New ID cards are being issued faster, officials say
The effort to speed up the process of issuing new electronic national identity cards is well underway, according to Mao Chandara, a director of the Ministry of Interior’s passport department. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15720/new-id-cards-are-being-issued-faster--officials-say/
Four more Nauru refugees may be on the way
The Interior Ministry will send a delegation to Nauru Island this month to interview another four asylum seekers who are considering resettling in Cambodia, a spokesman for the ministry said yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16353/four-more-nauru-refugees-may-be-on-the-way/
Bavet city SEZ workers to be released on bail
The four garment workers arrested late last year alongside seven others for allegedly damaging factory property during protests in Bavet City will be released on bail soon, according to Svay Rieng provincial officials. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20820/bavet-city-sez-workers-to-be-released-on-bail/
SR airport lounge to be ready by next month
Plaza Premium Group, the Hong Kong-based company that opened its first lounge in Cambodia at Phnom Penh International Airport last month, will open its second lounge in Siem Reap airport by the end of next month, according to the firm that manages the Kingdom’s three ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sr-airport-lounge-be-ready-next-month
Vietnamese rice nowhere to be found in Chinese malls
Although over half of its rice exports were to China last year, it remains a highly competitive market amongst other rice exporters, namely Thailand, Pakistan, and Cambodia, said Bui Huy Hoang, Vietnam’s commercial counselor in China. ...
Tuoi Tre News team
http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/33385/vietnamese-rice-nowhere-to-be-found-in-chinese-malls
Timber negotiations scrapped; seized wood to be divided up
In the latest setback to its attempt to sell off millions of dollars worth of seized timber, the government canceled five days of negotiations with potential buyers scheduled for this week, an official said on Monday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/timber-negotiations-scrapped-seized-wood-divided-117641/
More families to be evicted from floating river homes
Following the eviction earlier this month of about 1,000 mostly Vietnamese families living in floating homes in Kompong Chhnang City, provincial authorities now have plans to evict a further 1,500 mostly Cambodian families living further south on the river, officials said Sunday. ...
Ben Sokhean and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-families-to-be-evicted-from-floating-river-homes-98233/
Vendors want market to be restored as it was
More than 100 vendors in Stung Treng yesterday expressed concern that the location of their stalls would change after the town’s fire-damaged market is rebuilt by provincial authorities. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-want-market-be-restored-it-was
$200 mil a year veggie imports to be slashed
The government has designated eight provinces to start boosting vegetable production from this year in a move to curb the capital flow of an estimated $200 million per year on imports from neighboring countries, mainly Vietnam.Vongsey Vissoth, secretary of state for the Ministry of Economy ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34744/-200-mil-a-year-veggie-imports-to-be-slashed/
Oddar Meanchey dam to be drained to avoid breach
Fearing that heavy rains will cause the Ta Mok reservoir in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district to overflow, or its walls to rupture, Water Resources and Meteorology Department officials are preparing to drain the reservoir with canals. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oddar-meanchey-dam-be-drained-avoid-breach
Muth’s lawyer calls for case to be terminated
The defence team for Meas Muth has said terminating the proceedings against the alleged Khmer Rouge naval commander is the “only legitimate and lawful option” if funds cannot be found to ensure a fair trial. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/muths-lawyer-calls-case-be-terminated
Two new rice seeds to be introduced to farmers
Two new rice seeds – Japonica and Indica – would be introduced to Cambodian farmers in order to diversify the markets for Cambodian rice, according to a local media report. ...
Ou Sokha
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=108845
NEC rejects election complaints for being filed past deadline
The country’s national election body says it has rejected more than half of the 61 complaints it received about the June 4 commune elections, most of them requests by the opposition CNRP for recounts in races it narrowly lost, claiming the complainants missed the deadline. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-rejects-election-complaints-filed-past-deadline-131488/
Arts can be cathartic for Khmer Rouge survivors: study
A small-scale research study carried out in Cambodia has indicated that the performing arts can serve as a form of catharsis and have value as potential reparations for survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/arts-can-be-cathartic-khmer-rouge-survivors-study
50,000 to be trained as tourism sector ‘experts’
The government wants to train 50,000 tourism professionals every year between now and 2025 under a new development strategy for human resources within the tourism sector. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39785/50-000-to-be-trained-as-tourism-sector----experts---/
China Believes Cambodia's Election Will Be Fair, Confirms Support
China believes a general election in Cambodia this year will be fair, a senior Chinese official said on Thursday, after the United States and the European Union withdrew support for the vote following the dissolution of the main opposition party. China is Cambodia’s biggest aid ...
Michael Martina and Robert Birsel
http://reut.rs/2DcCI6H
Groups call for charges against activists to be dropped
A group of 35 international labour and human rights advocacy groups yesterday called for charges against a trio of Cambodian civil society activists to be dropped. “We, the undersigned global unions and international human rights and workers’ rights organizations, call for the charges against Cambodian human ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-call-charges-against-activists-be-dropped
Six Planned Dams Could Be 'Disaster' for Northeast Region
The hydro-power dams planned for three tributary rivers in north-eastern Cambodia will have unforeseeable social and environmental consequences for the regional and its people, according to a report released yesterday. Authored by International Rivers and 3S Rivers Protection Network, the report focuses on six hydro-power dams planned for the Sesan, ...
Emerging Mining Sector to Be Subject to Grassroots Scrutiny
As mining companies continue to scour Cambodia for minerals, work is also under way to build a network of local monitors and activists to shed light on the country’s often-opaque mining sector and its practices. {T]he Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has granted an unknown ...
Plantation manager aims to be top oud oil producer
Asia Forestry Management, an integrated plantation-management company with a focus on cultivating Aquilaria crassna, aims to become Thailand’s biggest producer of oud oil this year and Southeast Asia’s in five years. The company’s plant in Trat province will be expanded to produce 280 kilograms of ...