‘Defamed’ Korean company denies Prey Lang illegal logging claims
The Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) has alleged that Korean-owned Think Biotech (Cambodia) Co Ltd is illegally harvesting timber from resin trees in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. But a company representative refuted the claim and accused the community of making up rumours to defame ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/defamed-korean-company-denies-prey-lang-illegal-logging-claims
What did Suu Kyi’s first Cambodia visit achieve?
Last week, Myanmar’s de facto leader and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi paid her first visit to Cambodia in her current capacity. The trip spotlighted the ongoing state of ties between the two fellow Southeast Asian states amid wider domestic and foreign policy developments. Cambodia ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/what-did-suu-kyis-first-cambodia-visit-achieve/
Capital police consider installing CCTV cameras from China
Municipal police are considering implementing high-tech security cameras from China to help solve traffic accidents and crack down on crimes in the capital. Lieutenant General Sar Thet, chief of Phnom Penh police, said on Facebook that he led a delegation in China yesterday to observe ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50604360/capital-police-consider-installing-cctv-cameras-from-china/
Sar Kheng warns officials, security forces against complacency
Interior Minister Sar Kheng told provincial security forces in Kratie on Thursday to remain vigilant for any opposition activity in the run-up to July’s national elections, while also warning that a popular opposition movement would only come about from the government’s failure to cater to ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-warns-officials-security-forces-against-complacency
EdC draws angry complaints
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) director-general Keo Rattanak said on Thursday that during the first seven months of this year, the company had received 237 complaints on Facebook regarding electricity meters. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/edc-draws-angry-complaints
Meeting held to discuss Lango amendments
During a meeting on the revision of the Law on Non-Governmental Organisations yesterday, the Interior Ministry said it will address concerns raised by civil society groups, but it remains unclear how many articles will be revised. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657108/meeting-held-to-discuss-lango-amendments/
Pig cull raises supply concerns
Following a mass cull of more than 1,000 pigs over the last two weeks, authorities yesterday played down any threat to the local pork supply, but financial concerns among farmers and market vendors are mounting.Some 1,200 pigs have been culled in Siem Reap, having recently ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pig-cull-raises-supply-concerns
Cambodia initiates first-ever employment policy
The International Labor Organization says a new National Employment Policy will improve the country’s economy for the young generation.The policy, drafted with the help of Sweden, aims to increase “decent and productive” employment opportunities, enhance skills and human resources development, and strengthen labor market governance, ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-initiates-first-ever-employment-policy/3020097.html
PM ends a land dispute with a gift
While meeting locals and officials in Preah Vihear province yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen decided to allocate more than 80 hectares of airport land in Preah Vihear town’s Palhal commune to 127 families. In a meeting with officials and armed forces that was announced on Mr. Hun Sen’s official ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28989/pm-ends-a-land-dispute-with-a-gift/
Government investigates rice sector
Following a Monday announcement from the Agriculture Ministry that provincial officials must ensure that the country’s rice millers pay adequate prices for rice paddy, the ministry followed up yesterday, saying that working groups had started discussing the situation with rice millers and rice farmers. In a ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29775/government-investigates--rice-sector/
Cambodian workers released from detention in Thailand
Nearly 30 Cambodians detained in Thailand since early July were released last week, though four remain in detention, an official at the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok said. The migrant workers – 20 women and 14 men – were arrested on July 7 and taken to a ...
Sen David and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-workers-released-detention-thailand
Cambodian farmers prosper by going organic
Depending on the season, organic vegetable farmer Sem Chantha could be growing spinach, cauliflower, lettuce or collard greens on her six-hectare plot of land in Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province. The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) supports Cambodian farmers with training and ...
Daniel De Carteret, Chan Muyhong
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-farmes-prosper-by-going-organic/2988764.html
PM says CNRP’s land plans will stoke war
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday warned that a CNRP victory in the 2018 national election would inevitably lead to war when the opposition party starts redistributing land from the rich to the poor, something that opposition leader Sam Rainsy said would only be done ...
Kang Sothear and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-says-cnrps-land-plans-will-stoke-war-95150/
Cambodia okays LYP Group casinos' online gambling sites
Cambodia has given permission for three L.Y.P. Group casinos to launch online gambling operations.The L.Y.P. Group, which is run by Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat, operates three casinos on the country’s border with Thailand; the Koh Kong Resort on the country’s southern coast, ...
Steven Stradbrooke
http://calvinayre.com/2015/11/19/casino/cambodia-okays-lyp-group-casino-online-gambling-sites/
NGOs slam the new Mekong dam
Environmental organizations and civil society groups have expressed concern at plans to build another dam along the Mekong River in Laos and asked the Lao government to suspend the project due to the effects it will have on communities, water flow and fishery resources in ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35615/ngos-slam-the-new-mekong-dam/
Will move to cap microfinance interest rates backfire on CPP?
The ruling CPP doubled down on Tuesday on its decision to cap interest rates on microfinance loans as a way to help the poor get out of debt, even as analysts called it a political move that would have long-term negative effects on the rural ...
Hang Sokunthea and Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/will-move-to-cap-microfinance-interest-rates-backfire-on-cpp-126564/
China to work further with Mekong countries in water resources
China is ready to consolidate political trust with the five countries along the Lancang-Mekong River, and further cooperate with them in areas of water resources, drought and flood prevention, industrial capacity, agriculture, and human resources, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday. Li made the remarks ...
Zhang Yue
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201801/11/WS5a5727eba3102c394518e98a.html
Rainsy officially launches Cambodia National Rescue Movement, lays out five-point plan
Yesterday, Rainsy said the new Cambodia National Rescue Movement had a five-part plan, starting with appealing to the international community to take action. The next step is to work with “economic” partners to put financial pressure on the government.Next, Rainsy said the movement will encourage ...
Niem Chheng and Andrew Nachemson
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/rainsy-officially-launches-cambodia-national-rescue-movement-lays-out-five-point
Revenue rises in Q3 at capital’s water firm
The capital’s listed water utility posted higher revenue against lower earnings during the third quarter of the year in a filing to the Cambodian stock exchange yesterday. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) saw its revenue rise by $1 million, or 8 percent, year-on-year to $13.9 ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revenue-rises-q3-capitals-water-firm
Sub-decree to transfer health services ‘closer to the people’
The National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD) has approved a draft sub-decree to improve the provision of health services in a quality, safe, effective and equitable manner. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sub-decree-transfer-health-services-closer-people