As CNRP’s dissolution looms, small parties look set to enter a big stage
The seemingly impending demise of Cambodia’s main opposition, and the snap draft laws put in motion to replace them in parliament, threatens to throw a handful of obscure parties into the political arena at the highest level. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/as-cnrps-dissolution-looms-small-parties-look-set-to-enter-a-big-stage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrps-dissolution-looms-small-parties-look-set-enter-big-stage
Hun Sen offers ultimatum for CNRP officials: defect or risk a five-year ban
Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened yesterday to impose a five-year ban on more than 100 unnamed senior CNRP officials, seemingly under a controversial provision of the Law on Political Parties, while insisting that the main opposition party will indeed be dissolved this month by the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-offers-ultimatum-for-cnrp-officials-defect-or-risk-a-five-year-ban/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng, Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-offers-ultimatum-cnrp-officials-defect-or-risk-five-year-ban
In a threatened Cambodian forest, hand-in-hand push to protect land and people
Rampant deforestation and development have increased pressure on animals throughout Cambodia. They’ve especially intensified in the country’s “spirit forests,” as the hill communities like the ethnic-minority Chong call them, which are some of the creatures’ last refuges. But the changes also threaten their culture, as href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-a-threatened-cambodian-forest-hand-in-hand-push-to-protect-land-and-people/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Peter A. Ford
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2018/0117/In-a-threatened-Cambodian-forest-hand-in-hand-push-to-protect-land-and-people
Thai-Cambodia buses open a new era with new land connections on public transport
BANGKOK- First bus services between the two Kingdoms of Cambodia and Thailand had their debut on December 29, said the Transport Co., a Thai state enterprise under the Transport Ministry. The service includes the Bangkok-Siem Reap route, a 424-kilometre trip that takes about seven hours. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-cambodia-buses-open-a-new-era-with-new-land-connections-on-public-transport/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/51288/thai-cambodia-buses-open-a-new
A Dam Conundrum: Xayaburi Project Could Help Laos And Thailand, Hurt Cambodia And Vietnam
Officials in Laos announced that construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam will begin with a kickoff ceremony at the construction site Wednesday. Protests from human rights activists and environmental groups have delayed the project for 18 months, but the joint Laotian and Thai project is apparently href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-dam-conundrum-xayaburi-project-could-help-laos-and-thailand-hurt-cambodia-and-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Lower Mekong fish production estimated to be worth up to $7 bln a year
Production from freshwater capture fisheries and aquaculture in the Lower Mekong Basin is estimated to be worth up to $7 billion a year, the Mekong River Commission says. The newsletter said total first-sale value was estimated at $3.9 to $7.0 billion per year. “Over the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lower-mekong-fish-production-estimated-to-be-worth-up-to-7-bln-a-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ODc4MWI3YWIwNDF#sthash.cv2zcyPP.Aswun6lj.dpuf
“Culture of Dialog” a major achievement, says Hun Sen on CPP's 64th anniversary
The Cambodian People’s Party has called its “Culture of Dialog” with the Cambodia National Rescue Party a milestone, listing it out prominently in its roster of achievements as the party celebrates its 64th anniversary. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/culture-of-dialog-a-major-achievement-says-hun-sen-on-cpps-64th-anniversary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Prime Minister Hun Sen signs off a sub-degree on the new Traffic Law
Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off a sub-degree for penalties on those who commit the road offenses such as speeding and drunk driving. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-hun-sen-signs-off-a-sub-degree-on-the-new-traffic-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-signs-off-a-sub-degree-on-the-new-traffic-law-8797
Saudi Foreign Minister to pay a visit to Cambodia today
His Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will lead a delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia today, according to a press release from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/saudi-foreign-minister-to-pay-a-visit-to-cambodia-today/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043540/saudi-foreign-minister-to-pay-a-visit-to-cambodia-today/
Demining efforts a contributor to socio-economic development in Cambodia
Senior Minister Ly Thuch said that humanitarian mine action has made a significant contribution to Cambodia’s socio-economic development by ensuring safe land for the livelihood of local communities. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/demining-efforts-a-contributor-to-socio-economic-development-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094304/demining-efforts-a-contributor-to-socio-economic-development-in-cambodia/
At a Sihanoukville beach, stinky wastewater flows into the sea
Foul-smelling wastewater is draining into the sea at Sihanoukville’s O’Chheu Teal beach, leaving visitors plugging their noses and a local business owner and tourism official concerned that the stink will scare off tourists. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/at-a-sihanoukville-beach-stinky-wastewater-flows-into-the-sea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath and Ou Leang Chhay
https://cambojanews.com/at-a-sihanoukville-beach-stinky-wastewater-flows-into-the-sea/
First ethnic Phnong youth in Cambodia to become a Catholic priest
The Catholic Church in Cambodia celebrates the priestly ordination of the first young man of the Phnong ethnic group. As Fides learned, with a procession enriched by traditional Phnong music, songs and dances, the population accompanied the young man to the church, for the “gift href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-ethnic-phnong-youth-in-cambodia-to-become-a-catholic-priest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501111018/first-ethnic-phnong-youth-in-cambodia-to-become-a-catholic-priest/
Cambodian NA leader’s Vietnam visit to Vietnam a success: official
President of the Cambodian National Assembly (NA) Samdech Heng Samrin’s three-day official visit to Vietnam, which concluded on September 14, has been a success, said Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for External Relations Dinh Cong Sy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-na-leaders-vietnam-visit-to-vietnam-a-success-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501151248/cambodian-na-leaders-vietnam-visit-to-vietnam-a-success-official/
For overseas Khmer citizens, voting requires a costly trip home
Tuon Sopheara, a Cambodian migrant worker in South Korea, wants to vote in the upcoming July elections but cannot afford the plane ticket home. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-overseas-khmer-citizens-voting-requires-a-costly-trip-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/for-overseas-khmer-citizens-voting-requires-a-costly-trip-home/
A Chinese firm pledges to boost Cambodia-China direct flights
A Chinese firm, Yunnan Investment Holding Group, has pledged to further boost direct flights between Cambodia and China. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-chinese-firm-pledges-to-boost-cambodia-china-direct-flights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303867/a-chinese-firm-pledges-to-boost-cambodia-china-direct-flights/
‘A Plane Crash. A Car Accident’: Boeng Tamok Residents Host Cursing Ceremony
Residents facing potential eviction from the capital’s Boeng Tamok lake — which is in the process of being filled in with sand — held a “cursing ceremony” against the developers and officials’ relatives who are taking and selling their land. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-plane-crash-a-car-accident-boeng-tamok-residents-host-cursing-ceremony/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/a-plane-crash-a-car-accident-boeng-tamok-residents-host-cursing-ceremony/
Citizens with land issues in three provinces submit a petition to the relevant ministries demanding a solution
About 300 communities from three provinces gathered to file a petition at the Prime Minister’s Office and other relevant ministries in Phnom Penh on Thursday to demand those ministries and institutions expedite the settlement of land issues for them. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/citizens-with-land-issues-in-three-provinces-submit-a-petition-to-the-relevant-ministries-demanding-a-solution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hun Sen gives AIM a reprieve after CEO apologises for ‘hurt’ caused by CNN report
Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided not to shut down a Christian anti-trafficking charity after its founder issued a “heartfelt apology” yesterday. The apology from Agape International Missions (AIM) CEO Don Brewster is the first public comment he has made since the social media fracas sparked href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-gives-aim-a-reprieve-after-ceo-apologises-for-hurt-caused-by-cnn-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Erin Handley, Kong Meta and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-gives-aim-reprieve-after-ceo-apologises-hurt-caused-cnn-report
“Culture of Dialogue” a major achievement, says Hun Sen on CPP’s 64th anniversary
The Cambodian People’s Party has called its “Culture of Dialog” with the Cambodia National Rescue Party a milestone, listing it out prominently in its roster of achievements as the party celebrates its 64th anniversary. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/culture-of-dialogue-a-major-achievement-says-hun-sen-on-cpps-64th-anniversary/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://bit.ly/1C0bdXL
Hopes for a glittering future: Ministry
Renaissance Minerals, a subsidiary of Australia-listed Emerald Resources, is scheduled next year to begin mining gold in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hopes-for-a-glittering-future-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50690819/hopes-for-a-glittering-future-ministry