Union Development Group re-opens road
A Chinese-owned company embroiled in a land dispute with villagers in Koh Kong province agreed yesterday to reopen a road that it had blocked on Wednesday, sparking violent clashes. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-development-group-re-opens-road
High number of migrant workers create political, economic challenges
There are now more than 1 million estimated Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. This could be a threat to Cambodia’s economy and politics in the future, an analyst says. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/high-number-of-migrant-workers-create-political-economic-challenges/2667562.html
Teachers press for missing bonuses
Nearly 150 teachers across five districts in Kampot province have signed a petition demanding the government pay them monthly rural posting bonuses they say are now nine months in arrears. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-press-missing-bonuses
Illegal fishermen busted
Authorities in Koh Kong province arrested 26 Vietnamese nationals on Tuesday after they found the group illegally living and fishing off of King Island in Kiri Sakor district. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fishermen-busted
Police free marijuana grower
Police in Battambang have released a man who grew more than 200 marijuana plants in the jungle for “personal use” after he promised not to do it again. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-free-marijuana-grower
Six women abused as maids, brides return
Six Cambodian women rescued from allegedly abusive conditions in China and Malaysia were returned home yesterday after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs intervened in their cases, officials said. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/six-women-abused-maids-brides-return
Migrants rounded up
Nearly 30 Nigerian nationals and one Filipino were arrested in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district yesterday after being found to be living in the Kingdom unlawfully. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-rounded
Rights group calls for activists’ release
International rights groups issued an “urgent appeal” this week for the release of three environmental activists in Koh Kong province imprisoned in August over their anti-sand dredging activities. ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-group-calls-activists-release
Thai authorities arrest 29 Cambodians for logging
Twenty-nine Cambodian men were arrested while logging rosewood in the mountains of Thailand’s Prachinburi province on Wednesday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Friday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-authorities-arrest-29-cambodians-for-logging-112301/
Value of dam-affected homes being assessed
Officials have started to assess properties in Oddar Meanchey that will be flooded by an under construction dam, though the affected villagers remain in the dark about possible compensation. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/value-dam-affected-homes-being-assessed
Vendors at capital market balk at massive rent hike
A dramatic hike in rent by the landlord of Phnom Penh’s Dey Thmey Boeung Kropeu Market saw 60 vendors turn out in protest at the site yesterday morning. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-capital-market-balk-massive-rent-hike
Start-up for refinery construction
Construction of phase one of a landmark $3 billion oil refining plant kicks off today in Sihanoukville province, after many delays since the company announced plans in December 2012. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38015/start-up-for-refinery-construction/
Japan grants cash for teacher schools
Japan has granted about $28 million in aid for the construction of teacher education colleges in the kingdom. The signing ceremony took place yesterday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097270/japan-grants-cash-teacher-schools/
Military official arrested over shootout which killed three
Police in Mondulkiri province have arrested a military official who is a suspect in a shootout which killed three people during an operation to crack down on illegal logging. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105822/military-official-arrested-over-shootout-which-killed-three/
Japanese logistics company plans expansion
Nippon Express, a Japanese company specialising in truck, rail and air transport services, is now eyeing an expansion of its operations in Cambodia, according to a recent government announcement. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090784/japanese-logistics-company-plans-expansion/
Villagers scammed by land broker
Dozens of villagers in Kandal province are accusing a local land dealer of cheating them out of thousands of dollars by promising them jobs in Japan that never materialised. ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-scammed-land-broker
One held over forest shooting
Police in Mondulkiri province yesterday arrested a military officer who is a suspect in a shooting that killed three people during an operation to crack down on illegal logging. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106106/one-held-over-forest-shooting/
Domestic energy boost reduces reliance on imports
Cambodia’s domestic electricity production grew significantly in 2015, helping to reduce the Kingdom’s reliance on imported energy, the national electricity regulator said in its newly released annual report. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/domestic-energy-boost-reduces-reliance-imports
New unit to fix prosthetics
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Cambodia announced yesterday the launch of a new mobile workshop that repairs prosthetics for the disabled in Siem Reap province. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-unit-fix-prosthetics
Battambang dam 98 percent complete
Construction of a $100 million dam project and the largest reservoir in Battambang province is 98 percent complete and scheduled to be finished before Khmer New Year in April. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34258/battambang-dam-98-percent-complete/