Preah Vihear blaze razes timber
A blaze authorities have attributed to a forest fire ripped through a nearly 4,000-cubic-metre timber stockpile on a social land concession in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district on the weekend, although the company yesterday said it suspected a case of arson. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-blaze-razes-timber
Under fire, rice federation vows action
A week after an alliance of millers and exporters criticized the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) for its inaction in the face of the sector’s possible collapse, the federation Wednesday announced the formation of a new task force to manage challenges facing its members. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/under-fire-rice-federation-vows-action-109691/
Gov’t and NGO seek to expand access to water
As the Kingdom grapples with water shortages, the Ministry of Rural Development and NGO Plan International have set a goal to bring clean water sources to 60 per cent of Cambodia’s 12 million rural residents by 2018. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-and-ngo-seek-expand-access-water
Ambassador to Australia faces graft claims
Cambodia’s ambassador to Australia was told by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday to respond to allegations that he and his staff have been illegally selling large quantities of tax-exempt alcohol and tobacco to a store in Melbourne. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambassador-to-australia-faces-graft-claims-112488/
Thai SEZ eyes Cambodia
The Thai government plans to build a special economic zone (sEZ) worth about $141.6 million in sa Kaeo, which borders the Kingdom’s Banteay Meanchey and Battambang provinces, to serve sMEs that aim to expand their business into Cambodia, according a Thai media report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25858/thai-sez-eyes-cambodia/
$16-million condo project in BKK1
Construction workers broke ground yesterday in Boeung Keng Kang I at the site of a $16 million dollar condominium project partially funded by Malaysia’s Chip Hock Realty and Development. This project gets off the ground as foreign investment in the Kingdom sees increased growth. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26065/-16-million-condo-project-in-bkk1/
Sugar company's compensation deals leave families bitter in Kampong Speu
In 2010, more than 1,500 families in Kampong speu’s Oral district were evicted from the land they had cultivated since the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 to make way for a Phnom Penh sugar Company mega-plantation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jack Davies and Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sugar-companys-compensation-deals-leave-families-bitter-kampong-speu
CNRP asks Germany for help in mediation
The CNRP said on Wednesday that Germany’s visiting minister for economic cooperation and development agreed to relay a message to the E.U. seeking help in mediating a resolution to current political tensions in Cambodia between the opposition and ruling CPP. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-asks-germany-for-help-in-mediation-114178/
After sea decision, Chinese funds flow in
China will provide Cambodia with more than half a billion dollars in aid, Prime Minister Hun sen announced yesterday, less than a week after Cambodia again declined to support an Asean statement critical of Beijing’s claims to the hotly contested south China sea. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Paviour and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-sea-decision-chinese-funds-flow-in-115527/
New film on the garbage dump kids
To mark 20 years of the work of NGO Pour un sourie d’Enfant (PsE), a new film about the founders was premiered at the Chaktomouk Hall on Phnom Penh’s riverside on Friday evening when Queen Mother Norodom Monineath was the guest of honor. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29610/new-film-on--the-garbage--dump-kids/
T-Shop eyeing growth with plan for IPO
T-shop Cambodia, a Phnom-Penh based electronics distributor, is planning an aggressive push into the provinces through company-owned and franchise outlets, and will look to raise capital for expansion by offering shares on the local stock exchange, the company’s CEO said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/t-shop-eyeing-growth-plan-ipo
Voter registration lags with 12 days remaining
Election officials toured the country during this week’s Water Festival holiday to investigate a recent sharp drop-off in the pace of voter registrations, but no glaring issues were found, a National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/voter-registration-lags-12-days-remaining-120644/
Courts ‘must solve’ corruption conundrum
Cambodia’s judicial system is troubled by a cycle of corruption, with both sides of the bench accusing the other of perpetuating the practice of bribery, Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chairman Om Yentieng said on Thursday at the inauguration of the new bar association president. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/courts-must-solve-corruption-conundrum-123755/
Government responds to Global Witness
Government officials reacted strongly yesterday to a recent statement by NGO Global Witness calling on switzerland, the host of this year’s World Economic Forum, to turn away Prime Minister Hun sen and not give him a platform to find new international business partners. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34549/government--responds-to--global-witness/
Unions want meet with Minister to discuss Labor Law problems
While stakeholders have lauded the government’s move to establish a bond market, in a bid to raise more funds from domestic sources, they, however, expressed concern that not enough has been done to inform the public on how debt security can support government spending. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35275/unions-want-meet-with-minister-to-discuss-labor-law-problems/
Rice exports show slow growth
Cambodian rice exports declined dramatically in March, causing the average export growth of the Kingdom’s dominant cash crop to increase by only 3 percent during the first quarter of this year, nearly wiping out the double-digit growth seen in January and February. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-show-slow-growth
Khmer New Year festival brings in more income
Angkor Sangkranta, Siem Reap&rSquo;S largeSt cultural feStival held over Khmer New Year, raked in a total income of $95 million on the back of 1.6 million domeStic and international viSitorS, a 23 percent year-on-year increaSe, State newS agency AKP Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/khmer-new-year-festival-brings-more-income
Government denounces US,EU criticism of Adhoc 5 detention
The government has lashed out at the U.s. and E.U. over their criticism of the detention of five current and former rights workers in Cambodia for more than a year, adopting the language of its critics by calling their statements “politically motivated.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-denounces-us-eu-criticism-of-adhoc-5-detention-129201/
Questions linger over second accused ship
A second ship accused by the NGO Mother Nature of illegally exporting dredged ocean sand last week is expected to arrive at a port in China today with a cargo of silica sand, which is exempt from the ban, the ship’s owner said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/questions-linger-over-second-accused-ship
Commune elections 2017: Parties strut in first push for polls
The campaign for the June 4 commune elections officially began on saturday morning with opposition CNRP leader Kem sokha telling supporters that his party’s time had finally come and CPP senate President say Chhum similarly pledging an easy victory for the ruling party. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-elections-2017-parties-strut-first-push-polls