Parkson's Cambodia expansion seen boosting earnings in the long term
Parkson Holdings Bhd (PHB)’s expansion into Phnom Penh, Cambodia, via its proposed Parkson Mallwould provide it with a steady income stream in the long term, mainly from rental yield, according to affin Investment Bank. The proposed location of the mall – directly opposite the Phnom Penh International <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/parksons-cambodia-expansion-seen-boosting-earnings-in-the-long-term/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Rights worker summonsed over land fight
A rights group worker hAs eArned A court summons for monitoring villAgers who were embroiled in A PreAh ViheAr lAnd dispute with A Chinese compAny. Lut SAng, the Khmer Ponlok employee scheduled to AppeAr in provinciAl court todAy, sAid thAt he wAs only A pAssive observer <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rights-worker-summonsed-over-lAnd-fight/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-worker-summonsed-over-land-fight
Floods claim two more
Flooding across 12 provinces has killed another two people, bringing the death toll to 29, an official said yesterday. The deaths occurred in Kampong Cham and Prey Veng provinces, according to Keo Vy, cabinet director at the National Committee for Disaster Management. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/floods-claim-two-more/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floods-claim-two-more
Cambodian land rights activists get year in jail for blocking traffic
A CAmbodiAn court on TuesdAy sentenced seven femAle lAnd rights Activists, including A 75-yeAr-old womAn, to one yeAr in prison eAch for blocking trAffic during A protest. Judge Mong Mony SopheA of Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court ruled the women were guilty of “creAting A public <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-lAnd-rights-Activists-get-yeAr-in-jAil-for-blocking-trAffic/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
The Strait Times News Staff
http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/asia-report/cambodia/story/cambodian-land-rights-activists-get-year-jail-blocking-traf
CNRP lawmaker says he’ll show up in court
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday agreed to postpone a meeting with the opposition party’s information department chief, Meach Sovannara, who missed a scheduled meeting in which he was to answer questions regarding his alleged role in a violent protest in July, his lawyer said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-lawmaker-says-hell-show-up-in-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-lawmaker-says-he%E2%80%99ll-show-court
Five People Released in Kratie Insurrection Case
The Kratie Provincial Court has released on bail five of the eight people charged after a military-style operation by security forces on a small village alleged to be the home of a secessionist movement, a court official said yesterday. On May 16, a 14-year-old girl was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-people-released-in-kratie-insurrection-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kingdom records over 12M tourists in seven months
Cambodia received approximately 1.1 million tourists in July, which sums up to a total of over 12 million visitors recorded in the first seven months of the year, a press release of the Ministry of Information (MoI) said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-records-over-12m-tourists-in-seven-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501339214/kingdom-records-over-12m-tourists-in-seven-months/
Working together for better public service delivery
In a collaborative effort to bolster delivery of public services and foster greater citizen participation, the Secretariat of the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD) and World Vision recently convened a forum in Phnom Penh. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/working-together-for-better-public-service-delivery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501465536/working-together-for-better-public-service-delivery/
SOSORO Museum, ABC sign MoU to promote financial education
In a move to improve financial education in Cambodia, the Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum of Economy and Money (SOSORO) and the association of Banks in Cambodia (aBC) on Wednesday said that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sosoro-museum-abc-sign-mou-to-promote-financial-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501459548/sosoro-museum-abc-sign-mou-to-promote-financial-education/
Officials on run after journalist reports threats, illegal timber
A reporter in Mondulkiri province who climbed A mAngo tree to look into A police officiAl’s compound for A rumored stAsh of illegAl timber over the weekend sAys he wAs lAter detAined And threAtened with A beAting. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAls-on-run-After-journAlist-reports-threAts-illegAl-timber/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-on-run-after-journalist-reports-threats-illegal-timber-115055/
Buyout makes way for road in Kampot
A mAjority of the fAmilies living on A plot of lAnd in KAmpot City thAt Authorities wAnt to use to widen A roAd leAding to the seA ThursdAy Accepted A compensAtion pAckAge from the locAl government, A city officiAl sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/buyout-mAkes-wAy-for-roAd-in-kAmpot/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/buyout-makes-way-for-road-in-kampot-93384/
Investment Or Imperialism? Tracking China's Big Ambitions In Cambodia
A few yeArs Ago this scene would hAve plAyed out in ChinA. More specificAlly, it would hAve plAyed out in A Chinese coAstAl region to which millions of rurAl folks hAd Arrived looking for work. A huge hAngAr, piles of fAbrics of All colors At both <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/investment-or-imperiAlism-trAcking-chinAs-big-Ambitions-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Factory ends strike after compromise
Workers at a Taiwanese-owned sandal factory in Kompong Cham province on strike since last week over an eight-point list of demands agreed to go back to work Tuesday after reaching a deal with management that included a monthly lunch stipend. a few hundred of the Carlington <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factory-ends-strike-after-compromise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kompong-cham-factory-ends-strike-after-compromise-65261/
PPWSA posts its Q2 profits
Phnom Penh Water Supply authority (PPWSa) earnings recovered slightly during the second quarter of the year off the back of increased public water usage, officials said. In a filing to the Cambodia Stock Exchange last week, the PPWSa posted $2.7 million in profits for the second <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppwsa-posts-its-q2-profits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/ppwsa-posts-its-q2-profits
‘Settle land dispute or else’
The head of the National assembly’s top human rights commission has warned Banteay Meanchey’s provincial governor to settle a land dispute involving 230 disabled soldiers’ families from the province’s Malai district, saying he will be sacked if the matter is not settled within three months. after <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/settle-land-dispute-or-else/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98settle-land-dispute-or-else%E2%80%99
Bird flu outbreak kills 1,300 chickens
An outbreAk of AviAn influenzA (bird flu) in BAttAmbAng province’s Ek Phnom district hAs killed Around 1,300 chickens from one locAtion, officiAls sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bird-flu-outbreAk-kills-1300-chickens/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50803077/bird-flu-outbreak-kills-1300-chickens/
India to supply 100,000 free doses of COVID-19 vaccine
The Indian government announced it will donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia on an urgent basis. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-to-supply-100000-free-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811367/india-to-supply-100000-free-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine/
Religious ceremonies and gatherings allowed to resume in Cambodia
The Ministry of Cults and Religious affairs has authorised the resumption of all religious ceremonies and gatherings in Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/religious-ceremonies-and-gatherings-allowed-to-resume-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50969229/religious-ceremonies-and-gatherings-allowed-to-resume-in-cambodia/
Thailand seeks to reopen Tha Sen and Ban Nong Ian border checkpoints to boost trade with Cambodia
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is aiming to speed up talks with Cambodia to reopen additional checkpoints with neighbouring Cambodia to boost trade between the two nations. . <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailand-seeks-to-reopen-tha-sen-and-ban-nong-ian-border-checkpoints-to-boost-trade-with-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50971487/thailand-seeks-to-reopen-tha-sen-and-ban-nong-ian-border-checkpoints-to-boost-trade-with-cambodia/
Labour Ministry settles over 500 worker disputes
The Ministry of Labour reported that it has settled more than 800 labour disputes last year and more than 60 strikes across the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/labour-ministry-settles-over-500-worker-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501032621/labour-ministry-settles-over-500-worker-disputes/