Activist Tep Vanny makes new bid for release from Cambodia prison
Boeung Kak community land activist Tep Vanny is making another bid for release in a case that sent her to prison over a 2013 protest outside the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Vanny’s sister, Huot Chansovann, filed a petition on Monday to Hun Sen’s ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-tep-vanny-makes-new-bid-release-cambodia-prison
King Norodom Sihamoni welcomes new Senate, urges respect for human rights
King Norodom Sihamoni, in an opening speech on Monday to Cambodia’s newly minted Senate, urged the legislative body to uphold human rights and justice. King Sihamoni warmly congratulated the 62-member Senate on its new mandate following almost a year of what observers have described as ...
Ben Sokhean and Erin Handley
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-norodom-sihamoni-welcomes-new-senate-urges-respect-human-rights
Hun Sen to sign new aid agreements during trip to China
China and Cambodia are expected to sign a number of agreements, including one on Chinese assistance and project cooperation, during Prime Minister Hun Sen’s attendance at this week’s Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. Mr Hun Sen will lead a high-level delegation to attend the ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50596846/hun-sen-to-sign-new-aid-agreements-during-trip-to-china/
New start or sad end for Cambodia’s last free newspaper?
Saturday’s announcement of the sale of The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia’s oldest and most respected newspaper, came as no surprise to many who had been following recent events in the country. Rumors had circulated for months about the fate of the country’s last independent English-language ...
Alan Parkhouse
http://www.atimes.com/article/new-start-or-sad-end-for-cambodias-last-free-newspaper/
Food vendors prevent Apsara from planting new trees at Angkor Wat
The Apsara National Authority has delayed planting trees in front of the Angkor Wat temple after nearly 100 food vendors protested. Tasked with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park, Apsara said in an announcement last week that the tree planting was meant to beautify the temple ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-vendors-prevent-apsara-planting-new-trees-angkor-wat
Cambodia has boosted the “Belt and Road” to a new high
In August 2014, China Wind Global Investment Group Co., Ltd. officially landed in Cambodia and opened another new voyage of its “Belt and Road”. It is reported that “China Wind Global Investment Group” was established in August 2013 and was established after Chinese President Xi ...
Khmer Times
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531942/cambodia-has-boosted-the-belt-and-road-to-a-new-high/
Sar Kheng urges efficient use of new $100K local budget
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has ordered commune officials to use next year’s increased annual budget of more than $100,000 “effectively, transparently and responsibly”, with local-level expenditure set to more than double from $50,000 a year. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-urges-efficient-use-new-100k-local-budget
US-based opposition group to protest Hun Sen in New York
The leader of a U.S.-based group that helped finance the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s 2013 election campaign said Tuesday that it would protest against Prime Minister Hun Sen during his weekend trip to the U.N. in New York by rekindling the opposition party’s “Hun Sen ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-based-opposition-group-to-protest-hun-sen-in-new-york-95153/
Cambodia's 'Elephant Valley' brings new hope to a last precious rainforest
An initiative to re-home abused, over-worked domestic elephants is supporting the conservation of one of Cambodia’s last and most species-rich rainforests, writes William Laurance. Growing ecotourism in the area, attracted by the elephants, is engaging indigenous communities in forest protection and helping to stave off ...
William Laurance
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2985902/cambodias_elephant_valley_brings_new_hope_to_a_last_precious_rainforest.html
New mapping app seeks to relay urban woes to city hall
A new mobile phone application launched yesterday aims to collect data on flooding, blackouts, traffic jams and other problems that plague Phnom Penh, then map its findings for use by citizens and City Hall. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/111069-111069/
China supplies Cambodia with anti-aircraft hardware in new military aid
hina have provided Cambodia with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, Cambodia’s defense minister said on Friday, as the two countries agreed on new military aid to boost close ties. ...
Prak Chan Thul, Ben Blanchard
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/06/us-cambodia-china-idUSKCN0SV12R20151106#Wbm84zfVBvrtiZyO.97
$6M to be spent on staff security over New Year
Prime Minister Hun Sen made an appeal to public safety yesterday, announcing $6 million in bonuses for soldiers and law enforcement in anticipation of the Khmer New Year. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/6m-be-spent-staff-security-over-new-year
If Rong Chhun goes, CPP can veto any new NEC member
Any appointments to the National Election Committee (NEC) to replace CNRP-appointed Rong Chhun, who now faces a criminal trial for “intentional violence,” would have to be approved by the ruling CPP under current laws, a lawmaker said on Thursday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/if-rong-chhun-goes-cpp-can-veto-any-new-nec-member-112828/
Insiders say new concrete factories not enough to stabilise local sector
Four new Cambodian cement factories are set to come online in the near future, tripling the number of local producers, but insiders and officials this week maintained that even increased capacity will not significantly lower rates of cement imports to Cambodia due to prevailing high ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/insiders-say-new-concrete-factories-not-enough-stabilise-local-sector
NEC’s new election ink can’t be erased, spokesman says
Testing of a new batch of election ink to be used in upcoming commune elections showed that it cannot be removed, a spokesman for the National Election Committee (NEC) said on Thursday, a day after telling reporters that samples provided by the ink supplier could ...
Ben Paviour and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/necs-new-election-ink-cant-be-erased-spokesman-says-129599/
New commune chiefs sworn in, with CNRP unconcerned about CPP interference
The process of swearing in commune councillors across the country began yesterday, marking the start of their five-year terms in local administration, with opposition commune chiefs saying they were undeterred by Interior Minister Sar Kheng’s comments last week. ...
Touch Sokha and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-commune-chiefs-sworn-cnrp-unconcerned-about-cpp-interference
New firm takes over for Cintri to tackle trash in Sihanoukville
Move over, Cintri – there’s a new garbage collector in town. For the first time in a dozen years, Sihanoukville has a new waste management company, and it has already started collecting trash ahead of the Pchum Ben holiday. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-firm-takes-over-cintri-tackle-trash-sihanoukville
Green light: new signals to speed up city’s traffic prospects
As part of an ongoing Japan-funded project to reduce congestion in the capital’s clogged streets, City Hall turned on three new traffic lights on Wednesday in Phnom Penh—with two more set to follow today. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/green-light-new-signals-to-speed-up-citys-traffic-prospects-126306/
PM courts cyclo drivers with free health care, new preservation foundation
Prime Minister Hun Sen today announced plans to offer free health care to cyclo drivers and to form a foundation to help preserve them as a tourist attraction. ...
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-courts-cyclo-drivers-free-health-care-new-preservation-foundation
Aviation in the Kingdom soaring with new flights and airport plans
Cambodian aviation continues its ascent with the Oct. 1 launch of Singaporean low-cost carrier Tiger Airway’s daily direct service to Phnom Penh, ongoing airport expansions and the announcement of several new airport projects. Currently, there are more than 20 international airlines offering service to Cambodia for a ...