Preah Vihear overnight tourist stays a hard sell
Despite a noticeable increase in daily tourist arrivals in Preah Vihear province – home of the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple – overnight stays remain low, tourism officials and guesthouse owners say. Preah Vihear tourism department figures show that from January to March, foreign tourist arrivals reached href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-overnight-tourist-stays-a-hard-sell/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-vihear-overnight-tourist-stays-hard-sell
Sesan II reservoir a laundry for illegal timber
Filthy trucks loaded with luxury timber rule the red-earth roads in this heavily deforested district. Each day, dozens of 10-wheelers bounce along the pot-holed roads, carting logs of the much-sought Thnong timber. And while some of the cargo is legal, much of it is not. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sesan-ii-reservoir-a-laundry-for-illegal-timber/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg and Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sesan-ii-reservoir-a-laundry-for-illegal-timber-60575/
Data provides illustration of a constantly changing Cambodia
Cambodia is changing fast. Over the past decade, the capital city, Phnom Penh has expanded exponentially: its bodies of water have been filled in and green spaces diminished. Rural to urban migration has changed the shape of the countryside. Great shifts are under way and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/data-provides-illustration-of-a-constantly-changing-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/data-provides-illustration-constantly-changing-cambodia
Compensation for culled poultry is a catch-22
Since its emergence in the region more than a decade ago, the governments of Southeast Asia have been fighting to contain the human avian influenza virus through surveillance programs, rigorous inspections and widespread culling of infected birds. In Cambodia last year, 13 people died of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/compensation-for-culled-poultry-is-a-catch-22/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/compensation-for-culled-poultry-is-a-catch-22-52485/
For gay and transgender, a struggle for equality
In the past, Chhoeurng Rachana had a boyfriend, but now she loves a woman instead. The 27-year-old says she just realized who she really loved, after trying to figure out her own feelings toward men four years ago. “Back in 2010, I tried having a boyfriend href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-gay-and-transgender-a-struggle-for-equality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-gay-and-transgender-a-struggle-for-equality/1920328.html
Creating a common language for nation’s deaf
By the age of 17, Chan Chonreasmey was yet to have a conversation with another person—not with her mother, not with her father, and certainly not with any other children. Two years ago, Ms. Chonreasmey was enrolled in the Maryknoll Deaf Development Program’s (DDP) education href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/creating-a-common-language-for-nations-deaf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Holly Robertson and Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/creating-a-common-language-for-nations-deaf-67639/
Oil plunge a boon for developing nations: WB
Oil-importing nations such as Cambodia should be first in line to benefit from the oil-price decline provided they swiftly enact reforms to reinvest savings into strengthening fiscal policy and human capital, according to the World Bank. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/oil-plunge-a-boon-for-developing-nations-wb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oil-plunge-boon-developing-nations-wb
A solution to the capital’s transit woes?
Some say City Hall’s scheme to improve public transport with a bus line is failing. One architect has a new plan, tried and tested throughout the developing world With the capital growing and incomes on the rise, rush hour in Phnom Penh is only getting worse href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-solution-to-the-capitals-transit-woes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Bennett Murray and Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/solution-capital%E2%80%99s-transit-woes
Drivers told to work or take a hike
About forty public bus drivers who protested over wages at the weekend were told yesterday to work or resign. The bus drivers claim Phnom Penh City Hall promised them salaries of between $300 and $350 per month beginning in September, but were still paying them only href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/drivers-told-to-work-or-take-a-hike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/drivers-told-work-or-take-hike
A short fuse at City Hall, activists say
Boeung Kak community activists yesterday accused Phnom Penh Municipal Hall administrative director Mean Chanyada of rudely cutting short a meeting with their group, a charge the official denied. Boeung Kak representative Chan Puthisak characterised Chanyada’s allegedly storming out of the meeting as evidence of the city’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-short-fuse-at-city-hall-activists-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/short-fuse-city-hall-activists-say
Central Bank seeks to give Riel a boost
Cambodia’s central bank will use its upcoming Second Macroeconomic Conference to discuss how best to promote the use of the riel and hasten de-dollarisation in the economy, according to an official release yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/central-bank-seeks-to-give-riel-a-boost-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/central-bank-seeks-give-riel-boost
New WWF chief says Cambodian tigers a priority
The new director-general of the international environmental group WWF, Marco Lambertini, met Tuesday with Environment Minister Say Sam Al to raise concerns over development projects that could have harmful environmental impacts, and one in particular that could derail plans to reintroduce tigers to Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-wwf%e2%80%88chief-says-cambodian-tigers-a-priority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-wwf%E2%80%88chief-says-cambodian-tigers-a-priority-79478/
IFC gives Acleda a $110M loan boost
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) announced Thursday that they will provide Acleda Bank with a $110 million loan to finance rural and micro-businesses, especially agricultural enterprises. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ifc-gives-acleda-a-110m-loan-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ifc-gives-acleda-110m-loan-boost
Government spokesman says Kem Sokha is a communist
A spokesman for the government on Thursday released a 20-minute video monologue accusing deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha of secretly harboring a “communist” tendency, only days after Mr. Sokha used the same word to describe the ruling CPP. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-spokesman-says-kem-sokha-is-a-communist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-spokesman-says-kem-sokha-is-a-communist-82548/
Mam Sonando to re-establish a political party
Mam Sonando, director of Beehive radio will re-establish his Beehive Democratic Society party for the 6th legislature mandate in 2018. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mam-sonando-to-re-establish-a-political-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1J4fOuj
Child garment workers not a problem, minister says
The labor minister said Tuesday there were so few underage workers in the garment industry that “we can count them on our fingers,” but a unionist and an NGO countered that child labor was still rife in the country’s smaller garment factories. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-garment-workers-not-a-problem-minister-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/child-garment-workers-not-a-problem-minister-says-85699/
Agriculture firm fraud case draws to a close
Cambodian-American businessman Richer San, one of four men accused of defrauding a Phnom Penh dentist of $1 million, sat alone at the stand in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday as lawyers delivered their closing arguments. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agriculture-firm-fraud-case-draws-to-a-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/agriculture-firm-fraud-case-draws-to-a-close-87323/
France a better place to fight convictions: Rainsy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that he will be more able to fight the recent imprisonment of CNRP activists from abroad, while a prominent member of the opposition said the jailings could be a sign of worse things to come before the next elections. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/france-a-better-place-to-fight-convictions-rainsy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/france-a-better-place-to-fight-convictions-rainsy-89300/
For many, alcohol has become a ‘communication’ tool
Alcohol consumption in Cambodia is high enough that authorities are now drafting legislation for a drinking age. But as the country and its economy develop, many here say it has become an essential part of their social—and professional—lives. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-many-alcohol-has-become-a-communication-tool/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Pang Chamnan
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-many-alcholol-has-become-a-communication-tool/2880192.html
Factory wages remain a potential flashpoint for workers
Sok Ren lives in a tiny room in a rented house in Phnom Penh. She has not been home in two years, having decided to leave a child behind and find work in the city’s garment sector. Unions say workers need at least $177 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-wages-remain-a-potential-flashpoint-for-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...