Try Pheap inks $300M seaport deal with Hong Kong company
Timber magnate Try Pheap signed off on a $300 million seaport project with industry heavyweight Hutchison Port Holdings on Monday, according to Kep provincial governor Ken Sotha, who attended the event. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/try-pheap-inks-300m-seaport-deal-with-hong-kong-company-113314/
Aeon Mall a no-go zone for real estate events
After a surge in property-related events by various real estate developers at Aeon Mall’s Daylight Plaza, the centre’s management team is now holding off on requests from developers. ...
Catherine Harry
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/aeon-mall-no-go-zone-real-estate-events
Police confiscate illegal wood, say forestry official a suspect
Police in Stung Treng province confiscated a truckload of illegally logged wood on Sunday and are investigating a Forestry Administration official who tried to take the haul off their hands following the seizure. ...
Six arrested in Phnom Penh over bride-trafficking ring
Three Chinese men and three Cambodians were arrested in Phnom Penh on Wednesday on suspicion of running a trafficking ring in which Cambodian women are married off to Chinese men, police said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-arrested-in-phnom-penh-over-bride-trafficking-ring-93807/
Pepper, palm sugar get Thai GI status
Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar have been awarded Geographical Indication (GI) status in Thailand, under efforts to prevent unscrupulous traders passing off versions of the Cambodian products. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36771/pepper--palm-sugar-get-thai-gi-status/
No protest after Thai border policy changed
A local Poipet union has called off a protest against what they characterised as overly expensive border passes used by day labourers entering Thailand after provincial officials introduced a new, cheaper permit. ...
Kuoch Masy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-protest-after-thai-border-policy-changed
Activist ‘threatened’ for tip over land clearing
An ethnic Kuoy activist in Stung Treng province says his life was threatened after he tipped authorities off to an alleged land grab on Saturday involving two suspects who remain at large. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-threatened-tip-over-land-clearing
King Sihamoni approves two new election laws
King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the country’s two new election laws last week in an unpublicized action that entered the controversial pieces of legislation into legal force, an opposition lawmaker said Monday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/king-sihamoni-approves-two-new-election-laws-81082/
NGOs ask king not to sign NGO law
A group of 26 local NGOs submitted a letter to King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday calling on him to refuse to sign off on a controversial law regulating non-governmental groups in the country. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-ask-king-not-to-sign-ngo-law-90398/
As free man, Polonsky plans tourism mecca
Sergei Polonsky, a Russian fugitive and former billionaire real estate magnate who was recently released from prison in Cambodia, has grand plans for a string of islands off the coast of Sihanoukville. Less than a month after the Supreme Court refused to extradite him to Russia ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-free-man-polonsky-plans-tourism-mecca-58726/
Cambodia investigating coup declaration against PM
Cambodian police say they are investigating the declaration of a coup against the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, but have laughed off any suggestion of the threat being serious. ...
Julia Wallace
http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/cambodia-investigating-coup-declaration-against-pm/612788
Cassava industry left out to dry
With the start of the dry harvest season for cassava kicking off, farmers are calling for the government to support the struggling sector with initiatives to address recurring capital shortages and market volatility. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-industry-left-out-dry
CNRP leaders face loss of salary
Fifty-five opposition CNRP lawmakers will immediately lose their salaries if the party is dissolved by the Supreme Court tomorrow. CNRP commune representatives will also be cut off if the party is dissolved. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090547/cnrp-leaders-face-loss-salary/
Construction sector investment falls by 22 percent
Investment capital in Cambodia’s construction industry is off to a dwindling start this year, falling 22.1 percent at the end of the first quarter compared with the same period last year. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/construction-sector-investment-falls-22-percent
Two women go head-to-head in election dominated by men
As Cambodians go to the polls on Sunday to elect new local council representatives, in a contest dominated by men, two women are facing off for control of this Kampong Speu province commune. ...
Sun Narin
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/two-women-go-head-to-head-in-election-dominated-by-men/3884409.html
12 duped migrant workers rescued
The Cambodian embassies in Malaysia and Vietnam have rescued 12 migrants who were cheated by human traffickers offering them well-paying jobs, with some set to be married off to men in China. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076387/12-duped-migrant-workers-rescued/
As its rabies plan lags, Cambodia feels the bite
Despite killing some 800 people in the Kingdom each year, rabies has been largely off the public health radar. Plans are in the works for a nationwide response, but can funding catch up? ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Sonen Soth
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/its-rabies-plan-lags-cambodia-feels-bite
Unionist firings inspire walkout
About 1,000 workers at a Kandal province garment factory walked off the job on Saturday after management there fired eight employees who attempted to start a new union. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unionist-firings-inspire-walkout
Chroy Changva families accept OCIC package
Thirty-one families in Chroy Changva district Monday agreed to move off land that has been slated for a $3 billion development project in exchange for an apartment and a market stall nearby, officials said. ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chroy-changva-families-accept-ocic-package-66280/
Land concessions responsible for large-scale deforestation in Cambodia
Land concessions for large-scale agricultural plantations are stripping off Cambodia’s forest cover, according to a new report by Forest Trends, a U.S.-based environmental protection group. ...
Morgan Erickson-Davis
http://news.mongabay.com/2015/08/land-concessions-responsible-for-large-scale-deforestation-in-cambodia/