Report calls out Pheap
Logging tycoon Try Pheap’s rapidly expanding land empire, criticised by rights groups for displacing families and encroaching on protected forest areas, has grown to almost 70,000 hectares in size and is helping to facilitate a cross-border illegal logging operation, a report released today alleges. The Cambodian ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-calls-out-pheap
The Royal Government of Cambodia extends the enforcement of temporary entry restrictions into Cambodia for foreigners until further notice
On 16 April 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia presents its compliments to all Diplomatic and Consular Missions accredited to the Kingdom of Cambodia has the honour to inform the Missions as follows:To prevent the further spread ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
National open data conference 2024: Open government data for inclusive development
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The Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) and The Asia Foundation are partnering to organize the first "National Open Data Conference 2024: Open Government Data for Inclusive Development" on the 26th and 27th of March 2024, at the CADT Innovation Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ...
Ground water
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Cambodia relies heavily on its groundwater resources to overcome water shortages during the dry season. More than half of the population depends on it when enough surface water is not available. At a certain depth, the ground is saturated with water, and the upper surface ...
Thai Political Turmoil Could Affect Cambodia, Analysts Say
Political turmoil in Thailand, where protesters have overtaken government buildings and called for the premier there to step down, have sparked concerns in Cambodia that its diplomatic relations with its neighbor could again deteriorate. “The governments of Yingluck and Thaksin are close to Hun Sen,” ...
Sok Khemara,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/thai-political-turmoil-could-affect-cambodia-analysts-say/1803539.html
The Missing Link
Resources to feed and educate a child, access to shelter and a life free of abuse arc fundamental rights, yet each day millions of Cambodians struggle to meet their basic needs alone. With more than 30% of the population living below the national poverty line of ...
Chinese Firms Foresee Industrial Hub in Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear province – The residents of this sleepy district, on the edge of the Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary, grow rice, cassava and cashew nuts. But in a few short years, Chinese investors envisage that Rovieng will be rapidly transformed into an industrial town. ...
Phnom Penh Governor Leaves Behind Mixed Legacy
During his speech last week at the swearing-in ceremony of Phnom Penh’s new governor, Pa Socheatvong, Interior Minister Sar Kheng noted that managing Cambodia’s capital is by no means an easy task. While critics of [former Phnom Penh governor] Mr. [Kep] Chuktema note his failure ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-governor-leaves-behind-mixed-legacy-22697/
EU Fish Ban Blamed on Cambodian-Flagged Vessels
A ban on imports of Cambodian seafood proposed by the European Commission (E.C.) is in direct response to Cambodian-flagged vessels complicit in illegal fishing in international waters, Jean-Francois Cautain, European Union (E.U.) ambassador to Cambodia, said Wednesday. The E.C. on Tuesday announced that Cambodia was “non-cooperating ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-fish-ban-blamed-on-cambodian-flagged-vessels-48065/
CNRP’s Next Challenge—How to Compromise
Over the past three days, the CNRP conducted one of the most significant campaigns of mass demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government in years. For three days, more than 20,000 people packed into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for daily appearances from opposition leaders Sam Rainsy ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrps-next-challenge-how-to-compromise-42580/
Hopes high for maid program
In one corner of the cavernous training centre, a woman patiently strips the baby blue sheets off a queen-size bed, removing the flower-patterned pillowcases and folding them neatly to one side. Under the watchful eye of an instructor, she then remakes the bed, carefully fluffing the ...
Kevin Ponniah and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hopes-high-maid-program
Six injured as police, Borei Keila villagers clash
At least six people were injured on Friday when a small group of Borei Keila villagers were evicted from the grounds of an unfinished building in Phnom Penh that they began occupying this week in a bid to draw attention to a years-long fight for ...
Khuon Narim and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-injured-as-police-borei-keila-villagers-clash-52325/
Illegal wood exports to China tripled in 2013
Cambodia’s exports of protected rosewood and other high-value timber to China more than tripled last year, according to U.N. figures cited in a new report that blames lax law enforcement across the Mekong region and skyrocketing demand in China for pushing some species to the ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-wood-exports-to-china-tripled-in-2013-58593/
Lao And Cambodian Stock Exchanges Stagnant After Two Years With A Combined Three Companies Listed
If you were given all the money in the world to invest in a stock from the stock exchanges of Laos and Cambodia, which stock would you choose? You might not actually get a lot of choices – both exchanges are stagnant two years after ...
Sophie Song
http://www.ibtimes.com/lao-cambodian-stock-exchanges-stagnant-after-two-years-combined-three-companies-listed-1320809
Press release: Cambodia, EU applaud the remarkable evolution of cooperation
On 16 August 2023, His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, extended congratulations to Her Excellency Carmen MORENO, departing Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Cambodia, for her exemplary efforts and success in her diplomatic tenure in ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Shorten Buildings or We Will, City Hall Tells Two Developers
The Phnom Penh municipal government will today issue announcements to two property developers ordering them to partially demolish buildings near the Royal Palace in order to reduce their height to comply with the original planning agreements, an official said. The two buildings—one owned by Vattanac Properties ...
Aun Pheap and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shorten-buildings-or-we-will-city-hall-tells-two-developers-45510/
No Demolition Yet as Buildings’ Deadline Nears
There was little sign Wednesday that two new buildings near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, which have been ordered to reduce their height, were any closer to demolition Wednesday, despite the approach of a one-month deadline from City Hall. Phnom Penh municipal officials said last ...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-demolition-yet-as-buildings-deadline-nears-46960/
Government’s Trade Union Law may limit freedom of association
A draft trade union law that the government has pledged to introduce by the end of the year includes provisions that will allow for unions to be suspended if their activities are deemed illegal, the head of Cambodia’s largest employers association said Wednesday. Van Sou Ieng, ...
Hul Reaksmey and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governments-trade-union-law-may-limit-freedom-of-association-54042/
ODC, a Cambodian NGO, participated in the Paris Peace Forum 2019
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Mr. Thy Try, Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia, was selected to attend the Paris Peace Forum 2019 on 12–13 November.Mr. Thy Try is standing in front of the Grande halle de La Villette where the Paris Peace Forum was celebrated.The Paris Peace Forum is ...