Chinese investment in Cambodian province pushes up crime rate, says governor
China’s growing presence and investment in a fast-developing Cambodian port and province have pushed up the crime rate and brought instability, its governor said in a letter to the government. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-china/chinese-investment-in-cambodian-province-pushes-up-crime-rate-says-governor-idUSKBN1FF0XP
Man faces defamation suit amid land-clearing claims
An activist in Stung Treng province has been hauled before commune authorities, threatened with a defamation suit and allegedly warned he could be beaten to death for exposing land clearing in his native Thala Borivat district. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-faces-defamation-suit-amid-land-clearing-claims
Siem Reap hotels oversupplied
Potential real estate investors in Siem Reap are being advised to look towards retail strips rather than hotels, according to Cambodian real estate professionals. Knight Frank’s Cambodia chief, Sunny Soo, said that while the hotel industry is well supplied, the town lacks an organised retail strip. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Real-Estate/siem-reap-hotels-oversupplied.html
Phnom Penh governor on crusade to shut down shisha cafes
Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong said Tuesday he would shut down the shisha bars—where customers smoke flavored tobacco through large Middle-Eastern style water pipes—that have recently sprung up around the city. While the governor noted there was nothing illegal about the pipes or tobacco, he told ...
Phann Ana and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-governor-on-crusade-to-shut-down-shisha-cafes-53247/
Arrests after vendors rally in Sisophon
Three people were arrested in Banteay Meanchey province on Friday during a protest in which more than 400 vendors rallied against orders to move to new market sites. In what authorities said was an effort to “restore public order”, police and military forces were deployed to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/arrests-after-vendors-rally-sisophon
Physicians protest against office sale
Some 100 physicians from the Phnom Penh Municipal Referral Hospital staged a protest on Tuesday after their superiors planned to sell the current hospital building. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MmQ5YWRkMDViNTM
Dam promises are ‘a facade’
With regional consultations on Laos’s Don Sahong dam expected to commence soon, the developers are violating pledges to postpone construction, which is being undertaken by a Chinese company associated with several controversial hydropower projects, the Post has learned ...
Daniel Pye and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-promises-are-%E2%80%98-facade%E2%80%99
RMA mulls listing its Kingdom food arm
Bangkok-based RMA Group is considering listing its Cambodian food and beverage business, Express Food Group, on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, with a proposed IPO later this year. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rma-mulls-listing-its-kingdom-food-arm
Hun Sen asks Philippines to expand tourism cooperation
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday asked Philippines to expand tourism cooperation between the two countries. Hun Sen made the comments during a meeting with Neo A Wong, outgoing Philippine Ambassador to Cambodia, at the Peace Palace. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-asks-philippines-to-expand-tourism-cooperation-7381
ADB bidding in K Cham canceled as row erupts
Officials delayed the bidding process for three projects funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday after heated arguments between bidders broke out in Kompong Cham province’s Choeung Prey district, local Officials said on Thursday. ...
Water firm calm despite cut
Revenue from the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority – the first listed company on the Cambodian stock exchange – will be cut 800 million riel ($200,000) per year as the company implements a concession plan to lower water prices. The plan was passed after the government ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/water-firm-calm-despite-cut
Farmer says Montagnards crossed river
An ethnic Jarai villager in Ratanakkiri province said Monday that two men claiming to be Montagnard asylum seekers approached him on his farm on Sunday looking for help after swimming across the Sesan River to escape Vietnamese police three days earlier. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/farmer-says-montagnards-crossed-river-85627/
Preah Ang Duong hospital starts building $8 million ENT wing
Preah Ang Duong hospital in the capital on Saturday held a ground breaking ceremony for a new building costing $8million, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency, to provide specialised treatment for people with ear, nose and throat problems. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704588/preah-ang-duong-hospital-starts-building-8-million-ent-wing/
Renaissance Minerals trenches 17m at 2.9g/t gold in Cambodia
Renaissance Minerals (ASX:RNS) has trenched several high grade gold assays within its Okvau licence in Cambodia. In addition to a drilling program testing the potential for extensions to its 1.2 million ounce Okvau Deposit, the Company has been focusing exploration activities along a 5 kilometre prospective trend ...
Proactive Investors
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/55781/renaissance-minerals-trenches-17m-at-29gt-gold-in-cambodia-55781.html
Wind power on horizon
An 80MW wind power investment project in Kampot province will be ready to deliver electricity as soon as the developer completes negotiating a power purchase agreement with state-run electricity supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wind-power-horizon
Roadblock ends as protesters succumb to drivers' demands
It took angry motorists rather than government officials or police officers to persuade more than 200 protesting villagers to clear road 48 in Koh Kong province yesterday morning after they blocked it for almost 24 hours, a human rights group representative said. The villagers, involved in ...
HAGL denies Ratanakkiri land clearing
Five civil society organisations urged the government to take action against Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL), a Vietnamese agribusiness firm, for alleged land clearing activities on areas allocated to indigenous communities in Ratanakkiri province’s andong Meas district. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hagl-denies-ratanakkiri-land-clearing
Indonesian foreign minister pays official visit to Kingdom
Cambodia and Indonesia vowed to strengthen their diplomatic relations and declared mutual support for each other in multilateral forums on the international stage. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indonesian-foreign-minister-pays-official-visit-kingdom
Australia finance NGOs, 49 major community projects
Australia has pledged A$7.9 million ($5 million) to support 26 Australian NGOs in collaboration with Cambodian counterparts, aiming to initiate 49 community projects across all provinces. Australian deputy ambassador Andreas Zurbrugg announced the commitment during the “Australia-Cambodia NGO Consultation 2023”, which saw participation from over 70 ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/australia-finance-ngos-49-major-community-projects
Climate change a threat to development: NCDM
Officials have called for climate change-related issues to be taken into account in all future development planning, noting that Cambodia remains vulnerable to an increase in natural disasters caused by climate change. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/climate-change-threat-development-ncdm