Nearly 2 million tourists travel during Pchum Ben holiday
Some 1.89 million tourists travelled to various tourism sites across the country during the three-day holiday of Pchum Ben Festival, up 52.2 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378210/nearly-2-million-tourists-travel-during-pchum-ben-holiday/
Minister says floods affect 90,303 families
Flooding has affected 90,303 families and flooded 83,007 houses nationwide, while 13,402 families have been evacuated so far from inundated areas, Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said Monday. Citing data from the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), Mr Kanharith also said in a posting to ...
Moving beyond cash-on-delivery
WorldBridge Commerce announced yesterday the integration of Acleda Bank’s online payment services into its online shopping marketplace MAIO Mall. The partnership adds an online payment option to MAIO Mall’s existing cash-on-delivery model. The Post’s Ananth Baliga spoke to Tomas Pokorny, CEO of WorldBridgE Commerce, about ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/moving-beyond-cash-delivery
China to provide 100 Cambodian children with free heart surgery in 3 years
China will provide 100 Cambodian children who have congenital heart disease with free surgery in three years in a program called “China-Cambodia Love Heart Journey.” The program was inaugurated on Jan 11 by visiting Premier Li Keqiang and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen ...
Mu Xuequan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/11/c_136888925.htm
Police, villagers clash over CPP land dispute
Villagers and police clashed Sunday after excavators moved in to prepare work on a disputed plot where authorities will build a CPP commune office in Stung Treng City’s Preah Bat commune, officials said yesterday. Hou Sam Ol, provincial monitor for local rights group Adhoc, said Stung ...
Laos chided for ‘Selling’ dam project
An environmental group has hit out at the Lao government for organising a tour of the proposed Don Sahong hydropower dam site, saying it should not be trying to “sell” a project that has not been regionally approved. Other NGOs have also warned of the ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/laos-chided-%E2%80%98selling%E2%80%99-dam-project
Opposition leader declares new demonstration
The opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Thursday announced to hold demonstration again to demand the release of 23 detained protesters who have been arrested in violent clashes earlier this year. Sam Rainsy renewed the opposition protest plan while he as well as Kem Sokha led supporters ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTIxNTVkMjg3MDB
Evictions at airport planned
Dozens of houses have been marked for demolition near Phnom Penh International Airport as authorities say the families must be moved to bring the site in line with international standards. Civil aviation officials visited Chrey Chisark village in Por Sen Chey district’s Choam Choa commune with ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/evictions-airport-planned
Villagers charged with destruction of property in KDC clashes
Two villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the well-connected KDC company were charged Tuesday with intentional destruction of property and causing injuries during clashes with workers at the disputed development site in Kompong Chhnang province last week. On Monday, provincial police arrested 30-year-old Mang ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-charged-with-destruction-of-property-in-kdc-clashes-64707/
UDG issuing eviction threats again: villagers
Security guards armed with axes, clubs and hammers have reportedly threatened villagers with eviction at the Union Development Group (UDG) site in Koh Kong province just weeks after the Chinese company pledged to peacefully resolve the dispute. About 50 security officials arrived at the villagers’ homes ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/udg-issuing-eviction-threats-again-villagers
Smart Axiata’s 1 Million USD COVID-19 Relief Fund brings assistance to Kingdom’s farmers amid pandemic
With many garment factories, construction sites and other businesses closing due to COVID-19, thousands of workers lost their jobs and had to return home to farming and earning a living by working in agriculture. ...
Female dolphin found dead in Kratie province
A member of a fishing community found the carcass of an older female dolphin in Sambok village in Kratie province’s Chitr Borei district on December 22, about 500m from the Kampi dolphin site. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/female-dolphin-found-dead-kratie-province
Cambodia to reopen its door to vaccinated foreign tourists
Cambodia will allow foreign tourists who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to visit the country’s most tourism attractive site – Angkor Archeological Park, in a move to revive the hard-hit tourism sector. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50846769/cambodia-to-reopen-its-door-to-vaccinated-foreign-tourists/
US funds Preah Vihear stair repairs
The US government has announced an additional grant of over $80,000 for the third phase of the restoration of the northern staircase at Preah Vihear temple in order to help preserve the ancient structure, which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-funds-preah-vihear-stair-repairs
Joy as Koh Ker Temple registered by UNESCO
Cambodia’s Koh Ker Temple archaeological site has been officially added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 17. ...
Sok Raksa and Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/joy-koh-ker-temple-registered-unesco
APSARA brings lawsuit against Angkor Wat villagers for Obstructing Illegal Structure Demolition
A lawsuit has been filed by APSARA National Authority against seven villagers, including a commune police chief, who live around Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for allegedly inciting and obstructing public work in August. ...
Landmark Hopeful of Future Retail Agreements
A 20-story retail and office building development opposite Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park by U.K.-based Hongkong Land Ltd. (HKL) is being built without pre-existing rental agreements, the company’s general manager, Daniel Parkes, said Thursday. Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim last Friday hosted the groundbreaking of the ...
Alex Willemyns and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/landmark-hopeful-of-future-retail%E2%80%88agreements-42254/
Government agrees to review of railway evictees
The government has agreed to review its resettlement agreement with families relocated from railways as part of an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded rehabilitation project, but has refused a recommendation to set up a debt-relief scheme for the evictees, according to an action plan released by ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-agrees-to-review-of-railway-evictees-57745/
Kreung protest for release of charged arsonist
Dozens of ethnic minority Kreung villagers protested outside the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court on Monday, demanding the release of a fellow Kreung man presently in pretrial detention for setting fire to a pile of wood on land the community sold in 2007 but claims it was ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kreung-protest-for-release-of-charged-arsonist-54429/
Mob breaks evictee into home
A PROTEST on the fifth storey of a residential high-rise in Borei Keila ended with authorities fleeing the scene and incensed villagers breaking down a door yesterday. About 50 villagers converged on the site to protest against Phan Imex and authorities evicting a man from his ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011122253561/National-news/mob-breaks-evictee-into-home.html