Court rejects activists’ appeal to reopen case
The Appeal Court has rejected a plea from two Boeung Kak activists to restart an investigation into a nighttime attack on lake residents, journalists and others in 2013 at Phnom Penh’s Wat Phnom by thugs and plainclothes police officials. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Sarom and Ananth Baliga
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-rejects-activists-appeal-reopen-case
China says low sanitary standards in Cambodia a barrier to more trade
With the countries aiming to achieve $6 billion in bilateral trade by 2020, China on Tuesday said Cambodia’s low sanitary and phytosanitary standards stand in the way of achieving their mutual trade goals, particularly when it comes to agricultural goods. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Plans set for Silk Research Centre at RUPP
Cambodian silk producers will be soon able to get quality silkworms from a breeding centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), thanks to a specialised team that is seeking to increase professionalism in the Kingdom’s silk industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/plans-set-silk-research-centre-rupp
More than 50 pieces of luxury wood bust in Kampot Province
Three boats carrying three containers with 53 pieces of luxury wood allegedly intended for export to Vietnam were confiscated by the Customs Navigation Office in Kampot province’s Prek Thnout commune on Tuesday, Kampot Military deputy police chief Keo sophal said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-50-pieces-luxury-wood-bust-kampot-province
Firms back loan relief measures for victims
Representatives from the Kingdom’s microfinance sector on sunday said the industry was keeping a close watch on those impacted by the Mekong River flooding, and that they were willing to take measures to reduce the financial burden on the victims. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-back-loan-relief-measures-victims
NGOs decry vulture decline
Vultures in the Kingdom are facing an increasingly high risk of extinction as the birds have shown a 50 per cent decline in numbers since the late 2000s, a joint announcement from environmental organisations said on saturday, quoting a report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-decry-vulture-decline
Local gov’t to move 2,000 families from Tonle Sap
Some 115 VietnameSe and Khmer-MuSlim familieS reSiding on floating houSeS on the Tonle Sap River in Kampong Chhnang provinceS Said they were Set to relocate to higher groundS after provincial authoritieS ordered them to move by year&rSquo;S end. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-govt-move-2000-families-tonle-sap
Tokyo goes it alone in support of Myanmar and Cambodia
Japan is digging in deeper in support of Myanmar and Cambodia even as the U.s. and Europe ramp up criticism of human rights violations, choosing to preserve its influence in the region by playing an alternative to China’s economic might. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Saki Hayashi
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/Tokyo-goes-it-alone-in-support-of-Myanmar-and-Cambodia
Ministry drafts directive to save Royal Turtles
The Agriculture Ministry’s Fisheries Administration is drafting a directive to turn more sections of the sre Ambel river system into conservation zones for Royal Turtles following successes reported by the Wildlife Conservation society and administration monitoring teams in existing zones. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50540828/ministry-drafts-directive-to-save-royal-turtles/
Kingdom to see 3,000MW supply
The Kingdom plans to increase electric power supply to 2,870.65MW next year, up from 2,650.26MW this year, according to the Electricity Authority of Cambodia’s (EAC) 2018 annual report that The Post obtained on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-see-3000mw-supply
‘Anarchic’ cottage residents agree to relocate willingly
Forty-five families from Commune IV in Preah sihanouk province’s Mittapheap district on Thursday said they would willingly dismantle their makeshift homes and relocate in exchange for 5m by 20m plots of land in Kbal Chhay district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anarchic-cottage-residents-agree-relocate-willingly
Hun Sen gains Laos’ support in preventing Sam Rainsy return to Cambodia
In a meeting of prime ministers Wednesday, Cambodia’s Hun sen appeared to eliminate neighboring Laos as a potential route by which self-exiled opposition leader sam Rainsy could return to Cambodia as he has pledged to do in November. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eugene Whong
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-laos-prime-minister-meeting-2019-09122019155659.html
Sar Kheng urges efficient use of new $100K local budget
Minister of Interior sar Kheng has ordered commune officials to use next year’s increased annual budget of more than $100,000 “effectively, transparently and responsibly”, with local-level expenditure set to more than double from $50,000 a year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-urges-efficient-use-new-100k-local-budget
Palm sugar GI status in EU hits a glitch
The process of obtaining geographical indication (GI) status for Kampong speu palm sugar in the European Union suffered a setback this week after a company asked for revisions to the wording of the product’s guidebook, according to a producers association. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50518153/palm-sugar-gi-status-in-eu-hits-a-glitch/
Support, protest for Hun Sen as groups attack each other
During Prime Minister Hun sen’s official visit to the UN, rallies in support and against him took place over the weekend as planned, with supporters of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) attacking each other. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/support-protest-hun-sen-groups-attack-each-other
Government and FAO push for zero hunger
The government and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation have committed to eradicating hunger in Cambodia by 2030. The commitment was made yesterday at an event to mark World Food Day 2018 in Kampong Cham province’s stung Trang district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541166/government-and-fao-push-for-zero-hunger/
Man charged with M’kiri forestry crimes
The Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Sunday decided to detain Te Kim San, the former head of the mining community in Keo Seima diStrict&rSquo;S Chung PhlaS commune, on chargeS of collecting foreSt by-productS and building an illegal timber proceSSing facility. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-charged-mkiri-forestry-crimes
Senior official accused of land grab
A member of the Supreme ConSultation Forum iS Set to forward to Prime MiniSter Hun Sen, the complaintS of more than 1,000 familieS againSt a military lieutenant general over alleged land grabbing in Kampong Thom province&rSquo;S Stoung diStrict. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senior-official-accused-land-grab
As UN envoy arrives, rights defenders question sway
As Rhona smith, the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, began her first official visit to the country Wednesday, leading human rights activists were at odds over how much her position could influence the situation on the ground. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-un-envoy-arrives-rights-defenders-question-sway-94474/
CNRP focuses on party discipline at meeting
A seminar scheduled by the opposition CNRP later this month on its “political image” will focus on convincing the party’s lawmakers and members to stick to a united message and keep debate inside the party, opposition leader sam Rainsy said Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-focuses-on-party-discipline-at-meeting-94485/