Developer sparks another dispute over wall
Families in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district have been protesting since Friday against wealthy businessman Khun sear’s plan to build a brick wall that will effectively block access to their village. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/developer-sparks-another-dispute-over-wall-79360/
On garment exports, gov’t figures vary wildly
Cambodia’s critical garment industry may be doing significantly better than Commerce Ministry figures suggest, judging by the Finance Ministry’s count, but just whose numbers to trust is up for debate. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-garment-exports-govt-figures-vary-wildly-81437/
NGOs irate over gov’t ‘hijack’
Members of Cambodia’s civil society are rebuking their representation at the AsEAN Civil society Conference/AsEAN Peoples’ Forum last week, alleging the Kingdom’s civil society representatives were disproportionately government-aligned. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-irate-over-govt-hijack
Gunfire exchange leaves one suspect dead
Police in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet city exchanged gunfire on Monday’s night with three suspected thieves on, leaving one suspect died at the scene. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gunfire-exchange-leaves-one-suspect-dead-8883
Amid chaos, time for CNRP to get serious
Late last year, in one of his provocative Facebook posts from abroad, opposition leader sam Rainsy falsely accused Heng samrin’s 1980s regime of sentencing King Norodom sihanouk to death. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-chaos-time-for-cnrp-to-get-serious-116190/
US offers tips for cybercrime team
Cambodian police, prosecutors and policymakers were hosted in Washington recently by the Us government, as part of America’s efforts to support the drafting of the Kingdom’s controversial cybercrime law. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-offers-tips-cybercrime-team
Traffic woes vex Phnom Penh governor
Phnom Penh’s municipal governor yesterday called on citizens to start obeying traffic laws and using the city’s fledgling public-transportation system as he addressed widespread discontent with traffic issues. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-woes-vex-phnom-penh-governor
ICT Federation overhauled
Trying to stay in sync with Cambodia’s rapid information and communication technology (ICT) growth, the Kingdom’s ICT Federation has been overhauled and is now fully chaired by industry insiders. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ict-federation-overhauled
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Catherine Harry
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/aeon-mall-no-go-zone-real-estate-events
Election body ponders registration extension
The National Election Committee (NEC) says it will consider prolonging voter registration in some areas only if it’s needed as compiling this year’s voter list ends in two weeks. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32012/election-body-ponders-registration-extension/
Trash collection way up
Cambodia’s solid waste collection has increased more than 40 percent over the last five years, according to an official and the Ministry of Environment’s annual report released on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trash-collection-way
CPP, CNRP throw mud at each other for setback of negotiation
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) were engaged in war of words, accusing each other for the failure of yesterday’s election reform talks. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NTU0NjIzNTQwYWZ
New political ‘network’ heads to the provinces
It’s supposedly not a budding new political party, but Kem Ley’s “Khmer for Khmer” network has all the trappings and rhetoric of a group building a base for an electoral run. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/intellectual-takes-new-political-network-to-the-provinces-71438/
Siem Reap ranked one of world's best travel spots
Siem Reap haS been placed Second among the world&rSquo;S top 25 travel deStinationS in 2015, jumping Seven placeS from laSt year&rSquo;S ranking, aS judged by leading online travel Site TripAdviSor. SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-ranked-one-worlds-best-travel-spots
Labor rights council gets funding boost in Cambodia
A new three-year, U.S.-funded project to promote labor rightS waS launched ThurSday afternoon at Cambodia&rSquo;S independent labor diSpute reSolution body in Phnom Penh. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Erol Ersoy
http://news.videonews.us/labor-rights-council-gets-funding-boost-in-cambodia-0629777.html
The rector versus the tycoon
The morning before the verdict was handed down at the Appeals Court on March 12, the mood among those working on the defence team for Heng Chheang and his wife Tep Kolap was almost optimistic. They, along with relatives of the couple and academics from Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032355213/National-news/the-rector-versus-the-tycoon.html
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 ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-calls-out-pheap
Aid Pledges Continue Despite CNRP Calls for Delay
Germany has pledged $64 million in aid donations to Cambodia for this year and next, amounting to a “substantial increase” over the past two years of official German assistance to the country, the German Embassy announced on Wednesday. Germany’s new aid package, the majority of which—$54 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aid-pledges-continue-despite-cnrp-calls-for-delay-48718/
Hun Sen Warns CNRP Will Lose Seats if Assembly Boycotted
Prime Minister Hun sen on Thursday warned that he will give the CNRP parliamentary seats away if they refuse to take their seats at the National Assembly, German Ambassador Wolfgang Moser said. Ambassador Moser said Mr. Hun sen asked him to pass that message along to ss='cambodia-color'>...
CNRP Marches Through Phnom Penh, Delivers Petition to UN
More than 10,000 opposition CNRP supporters marched from Freedom Park to the U.N.’s human rights office in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to deliver a petition urging signatories of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in the country’s current political deadlock. The march marked the climax ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Daily News Staff
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-marches-through-phnom-penh-delivers-petition-to-un-45737/