Nearly $2B in investments cleared by CDC
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC), The government body in charge of approving large-scale investments, announced on Thursday that it had approved four projects with a combined total capital investment of nearly $2 billion. It said The four projects would create 11,193 jobs. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nearly-2b-investments-cleared-cdc
CDC approves new steel plant in Kampong Speu
A project to build a $31-million steel-processing plant in Kampong Speu province was recently greenlighted by the government, according to an announcement by the Council for the Development of Cambodia earlier this week. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505077/cdc-approves-new-steel-plant-in-kampong-speu/
Japan’s assistance for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
On 28 December 2018, the Government of Japan disbursed an amount of USD1.2 million as its 2018 Fiscal Year contribution to the United Nations component of the ECCC budget. the Government of Japan decided to make this contribution to continue to support the judicial process of the ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Sihanoukville’s new sewage systems ‘almost complete’
Following public outcry after waste from construction projects in Sihanoukville was found being dumped directly into the sea, provincial authorities have said four sewage systems are now almost complete. the construction of sewage systems at four beaches was 80 per cent finished, while two pumping ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukvilles-new-sewage-systems-almost-complete
EU donates €3.5M to the KR Tribunal
The Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced on Monday that The European Union (EU) has pledged a total of €3.5 million ($4.1 million) to support it in 2018, according to its press officer, Neth Peaktra. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-donates-eu35m-kr-tribunal
Poy Kampenh families granted land
The National Committee for The Management and Development of Coastal Zones said on Sunday that The government has provided 103 families with land to live on and develop in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50536089/poy-kampenh-families-granted-land/
‘Historic’ Khmer Rouge tribunal Case 002/2 verdict to be delivered
The Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) are to deliver The verdict on Friday, in The trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, in a pronouncement hailed as a “historic event for Cambodia and The world”. The verdict from ...
CDC: Improve infrastructure to draw investment to border
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) has urged relevant parties to increase efforts to attract more foreign investors to border areas. CDC secretary-general Sok Chenda Sophea said to achieve this, it is necessary to develop infrastructure There such as special economic zones (SEZ), ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-improve-infrastructure-draw-investment-border
Cambodia and Myanmar in joint stand on South China Sea dispute
Cambodia and Myanmar have reiterated their support for a peaceful solution to the territorial disputes involving China and several Asean countries in the South China Sea after a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Myanmar’s newly appointed ambassador to Cambodia. ...
Gov't working group to tackle money laundering
The government is seeking to strengThen its ability to counter money laundering and terrorism funding through a new working group that combines representatives across several ministries and The private sector. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-working-group-tackle-money-laundering
Mondulkiri land sit-down ‘fruitful’
French owned plantation firm Socfin has restarted talks with indigenous villagers affected by its plantations in Mondulkiri province, with the UN saying the process could be replicated across a region dominated by agro-industrial firms. ...
Daniel Pye and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-land-sit-down-fruitful
More Montagnards opt to return home
More Montagnard asylum seekers are planning to return to home amid cuts in United Nations-provided food rations.Vivian Tan, regional spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said more than 10 indigenous Christian Montagnards had requested assistance in returning to Vietnam. ...
Alice Cuddy and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-montagnards-opt-return-home
Japan donates $1.1 million to tribunal
Japan, the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s largest donor to date, has contributed a further $1.12 million to its international component, the tribunal said on Tuesday in a statement. ...
Mayuri Mei Lin
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32642/japan-donates--1-1-million-to-tribunal/
New unit to fix prosthetics
The International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) in Cambodia announced yesterday The launch of a new mobile workshop that repairs prosThetics for The disabled in Siem Reap province. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-unit-fix-prosthetics
The inauguration of the Legal Documentation Centre relating to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
On 27 June 2017, the Embassy of Japan and the Council of Ministers are going to hold the inauguration of the Legal Documentation Centre (LDC) relating to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Japan has contributed about 2.354 million US dollars through the Japanese ...
Embassy of Japan in Cambodia
Minister seeks courts reform
The Justice Minister has urged court officials to work independently, responsibly and ethically to strengThen The judicial system and improve public trust of The judiciary. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075899/minister-seeks-courts-reform/
EU council condemns crackdown but stops short of concrete action
The Foreign Affairs Council of The European Union yesterday adopted a set of conclusions condemning “recent worrying political developments and The continuing deterioration of democracy” in Cambodia, though some politicians expressed regret about a missed opportunity to take concrete measures. The conclusions, passed by The European ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-council-condemns-crackdown-stops-short-concrete-action
Python skin origins unclear
The International Union for The Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Monday warned that allegedly farmed python skins originating from Cambodia could in fact have been harvested in The wild, and called for surveys to determine The scale and impact of possible python hunting in The ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/python-skin-origins-unclear
Refugee helper missing
A Cambodian national who was allegedly arrested on Thursday alongside dozens of Montagnard asylum seekers remained missing yesterday, while those sent back to Vietnam were reportedly abused by authorities for their attempted escape. Forty-two-year-old Dy Heun, an ethnic Jarai from Ratanakkiri province, was officially reported missing ...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/refugee-helper-missing
CNRP youth leaders denied right to receive family visits
LICADHO calls for immediate family access to all three CNRP youth leaders currently detained in Prey Sar’s CC1 prison. ...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)