Homes, crops affected in northwest flooding
Five days of rain wreaked havoc in Cambodia’s northwest, with hundreds of hectares of crops affected in Pailin province and heavy flooding in Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/homes-crops-affected-northwest-flooding
Singapore could face legal action over sand importation
Environmental NGO Mother Nature has hired a singaporean law firm to investigate alleged irregularities in the country’s importation of Cambodian sand, the organization’s founder said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/singapore-could-face-legal-action-over-sand-importation-122978/
Unions reluctant to join CPP
Some unionS Seem reluctant to anSwer the CPP&rSquo;S call for unioniSed workerS to be allowed to join tomorrow&rSquo;S launch of campaigning for the June 4 commune electionS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38522/unions-reluctant-to-join-cpp/
Sam Rainsy finally returns
Opposition leader sam Rainsy arrived back in Cambodia yesterday after about a month’s absense, saying he will use “cold measures” to end tension with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak and James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14485/sam-rainsy-finally-returns/
China, Cambodia to strengthen cooperation
China’s top political advisor Wang Yang met with Cambodia’s senate President samdech say Chhum via video link. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50951747/china-cambodia-to-strengthen-cooperation/
The youth play important role in protection, conservation of natural resources
Cambodia’s rich biodiversity and natural resources must be maintained and protected by the country’s people, especially Cambodian youth. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093153/the-youth-play-important-role-in-protection-conservation-of-natural-resources/
Tourism turmoil continues
Cambodia Association of Travel Agents president Ang Kim Eang yesterday released a statement denying all allegations of wrongdoing against him by some members of the association’s board who have called for his resignation. Last Wednesday, 11 of CATA’s 15 board members signed and thumb-printed a petition ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011122753627/Business/tourism-turmoil-continues.html
Locals Pay Almost Double for iPhone Amid High Demand
Cambodian customers eager to buy Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone are paying almost double the company’s asking price in the U.s., phone vendors in Phnom Penh said yesterday. At about a dozen phone shops near Phnom Penh’s Central Market, vendors were doing a steady trade in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Strategy for ventures: convince yourself
One of the two partners who have created Cambodia’s leading food and beverage company, with 22 outlets, says business is not merely about money, but more about finding a need and serving the need. Kouch sokly says entrepreneurs need to find out what the market needs ss='cambodia-color'>...
Families plead for help to stop Pursat evictions
More than 70 families in Pursat province’s Anlong Tnort commune plan to send a letter to their provincial hall today compelling officials to stop a private farming company from tearing down their houses on its 3,000 hectare economic land concession. Ratanak Visal Development Co Ltd’s security ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hun Sen Urges Action to Curb Bus Crashes
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday urged tour bus operators to respect the traffic law following a recent spate of bus crashes that have killed Cambodians as well as foreign tourists. “Please, respect the land traffic law,” Mr. Hun sen said during a speech at the inauguration ss='cambodia-color'>...
Senator Kok An's Case Back in
The Appeal Court yesterday began hearing now-incarcerated former Anco Brothers deputy general director Heng Chheang’s appeal against senator Kok An’s requested Phnom Penh Municipal Court injunction over his property. Chheang, and his wife, Tep Kolap, former Phnom Penh International University director, were convicted and sentenced to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Harvest Fears as Snail Infestation Destroys Crops
An infestation of large snails is destroying rice fields in Preah sihanouk province’s Prey Nop district, raising concerns among farmers that yields from this year’s harvest will be much lower than usual. Eng samol, Prey Nop district agriculture director, said Tuesday that the snails had already ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/harvest-fears-as-snail-infestation-destroys-crops-34215/
Cambodian, Thai firms form business alliance
SBI Royal SecuritieS, a SubSidiary of JapaneSe-baSed SBI HoldingS, haS concluded a baSic agreement to form a buSineSS and capital alliance with one of Thailand&rSquo;S leading SecuritieS firmS, in a move that could attract more inveStment from Cambodia&rSquo;S northern neighbour. The agreement with Thailand&rSquo;S FinanSia SyruS SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-thai-firms-form-business-alliance
US reports long list of human rights concerns in Cambodia
The U.S. State Department on Friday releaSed a damning aSSeSSment of the conduct of Cambodia&rSquo;S electionS and alSo took note of the “arbitrary and poSSibly unlawful” killing of a byStander by government forceS and other human rightS concernS in a report on human rightS around SS='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-reports-long-list-of-human-rights-concerns-in%E2%80%88cambodia-53386/
ILO convention still debated
The government has no intention of withdrawing its signature from the International Labour Organization’s freedom of association convention, despite calls for it to reconsider its position, a Ministry of Labour spokesman said yesterday. “I don’t think we will withdraw. The prime minister [Hun sen] has already ss='cambodia-color'>...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-convention-still-debated
Cambodia Opposition Party Threatens to Call Off Talks
The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) threatened Tuesday to call off talks aimed at breaking an eight-month political deadlock with Prime Minister Hun sen’s ruling party, accusing it of using the negotiations to cling on to power. CNRP chief sam Rainsy said his party ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/
Khmer Krom monks clash with Cambodian police over Hanoi statement
More than a hundred monks and students from Vietnam’s Khmer Krom ethnic minority living in Cambodia clashed Tuesday with riot police and security guards in front of the Vietnamese embassy in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh as they marched to demand an apology for statements by ss='cambodia-color'>...
Richard Finney
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/clash-07082014164311.html
Opposition declares negotiations at ‘standstill’
Opposition leader sam Rainsy said Tuesday that political negotiations with the ruling party have hit an impasse. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party “refuses to discuss any changes to the composition of the electoral commission,” he wrote in an open letter to the diplomatic community. The National Election ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-declares-negotiations-at-standstill/1868912.html
Cambodian opposition lawmakers threaten to walk out of parliament
Lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would consider boycotting parliament again if Prime Minister Hun sen’s party continues to delay an agreement on electoral reform, according to CNRP deputy leader Kem sokha. The two parties have reached a deadlock in talks on forging ss='cambodia-color'>...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/kem-sokha-11242014174200.html