Rare tree plantings to lure tourists
Hundreds of rosewood trees will be planted in Siem Reap province as a natural tourist site and to preserve the rare trees in Cambodia. The provincial information department said on Wednesday that the government planned to plant 500 rosewood trees on 1,888 hectares in Banteay ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531458/rare-tree-plantings-to-lure-tourists-2/
Seven provinces hit by drought, ministry uses pumps to save crops
Some 39,966ha of paddy fields across seven provinces have been hit by drought, with the Ministry of Water Resources and authorities using pumps to save crops in areas near sources of water. Officials said the drought in these areas could continue for more than another month. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seven-provinces-hit-drought-ministry-uses-pumps-save-crops
Australian gold miner divests Cambodian subsidiary
Australia-listed Southern Gold has completed its divestment of its Cambodia’s subsidiary Southern Gold Asia, saying there was little interest among its investors in the company and that it would focus on its Cannon gold mine in Western Australia, according to a press release from the ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21152/australian-gold-miner-divests-cambodian-subsidiary/
Kandal factory workers protest representatives’ firings
Nearly 500 New Archid factory workers in Kandal province protested for the second day in a row yesterday, demanding the company reinstate three worker representatives they claim were fired without cause – along with pay increases Chem Somphose, Vay Vanny and Eng Sovann were last ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-factory-workers-protest-representatives-firings
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
China’s ambassador praises PM
Despite repeatedly claiming that China does not dictate Cambodia’s foreign policy, the government yesterday was lauded by Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo, who said China’s leaders and millions of Chinese people thanked Prime Minister Hun Sen for backing Beijing on the South China Sea ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27984/china---s-ambassador-praises-pm/
Rainsy, Sokha court Cham in K Chhnang
Getting a head start on campaigning for the 2018 elections, opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha yesterday promised Cham voters in Kampong Chhnang’s Kampong Tralach district that a change in the country’s leadership would mean a change in its approach to land disputes as ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-sokha-court-cham-k-chhnang
Cambodia’s slide into repression
On Nov. 13, Cambodia’s dictatorial prime minister Hun Sen ousted opposition leader Sam Rainsy, stripping him of his seat in parliament and calling for his arrest. These latest actions against Rainsy are representative of Cambodia’s long muddle through a sort of unfree democracy. ...
Olivia Enos
http://dailysignal.com/2015/12/01/cambodias-slide-into-repression/
Cambodia’s Hun Sen threatens to withhold electricity from ‘environmental extremists’
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday threatened to cut off electricity from the homes of “environmental extremists” who oppose development projects in the country, drawing condemnation from critics who said his government should focus on sustainability and providing services to the people. ...
Vuthy Tha
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/electricity-12232015173731.html
CNRP ‘focused, quiet’
With members still languishing in jail and under fresh attack via a now two-week-old infidelity scandal, the Cambodia National Rescue Party emerged from a two-day meeting in Manila yesterday to announce it will not be hitting back, instead opting to focus on the upcoming elections. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-focused-quiet
Cambodia's economic status raised to lower-middle income
The World Bank has officially revised the status of Cambodia’s economy, moving it up a rung from the low-income bracket into lower-middle income territory – a reclassification that economists expect will lead to a scale-back of foreign aid and preferential trade access over the coming ...
Cam McGrath and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-economic-status-raised-lower-middle-income
CNRP sets sights on changes in assembly
The Cambodia National Rescue Party proposed a bold set of regulations for the National Assembly in an interparty meeting yesterday, calling for, among other things, a larger share of the body’s budget, and minority party control over the assembly’s purse strings, an opposition working group ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-sets-sights-changes-assembly
Preah Vihear temple restoration work delayed
Restoration of the most prominent and photographed gate at Preah Vihear temple has been delayed by the need for further study by the Indian team that has signed up for the work, the head of the Cambodian body that oversees the 12th century sanctuary said ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-temple-restoration-work-delayed-110295/
Railway families still smarting after 2 years
Efforts by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to restore the living standards of families evicted by its railway rehabilitation project continue to fall far short of expectations, and urgent action is needed if the bank is to comply with its own safeguard policies, according to ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/railway-families-still-smarting-2-years-116519/
Domestic tourists push up Siem Reap visitor count
Tourist visits to Siem Reap province increased slightly during the first half of the year as foreign tourists lined up to see the country’s pre-eminent tourism attraction, Angkor Wat, and Cambodians from across the country flocked to the province for a major national festival in ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/domestic-tourists-push-siem-reap-visitor-count
New US Ambassador in Cambodia
William Heidt will soon become a new US Ambassador in Cambodia, following the departure of William Todd. Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said the new US ambassador would strengthen the “good relations and cooperation” between the two countries. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-us-ambassador-in-cambodia/2966099.html
Cambodian villagers demand compensation for expected impact of China-backed dam
Villagers in northern Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province on Tuesday urged the government to suspend construction of a Chinese-backed dam until they are promised compensation for flooding they say will inundate area communities, forests and farmland if the project is allowed to proceed. ...
Hang Savyouth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/compensation-10202015164331.html
Delegates ‘concerned’ about climate treaty
Cambodia’s government and civil society yesterday expressed worry over the lack of progress on finalising the draft text for an international climate change treaty set to be adopted at UN climate talks in Paris (COP 21) after the final round of negotiations concluded in Bonn, ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/delegates-concerned-about-climate-treaty
Rubber association to appeal for suspension of export tax
The Association for Rubber Development in Cambodia will submit a letter to the government asking it to suspend export taxes on rubber due to the sharp decline in its price and to prevent more farmers from going out of business, its secretary general, Men Sopheak, ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21034/rubber-association-to-appeal-for-suspension-of-export-tax/
Vietnam, Cambodia both violating border
After four months of study, Sok Touch, the head of a research group from the Royal Academy, announced yesterday that both Cambodia and Vietnam are in violation of each other’s borderlines, but was hesitant to release his team’s exact findings to protect the government from ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21053/---vietnam--cambodia-both-violating-border---/