Thais send 160 Cambodians back
More than 160 Cambodians were repatriated by Thai authorities through the Dong International Border Checkpoint in Battambang province’s Kamrieng district yesterday morning after they were caught illegally crossing the border. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32010/thais-send-160-cambodians-back/
Workers to get Thai legal permits
In coordination with Thai officials, Cambodia’s Labor Ministry has set up a new process to help migrant workers in Thailand receive passports, travel cards or Overseas Cambodian Worker Cards (OCWC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35122/workers-to-get-thai-legal-permits/
Pestech extends and ups power contract
Malaysian-owned power infrastructure provider Pestech (Cambodia) Ltd has upgraded and expanded its agreement with Cambodia’s Alex Corporation to develop a transmission line and power substation ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pestech-extends-and-ups-power-contract
Mekong riverbanks to be restored
Mines Ministry officials yesterday announced a project to shore up sections of the Mekong river affected by erosion that threatens families in Kandal province’s Mok Kampol district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36333/mekong-riverbanks-to-be-restored/
Cambodian farmers cash in on high cashew prices
International commodity prices for cashew nuts are rapidly increasing due to lower supply from Cambodia and Vietnam which is driving up profits for the Kingdom’s farmers, according to industry stakeholders. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-farmers-cash-high-cashew-prices
News outlet links officer to illegal timber trade
National Military Police spokesman Eng Hy said legal action is being “considered” after a news outlet published a report linking the force’s commander, sao sokha, to the illegal timber trade. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/news-outlet-links-officer-illegal-timber-trade
More business for private eyes
Private investigators have long operated in Phnom Penh’s seamy shadows, hired to follow and document the liaisons of philandering tycoons, help foreign authorities locate fugitives or track down missing persons. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-business-private-eyes
Concerns raised over sanctions
The repercussions of last week’s political moves in Cambodia when the supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party has left many wondering what the repercussions will be for local businesses. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091091/concerns-raised-sanctions/
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&rSquo;S Prey Nop diStrict. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-partially-tear-down-home-road
Cambodia's detained opposition leader rejects new opposition movement
Cambodia’s detained opposition leader Kem sokha has declined to join a new movement, founded by prominent exiles following a ban on the main opposition party, his lawyer said on saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-politics/cambodias-detained-opposition-leader-rejects-new-opposition-movement-idUSKBN1F906E
Breaking: Three killed while on forestry patrol in Mondulkiri
An Environment Ministry ranger, a Military Police officer and an employee of a conservation organisation have been killed in a shootout with other Cambodian authorities near Mondulkiri’s border with Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/breaking-three-killed-while-forestry-patrol-mondulkiri
NEC receives heaps of hardware from China
The National Election Committee yesterday announced the details of an assistance package from China, which has pledged to support Cambodia’s upcoming commune and national elections, set for 2017 and 2018. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-receives-heaps-hardware-china
Flooded street closed in capital
A flooded section of a main street in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district has been temporarily closed because of flooding, according to a statement by Phnom Penh City Hall on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31115/flooded-street-closed-in-capital/
Villagers push government to revoke ‘idle’ ELC
Villagers in Kampot’s Chhouk district have demanded that a private firm they accuse of failing to develop its economic land concession (ELC) have its permit to use the land revoked. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-push-government-revoke-idle-elc
River Festival nets 140,000 tourists
The government’s three-day, third annual, River Festival in steung Treng province that ended on sunday attracted around 140,000 local and international tourists, the Ministry of Tourism announced yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36931/river-festival-nets-140-000-tourists/
City Hall, Wing deal for bus tickets
Passengers using the Phnom Penh city bus service will now have a choice of buying electronic tickets through Wing (Cambodia) Limited specialized Bank – the kingdom’s leading mobile banking services provider. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37033/city-hall--wing-deal-for-bus-tickets/
Millers push for China access
Amid concerns that the European Union could reject shipments of Cambodian rice, exporters are pushing for more access to China as an alternative market for the Kingdom’s principal agricultural commodity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/millers-push-china-access
Increased consumerism points to demand for more malls
The demand for shopping precincts has risen three percent in this year’s first quarter when compared to the same time last year, a study by Bonna Realty Group has shown. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/increased-consumerism-points-demand-more-malls
Government deflects blame over lack of human rights committee
Officials from the government’s Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) yesterday appeared to lay the blame for the delayed establishment of an independent rights body at the feet of civil society. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-deflects-blame-over-lack-human-rights-committee
Canal-side community will receive new plots, land titles
More than 400 Phnom Penh families living along a canal in Meanchey district will be granted land titles after development to the area’s defunct drainage system takes place, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phan Soumy and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/canal-side-community-will-receive-new-plots-land-titles-130571/