Pursat village leaders arrested for selling state land
A village chief and his assistant accused of fraudulently selling 2 hectares of state-owned forest in Pursat province have been arrested and sent to the Veal Veng district Forestry Administration headquarters. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-village-leaders-arrested-selling-state-land
Amid $1.9M gift, CMAC boss tempers US aid comments
Seemingly backing away from previous criticism, Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodia Mine Action Centre (CMAC), expressed gratitude to the US on Friday for pledging another $1.9 million to the organisation, while still implying that Cambodia is not treated as well as its neighbouring countries. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/amid-19m-gift-cmac-boss-tempers-us-aid-comments
Guilty walk free in land sale case
Two Ministry of Mines officials were convicted on corruption charges yesterday in a Phnom Penh court after confessing to selling state land, but nonetheless walked free after a judge reduced their sentences. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/guilty-walk-free-land-sale-case
Officials partially tear down home for road
Preah Sihanouk province authorities yesterday demolished part of one home and its fence, which had encroached on a road they are trying to widen in the province’s Prey Nop district. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-partially-tear-down-home-road
Rainsy talks election fallout with visiting us delegates
Representatives from the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on Friday met with senior leaders from the opposition CNRP to discuss the political situation in Cambodia since last year’s disputed national election. In the hourlong meeting at CNRP headquarters, which U.S. delegate Paul Grove declined to comment ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-talks-election-fallout-with-visiting-us-delegates-52962/
$2 million grant to aid Kingdom’s labour relations and dispute resolution
The USAID and the Swedish Embassy today donated more than $2 million to the Arbitration Council Foundation to further enhance the Kingdom’s labour relations and dispute resolution services. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50696018/2-million-grant-to-aid-kingdoms-labour-relations-and-dispute-resolution
Another 17 hectares of Tamok Lake carved out for Gov’t agencies
The 17 hectares carved out of Tamok Lake were detailed in three separate sub-decrees published in the Royal Gazette. Ten hectares of land was given to the Health Ministry, four to the Civil Services Ministry and three to Phnom Penh Municipal Police. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/another-17-hectares-of-tamok-lake-carved-out-for-govt-agencies-/5855797.html
Natural area selected as sustainable use park
The government has issued a sub-decree establishing the Tuolporn Taley Boeung Sne Multiple Use Area covering 3,557ha in one town and three districts of Prey Veng province. The sub-decree’s stated purpose is to ensure the preservation of the natural beauty, ecology, biodiversity, environment and culture while ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natural-area-selected-sustainable-use-park
US to scale up cyber security ties with Cambodia
The US is keen on boosting cyber security ties with the Kingdom amid the world witnessing a new set of challenges with its fast transformation into the digital economy, US Ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy said while addressing the Digital Economy Forum II held at ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348276/us-to-scale-up-cyber-security-ties-with-cambodia/
For Agricultural Investors, an Abundance of Risks
As wealthy Gulf states look to meet their food needs by investing in agriculture projects abroad, Cambodia-with its underutilized land and attractive foreign investment policies-makes a nearly perfect investment destination. But endemic corruption, land conflicts, a badly implemented economic land concession program, and an unreliable judiciary could ...
China urged to fund mining school
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is in talks with the Chinese government to build a research and training school, in order to boost the staffing capabilities of the country’s growing mining industry, according to a senior ministry official. Following recent news that gold deposits ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28625/china-urged-to-fund-mining-school/
Smooth sailing for port’s IPO
Earlier this month Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) became the fifth listed firm on the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX) following an initial public offering that raised $27 million. The Post’s Brian Ng sat down with Shuzo Shikata, CEO of SBI Royal Securities (SBIR), the sole underwriter ...
Brian Ng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smooth-sailing-ports-ipo
Hun Sen OKs Large Amount of State Land to be Privatized
Prime Minister Hun Sen has officially allowed the privatization of 2,580 square meters of state owned land. 646 square meters of the land are in Phnom Penh. The sub-decree means that the land is closer to being eligible for development and sale. ...
US Debt Woes Could Affect Cambodia, Conference Told
Cambodia is concerned that US debt could lead to rising import costs. US lawmakers are currently trying to pass a deficit-cut deal before Aug. 2 when the US reaches its own debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion. Without a deal the US would default on its ...
Efforts to save fish highlighted
National and international environmental experts concluded discussions on migratory fish management and preservation in Cambodia on Wednesday through a workshop facilitated by the US Agency of International Development (USAID) in Phnom Penh. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/efforts-save-fish-highlighted
US slams gov’t over recent political turmoil
A U.S. State Department official told the country’s Senate on Thursday that recent political events in Cambodia, including the beatings of lawmakers outside the National Assembly and the removal of opposition officials from their seats and positions in parliament, were a cause for “grave concern.” ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-slams-govt-over-recent-political-turmoil-101119/
USAID grant to help agriculture sector
Cambodia’s agriculture sector will benefit from a grant of $35 million by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with some of the money also going towards public health and education. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23403/usaid-grant-to-help-agriculture-sector/
Drop in US exports seen as a wake-up call
The industry body for the nation’s garment and footwear manufacturers said new trade data showing a decline in Cambodian exports to the US during the first half of the year was a sign that the Kingdom was losing its competitive advantage, threatening the future of ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/drop-us-exports-seen-wake-call
Russia, Cambodia sign two MOUs to cooperate in nuclear energy
Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) and the National Council for Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Cambodia today announced that they have signed two key MOUs. ...
Rosatom Asia Pte Ltd
http://www.eco-business.com/press-releases/russia-cambodia-sign-two-mous-to-cooperate-in-nuclear-energy/
Government plans one of world’s biggest airports in Kandal
The Cambodian government has approved plans to build one of the world’s largest airports in Kandal province, though key actors have yet to work out the details and one economist noted yesterday that the current proposal may be short-sighted. ...
Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-plans-one-worlds-biggest-airports-kandal