Tensions over ponds on border
Vietnamese authorities have failed to deliver on a promise to fill in three of eight ponds dug in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district and the planting of crops has continued in the area, according to Cambodian villagers living in border zone. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tensions-over-ponds-border
Water at Prey Sar back … sort of
After nearly a year of dry taps, the water supply at Phnom Penh’s Prey sar prison has finally been restored, but inmates are still being forced to pay for the so-called luxury commodity, according to those who live and work there. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alice Cuddy and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-prey-sar-back-sort
New Cambodian permanent representative to ASEAN presents his letter of credence
Cambodian Permanent Representative to AsEAN, Norng sakal, presented his Letter of Credence to the secretary-General of AsEAN, Le Luong Minh, at a ceremony held at the AsEAN secretariat today, according to a press release of AsEAN’s secretariat. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/new-cambodian-permanent-representative-to-asean-presents-his-letter-of-credence-8897
Protesters march in Cambodia to demand environmental activists' release
About 80 protesters marched in Cambodia’s southwestern Koh Kong province on Monday to demand the release of three activists detained earlier this month for interfering with sand-dredging operations blamed for local pollution and riverbank collapse, sources said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/release-08312015160853.html
Veterans struggle to claim their pensions
The families of deceased Cambodian veterans are finding pensions hard to come by, the Cambodian Veteran Association admitted yesterday, as the organisation is scrambling for funds amid what appears to be higher-than-usual death rates among the Kingdom’s former military officers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/veterans-struggle-claim-their-pensions
Thai company proposes parking lot plan
After Phnom Penh City Hall announced last month that bus stations must be moved outside the city by next year, a Thai company put forward a proposal on Tuesday to invest in bus parking lots on the city’s outskirts, according to the municipality. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/thai-company-proposes-parking-lot-plan-93275/
ADB confirms receipt of latest request from railway families
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has received a complaint from 22 Cambodians who say the lender is falling short in its efforts to fix the mistakes it has made in planning and carrying out its ongoing rehabilitation of the country’s dilapidated railway tracks. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-confirms-receipt-of-latest-request-from-railway-families-93266/
French hand over the copies of maps to Cambodia
Chairman of the Ad-hoc Commission to Receive, Hand over, and Verify Cambodia’s Maps Hor Namhong who is also deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs received here this morning the copies of maps from French official. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/french-hand-over-the-copies-of-maps-to-cambodia-8917
The cowboys of the Mekong
The calls almost always come at night. Three or four times a month, the mobile phone of Koh Pdao’s river guard outpost will ring. A villager has spotted illegal fishermen somewhere along a 10-kilometer stretch of brushy island shore and wants them caught. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15312/the-cowboys-of-the-mekong/
Tech company looks to expand reach beyond Cambodia
Comprehensive startup models are still small in Cambodia, even though there is growing interest circulating among young entrepreneurs. But one tech startup, Codingate, is ready to make a move to bring Cambodia’s IT service to the next level. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/tech-company-looks-to-expand-reach-beyond-cambodia/2947073.html
Man arrested over threat to kill border researcher
Police from the Interior Ministry’s central security department on saturday arrested the man who last month threatened to “shoot the head of sok Touch,” a scholar recruited by the government to research its contentious work demarcating the border with Vietnam, an official said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-arrested-over-threat-to-kill-border-researcher-93541/
Cambodia drops 8 places in Economic Freedom Index
Cambodia’s ranking in the Index of Economic Freedom dropped by eight places from last year, a negative sign for a country seeking to expand its economy and become a major player in southeast Asia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714184/cambodia-drops-8-places-in-economic-freedom-index/
Cambodia, Laos discuss education cooperation
The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic have discussed their cooperation in the field of education. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778958/cambodia-laos-discuss-education-cooperation/
At least 17 people arrested for grabbing state land
At least 17 people have been arrested for encroaching on state land in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50865370/at-least-17-people-arrested-for-grabbing-state-land/
Asiatic golden cat caught on camera in Ratanakiri
The rare Asiatic golden cat has been detected in natural protected areas in the Kingdom’s northeastern province of Ratanakiri. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asiatic-golden-cat-caught-camera-ratanakkiri
Rice exports plunge 27 percent but demand from China and Vietnam rises
Cambodia’s overseas rice shipments tumbled 27.3 percent Jan-July, compared with a year earlier. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907302/rice-exports-plunge-27-percent-but-demand-from-china-and-vietnam-rises/
Australia backs Cambodia as ASEAN chair in 2022
According to an official from the Australian government, they are looking forward to Cambodia’s appointment as chair of the AsEAN in 2022. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949368/australia-backs-cambodia-as-asean-chair-in-2022/
Myanmar maybe absent from ASEM summit in Cambodia
Myanmar’s military government has informed host country Cambodia that it will not participate in a two-day summit involving leaders of Asia and Europe to be held virtually from Thursday, Asean sources said Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50977220/myanmar-maybe-absent-from-asem-summit-in-cambodia/
Innovation in Agriculture Critical to Food Security
Promoting innovation in agriculture will benefit Cambodia’s sustainable production and ensure food security, experts say. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sao Phal Niseiy
https://cambodianess.com/article/innovation-in-agriculture-critical-to-food-security