Villagers in Mondulkiri say illegal logging is going on unabated
Villagers claim that rampant illegal logging is taking place at the Phnom Namlear Wildlife Sanctuary and local authorities are not doing enough to curb the activity. Every night about 20 to 30 lorries remove luxury timber from the wildlife sanctuary, which is fast depleting its ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-mondulkir-say-illegal-logging-going-unabated
Vehicles seized from illegal timber transporters
The Kampong Thom provincial Forestry Administration yesterday seized three vehicles that were illegally transporting timber. Mom Sophal, Forestry Administration division chief in Kampong Thmar, said his officials seized three vehicles transporting small trees and firewood without permission from authorities at about 10.30am in Baray district. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50534497/vehicles-seized-from-illegal-timber-transporters/
Chinese investment in Cambodia to diversify into SME finance
Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Cambodia is expected to diversify into finance and banking in the near term, offering microlending services to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), said Peter Wong, Southeast Asia and South Asia regional director at the Hong Kong Trade Development ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50555620/chinese-investment-in-cambodia-to-diversify-into-sme-finance/
Ministry of Interior released an instruction to the provincial and municipal governors to facilitate the NGOs and association on conducting the activities with communities
On 27 November 2018, Ministry of Interior released an Instruction No.040 to urge the provincial and municipal governors to facilitate the NGOs and association, who already registered legally at the Ministry, to conduct the activities with local communities with no need to inform three days beforehand. ...
Ministry of Interior
Cambodia to buy 200 megawatts from Laos
Cambodia will buy 200 megawatts from Laos to feed rising demand for power in the Kingdom. Electricite du Cambodge has signed an agreement to purchase 200 MW from Laos from 2019 to 2021. The tariff at which the power will be sold has not been ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50589805/cambodia-to-buy-200-megawatts-from-laos/
Shipwreck under research in Koh Kong province
The National Committee of Maritime Security is researching a sunken ship found early this month at the bottom of the sea in Koh Kong province. Admiral Tea Sokha, deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Navy, said the sunken ship was found by a Cambodian scuba ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303057/shipwreck-under-research-in-koh-kong-province/
Ministry calls for ozone layer-safe inventions
Ministry of Environment senior officials yesterday urged people, especially students, to invent substances to replace those which harm the ozone layer. The call was made during a workshop on “The Implementation of Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in Cambodia” held at ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50529991/ministry-calls-for-ozone-layer-safe-inventions/
Environment Minister pledges to eradicate illegal wildlife trade
The government has vowed to combat the illegal wildlife trade and cooperate with foreign countries to conserve the Kingdom’s natural resources. Environment Minister Say Samal made the commitment during a wildlife awareness event with British Ambassador Tina Redshaw at her residence in Phnom Penh on ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50538470/environment-minister-pledges-to-eradicate-illegal-wildlife-trade/
Footwear protests continue into fourth day
More than 2,000 workers at King Maker Footwear Co continued protesting for a fourth day on Wednesday, as they demanded that 50 per cent of their salary be paid, after their jobs were suspended by the factory for a month due to a lack of ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/footwear-protests-continue-fourth-day
Mining group closer to gold
Indian mining firm Mesco Gold (Cambodia) has moved a step closer to producing gold in Cambodia with the installation of a processing plant at its Phum Syarung mine in Ratanakkiri province, remaining on schedule to start refining gold later this year, the firm said on ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-group-closer-gold
Kingdom, Japan hold rights dialogue
CHRC President Keo Remy said after the meeting that he and the Japanese team – led by Masato Otaka, Ambassador in charge of UN Affairs and Deputy Assistant Minister of the Foreign Policy Bureau at Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs – discussed human rights issues ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-japan-hold-rights-dialogue
Hun Sen tells CNRP to be more civil
Angry at a new Facebook post by an opposition party spokesman and another CNRP lawmaker’s mention of the 1980s government’s deadly “K5 Plan,” Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday used the floor of the National Assembly to warn opposition lawmakers to be more civil. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-assembly-hun-sen-tells-cnrp-to-be-more-civil-97722/
Cambodian villagers demand probe of security guards following death threats
Villagers in northeastern Cambodia’s Stung Treng province on Friday called for an investigation into a group of security guards who shot at them with rifles after they requested permission to cut down trees in a concession area to use for building homes. ...
Men Chanthy
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/threats-10232015153107.html
Hun Many’s youth group nominated for award
A youth group headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son has been chosen as the local winner of the Asean People’s Award, which will be given to one recipient from each Asean nation at the regional bloc’s annual summit in Kuala Lumpur later this ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-manys-youth-group-nominated-for-award-99101/
Dam fuels desperation on banks of Se San river
A hand-painted sign nailed to a tree at the entrance of Sre Ko village along the southern banks of the Se San River in Stung Treng province greets visitors with a disturbing message – one made even more alarming by the seemingly tranquil environment and ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17729/dam-fuels-desperation-on-banks-of-se-san-river/
Environment Minister mainstreams climate change with youth
More than 100 youth and civil servant from relevant institutions took part in a training course this morning on Climate Change for Youth, where the Environment Minister encourage youth to participate in solving issues in relation to climate change at Preah Sihanouk province. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/environment-minister-mainstreams-climate-change-with-youth-9121
Korean electronics giant sees growth in Cambodia
LG Electronics has identified Cambodia as the emerging market in ASEAN with the greatest potential for increasing sales and is expanding its business here, a senior executive of the South Korean company told Khmer Times last week at the LG InnoFest 2016 Asia in Seoul. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21715/korean-electronics-giant-sees-growth-in-cambodia/
Gov’t mulls suspending duty on rubber exports
The government will consider suspending its $50 per ton export duty on rubber following lobbying by local producers who say they are operating at a loss due to the sharp fall in global prices for the commodity, Agriculture Ministry secretary of state Eang Sophalleth said ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21714/gov---t-mulls-suspending-duty-on-rubber-exports/
NEC reforms must reach local level to be effective, analysts say
As the National Election Committee seeks to reform itself and the election process, election observers say it is failing at the provincial and local level. Critics say hundreds of NEC directors and deputies across the country could potentially fail to implement the policies of the ...
Pin Sisovann
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/nec-reforms-must-reach-local-level-to-be-effective-analysts-say/3209656.html
Port cargo traffic rises on swelling economy
Container traffic at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP), which operates the country’s only deep-sea port, increased by almost 10 per cent during the first quarter of the year, compared to a year earlier, while tonnage rose by 11.5 per cent, a company official said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-cargo-traffic-rises-swelling-economy