City Starts Building Road Near Boeng Kak Lake
The Phnom Penh Municipality has begun construction work on a road skirting the area formerly taken up by the Boeng Kak lake, according to a statement posted on the city’s website. on Monday, the municipality held an inauguration ceremony for construction of a 615-meter concrete road ...
Subedi ‘shocked’ by evictions
One of the first things UN Special Rapporteur Surya Subedi did On his week-lOng fact-finding missiOn in Cambodia was visit the grave of slain envirOnmentalist Chut Wutty. It wasn’t On the itinerary, but Subedi, rapporteur On the situatiOn of human rights in Cambodia, said he wanted ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051156113/National-news/subedi-shocked-by-evictions.html
Cambodia to issue new 100,000-riel banknote featuring royal family pictures
Cambodia will launch a new 100,000-riel banknote (in equivalent to 25 U.S. dollars) in order to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of King Norodom Sihamoni on May 14, a central bank official said Wednesday. A sub-decree on the issuance of the new 100,000-riel banknote was signed ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/08/c_132368449.htm
Cambodia host to Malaysia's ICT conference, expo
Cambodia was host to a two-day information and communication technology conference and expo held by the The National ICT Association of Malaysia on Friday. By 2012, 19.1 million SIM cards for mobile phones have been sold while on the internet side, around 2.7 million people ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MjM2ZjVmYzQxMzV
German Foundation to launch “The Development of Cambodian Administrative Law”
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Cambodia will launch a book on “The Development of Cambodian Administrative Law” on 07th of May 2014 at 05:30pm at Raffles Hotel Le Royal. In its press statement, KAS said that by offering readers an overview on the status and development of administrative ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YmJmYzc2YjIwMWI
Remains ‘bound for NGO’
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party said yesterday that charred human remains retrieved by a local party member in Kampong Speu province on Saturday would be handed over to human rights organisations for examination. Despite a seeming lack of evidence or investigation, opposition activists have speculated ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/remains-%E2%80%98bound-ngo%E2%80%99
Activists ‘shot at’ by unknown assailant
Activists from the Boeung Kak, Borei Keila and Thmor Kol communities were on board a bus on Saturday night when a bullet was fired into the windscreen, their representatives said yesterday. Bo Chorvy, 39, from Boeung Kak, said more than 40 people were on the bus ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-%E2%80%98shot-%E2%80%99-unknown-assailant
Kompong Cham court releases five arrested at strike protest
The Kompong Cham Provincial Court on Monday released five of the 10 people who were arrested Saturday after clashes between police and about 1,000 sacked workers from the Taiwanese-owned Juhui Footwear factory. The protest on Saturday turned violent when Juhui Footwear administrative director Teng Sambath ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kompong-cham-court-releases-five-arrested-at-strike-protest-71108/
GDT threatens to publicly shame late payers
The Tax Department has threatened to publicly name companies that have not paid their outstanding dues by the end of the month. In an announcement posted on its website and in local media on Tuesday, the General Department of Taxation called on all company directors with ...
May Kunmakara and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-threatens-publicly-shame-late-payers
Things are looking up at The Peak
Construction on the $580 million project The Peak, a joint venture between local and Singaporean companies, started earlier this week on Tuesday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24666/things-are-looking-up-at-the-peak/
GMAC trains companies how to resolve labor disputes
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) says it will hold a one-day training course on procedures to resolve labor disputes on Tuesday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTcwMDFiYjIwY2U
Viet Nam, Cambodia facilitate cross-border transport
Viet Nam and Cambodia reached agreements on a range of transport issues at a ministerial meeting held in Ha Noi on Saturday. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/274886/viet-nam-cambodia-facilitate-cross-border-transport.html
Japanese Ambassador, Police to Meet Following Shootings
The Japanese ambassador is set to meet with senior police officials to discuss the shooting of a Japanese tourist in Phnom Penh on Saturday, according to an embassy official, while the U.S. Embassy on Monday said it was “very troubled” by a similar attack on ...
Saing Soenthrith and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japanese-ambassador-police-to-meet-following-shootings-44000/
Hun Sen urges continued dialogue over South China Sea
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on Asean countries and China to maintain dialogue on the South China Sea. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-urges-continued-dialogue-over-south-china-sea/3013858.html
More than $1bn invested in local infrastructure
Cambodia has invested more than $1 billion on infrastructure, especially on transport, a senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance says. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40155/more-than--1bn-invested-in-local-infrastructure/
Border logging Man loses limbs in UXO explosion
A Cambodian attempting to cross into Thailand to log rosewood lost his right leg and arm after stepping on a landmine on Monday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-logging-man-loses-limbs-uxo-explosion
Russia to pursue gas in Thai-Cambodian shelf
Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is considering gas production on the continental shelf of Thailand and Cambodia, Russian media reported on Friday. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/russia-pursue-gas-thai-cambodian-shelf
Trafficked Cambodian rescued
A trafficked Cambodian woman was taken into Malaysian immigration police custody after a raid on karaoke bars on Sunday night, Cambodian embassy officials confirmed yesterday. ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/trafficked-cambodian-rescued
Over 2,000 marijuana plants destroyed
More than 2,000 cannabis plants were destroyed by Takeo provincial authorities on Wednesday after six marijuana farms were discovered, police said on Thursday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-2000-marijuana-plants-destroyed
Cambodia to host 2017 world economic forum
Phnom Penh has been selected to host the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia, the WEF confirmed on Wednesday. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-to-host-2017-wef-111865/