Plan to expand museum short on details
The National Museum will undergo a massive expansion, but this will not include removing the Royal University of Fine Arts which sits behind it, officials at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts told a public forum yesterday. ...
Chea Takihiro and Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16046/plan-to-expand-museum-short-on-details/
PM pitches ASEAN access to French investors
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called for more investment from France, telling business leaders in Paris that they could access the entire region when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) kicks off at the end of the year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17217/pm-pitches-asean-access-to-french-investors/
Three men arrested for lawmaker assaults
Three of the men at a pro-CPP protest who beat CNRP lawmakers Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Saphea last week as they tried to leave the National Assembly turned themselves in Tuesday, Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-men-arrested-for-lawmaker-assaults-99237/
Poor ‘lack voice’ amid urban growth
Phnom Penh’s lack of a clear master plan for development has hurt its communities and allowed private developers to collude with authorities to push out poorer residents, speakers at a land rights conference said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poor-lack-voice-amid-urban-growth
IFC offers Acleda Bank $50M for SME lending
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide a $50 million syndicated loan to Acleda Bank to boost lending to small and medium enterprises, of which at least half will support women-owned enterprises, it said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ifc-offers-acleda-bank-50m-sme-lending
Thai paint manufacturer to build new factory
Thai paint manufacturer TOA Paint (Thailand) plans to invest at least 1 billion baht (about $28.2 million) in three new factories in Cambodia, Myanmar and Indonesia, according to a report in Thai newspaper The Nation. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23284/thai-paint-manufacturer-to-build-new-factory/
Meat seized; sellers flee from Stung Treng market
Local authorities confiscated more than 30 kilograms of rare wildlife meat being illegally sold yesterday during a second raid in eight days at a market in Stung Treng province, though once again, no arrests were made. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meat-seized-sellers-flee-stung-treng-market
Families want road expansion scaled back
About 40 families asked the government last week to review road expansion plans at Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov Bridge, saying the proposed dimensions would force them to lose property and even parts of their homes. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-want-road-expansion-scaled-back
Cart pullers force Thai fee backdown
About 30 cart pullers at the Poipet International Border Checkpoint staged an hour-long protest yesterday demanding that Thai customs officials remove transit fees that have been in effect for about one month. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37043/cart-pullers-force-thai-fee-backdown/
Kingdom’s economy insulated: officials
Speakers at a government forum held yesterday on macroeconomic management and the 2017 budget law said Cambodia’s strong economic growth has been largely unscathed by China’s slowdown, though clouds were forming on the horizon. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-economy-insulated-officials
PM: Green Belt for tourists
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for a Green Belt to be established at the country’s main tourist areas to supply holiday-makers with locally produced vegetables and meat, instead of importing them from neighboring countries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35910/pm--green-belt-for-tourists/
White Building negotiations done: minister
Land Management Minister Chea Sophara called for the end of compensation negotiations with White Building occupants on Friday, drawing the line at $1,400 per square metre – far lower than the $1,800 sought by residents. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-negotiations-done-minister
CNRP members ‘seek asylum’
Members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have started applying for asylum in other countries amid a tightening crackdown on the party at home, according to a senior party official who is himself seeking asylum. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-members-seek-asylum
Logging busts persist as tycoon implicated
Two separate timber busts in recent days netted some 300 pieces of illegally transported wood in Stung Treng belonging to a prominent businessman, and several hidden timber stockpiles at a military officer’s Kampong Speu lumberyard. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-busts-persist-tycoon-implicated
Royal representative denies claims
A representative of business mogul Kith Meng’s Royal Group yesterday hit back at a report published by the National Police accusing the company of laundering illegal timber through the Lower Sesan II hydro power project. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-representative-denies-claims
Carving Tbong Khmum from Kampong Cham may see CPP gain assembly seat
Four years ago, when the opposition snatched Kampong Cham away from the ruling party in 2013 national elections, it hinted at a deeper shift taking place in what was then the Kingdom’s most populous province. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/carving-tbong-khmum-kampong-cham-may-see-cpp-gain-assembly-seat
Vietnamese data show timber exports are continuing
According to the figures, Vietnam imported 21,670 cubic metres of sawn wood valued at $13.7 million in April, a 27 percent drop compared to February and an almost 50 percent decrease compared to March. ...
Shaun Turton and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-data-show-timber-exports-are-continuing
A year of ‘hell’ in Prey Sar for Tep Vanny
Tep Vanny stood beside four effigies on a dusky evening last August, marshalling other Boeung Kak residents to light incense sticks, hold lotus stems and throw rice at the four life-size dummies while shouting curses. ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/year-hell-prey-sar-tep-vanny
Garment factory shutters, leaving hundreds unpaid
Garment workers at the Benoh Apparel factory in the capital’s Meanchey district returned to work this week after a two-month suspension to find the building abandoned, prompting a protest demanding compensation from the government. ...
Yon Sineat and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-factory-shutters-leaving-hundreds-unpaid
Vietnam, Cambodia finally separate, together again
The official marking of the border comes as the two countries commemorate 45 years of diplomatic relations. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the ceremony he wanted the border to become “a mechanism of good friendship forever” ...