UNESCO push will clear villagers off of Kulen Mountain
Hundreds of villagers living on Siem Reap’s historic Phnom Kulen are reeling after the government announced they would be relocated as part of a scheme to secure a UNESCO World Heritage Listing for the site. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unesco-push-will-clear-villagers-off-of-kulen-mountain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unesco-push-will-clear-villagers-kulen-mountain
Mills busy as new rice crop rolls in
Cambodia rice exports saw a small rebound in October, notching up 12 per cent as compared to a year earlier, as harvests from the delayed rainy-season planting began to reach the nation’s rice mills. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mills-busy-as-new-rice-crop-rolls-in/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mills-busy-new-rice-crop-rolls
Residents angry over canal wall collapse
Residents living next to a sewage canal in Chomchao commune are concerned about their safety after the walls containing the canal and the ground around it began to collapse when contractors began work on a nearby construction site. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/residents-angry-over-canal-wall-collapse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18259/residents-angry-over-canal-wall-collapse/
Nagacorp could bid on Cyprus casino licence
Nagacorp Ltd, the parent company of NagaWorld, Cambodia’s biggest casino, is expected to bid on a licence to operate the first casino resort in Cyprus, according to a media report from the Mediterranean island. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nagacorp-could-bid-on-cyprus-casino-licence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-could-bid-cyprus-casino-licence
Cambodia gets about 320 mln USD investment from ASEAN last year
Cambodia attracted the fixed asset investment of 319.4 million U.S. dollars from its aSEaN member states in 2015, up 56 percent from a year earlier, according to a government report on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-gets-about-320-mln-usd-investment-from-asean-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Song Miou
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/02/c_135068319.htm
Gold, Riel not affected by dollar fluctuations
With global oil prices down and a devalued United States dollar, the price of gold has remained stable and has risen slightly while trade at gold shops has been steady, a gold shop owner said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gold-riel-not-affected-by-dollar-fluctuations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23066/gold--riel-not-affected-by-dollar-fluctuations/
Sacred site threatened by construction in Mondulkiri
Villagers in Mondulkiri province are protesting the construction of a Ministry of Mines vocational training centre on a piece of land they say is sacred with cultural significance to people across the province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sacred-site-threatened-by-construction-in-mondulkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sacred-site-threatened-construction-mondulkiri
Refugee deal alive and well, ministry says
AustrAliAn AmbAssAdor AngelA CorcorAn And CAmbodiAn Foreign AffAirs Minister PrAk Sokhonn reAffirmed their two countries’ commitment to A controversiAl And unpopulAr refugee resettlement deAl they struck in 2014, A spokesmAn for the minister sAid on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/refugee-deAl-Alive-And-well-ministry-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/refugee-deal-alive-and-well-ministry-says-116304/
Hun Sen warns opposition of backlash by armed forces
A future CNRP government would fAce A powerful bAcklAsh if it Attempted to replAce CPP loyAlists Pol SAroeun And Neth SAvoeun As the commAnders of the militAry And nAtionAl police, Prime Minister Hun Sen wArned MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hun-sen-wArns-opposition-of-bAcklAsh-by-Armed-forces/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-warns-opposition-of-backlash-by-armed-forces-97603/
Labour law delayed after protests
The government has agreed to delay the passage of a controversial law governing the trade union sector, announcing it would set up a national workshop to work out the legislation’s thornier clauses on December 15. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-law-delayed-after-protests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-law-delayed-after-protests
Officials dispute transparency international’s corruption index
Cambodia scored very poorly on a perceived corruption index, put out each year by Transparency International, but a government spokesman says the report doesn’t reflect the “effort” the government has put into combating the practice. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-dispute-transparency-internationals-corruption-index/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/officials-dispute-transparency-international-corruption-index/3166483.html
New tourism strategy to focus on Chinese market
A new five-yeAr plAn is being drAfted to woo more Chinese tourists to the Kingdom, following A surge in visitors from the world’s most populous nAtion, Tourism Minister Thong Khon sAid yesterdAy. /Sum MAnet <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-tourism-strAtegy-to-focus-on-chinese-mArket/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20580/new-tourism-strategy-to-focus-on-chinese-market/
Chinese, Taiwanese arrested in internet-phone fraud case
Twenty-seven Chinese and Taiwanese nationals were arrested during a raid on a villa in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district on Monday on suspicion of operating an internet-phone scam, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-taiwanese-arrested-in-internet-phone-fraud-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-taiwanese-arrested-in-internet-phone-fraud-case-114080/
NEC announces schedule for meetings with donors
The National Election Committee yesterday released a monthly meeting schedule with the European and Japanese embassies in a bid to ensure the voter-registration process, due to begin September 1, will go smoothly. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-announces-schedule-for-meetings-with-donors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-announces-schedule-meetings-donors
Reptile caper in the bag for border cops
A cAr filled with A slithering menAgerie of reptiles destined to be sold At mArket in VietnAm wAs seized by CAmbodiA-VietnAm border officiAls in KAndAl province on WednesdAy night, According to Koh Thom district police. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reptile-cAper-in-the-bAg-for-border-cops/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reptile-caper-bag-border-cops
Plan to expand museum short on details
The National Museum will undergo a massive expansion, but this will not include removing the Royal University of Fine arts which sits behind it, officials at the Ministry of Culture and Fine arts told a public forum yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/plan-to-expand-museum-short-on-details/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Takihiro and Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16046/plan-to-expand-museum-short-on-details/
Women get five years for smuggling attempt
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday sentenced two Vietnamese women to five years in prison for attempting to send pseudoephedrine—a common precursor in the synthesis of methamphetamine—to australia in a box of bras. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/women-get-five-years-for-smuggling-attempt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/women-get-five-years-for-smuggling-attempt-97088/
Poor ‘lack voice’ amid urban growth
Phnom Penh’s lack of a clear master plan for development has hurt its communities and allowed private developers to collude with authorities to push out poorer residents, speakers at a land rights conference said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poor-lack-voice-amid-urban-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poor-lack-voice-amid-urban-growth
Contested trade union law slated for vote in assembly
The CPP appears set to pass a controversial trade union law next month despite conceding it is “not 100 percent perfect” and failing to address a litany of objections from unions, employers and the opposition party. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/contested-trade-union-law-slated-for-vote-in-assembly-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national?page=1
Cambodian slots help offset EGA’s losses
European Gaming machine supplier and casino operator Entertainment Gaming asia Inc reported consolidated revenues of $7.3 million in 4Q15, a decrease of 12 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-slots-help-offset-egas-losses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-slots-help-offset-egas-losses