Vietnam, Cambodia conduct joint field inspection on border incident
A VietnAm-CAmbodiA joint working group on ThursdAy mAde A field inspection in the AreA between border mArker 202 And 203 At Binh BAc villAge, Binh HoA TAy commune, Moc HoA district in VietnAm’s Long An province where A violent incident cAused by some CAmbodiAn extremists <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAm-cAmbodiA-conduct-joint-field-inspection-on-border-incident/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Thanh Nien News Staff
http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/vietnam-cambodia-conduct-joint-field-inspection-on-border-incident-48083.html
Chhouk Bandith's victims see hope in Sok Bun arrest
Three factory workers shot more than three years ago by a town governor who remains at large have come to Phnom Penh to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to take action in their case, given the recent success of the premier’s call to arrest a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chhouk-bandiths-victims-see-hope-in-sok-bun-arrest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chhouk-bandiths-victims-see-hope-sok-bun-arrest
Lawmakers urge Constitutional Council to amend NGO law
A group of opposition lAwmAkers hAs urged the ConstitutionAl Council to Amend A contentious lAw on regulAting NGOs in the country. Prum NheAn Vicheth, A spokesmAn for the ConstitutionAl Council, confirmed receipt of the petition And sAid the Council will be considering the drAft lAw <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAwmAkers-urge-constitutionAl-council-to-Amend-ngo-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/lawmakers-urge-constitutional-council-to-amend-ngo-law/2886994.html
Court says roadblock more severe than shooting
Responding to criticism of the eighteen-month jail terms handed down to four unionists who blocked a road at a strike in Svay Rieng province last year, a deputy prosecutor said Wednesday that their actions were as severe as those of former Bavet City governor Chhouk <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-says-roadblock-more-severe-than-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-says-roadblock-more-severe-than-shooting-91545/
Bloggers forced to tread lightly
Cambodia’s young internet users are thinking twice before discussing politics online, say prominent bloggers, after the third case of government punitive action sparked by Facebook comments within a month.On Saturday, student Kong Raiya, 25, was charged over a Facebook post linked to him for comments <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bloggers-forced-to-tread-lightly/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Shaun Turton and Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bloggers-forced-tread-lightly
Salt production yields hit another record low year
Salt production last year hit another low because of poor weather conditions and a shortage of labour, figures from Ministry of Industry and Handicraft show. a total of 18,430 tonnes has been produced, creating a call for the condiment to be imported. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/salt-production-yields-hit-another-record-low-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692903/salt-production-yields-hit-another-record-low-year
Cabinet reshuffle list sent to National Assembly for approval
The government has sent a list of names for a proposed Cabinet reshuffle for the National assembly to approve during a special plenary session next week. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cabinet-reshuffle-list-sent-to-national-assembly-for-approval/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698713/cabinet-reshuffle-list-sent-to-national-assembly-for-approval
Japanese firm to conduct study on investment in aquaculture industry in Cambodia
A JApAnese firm hAs been conducting A study on investment possibility in rAising TilApiA &ndAsh; A freshwAter fish species in CAmbodiA, According to JICA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/jApAnese-firm-to-conduct-study-on-investment-in-AquAculture-industry-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Laos postpones construction on Xayaburi Dam
Laos has postponed construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam project on the Lower Mekong River, a spokesman for its Ministry of Foreign affairs was quoted saying on Wednesday. “No construction is going on. It’s discontinued, postponed,” Sithong Chitgnothin told Radio Free asia in Laos. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-postpones-construction-on-xayaburi-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Real estate firm ready for CSX listing
Bonna Realty Group will prepare to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, the company’s president said this week. The real estate firm joins a small but growing group of private companies that say they are gearing up for initial public offerings on the new exchange. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/real-estate-firm-ready-for-csx-listing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070657246/Business/real-estate-ready-for-csx.html
Cambodian cross-border drug trafficker gets death sentence
The People’s Court of the southern province of Tay Ninh handed a death penalty to a Cambodian drug trafficker during a trial on July 31. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-cross-border-drug-trafficker-gets-death-sentence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750757/cambodian-cross-border-drug-trafficker-gets-death-sentence/
Cambodian PM to Co-host World Summit 2022 in S. Korea
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high level delegation to pay a visit to the Republic of Korea from Feb. 10 to 13, according to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation (MFaIC). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-to-co-host-world-summit-2022-in-s-korea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501021639/cambodian-pm-to-co-host-world-summit-2022-in-s-korea/
Nearly 300,000 tourists travel first weekend of July
A totAl of 297,402 nAtionAl And internAtionAl visitors toured CAmbodiA in the first weekend of July. The figure suggested A decline by neArly 7 percent compAred to the previous weekend, According to A report of the Ministry of Tourism. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/neArly-300000-tourists-trAvel-first-weekend-of-july/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501106769/nearly-300000-tourists-travel-first-weekend-of-july/
Hundreds of families want land concession to offset evictions
More than 300 village residents from Koh Kong province protested at a district hall on Monday, asking for a social land concession to resolve their longstanding land conflict with a sugarcane plantation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-of-families-want-land-concession-to-offset-evictions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/hundreds-of-families-want-land-concession-to-offset-evictions/
Bird flu risk to humans in Cambodia remains low: WHO
The risk to general public from avian influenza a (H5N1) in Cambodia remains low despite two human cases of the virus were detected recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement late Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bird-flu-risk-to-humans-in-cambodia-remains-low-who/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cambodianess staff
https://cambodianess.com/article/bird-flu-risk-to-humans-in-cambodia-remains-low-who
Wife of Pailin Governor Reaps Benefits From Casino Deal
Venturing into Cambodia’s casino market in May 2011, Macau-backed gambling firm Entertainment Gaming asia (EGa) promised tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Pailin’s provincial governor in order to lease land for the construction of a new casino, documents filed with the U.S. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wife-of-pailin-governor-reaps-benefits-from-casino-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Simon Lewis and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wife-of-pailin-governor-reaps-benefits-from-casino-deal-40660/
CNRP Decries NEC’s Use of Unsealed Voter Documents
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Sunday publicly released official election documents from Kratie province after receiving orders to investigate allegations of electoral fraud, though a substantial amount of the evidence was unsealed, raising fears the documents had been tampered with. after receiving orders from the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-decries-necs-use-of-unsealed-voter-documents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-decries-necs-use-of-unsealed-voter-documents-40766/
Brit hauled in on drug allegations
Police in Preah Sihanouk province yesterday arrested a British national in a guesthouse for alleged drug possession. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/brit-hauled-in-on-drug-allegations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/brit-hauled-drug-allegations
Tep Vanny—From Boeng Kak Protester to Globe-Trotting Advocate
On the morning of September 23, anti-eviction champion Tep Vanny was grappling with a legion of security guards blocking the entrance of the Daun Penh district offices while fellow protesters dismantled a razor-wire barricade nearby. The next day, she was on a plane to Washington <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tep-vanny-from-boeng-kak-protester-to-globe-trotting-advocate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tep-vanny-from-boeng-kak-protests-to-globe-trotting-advocate-44583/
Government Suspends Logging in Stung Treng Dam Concession
The government has ordered ang & associates Lawyer Co. Ltd., a company headed by well-known businessman Kith Meng, to cease logging in an area of Stung Treng province where a hydropower dam will be built. Sesan district governor Yeang Srey Sary said Thursday that a delegation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-suspends-logging-in-stung-treng-dam-concession/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-suspends-logging-in-stung-treng-dam-concession-45878/