Cambodian government takes umbrage at US congressman’s comments on land grabs
Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management is acting in accordance with the country’s laws and making an effort to respect citizens’ rights, a ministry official said Tuesday, rejecting comments by a U.S. congressman that people in the Southeast Asian country are denied basic protection from land ...
Geopacific Resources hits copper in first hole at Kou Sa, Cambodia
Geopacific Resources (ASX: GPR) has revealed results from the first drillhole at its untested Northern Porphyry prospect at Kou Sa in Cambodia. Copper sulphide mineralisation of 3.9 metres at 3.13% copper, with 0.06 metres at 5.2%, from 33.4 metres was intersected in a new area of the ...
Proactive Investors
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/53229/geopacific-resources-hits-copper-in-first-hole-at-kou-sa-cambodia-53229.html
Paper out, digital in at 20 hospitals
Twenty hospitals and clinics in the capital, Siem Reap and Battambang provinces have participated in the “Leveraging Technology to Upgrade Cambodian Healthcare” project to “go digital and go green” by switching from traditional paper-based operations to a new digital hospital management system developed by Peth ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/paper-out-digital-20-hospitals
Cambodia ready to showcase potential products at 6th CIIE in Shanghai
Cambodia is ready to exhibit its potential products and promote its investment potential and tourism during the sixth China International Import Expo (CIIE), scheduled for Nov. 5-10 in Shanghai, said a Ministry of Commerce’s news release on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501387015/cambodia-ready-to-showcase-potential-products-at-6th-ciie-in-shanghai/
Hun Sen praises Japan’s lending policies while lashing out again at US
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday shot another arrow at the Kingdom’s relations with the US, calling his country’s yet-unpaid loan of $500 million borrowed by the regime of Lon Nol “a very dirty debt”. He contrasted that by praising Japan for its aid to ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-praises-japans-lending-policies-while-lashing-out-again-us
Increased Chinese rice exports MoU to be signed at 2nd BRF
Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on increased rice quotas with China at the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, according to a statement on Wednesday from the Ministry of Commerce. Minister of Commerce ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/increased-chinese-rice-exports-mou-be-signed-2nd-brf
Cambodia's battle against malaria put at risk as expenses row holds up funds
Cambodia’s fight against malaria is at risk of being derailed because of a dispute over expenses payments between the Cambodian government and the Global Fund, the biggest donor to the country’s malaria programme. ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/oct/20/cambodia-battle-against-malaria-at-risk-global-fund-government-expenses-row
A protest stages to oust Kem Sokha from position at the National Assembly
Dozen hundred protesters from across Phnom Penh Municipality staged a protest in front of the National Assembly this morning, demanding the NA’s current first deputy president Kem Sokha, to step down from his position. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/a-protest-stages-to-oust-kem-sokha-from-position-at-the-national-assembly-9049
A joint-committee will establish to combat illegal logging at Koh Ker temple
The Apsara Authority in cooperation with the Preah Vihear provincial authorities will establish a joint-committee to combat illegal logging and land encroachments within conservation site in Koh Ker temple. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/a-joint-committee-will-establish-to-combat-illegal-logging-at-koh-ker-temple-9095
Open Development Cambodia has updated profile page on Services delivery at health center
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Services delivery at health center” under Access to public services. The spreadsheet contains information both in Khmer and English including service type, service provided, details related to each service provided and references.=> Please click here to get in to Services delivery ...
Inauguration ceremony of the facilities at international border check-point between Cambodia-Lao
On 10 January 2017, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Hun Sen and His Excellency Thongloun SISOULITH, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, have jointly presided over the inauguration ceremony of the facilities at international border check-point between Cambodia (Trapeang Kriel – ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia’s fisheries at risk due to hydropower development on Mekong, MRC warns
Hydropower development will likely deal a serious economic blow to Cambodia, with dire outlooks for its fisheries and rice outputs predicted even under best-case scenarios, according to key findings from the Mekong River Commission (MRC). ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-fisheries-risk-due-hydropower-development-mekong-mrc-warns
Okhna owns land at site of illegal Koh Kong mangrove filling, contract shows
A section of protected mangrove forest in Koh Kong that in December was discovered to have been filled with sand was illegally sold to tycoon Chea Leanghong in 2017, documents show, with local authorities having signed off on the deal. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/okhna-owns-land-site-illegal-koh-kong-mangrove-filling-contract-shows
Activists Stage Flash “Faint-Ins” at H&M, Gap to Protest Sweatshop Conditions
Dozens of human-rights activists are staging flash “faint-ins” at high-street retailers across Europe to illustrate the high incidence of mass fainting in Cambodia’s apparel factories. Protestors from the Clean Clothes Campaign, an alliance of organizations in 15 European countries dedicated to improving working conditions in ...
http://www.ecouterre.com/activists-stage-flash-faint-ins-at-hm-gap-to-protest-sweatshop-conditions/
Cargo shipments at Cambodia's two largest ports see remarkable rise in 11 months
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, Cambodia’s largest shipping facility, on Tuesday reported a 12 percent rise in cargo shipments in the first eleven months of 2013. The state-owned sea port had received 2.73 million tonnes of goods during the January-November period this year, up from 2.43 million ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131210/cargo-shipments-at-cambodias-two-largest-ports-see-remarkabl
Police back up district security guards after clashes at Phnom Penh's Freedom Park
Several security guards have been injured after an opposition-aligned protest turned violent in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. The Phnom Penh Post is reporting that at least eight district security guards have been injured, some severely, and three opposition MPs have been arrested. ...
ABC Radio Australia News Staff
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2014-07-15/police-back-up-district-security-guards-after-clashes-at-phnom-penhs-freedom-park/1343133
At 75, even jail can't keep Mommy from Cambodia's land-rights fight
Street vendor-turned-rights activist Nget Khun, known locally as “Mommy”, is a leading figure in Cambodians’ fight against forced evictions. And at 75, she’s just been jailed for a year. Other activists say the sentencing of Mommy and other women from her Boeung Kak Lake community ...
South China Morning Post News Staff
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1647182/75-even-jail-cant-keep-mommy-cambodias-land-rights-fight
Electric cars face hurdles in new bid to mitigate pollution at Angkor Wat
Ever since its designation as a UNESCO heritage site in 1992, the Angkor Archaeological Park has been a tourism magnet for the Kingdom. In the high season, it isn’t uncommon to see tuk-tuks, private taxis and busloads of tourists flooding the temple complex, causing traffic jams ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/electric-cars-face-hurdles-new-bid-mitigate-pollution-angkor-wat
Renaissance Minerals hits near surface, high grade gold at Okvau in Cambodia
Renaissance Minerals (ASX: RNS) should trade higher after revealing impressive follow-up drilling results from its Okvau gold project in Cambodia. Notable results included 6 metres at 9.49 grams per tonne gold from 9 metres, and 8 metres at 5.95 grams per tonne gold from 61 metres. These results ...
Proactive Investors News Staff
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/52658/renaissance-minerals-hits-near-surface-high-grade-gold-at-okvau-in-cambodia-52658.html
Renaissance Minerals kicks off drilling at Area 1, North of Okvau, Cambodia
Renaissance Minerals (ASX:RNS) has commenced first pass drilling at the Area 1 gold Prospect located 3 kilometres from its 1.2 million ounce Okvau Deposit in Cambodia. An initial 3,500 metres of reverse circulation drilling has been planned to confirm geological interpretation and test for shallow mineralisation beneath ...
Proactive Investors News Staff
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/53050/renaissance-minerals-kicks-off-drilling-at-area-1-north-of-okvau-cambodia-53050.html