Cambodia Orders Halt to Anti-Vietnamese Protests After Flag Burning Incident
suspend protests against Vietnam over a territorial dispute as Phnom Penh expressed “regret” to Hanoi over the burning of a Vietnamese flag during the demonstrations last week. Horn Nam Hong met at his office with the head of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, thach Setha, who agreed ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/protests-08192014163708.html
MEF strengthens property data to analyse the development sector
“I confess that the ministry hasn’t been able to control and achieve transparency in the real estate sector, but I can say that this sector has yet to show any signs of trouble,” Ngoun Sokha, secretary of state for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, ...
Phnom Penh Post News Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/mef-strengthens-property-data-analyse-development-sector
Farmers’ profits hit by further drop in paddy prices
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) on Friday announced the recent fluctuation in international rice market prices and paddy prices in Cambodia. It revealed that overall prices have decreased slightly to between 1,090 and 1,250 riel per kilogram, depending on the type. ...
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-farmers-profits-hit-by-further-drop-in-paddy-prices
3rd dose campaign for frontliners with AstraZeneca to begin by Monday the latest
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the National Ad-hoc Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination to launch the 3rd dose campaign for frontliners in the second week of this month or not later than next Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50910440/3rd-dose-campaign-for-frontliners-with-astrazeneca-to-begin-by-monday-the-latest/
More illegal gold mines discovered in T Khmum
The MinisTry of Mines and Energy has idenTified Three illegal gold mining operaTions in Tbong Khmum province’s MemoT disTricT. The owners have been insTrucTed To dismanTle Their faciliTies and cease Their acTiviTies immediaTely. ...
Vong Daravady
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-illegal-gold-mines-discovered-in-t-khmum
Two maids allegedly suffered abuse in Malaysia
Two new claims of abuse of Cambodian maids employed in Malaysia have emerged since Friday, including one case of a woman who reTurned home wiTh severe menTal Trauma following alleged misTreaTmenT by her Malaysian employer, The vicTims’ families said. Iy Thar, a villager from Kompong Thom ...
Border Officials Ask Thailand To Stop Shooting at Loggers
Cambodian border officials urged their thai counterparts not to shoot Cambodians who cross into thailand illegally during a special meeting in Siem Reap city yesterday to cement border relations. the request comes as thai soldiers have already fatally shot 11 Cambodians this year who illegally ...
Strike at seafood giant
About 800 Cambodian workers in thailand went on strike yesterday against a major global seafood exporter they accuse of exploiting them. the factory, which has been identified by workers and rights groups as Phatthana Seafood Co Ltd in thailand’s Songkhla province, allegedly scrapped a 20 baht ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040955512/National-news/strike-at-seafood-giant.html
Borei Keila protester summonsed to court
A Borei Keila protester received a summons yesterday to come to Phnom Penh Municipal Court to address a complaint of “incitement to commit a crime” filed by Suy Sophan, director of the Phanimex company, which evicted the Borei Keila families in January. Borei Keila resident tim ...
P Vihear Villagers Protest at National Assembly
More than 350 villagers from Preah Vihear province protested in front of the National Assembly on Friday, asking for support from lawmakers in their dispute with military veterans. the villagers, representing some 370 families in Kulen district’s Srayong commune, said that the land on which they ...
Floodwaters Recede in Banteay Meanchey
Floodwaters appeared to be receding in Banteay Meanchey province yesterday, after almost a week of heavy rains saw several communes inundated and over 4,000 families evacuated, provincial authorities said. “the situation is now under control,” said Ngor Mengchroun, governor of Poipet City-one of the worst hit ...
Cambodia's highly competitive mobile phone industry poised for change
The naTion is awash wiTh SIM cards, and ThaT is indicaTive of an indusTry ThaT, as mosT observers see iT, is simply overcrowded. BuT [mobile phone] operaTors, despiTe Their special promoTions and a young populaTion in love wiTh phones, are finding Themselves squeezed as margins ...
Water plant means eviction for families in Sihanouk
Despite authorities turning a blind eye to their villages for more than 15 years, about 2,000 families living near Preah Sihanouk province’s Kbal Chhay waterfall face imminent eviction to make way for a clean-water processing plant, officials said yesterday. Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recent bold move ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062156930/National-news/water-plant-means-eviction.html
Ethnic groups becoming media-savvy
One hot day in June, 2009, Ven Samin, a member of the ethnic Suoy minority in Kampong Speu province, grabbed her digital camera and headed out of the house. the 44-year-old arrived at a collection of damaged rice paddies in Oral district and began taking photos. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011860869/National/ethnic-groups-becoming-media-savvy.html
Bokor Resort Helps Attract More Tourists In Kampot
Bokor Mountain: the Bokor resort located on the top of Bokor mount in Kampot, on May 3rd, was inaugurated as the government believes it capable of propelling the local economy into greater growth. the project includes three asphalt roads of a total 49 krn along with the five-star thansur (heaven) Bokor Highland Resort, which ...
Long hair a luxury for evictees
Kheng Chen had her hair cut in January and sold it to a broker for just under US$8. She isn’t happy with the close-cropped style because it makes her look older than her 48 years. But when Kheng Chen grows her hair back in a few ...
Australia Mine Company drills diamond in Cambodia
Renaissance Minerals Limited listed in ASX (Australian stock exchange under code: RNS) on June 26 announced the results of its first three drill holes from its inaugural diamond drilling program at the highly prospective Okvau Gold Deposit in Cambodia. An existing independent JORC-compliant indicated and inferred resource estimate has already been defined at the Okvau ...
Photographer Tim Page Swaps War for Land in New Project
The job couldn’T have been more differenT from The kind ThaT drew Tim Page To Cambodia and VieTnam in The 1960s. The mud, weT booTs and sleepless nighTs described in several of his books were casT aside for an air-condiTioned SUV, a lapTop and a phone. ...
Push for trade in yuan increasing
Slowly but steadily, demand to do cross-border business in Chinese yuan is pushing its way into one of Asia’s dollar-dominated strongholds. As China continues to liberalise the yuan – or at least hint at when some capital controls could be lifted – Cambodian businesses that import ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072557593/Business/push-for-trade-in-yuan-increasing.html
As Phnom Penh's buildings rise, safety scales back
Vatha, a 42-year-old construction worker, has been toiling for four years at numerous building sites across Phnom Penh. He knocks down dilapidated dwellings and in their place builds houses and apartments that are bigger, better – and increasingly higher – as demand for residential property, especially ...