Japanese luxury chain to open hotel in capital
Japanese-owned Hotel Okura Co. Ltd. on Monday reached an agreement with TEHO Development Cambodia Pte. Ltd. – a subsidiary of Singapore-listed TEHO international – to develop and manage a luxury hotel in Phnom Penh as the company as part of its expansion in ASEAN, a ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21155/japanese-luxury-chain-to-open-hotel-in-capital/
Communities in Daun Penh to receive land titles
Temporary residents on state-owned plots in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district will receive land titles, according to an official letter from the Council of Ministers released Friday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21416/communities-in-daun-penh-to-receive-land-titles/
Official gets called out in sanctuary logging case
Two men have been arrested over, and a military official implicated in, illegal logging that took place at the protected Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary last week. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-gets-called-out-sanctuary-logging-case
Gov’t urges business to invest in power
The government is calling for more private investment in the energy sector to meet rising demand from households and industry, a senior official from state-owned Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC) said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21856//
Party chief’s special envoy welcomed in Cambodia
Quan, who is also head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, informed President of the ruling CPP and Prime Minister Hun Sen and CPP Honorary President and President of the National Assembly Heng Samrin about the outcomes of the CPV’s 12 th ...
Vietnam Net team
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/151654/party-chief-s-special-envoy-welcomed-in-cambodia.html
No HIV outbreak in Kandal, health officials say
Health officials say they now doubt there is a new outbreak of HIV in Kandal province, following an investigation. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/no-hiv-outbreak-in-kandal-health-officials-say/3219656.html
Tourist numbers in Siem Reap up 9 percent
Siem Reap’s Angkor Sangkranti festival this year was a big success with foreign tourist arrivals up almost nine percent to 29,500 over the four-day holiday from last year, the provincial tourism department said. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23870/tourist-numbers-in-siem-reap-up-9-percent/
Fish death toll rises in Tonle Chhmar lake
The number of dead fish found in Kampong Thom’s protected Tonle Chhmar Lake climbed higher over the weekend – nearly 70 tons of fish have now died since the first were found by provincial fishery officials on April 23. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24438/fish-death-toll-rises-in-tonle-chhmar-lake/
Cambodian journalists to receive training in the US
Cambodian journalists will visit the U.S. to observe the presidential election in November to learn from their American colleagues’ experience of covering the polls, a media development group has said. ...
Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-journalists-to-receive-training-in-the-us/3313932.html
CAMFOOD expo set to bring in foreign goods
The fifth annual CAMFOOD and CAMHOTEL expo is scheduled for October 22 and will mostly feature foreign companies, giving local companies the opportunity to learn from foreign business practices as well as showcase their own products, industry leaders announced yesterday. ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/camfood-expo-set-bring-foreign-goods
Court in no hurry to charge timber traders
As the government prepares to start auctioning off the 70,000 cubic meters of illegal timber it has seized so far this year, not one of the companies on whose property it was found—nor anyone else—has been charged over the wood, following months of court procedures. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-in-no-hurry-to-charge-timber-traders-113838/
Government admits to issues in obtaining drug care
The government marked World Drug Day on Sunday by setting fire to almost 1.5 tons of confiscated drugs in a schoolyard in Phnom Penh. Officials conceded that efforts to curb usage were failing, pointing to a lack of public knowledge and participation. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-admits-to-issues-in-obtaining-drug-care-114644/
Tests confirm Angkor boat made in 1207 AD
A boat unearthed at a construction site in Siem Reap’s Angkor Thom district in April was made in 1207 AD, according to carbon dating results announced on Friday. ...
Erin Handley and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tests-confirm-angkor-boat-made-1207-ad
Health ministry warns of a spike in dengue
Health Ministry officials are warning that this year will see an increased rate of dengue fever across the country, as the cyclical virus has already shown higher than usual rates of infection, with Mondolkiri province seeing an acute spike in cases. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/health-ministry-warns-of-a-spike-in-dengue-114967/
Wildlife book looks to put dent in poaching
World Wildlife Fund for Cambodia and the Ministry of Environment launched a glossy, 76-page picture booklet about the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province yesterday, with the goal of educating the public about the benefits of protecting wildlife and countering poaching. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-book-looks-put-dent-poaching
Korea pushes to build 'smart city' in Cambodia
South Korea will push to build a highly efficient and eco-friendly city in Cambodia using its latest information technology, and support the Southeast Asian nation’s public housing program, the government said Monday. ...
Yonhap
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160815000280
Metered tuk-tuks making inroads in Phnom Penh
Cambodia’s first fleet of metered tuk-tuks is taking on the capital’s traditional business model for cheap motorised conveyance, where fare prices are usually settled by negotiations and customers often feel they were overcharged. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/metered-tuk-tuks-making-inroads-phnom-penh
ID cards in kandal thought to be fake
A commission of experts will check nearly 50 new Cambodian national ID cards today amid suspicions the card holders do not hold Cambodian nationality after irregularities were found during voter registration in Kandal province earlier this month. Provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun said yesterday afternoon that ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29770/id-cards-in-kandal-thought-to-be-fake/