Power out for 24 hours in Stung Treng
Power went out for more than a full day in Stung Treng province starting on Monday afternoon due to a storm in Laos, officials said yesterday, only worsening the situation for residents coping with scorching temperatures. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/power-out-for-24-hours-in-stung-treng-112128/
Most ELC disputes still unresolved
More than two-thirds of the 158 land disputes triggered by large-scale plantations over the past two decades have yet to be fully resolved, according to a new report by the NGO Forum on Cambodia. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/most-elc-disputes-still-unresolved-114786/
US court will hear case against Hun Manet, lawyer says
A U.S. court will next week hold its first hearing in CNRP official Meach Sovannara’s lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son, Hun Manet, for wrongful imprisonment, according to a lawyer involved in the case. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-court-will-hear-case-hun-manet-lawyer-says-117071/
ACU rejects request to observe exam
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has rejected a request from the Royal Academy for Judicial Professionals to provide observers at the upcoming exam for new judges and prosecutors, according to a letter posted to the unit’s website on Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-rejects-request-to-observe-exam-101450/
Hun Sen moves to reshuffle his cabinet
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday submitted a proposed cabinet reshuffle to the National Assembly, just weeks after he publicly warned some ministers to improve their work or risk being fired, according to a senior official. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-moves-to-reshuffle-his-cabinet-109986/
Chinese firm seeks funding for Sihanoukville expressway
Officials from China’s Export-Import Bank are expected to visit Cambodia this week to study granting a loan to a Chinese construction firm to build a $1.6 billion, 190-kilometer long expressway from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24197/chinese-firm-seeks-funding-for-sihanoukville-expressway/
Vietnamese military remains get repatriated
From 2015 to 2016, as many as 748 sets of remains belonging to Vietnamese soldiers who died in the Kingdom between 1979 and 1989 were repatriated, according to a local news report on Tuesday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27760/vietnamese-military-remains-get-repatriated/
Capital’s income levels set to soar
Phnom Penh’s median household income could swell to surpass the projected level of Bangkok within 15 years if the city’s rapid urbanisation is properly managed through effective policymaking and adequate city planning, according to a new study. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capitals-income-levels-set-soar
Slowdown in port container traffic
The Kingdom’s two main ports reported markedly slower growth in container traffic last year due to a fall in import traffic, although exports of garments and agricultural products continued to rise, according to newly released port data. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slowdown-port-container-traffic
Listed industrial park struggles to sell plots
Phnom Penh SEZ posted a 42.5 percent decline in consolidated revenue for 2016, which led to a sharp 65 percent decrease in net profit, according to its annual report released on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/listed-industrial-park-struggles-sell-plots
Oknha linked to timber bust
Police officers, gendarmes and Forestry Administration officials yesterday discovered a large cache of valuable, illegally felled wood – which locals say was destined for Vietnam – after raiding a house in Stung Treng province linked to a prominent timber trader. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oknha-linked-timber-bust
No info on murder: Chevron
Petrol giant Chevron claims former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy and his lawyers have attempted to “besmirch” the company with a “burdensome” request seeking information about the murder of Kem Ley, according to a recent California court document. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-info-murder-chevron
Opposition pushes migrant vote reform
Opposition CNRP lawmakers have suggested amendments to a law which would let Cambodian migrant workers register and vote abroad. The amendments were sent to National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Friday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077928/opposition-pushes-migrant-vote-reform/
Bodyguard unit marks founding with a show of strength, threats
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit celebrated its eighth anniversary yesterday, with the unit’s leaders praising Hun Sen to a heavily armed audience flanked by tanks, while also warning the opposition not to underestimate it. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bodyguard-unit-marks-founding-show-strength-threats
Government under budget for first half
The government spent far less than half of its approved $5 billion budget for expenditures in 2017 during the first six months of the year, according to a new report by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-under-budget-first-half
Hong Kong economic delegation visits Kingdom
Hong Kong’s top economic official will lead a 48-person delegation to Cambodia on Monday and Tuesday to explore business opportunities related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to a release from the official’s office. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hong-kong-economic-delegation-visits-kingdom
Flood problems continue
With rain pouring down for hours yesterday thanks to a low-pressure system, many Cambodians found their daily lives disrupted by severe flooding, with some taking to social media to criticise a poor flood management system in Phnom Penh. ...
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-problems-continue
Flood control ‘lacking’
Cambodia and Vietnam currently lack a system to effectively forecast and control flooding in the Sesan and Srepok river basins, both at the national and intergovernmental level, according to a study published by the Mekong River Commission (MRC). ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-control-lacking
Tourists up 54 percent in Chinese New Year
The number of tourists, local and international, traveling in Cambodia during the three-day Chinese New Year holiday increased by 54.5 percent in 2018, reaching 864,770, according to a report released yesterday by the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109672/tourists-54-percent-chinese-new-year/
Plans spilt for oil refinery
A mysterious cluster of crude oil storage tanks recently constructed on the coast near Kampot are linked to a $400 million project by timber baron Try Pheap to build an industrial park and oil refinery, government officials confirmed yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/plans-spilt-oil-refinery