Three Charged for Logging Rosewood in Angkor
The Siem Reap Provincial Court charged three men Wednesday with illegally logging luxury rosewood inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, a Unesco world heritage site, officials said. Provincial prosecutor Heng Pheng said the suspects had been identified as Sun Phearak, 20, Phay Sophea, 18, and Phin Ron, ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-for-logging-rosewood-in%E2%80%88angkor-42695/
CMAC clears 30 pieces of ordnance
Thirty pieces of unexploded ordnance were found and collected by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre yesterday in Pursat province after they were discovered by a villager at a construction site. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-clears-30-pieces-ordnance
Sixty-five illegal workers arrested in capital
Cambodia’s Immigration Police raided a Phnom Penh construction site yesterday, detaining 65 out of 109 Vietnamese laborers who were found to be working illegally in Niroth commune, Chbar Ampov district. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22804/sixty-five-illegal-workers-arrested-in-capital/
Hornbill rescued in Seima protected forest
A patrol in Seima Protected Forest in Mondulkiri last weekend found a young great hornbill near an illegal logging site. Hornbill sightings have become rarer as the bird’s population drops. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23925/hornbill-rescued-in-seima-protected-forest/
Siem Reap ranked one of world's best travel spots
Siem Reap has been placed second among the world’s top 25 travel destinations in 2015, jumping seven places from last year’s ranking, as judged by leading online travel site TripAdvisor. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-ranked-one-worlds-best-travel-spots
Authority lays down law on unpermited Angkor buildings
The Apsara Authority has renewed its warning that it will remove unauthorised constructions and take legal action against anyone fraudulently taking money in return for permission to build on the Angkor site. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506823/authority-lays-down-law-on-unpermited-angkor-buildings/
Miners back at scene of fatal collapse
People appear to have resumed illegal mining activities at a gold mining site in Kratie province, which was shut down by authorities in August after four miners were killed, officials said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/miners-back-scene-fatal-collapse
Unmanned drone explodes in sky over Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple area
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) exploded in the sky over Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple, a world heritage site, on Sunday, causing panic among troops stationed along the Cambodian-Thai border, a Cambodian spokesman said. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=257117
Workshop 2: Data-driven journalism
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Chong Phlas miners ordered to shutdown
Authorities in Mondolkiri province have given more than ten gold mining sites within the Chong Phlas Mining Community 15 days to shut down operations after concluding that they were not following the law. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50496723/chong-phlas-miners-ordered-to-shutdown/
Protesters put sugar firm’s wall on hold
Roughly 30 villagers locked in a land dispute with Koh Kong Sugar protested at a construction site yesterday where they say the company was attempting to erect a concrete barrier on disputed land. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-put-sugar-firms-wall-hold
Temple timber cutters sought
A authorities in Preah Vihear province are hunting 12 people, including an environmental protection official, suspected of involvement in illegally harvesting 10 luxury wood trees near the ancient archaeological site of Koh Ker. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/temple-timber-cutters-sought
Backup M’kiri bridge ready after Monday collapse
Authorities in Mondolkiri province on Wednesday finished installing an emergency bridge over the O’Phly river near the site of the existing bridge, which was damaged by an overloaded truck on Monday night. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/backup-mkiri-bridge-ready-after-monday-collapse-103759/
Fires burn large parts of Battambang forest
Fires have consumed more than 2,000 hectares of Prek Toal protected area in Battambang, killing some animals and destroying the breeding sites of multiple endangered species, Prek Toal project managers said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fires-burn-large-parts-battambang-forest
Anniversary Marked With Fiery Demonstration
Resident of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood burned straw effigies symbolizing corrupt government officials yesterday to make the one-year anniversary of demolition of eight homes at the contest site. Roughly 100 protesters gathered at the site of the demolitions and set fire to eight scarecrow-like effigies ...
Questions raised over land sale at lakeside
Developer Shukaku has sold off close to 1.3 hectares of land at the capital’s controversial Boeung Kak lake site to a Singapore-listed HLH Group company, according to a statement from HLH. HLH subsidiary D’Lotus Development purchased the land at Boeung Kak in Daun Penh district for ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/questions-raised-over-land-sale-lakeside
India to ease visa norms to lure visitors
India is looking to ease its visa regime for ASEAN nations in a bid to increase Buddhist tourist arrivals – travellers looking to visit Buddhist heritage sites – to the country, India’s vice president said. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/india-ease-visa-norms-lure-visitors
Tears, anger greet City Hall’s resolution for Borei Keila evictees
Borei Keila residents reacted with outrage yesterday when City Hall announced only 34 of 154 displaced families will get on-site housing in the community, following a reassessment of the land dispute victims’ claims. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/tears-anger-greet-city-halls-resolution-borei-keila-evictees
Embalming chemical found in Takeo prahok
Takeo provincial authorities yesterday confiscated and destroyed more than 180 kilograms of contaminated prahok from four production sites, according to an official with the Cambodia Import-Export Inspection and Fraud Repression Directorate-General (CAMCONTROL). ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/embalming-chemical-found-takeo-prahok
Minister orders governors to end illegal construction
Minister of Urban Planning and Construction Im Chhun Lim ordered all governors to check construction sites in their provinces to ensure that none are encroaching on public land, and to take action against those that do. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17744/minister-orders-governors-to-end-illegal-construction/