Trio face forest-clearing charge
A married couple and another man were called before a judge yesterday after being charged with clearing protected forest in Koh Kong province’s Kandorl commune. Kry Deuy, his wife, Moeung Yan, and a man named soun sareth cleared about 16 hectares of state-protected forest to cultivate ss='cambodia-color'>...
Strikers told they have it good
About 4,000 workers from two garment factories protested in Phnom Penh yesterday for better working conditions – but bosses told them their 7.5 hour working days and free meals meant they had it pretty good. The workers from sL Garment Processing (Cambodia)’s sL1 and sL2 factories ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thai soldiers kill 3 Cambodian loggers
Thai soldiers have shot dead three Cambodian men for illegally cutting rosewood on the frontier of Thai territory He [Prach Chan, governor of Cambodia’ s Battambang province] said the Thai side claimed that the men illegally entered Thai territory for logging purposes on saturday, in an ss='cambodia-color'>...
Acleda Plans to Launch Internet Banking Services
Acleda Bank PLC plans to launch internet banking services in september, the bank’s president and CEO, In Channy, said yesterday. Internet banking will be available to customers in Cambodia and abroad, Mr. Channy said. The system Acleda chose, he said, is used by many leading ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tourist arrivals up 18 per cent
International tourist arrivals soared nearly 18 per cent in the first quarter in this year compared to the same period the year before, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism. The ministry’s official statistics report showed that Cambodia received 1,172,072 tourists in three-month period, compared ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052365790/Business/tourist-arrivals-up-18-per-cent.html
Dragonair to fly to Siem Reap
Joining a growing number of airlines connecting to Angkor Wat’s gateway, Dragonair will fly between Hong Kong and siem Reap in October. The Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Cathay Pacific said in a statement last week that it will start the seasonal service on October 29 and ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/dragonair-fly-siem-reap
Korean deal gives palm sugar farmers pay day
Palm sugar farmers in Kampong speu province will soon export their goods to south Korea, the senior officer of a grower’s network said on Monday. sam saroeun, president of the Kampong speu Palm sugar Promotion Association, said an agreement with the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/korean-deal-gives-palm-sugar-farmers-pay-day
Opposition Senators To Boycott Budget Debate
Eleven senators supporting the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party say they will not take part in a senate session on Thursday scheduled to debate the 2014 budget. Opposition senators say they will not endorse a budget that did not go through proper parliamentary procedure and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-senators-to-boycott-budget-debate/1794206.html
Four alleged loggers shot by Thai soldiers
At least four people were injured, one seriously, after Thai soldiers shot them as they allegedly illegally logged the Thai side of the Preah Vihear border on Wednesday. The injured men were part of a group of eight from Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district, provincial ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-alleged-loggers-shot-thai-soldiers
Political negotiations to continue after sub-national elections
A leading official from the opposition’s political negotiation team says more talks are planned with the ruling party. son Chhay, a lawmaker-elect for the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said Monday that talks to end the deadlock will continue following the latest round of sub-national elections, which ss='cambodia-color'>...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-negotiations-to-continue-after-sub-national-elections/1912757.html
Berjaya Food share rises after Cambodia unit formed
Berjaya Food Bhd’s share on Bursa Malaysia rose in early trade today following the announcement yesterday that it had incorporated a new subsidiary in Cambodia. As at 9.57am, the counter rose four sen or 2.45% to RM1.67, after opening at RM1.64, with 47,000 shares changing hands. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Free Malaysia Today News
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2014/07/10/berjaya-food-share-rises-after-cambodia-unit-formed/
Mixed results for local dealerships
The new year has brought with it a mixed outlook for the vehicle market, as dealers post both positive and negative sales figures for 2013. Pily Wong, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen distributor Hung Hiep (Cambodia), said sales had been seriously affected by the Kingdom’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mixed-results-local-dealerships
Cambodian-Americans Protest at UN Headquarters
Hundreds of Cambodian-Americans rallied at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, demanding the release of 23 labor activists still being held following deadly protest crackdowns last month. Protesters also called for a recall election, following July’s polls that opposition leaders say were marred by fraud. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-americans-protest-at-un-headquarters/1844171.html
Group urges political parties to focus on reform details
A group of NGOs is urging Cambodia’s two main political parties not to rush the election reform process. Instead, the Electoral Reform Alliance says the ruling party and opposition should ensure they have completed the reform process before they open a National Assembly session, which would ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/group-urges-political-parties-to-focus-on-reform-details/1968845.html
Cambodia: UN expert concerned over curbs affecting human rights, democratic processes
The United Nations independent expert on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, expressed concern today that the country’s National Assembly held its second session last week without the opposition representatives taking up their seat, and urged the legislature to upkeep the key principles of ss='cambodia-color'>...
UN News Center Staff
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47525&Cr=cambodia&Cr1=
No scheme in place for congestion near AEON
Despite expecting 27,000 visitors per day, little planning has gone into tackling traffic congestion at Cambodia’s long-awaited AEON Mall when it opens June 30, City Hall said yesterday. There are 1,400 vehicle parking spaces allotted at AEON and 1,600 bikes spaces accessed via both sothearos ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/no-scheme-place-congestion-near-aeon
Temple to be restored
A stone wall from the Angkorian-era Banteay Chhmar temple that was damaged in a rainstorm last month will be repaired in July, an official said yesterday. Yang Tangkouy, a provincial official, said the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is cooperating with UNEsCO on the restoration ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/temple-be-restored
ACU chief applauds teachers, threatens jail time at 2nd exam
Anti-corruption czar Om Yentieng on Wednesday applauded high school teachers for overseeing the nation’s cleanest-ever national exam earlier this month, but warned that jail time awaited anyone who is found to be corrupt at the second round of exams in October. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-chief-applauds-teachers-threatens-jail-time-at-2nd-exam-67248/
Log stash discovered
Secret Storage depotS for illegal timber hidden in the foreSt in Ratanakkiri&rSquo;S O&rSquo;Chum diStrict were diScovered by ethnic minority villagerS on Friday, prompting a rightS worker to SuggeSt local officialS were involved in the illicit trade. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/log-stash-discovered
Kem Sokha wants to boot out old officials
Opposition deputy leader and parliamentary first vice president Kem sokha promised on saturday to use his party’s status in parliament to summons and vote out long-serving corrupt government ministers with the help of the ruling party. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-wants-boot-out-old-officials