Anti-tank mine injures three
Three people were severely hurt when a tractor in Banteay Meanchey ran over a buried anti-tank mine in a former battlefield on Thursday. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-tank-mine-injures-three
South Korea Will Help Restore Ancient Khmer Temple
South Korea plans to restore the ancient Khmer temple, Preah Pitou at western Baray and other temples in Siem Reap, home of a world-class tourism destination. The restoration project was announced after the meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Sok An, Minister in charge of ...
Development Could Mean Loss of EU Trade Preference, Ambassador Says
Cambodia could see less preferential economic treatment by Europe in coming years, as it graduates as a more developed country, the EU’s ambassador to Cambodia says. In an interview with VOA Khmer in Phnom Penh, Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain said Cambodia currently enjoys tariff exemptions under a ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/development-could-mean-loss-of-eu-trade-preference/1631336.html
Cambodia eyes to become region's prominent gems, jewelry market
Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/13/c_132452793.htm
Ethnic Minorities File Illegal Logging Complaint
A group of 12 ethnic minority villagers in Ratanakkiri province have filed a complaint with the provincial court over what they claim is collusion between other villagers and local authorities to illegally log luxury timber from 193 hectares of land inside a community forest. The Prov ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ethnic-minorities-file-illegal-logging-complaint-42145/
Mekong River Flooding Threatens Parts Of Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh will face flooding in certain areas in the coming days as the level of the Mekong River surpasses emergency level, while heavy rainfall from tropical storm Wutip, which made landfall in Laos from the South China Sea on Friday, prompted the government to ...
Kuch Naren and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-river-flooding-threatens-parts-of-phnom-penh-43841/
Families to file complaint with IFC over rubber plantations
Some of the hundreds of families losing land and community forest to Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations in Cambodia’s northeast will this week file a complaint with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) over the investment it has made in the plantations’ parent company. Eang Vuthy, executive director of ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-to-file-complaint-with-ifc-over-rubber-plantations-51765/
Lueckenhausen elected at IBC
One woman who has been actively involved in the development of Cambodia’s business climate is Janet Lueckenhausen of Functional Engineering. She’s been working closely with Cambodia’s biggest foreign-owned companies since 2008. Now she’s shifted in her role from executive director of International Business Chamber of Cambodia ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050756007/Business/lueckenhausen-elected-at-ibc.html
After CPP Reshuffle, Sok An’s Fiefdom Trimmed
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An has a stunning portfolio of positions within the CPP government. On Monday, CPP lawmakers once again appointed Mr. An as the Cabinet Minister for Prime Minister Hun Sen. He is also the chairman of the state-controlled Cambodian National Petroleum Authority and ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/after-cpp-reshuffle-sok-ans-fiefdom-trimmed-43665/
Country’s biggest duty-free shop opens
Cambodia’s largest duty-free outlet opened yesterday in Siem Reap, aiming to service the growing market in the Kingdom’s tourism capital. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23064/country---s-biggest-duty-free-shop-opens/
Training program to fight unemployment
To tackle youth unemployment in the Kingdom, new short-course programs preparing youths for their future career path are set to start in early December. ...
Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17918/training-program-to-fight-unemployment/
Possible measles cases prompt investigation
Ministry of Health officials are investigating two suspected measles cases – one in Phnom Penh and another in Svay Rieng province. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/possible-measles-cases-prompt-investigation
Japan to fund four new local projects
Japan agreed to provide $384,817 in financial assistance to local organisations for projects in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Chhnang and Koh Kong. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112050/japan-fund-four-new-local-projects/
Land disputes report due this week
Four families have received a resolution in their land dispute with a sugar company’s economic land concession plantation in Preah Vihear province. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085092/land-disputes-report-due-week/
Villagers, mining firm settle land dispute
Villagers in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district have accepted compensation offers from an Indian company seeking a licence to mine gold in the area. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/villagers-mining-firm-settle-land-dispute
Crackdown nets 43 cases of illegal fishing
Fisheries administration officials and local authorities on Wednesday discovered off-season fishing activities in 43 areas along Tonle Sap lake in Kampong Chhnang province. ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521263/crackdown-nets-43-cases-of-illegal-fishing/
Construction insurance trails boom
Despite strong growth in investment in the construction sector, investors, builders and developers still largely neglect insurance on projects, industry and government officials say. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24090/construction-insurance-trails-boom/
Expensive NGO phone apps gather digital dust
In August last year, The Asia Foundation launched three new smartphone apps designed to end violence against women and girls in Cambodia. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/expensive-ngo-phone-apps-gather-digital-dust-108937/
Myanmar and Cambodia to trade labor arbitration experiences
Cambodia’s Arbitration Council will share its experiences in settling labor disputes at a series of workshops in Myanmar, a nation with a growing garment industry. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15816/myanmar-and-cambodia-to-trade-labor-arbitration-experiences/
Activist trio’s bail appeal thwarted
The Appeal Court yesterday denied bail to three environmental activists arrested in mid-August over their opposition to sand dredging in Koh Kong province. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-trios-bail-appeal-thwarted