Supply drives office rentals to highest in region
Demand for top-quality workspace in Phnom Penh is increasing, so much so that property firm Knight Frank has labelled the capital as the fastest-growing city for rented prime office space in the entire Asia Pacific region. The firm’s June 3 quarterly report, which marks the first ...
Annie Lee
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/supply-drives-office-rentals-highest-region
Court questions tycoon in dispute with his brother
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned an elderly tycoon who was jailed earlier this month in a real estate dispute with his brother, also a prominent businessman. Huot Seng Long, 76, who also uses the name Thai Seng Long, was questioned in a closed-door ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-tycoon-in-dispute-with-his-brother-61829/
Villager charged after blocking land clearance in Ratanakkiri
A villager representative in Ratanakkiri province was charged Thursday with unlawful interference in the discharge of public function after he led a group of neighbors to block a Chinese company’s bulldozer from clearing disputed land in Bakeo district on Sunday, a court official said. Morm Vanda, provincial deputy ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villager-charged-after-blocking-land-clearance-in-ratanakkiri-61961/
Asian parliamentarians meet in Cambodia to enhance ties
Members of Parliaments (MPs) of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) gathered here on Tuesday to promote ties and draft internal regulations to strengthen APA Secretariat. Leng Penglong, Secretary General of the National Assembly of Cambodia, said the two-day meeting is participated by 29 MPs from Bahrain, ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140624/asian-parliamentarians-meet-cambodia-enhance-ties
Cambodia's Angkor artifacts to be exhibited in China
Eighty masterpieces from Cambodia’s renowned Angkor Wat Temple will be displayed in China for six months, aiming at promoting cultural ties between the two countries. Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona and Liu Shuguang, director general of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-07/22/c_133502962.htm
Officials raid villager’s home in KDC dispute
Police and court officials on Wednesday searched the home of villager Oum Sophy, who has been outspoken opponent of the well-connected KDC company as it has tried to push her and dozens of her neighbors off their land in Kompong Chhnang province. The raid came after ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-raid-villagers-home-in-kdc-dispute-64802/
Drug-resistant malaria widespread in Southeast Asia: study
Drug-resistant malaria is now widespread in Southeast Asia, seriously threatening global efforts to control malaria, a new study warned Wednesday. An analysis of blood samples from 1,241 malaria patients in 10 countries across Asia and Africa found resistance to the world’s most effective anti-malarial drug, artemisinin, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-07/31/c_133521082.htm
87th anniversary of PLA marked in Cambodia
The 87th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was celebrated on Friday with the participation of about 300 Chinese and military officers as well as foreign military attaches. The event, hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, was presided over by ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/08-02/127445.shtml
Jail terms for four in Mondolkiri mining fraud
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted and imprisoned four people for their roles in a fraud case that involved the forging of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s signature to secure a mining license in Mondolkiri province. Al Romny, the 41-year-old director of the local company ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jail-terms-for-four-in-mondolkiri-mining-fraud-65700/
Prime minister gives graduates class in geopolitics 101
Amid a dour assessment of the current geopolitical landscape, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday warned that only bad things follow when long-ruling strongmen are overthrown. in the lead-up to last year’s national elections, which Mr. Hun Sen’s ruling CPP officially won amid reports of widespread ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-gives-graduates-class-in-geopolitics-101-65696/
Floods worsen as water levels rise in Kratie
Hundreds of families have now been evacuated due to flooding as water levels continue to rise in Kratie province, a provincial official said Monday. Large swaths of National Road 73, which runs through the province, have been affected by the flooding, according to provincial police chief ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-worsen-as-water-levels-rise-in-kratie-65717/
Dismissed protests in S'ville over sacked staff
Dozens of workers in Preah Sihanouk province marched on the local labour department yesterday after three days of protests against the sacking of seven employees. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com
Infrastructure in place for GMS economic corridors: ADB
Most of the infrastructure required for enhanced connectivity in the Greater Mekong Subregion has been put in place, particularly the transport links that form the base of the envisaged economic corridors, Bindu Lohani, vice president of the Asian Development Bank, said yesterday. He made the remark ...
The Nation News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Infrastructure-in-place-for-GMS-economic-corridors-30240591.html
Kratie case exposes flaws in land-titling scheme
The latest case of scores of villagers from Kratie province tied up in a land dispute with an agribusiness firm has once again highlighted failures in the 2012 land-titling scheme launched by Prime Minister Hun Sen to settle unresolved land disputes and distribute hundreds of ...
George Wright and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kratie-case-exposes-flaws-in-land-titling-scheme-66131/
Borei Keila reps want in on housing talks
Evictees from the Borei Keila community protested in front of City Hall on Friday to demand their inclusion in a working group that has been tasked with resolving the long-running dispute in which a development firm failed to provide decent housing for hundreds of people ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/borei-keila-reps-want-in-on-housing-talks-67637/
Cambodia builds 4th flyover in capital city
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday broke ground for the construction of a 14-million-U. S. dollar flyover, which will be the fourth overpass in Phnom Penh. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140909/cambodia-builds-4th-flyover-capital-city
China-invested airlines to launch flights in Cambodia
A China-invested Apsara international Air is going to launch flights in Cambodia later this month after it has received an air operator certificate from the Cambodia’s Civil Aviation, the company’s chief executive officer Zhang Xiaopeng said Monday. ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/business/2014/09-16/134669.shtml
Sihanoukville villagers block road in land dispute protest
About 300 villagers from 10 communities in Preah Sihanouk province blocked a road in front of the provincial hall for more than two hours Monday demanding intervention in their land disputes. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-villagers-block-road-in-land-dispute-protest-69764/
VietJet starts Hanoi-Siem Reap in November
VIETJET will be introducing a new route connecting Hanoi and Siem Reap, effective November 3, 2014. The daily direct flight will depart Noi Bai international Airport in Hanoi at 17.15 and Siem Reap international Airport at 18.05. ...
TTG Asia News Staff
http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=23970
Lawyer swap delays ‘blood sugar’ trial in UK
The 200 Cambodian families suing U.K. firm Tate & Lyle in London over sugar the company has bought from a pair of local plantations accused of stealing their land have switched lawyers, delaying the start of the trial, which was expected to start this month. ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyer-swap-delays-blood-sugar-trial-in-uk-69998/