive condominium project to date at a tune of $580 million, Rithy Sear, WorldBridge Chairman, announced ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/investors-show-confidence-peak
Stand-off with navy in Kampot
Several families in Kampot province yesterday had another standoff with military personnel who came to clear out a disputed piece of land, though violence did not ensue, observers said. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stand-navy-kampot
Cambodia organizes Culture Week in Vietnam
The Cambodia Culture Week 2015 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City and Soc Trang Province from November 8th – 14th. The event will be co-organised by the Viet Nam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Cambodia Ministry of Culture and Fine ...
Ozgur Tore
http://ftnnews.com/mice/28866-cambodia-organizes-culture-week-in-vietnam.html
Guns gathered, burned in Preah Vihear
Police in Preah Vihear yesterday burned nearly 1,600 homemade rifles confiscated from villagers around the province.Preah Vihear provincial authorities said that officers collected the 1,574 DIY illegal weapons from “everywhere” across the province. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/guns-gathered-burned-preah-vihear
Lull in battle for Battambang forest
Several weeks after villagers on the outskirts of a community forest in Battambang Province began clearing trees and seizing land, forestry administration officials say there has been a lull in deforestation. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17648/lull-in-battle-for-battambang-forest/
Chinese classical music performed in Cambodia
A pair of Chinese classical music coaches from the Tianjin Conservatory of Music performed here on Tuesday to further enhance cultural ties between the two countries. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6705456/2015/12/15/chinese-classical-music-performed-cambodia
John Kerry touches down in kingdom
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned opposition leaders they will face ruling party rallies at home if he is met with anti-government demonstrations during his high-profile trip to the US next month, a threat that raised the spectre of pro-government protests in October that ended ...
Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/john-kerry-touches-down-kingdom
In the eye of the storm
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry launched a swing through Southeast Asia en route to China on Jan. 24 with visits to Laos and Cambodia, part of a broader U.S. push to improve relations with the region and counterbalance China’s rising influence. ...
Sebastian Strangio
http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/In-the-eye-of-the-storm
Casualties from UXO drop in 2015
Landmines and other old ordnance killed or injured 111 people in 2015, according to figures from the state-run Cambodian Mine Action Authority, as many as in 2013 but nearly a third less than last year, when casualties jumped to 154 people. ...
Ouch Sony and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/casualties-from-a-drop-in-2015-106967/
Pursat man killed in UXO blast
A man from Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district was killed in an unexploded ordinance (UXO) blast on Sunday, according to police officials. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22026/pursat-man-killed-in-uxo-blast/
UXO found in abandoned Battambang barracks
Thirty-eight unexploded ordinances (UXO) and land mines of various models were found buried in a former Baktrea village jungle barracks yesterday, police said. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22142/uxo-found-in-abandoned-battambang-barracks/
In blow for immunity, lawmaker arrested
Demolishing the constitutional protection forbidding the arrest of lawmakers without National Assembly consent, police apprehended opposition lawmaker Um Sam An early Monday morning in Siem Reap City over his advocacy against Vietnamese border intrusions. ...
Aun Pheap and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-blow-for-immunity-lawmaker-arrested-111206/
Cambodian agriculture ideas planted in Seoul
The ASEAN-Korea Centre has hosted a seminar to promote investment in Cambodia’s agricultural industry. Co-organized with the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), the “investment and Business Environment Seminar on Cambodia” was held at Hotel Shilla in Seoul on June 29. About 70 Koreans attended. ...
Rachel Lee
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/07/176_208500.html
Timber seized in three separate raids
Authorities seized more than 30 cubic metres of luxury timber and roughly 1,000 kilograms of illegal rosewood in separate raids in three provinces over the weekend. Chea Hean, head of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization, said he and Pursat environmental officials confiscated and burned ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-seized-three-separate-raids
Trash piling up in temple town
Residents of Wat Damnak village, just one kilometer from Pub Street, still resort to burning their rubbish when trash collection is slow. ...
Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15459/trash-piling-up-in-temple-town/
Authorities seize logs in K Speu
Over 100 logs of luxury timber from Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Speu province were seized by authorities in Chbar Mon town on Tuesday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-seize-logs-k-speu
Cambodia in drive to attract investment
Cambodia has decided to establish a special economic zone in Preah Sihanouk province in an attempt to attract investment and develop its economy as the ASEAN Economic Community forms by the end of this year, reports Vietnam News Agency (VNA). ...
The Herald News Staff
http://www.herald.co.zw/cambodia-in-drive-to-attract-investment/
Angry truckers deliver petitions in capital
Dozens of military police were deployed in Phnom Penh on Wednesday as about 80 truck drivers rallied outside the General Department of Customs and Excise demanding tax breaks and for right-hand drive vehicles to be legalized, an official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angry-truckers-deliver-petitions-in-capital-98650/
Three confess in National Assembly beatings
Three of the alleged attackers in last week’s savage gang-bashing of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly turned themselves in and confessed yesterday, the government announced late last evening.in a statement, interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak listed the suspects as Chay Sarith, 33, and ...
Taing Vida, Chhay Channyda and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-confess-national-assembly-beatings
In Myanmar election, lessons for Cambodia
A Cambodian election observer in Myanmar says the country’s process holds lessons for Cambodia. Yet the NLD and the ruling junta have tried to resolve their differences, leading up to the opposition’s election victory, said Koul Panha, who has been in Myanmar since Nov. 3, ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/in-myanmar-election-lessons-for-cambodia/3053436.html