Plans for another ‘Hun Sen High School’ renaming canceled
A provincial governor’s request to rename a siem Reap City high school after Prime Minister Hun sen has been abandoned, according to an official and the school—a decision some have speculated was influenced by online criticism of the suggested change. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rachna Thim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plans-another-hun-sen-high-school-renaming-canceled-132584/
Takeover of Zaman possible, ambassador says
Turkey is in talks with the Cambodian government over the possibility of taking control of the Zaman-operated schools in Phnom Penh, which it alleges have links to a “terrorist organization” behind last year’s attempted coup, the Turkish ambassador said on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/takeover-of-zaman-possible-ambassador-says-132562/
NGOs help six more workers to repatriate from Malaysia
NGOs in Cambodia and Malaysia are working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to repatriate six of the 30 Cambodians who sought shelter at the country’s embassy after the Malaysian government started mass arrests of undocumented migrant workers on July 1. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsomber Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-help-six-more-workers-to-repatriate-from-malaysia-132923/
Banking sector FDI spikes on new banks and higher caps
Inflows of foreign capital into the Kingdom’s banking sector nearly doubled during the first half of the year as two heavyweight players entered the local market and lending institutions responded to revised minimum capital requirements, a central bank official said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banking-sector-fdi-spikes-new-banks-and-higher-caps
Indigenous group says it was pushed to withdraw complaint
Representatives of the Pu Nong indigenous community in Mondulkiri province’s Bou sra commune have accused the director of the Provincial Rural Development Department of forcing them to withdraw a complaint over the prevention of their indigenous peoples’ day celebration last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077931/indigenous-group-says-pushed-withdraw-complaint/
Sesan dam goes online, while PM dismisses environmental concerns
The floodgates of the largest and most controversial dam project in the country’s history officially closed yesterday at an inauguration ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Hun sen, who took aim at environmentalists, ambassadors and NGOs in a wide-ranging speech. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-dam-goes-online-while-pm-dismisses-environmental-concerns
Cambodia's famed Angkor earns nearly 76 mln USD in 9 months
Revenue from ticket sales to foreigners visiting Cambodia’s Angkor archaeological park hit 75.7 million U.s. dollars in the first nine months of 2017, up 70 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a press release on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yurou
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/01/c_136653210.htm
Emerald expects licence after sanctuary rezoning
Emerald Resources, the Australian-listed mining firm behind Cambodia’s Okvau gold project in Mondulkiri province, is one step closer to receiving an industrial mining licence after it signed an environmental contract with the Ministry of Environment (MoE), the firm announced yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/emerald-expects-licence-after-sanctuary-rezoning
Post Media shifts focus to digital
With sweeping changes across Cambodia’s publishing industry, Marcus Holmes, CEO of Post Media, will be steering the publication through a “digital first” agenda that will transform the iconic publication into one that is faster and more effective in reaching its audience. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-insider-post-media-shifts-focus-digital
Hun Sen chides Cambodia Daily, lauds Trump
Prime Minister Hun sen met with members of the press yesterday, not shying away from classifying some journalists and media outlets as extortionists and tax evaders, while applauding United states President Donald Trump’s efforts to go after so-called fake news. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-chides-cambodia-daily-lauds-trump
Sesan holdouts will not be given public services
Stung Treng province officialS have announced they will not build public facilitieS for thoSe villagerS who refuSed to relocate to the government&rSquo;S reSettlement Site when their villageS were flooded late laSt year by the reServoir of the controverSial Lower SeSan II Dam. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-holdouts-will-not-be-given-public-services
Government establishes working group to tackle faintings
Health Minister Mam Bun Heng yesterday announced the formation of a working group to address mass fainting, a day after the premier raised the issue at a meeting with garment workers, though relevant officials had few details on the group’s objectives. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuoch Masy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-establishes-working-group-tackle-faintings
Cambodia holds live-fire exercise near Laos
A live-fire exercise along the Cambodian-Lao border yesterday in stung Treng province’s siem Pang district, where a conflict with Laos arose last year, was not to demonstrate power or threaten any neighbouring countries, according to the Ministry of National Defence. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50110701/cambodia-holds-live-fire-exercise-near-laos/
Villagers want dispute resolution
About 100 residents from Koh Kong province’s sre Ambel and Botum sakor districts gathered to protest and block the road of Koh Kong sugar Industry to demand the company, local authorities and relevant ministries expedite a resolution to end their land dispute. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112239/villagers-want-dispute-resolution/
UN envoy voices concern to government
UN special Rapporteur Rhona smith officially commenced her latest visit to the Kingdom yesterday, meeting with the Ministry of Justice to raise concerns over a slew of legislative and constitutional amendments undertaken as part of the government’s recent crackdown on political dissent. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-envoy-voices-concern-government
Families protest water restrictions in Poipet
Nearly 50 families from a village in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town yesterday protested to demand that a private utilities company stop restricting water supply in their area because they didn’t have enough water to drink and irrigate their crops. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-protest-water-restrictions-poipet
Construction industry cooling down: analysts
Government revenue collected on property transfers and construction services dropped off by 25 percent last year, reflecting a slowdown of the Kingdom’s construction sector despite a surge in the reported value of investment in real estate development projects, according to analysts. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-industry-cooling-down-analysts
New coal-fired plant billed at $600 million
Malaysian-owned energy firm Cambodian Energy II Co Ltd (CEL2) will invest a total of $600 million into building its 150-megawatt coal-fired power plant near sihanoukville, which is set to become the Kingdom’s third coal-fired power station. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-coal-fired-plant-billed-600-million
House collapses into river, others removed
One home collapsed into the Tonle Bassac river on saturday in Kandal’s sa’ang district, while two others are at risk of collapse and eight others had to be dismantled and moved across the road, away from the riverbank, officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/house-collapses-river-others-removed
Private prison breaks ground
Ground was officially broken yesterday on a new facility at Prey sar prison that will soon enable the upper crust of the Kingdom’s underworld to buy their way out of overcrowded jails and into the relative luxury of a privately run institution. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-prison-breaks-ground