High Floodwaters Spread to Siem Reap, Battambang and Pailin
Flooding spread over the weekend as storms hit the country meaning Siem Reap, Battambang and Pailin have all been added to the list of provinces affected by high waters. In Siem Reap province, Nuon Krisna, director of the provincial department of water resources and meteorology, said ...
Ben Sokhean and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/high-floodwaters-spread-to-siem-reap-battambang-and-pailin-44466/
Court Questions Cambodian, Chinese Businessmen Over Fraud
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday questioned two businessmen over allegations of fraud and using forged public documents, including claims they faked a signature from Prime Minister Hun Sen in a mining transaction, court and police officials said. Deputy prosecutor Var Sakada said Cambodian Al ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-cambodian-chinese-businessmen-over-fraud-40923/
Locals’ Internet Access Doesn’t Equal Freedom
An increasing number of Cambodians have access to the Internet due to ownership of smartphones, tablets and the expansion of wireless broadband to rural areas of Cambodia, but access does not mean freedom from restrictions, according to a new report by New York-based Freedom House. In ...
Lindsey Peterson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/locals-internet-access-doesnt-equal-freedom-44939/
Cambodia flood death toll rises to 83, affecting over 800,000 people
Floods from Mekong River and heavy rainfall have killed at least 83 people and affected more than 800,000 people in Cambodia in the last three weeks, a senior disaster control official said Monday. “Up to now, 83 people have died of drowning and over 800,000 people ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/07/c_132777225.htm
Port sees revenue increase this year
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port revenues increased more than 16 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of 2011, according to port officials. Cambodia’s largest port generated US$21 million in revenues between January and August, up from $18 million in the same period last year, SAP Director General ...
Ex-Cambodge Soir Journalists Launch News Website
Asia-Info, an online French news site with journalists based in Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia focusing on travel and regional issues, launched on Saturday. The website is the brainchild of Jerome Moriniere and Frederic Amat, two former editors of Cambodge Soir—the weekly French-language newspaper that ...
Workshop pair linked to illegal timber
The owner of a timber handicraft workshop and one of his workers were arrested yesterday for allegedly handling illegal luxury wood. Eam Bunly, 45, owner of the workshop in Spean Meanchey commune in Mondulkiri province, and Doeun Sokhim, 35, were detained by Sen Monorom city ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50490570/workshop-pair-linked-to-illegal-timber/
Number of capital slums down
The number of slums in Phnom Penh has dropped to 277 from 340 in 2013, a survey conducted by Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) and released on Tuesday said. While its data showed positive progress, it noted remaining challenges in places where residents don’t have land ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-capital-slums-down
Local government halts lake filling
Siem Reap provincial authorities have stopped three companies from illegally filling in a natural reservoir in Trav Kod resort. The province’s deputy administration director Sok Thol told The Post yesterday that the three companies had filled in the 30ha lake and built wooden cabins on ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-government-halts-lake-filling
Hun Sen: Claim that China is ‘invading’ Kingdom is crazy
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday slammed critics over claims that China is “invading” Cambodia, calling the argument “crazy”. Speaking to members of Cambodian diaspora in Geneva, Switzerland, Hun Sen said some people were concerned about the influx of Chinese nationals who live and work ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-claim-china-invading-kingdom-crazy
Agriculture ministry halts imports of pesticides
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has temporarily halted the import, supply and distribution of all pesticides. The ban comes after at least 14 people died and around 300 were warded after poisonings in Sre Norn and Alorch villages in Chet Borey district’s Kantuot ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-ministry-halts-imports-pesticides
Thousands displaced by flooding of Mekong
Nearly 1,000 families residing in provinces along the Mekong River had been evacuated to safe areas as of Tuesday, while 1,133 houses in Kratie province had been inundated, according to provincial authorities. The water levels in the provinces had risen significantly, they said, leading schools ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-displaced-flooding-mekong
MPs resign to retain posts
Newly-elected CPP lawmakers, who held positions in the government, officially resigned yesterday from the National Assembly in order to keep their government posts. In a five-page document submitted by the CPP to the National Election Committee yesterday, 38 lawmakers with senior minister, minister and secretary ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50532395/mps-resign-to-retain-posts/
UN criticizes Australian refugee policy
Australia’s refugee policies were condemned during a review by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Australia automatically detains asylum-seekers who arrive in the country without visas. Hundreds of detainees are sent for processing to offshore camps in the South Pacific in Papua New Guinea and ...
Phil Mercer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/un-criticizes-australian-refugee-policy/3053177.html
Used car market fails to scare Isuzu
Despite used car sellers dominating the Kingdom’s automobile market, Tri Petch Isuzu Sales Co. Ltd, the sole distributor of Isuzu vehicles in the region, is confident in the sales of its new D-Max Blue Power high utility vehicles in Cambodia due to the country’s fast ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26273/used-car-market-fails-to-scare-isuzu/
European bank adds Cambodia to network
France’s BRED Bank, one of the largest lenders in Europe, plans to open its first branch in Cambodia by the end of the year as it expands its network in ASEAN, its CEO said, adding that it aims to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19971/european-bank-adds-cambodia-to-network/
Angkor Gold hits the jackpot
Angkor Gold Corp., a Canada-based mineral exploration company with operations in Cambodia, has completed its exploration and analysis of ground samples at its Koan Nheak site in Mondulkiri province. Around 31.8 grams per ton (g/t) of gold were found in the samples, according to a ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28560/angkor-gold-hits-the-jackpot/
CSO coalition letter ready for climate talks
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has produced a document laying out in detail the projected dire effects of climate change on the Kingdom, in the hopes it will help their voice be heard among the 25,000 delegates attending the upcoming Paris Climate Talks ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cso-coalition-letter-ready-climate-talks
Investors from western China eye Cambodia
Chinese Investors from Sichuan Province in Western China are seeking out investment opportunities in Cambodia, a senior official from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Sichuan Council said yesterday at a meeting in the capital. Investment would be focused on infrastructure ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18214/investors-from-western-china-eye-cambodia/
U.S. To give $6 million to genocide research group
In a statement on Sunday, the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) said the $6 million in additional funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) would be paid into an endowment fund that would accrue interest over the next 20 years, eventually bringing in ...
Sun Narin
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/us-to-give-6-million-to-genocide-research-group/3794401.html