New boss to take over from Sok Bun
Following real estate tycoon sok Bun’s resignation last month, Teho International, developers of the $500 million The Bay condominium and hotel project, have appointed Yim Chhay Line as a director to the board of the joint venture in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-boss-take-over-sok-bun
Market plans inspire rally
Nearly 200 vendors from Phnom Penh’s Doeum Kor Market gathered in Wat Botum Park yesterday to offer a petition asking Prime Minister Hun sen to block city plans to demolish and replace the market with a multi-storey building. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/market-plans-inspire-rally
Minister of Information: the draft Law on Access to Information is for all
Information minister Khieu Kanharith said the law on Access to Information has been drafted to serve not only the journalists, but it’s for all Cambodians as well as foreigners working and doing business in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/minister-of-information:-the-draft-law-on-access-to-information-is-for-all-8856
Bus depots will move to city outskirts in bid to ease traffic
Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong held a meeting with the city&rSquo;S buS companieS ThurSday to inform them that Starting next year, their depotS and pickup pointS muSt be located outSide the city center aS part of effortS to eaSe worSening traffic congeStion. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Police raid drug dens, arrest 88
More than 100 police officers descended on a notorious slum in sen sok district’s Toek Thla commune on Friday in a coordinated effort to flush out drug-related crime from the ghetto, ultimately arresting 88 people for using or selling crystal methamphetamine. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-raid-drug-dens-arrest-88-92312/
Thai cement giant to invest $300m in Cambodia
Thailand’s largest cement producer, siam Cement Group (sCG), plans to invest up to $300 million to increase its production capacity in Cambodia over the next five years in a bid to take advantage of booming domestic demand, a company official said Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/thai-cement-giant-to-invest-300m-in-cambodia-92400/
Untaxed alcohol seized at border
Border police in Tbong Khmum’s Memot district near the Cambodian-Vietnamese border seized more than 900 cases of top-shelf booze on sunday after a truck tried to smuggle in a large chunk without paying tax, police confirmed yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/untaxed-alcohol-seized-border
With maps, border tension defused—for now
At the height of the CNRP’s campaign to draw attention to illegal Vietnamese incursions into Cambodia, the opposition party in June shifted its offensive toward an old claim—that the government has been complicit in planting border markers well inside Cambodian territory. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/with-maps-border-tension-defused-for-now-92648/
Fine arts university relocation sparks concerns
A plan to move Cambodia’s oldest fine arts college is sparking concern among teachers, students and artists. Established in 1918, the university is considered the primary center of arts and culture education in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Socheata Hean and Sun Sokhen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/fine-arts-university-relocation-sparks-concerns/2934383.html
Drought batters 13 provinces
Amid what some meteorologists have dubbed a “Godzilla-like El Niño”, drought conditions during Cambodia’s scheduled monsoon season have significantly worsened from what last year were termed historically bad levels, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture shows. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David and Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drought-batters-13-provinces
Healthy profit for Acleda in first half
Cambodia’s largest bank, Acleda Bank, announced its half-yearly results on August 26, reporting a 40 per cent increase in net profits as compared to the same period last year, on the back of strong loan and deposits growth. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/healthy-profit-acleda-first-half
Court orders continued detention of opposition senator
The Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to jail an opposition senator, who is accused of posting false border maps online, an offense Prime Minister Hun sen has likened to “treason.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/court-orders-continued-detention-of-opposition-senator/2942351.html
CNRP tells donors to retrieve their funds
A district official with the Cambodia National Rescue Party has offered a group of disgruntled donors in Kandal their money back after they lodged a complaint with local police over the opposition’s fundraising efforts for its sun TV station. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-tells-donors-retrieve-their-funds
Gov’t plans satellite border surveillance
Prime Minister Hun sen has ordered the government to launch a satellite surveillance system to monitor the country’s border areas in an effort to bolster national defense and curb illegal activities such as logging, drug trafficking and people smuggling, officials said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-plans-satellite-border-surveillance-93548/
Cambodian airport traffic soars despite global slump
Passenger traffic at Cambodia’s three main airports climbed by 21.8 per cent during the year to date compared to the same period last year, according to data released yesterday by Cambodia Airports. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia commits over 200 to peacekeeping missions in Mali
Cambodia has dispatched 218 Blue Helmets to join the United Nation’s peacekeeping mission in Mali. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50763440/cambodia-commits-over-200-to-peacekeeping-missions-in-mali/
Phnom Penh Capital Hall declares “Red Zone” in three districts in Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh Capital Hall has declared “Red Zones” in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey, Por senchey and Toul Kork districts. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50841412/phnom-penh-capital-hall-declares-red-zone-in-three-districts-in-phnom-penh/
Conservation and tourism plans for protected park in Preah Vihear
The Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) is preparing Preah Vihear’s Techo sen Russey Trep Park for domestic and international tourism and expects to open within three years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Stranded Chinese nationals clash with police after asking Embassy for repatriation help
Around 70 Chinese nationals assembled outside of the gates of the Chinese Embassy in Mao Tse Toung Blvd, Phnom Penh, yesterday to ask for the Embassy’s assistance in returning back home. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50919901/stranded-chinese-nationals-clash-with-police-after-asking-embassy-for-repatriation-help/
New investment law draft ready to make Cambodia more attractive
The Council of the Ministers approved the new investment law draft last week in order to attract increased investment flow to the Kingdom and enhance the nation’s economic diversification and competitiveness. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50891685/covid-19-victim-new-investment-law-draft-ready-to-make-cambodia-more-attractive/