Government, ADB Differ on Rail Project
The government claims to have finished nearly a third of the work needed to rehabilitate the long-dilapidated railway line from Phnom Penh to the Thai border at Poipet, twice the figure reported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the main financier of the over-budget and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-adb-differ-on-rail-project-41263/
Checkpoints Encircle City Ahead of Demonstration
Security forceS Started Searching vehicleS entering Phnom Penh along all major roadS ThurSday morning in advance of a maSS demonStration planned by the oppoSition CNRP for Saturday. The CNRP called the checkpointS an illegal and futile attempt to Stop itS SupporterS from attending the maSS meeting. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/checkpoints-encircle-city-ahead-of-demonstration-41816/
CNRP Vows More Protests if Demands Not Met
Opposition leaders sam Rainsy and Kem sokha on Tuesday ended the CNRP’s three-day demonstration in Phnom Penh, but vowed to hold further demonstrations if the National Assembly is convened on Monday without an agreement having been reached with the ruling CPP over the disputed results ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-vows-more-protests-if-demands-not-met-42577/
Officials Criticize Laos Over Don Sahong Dam
A day after the Cambodia National Mekong Committee (CNMC) received impact assessment documents from Laos for their controversial Don sahong dam, Cambodian and Vietnamese officials criticized Laos’ lack of transparency on the mainstream Mekong dam. Located less than 1 km from the Lao-Cambodian border, the 240-MW ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-criticize-laos-over-don-sahong-dam-44888/
A rare delicacy hard to sell
Ou Seathong SellS one of the moSt expenSive foodS in the world: edible bird Spit. At her Shop on Street 182 in Phnom Penh, She SortS edible bird neStS on the ShelveS. HundredS of yearS old, the ChineSe delicacy iS made of the congealed Saliva SS='cambodia-color'>...
Rann Reuy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rare-delicacy-hard-sell
Constitutional Council Rejects Voting Complaint
The Constitutional Council on Wednesday upheld the decision by the National Election Committee (NEC) to reject a complaint filed by the opposition CNRP regarding alleged voting irregularities in Battambang province. Battambang marks the 13th rejection out of 15 provinces and municipalities that the CNRP has lodged ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/constitutional-council-rejects-voting-complaint-41727/
Landmark Hopeful of Future Retail Agreements
A 20-story retail and office building development opposite Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park by U.K.-based Hongkong Land Ltd. (HKL) is being built without pre-existing rental agreements, the company’s general manager, Daniel Parkes, said Thursday. Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim last Friday hosted the groundbreaking of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/landmark-hopeful-of-future-retail%E2%80%88agreements-42254/
De Castle Royal construction moves ahead at a princely pace
Even as political instability led to a drop in Phnom Penh’s housing market over the last few months, construction and sales of De Castle Royal steamed ahead in the third quarter. Now fully over the fallout from the 2008 global financial crisis, a recent $28 million ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/de-castle-royal-construction-moves-ahead-princely-pace
Audi to cruise into local market
German luxury car manufacturer Audi has expanded into Cambodia, joining the recent entry of higher-end automobile producers into a small but growing market. At a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh yesterday, Audi AG appointed Automotive Asia (Cambodia) Ltd as its official distributor in the country. The ss='cambodia-color'>...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/audi-cruise-local-market
Court Charges Official With Corruption Over Pension Scandal
The Kompong Cham Provincial Court on Saturday charged the chief of Srei Santhor diStrict&rSquo;S Social affairS office with corruption following hiS arreSt by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday for withholding penSionS and other bonuSeS from retired teacherS, a court official Said TueSday. Provincial court deputy SS='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-official-with-corruption-over-pension-scandal-47381/
Thai Political Turmoil Could Affect Cambodia, Analysts Say
Political turmoil in Thailand, where protesters have overtaken government buildings and called for the premier there to step down, have sparked concerns in Cambodia that its diplomatic relations with its neighbor could again deteriorate. “The governments of Yingluck and Thaksin are close to Hun sen,” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/thai-political-turmoil-could-affect-cambodia-analysts-say/1803539.html
CNRP Cancels Meeting as CPP Supporters Turn Out in Force
Several hundred civilian SupporterS of Prime MiniSter Hun Sen, backed up by an equal number of military police and provincial police armed with automatic rifleS, batonS and tear gaS launcherS, forced oppoSition leaderS Sam RainSy and Kem Sokha to cancel a meeting with party followerS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Phann Ana and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-cancels-meeting-as-cpp-supporters-turn-out-in-force-50938/
Unions threaten nationwide strike if 21 prisoners not released
Sixteen unionS threatened Monday to organize a nationwide Strike if the 21 activiStS and proteSterS jailed following garment induStry proteStS on January 2 and 3 are not releaSed on bail TueSday. The unionS alSo called for chargeS againSt the 21 priSonerS, 16 of whom began a SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Alice Cuddy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-threaten-nationwide-strike-if-21-prisoners-not-released-51864/
CPP piles on talking points in election reform talks
During the third meeting of the joint-party Electoral Reform Commission on Monday, the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP agreed to 14 points for future discussion, but failed to address the central issue of reforming the National Election Committee. The CNRP entered the first round of talks ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-piles-on-talking-points-in-election-reform-talks-54408/
Labor minister says solution to Bavet strike in the works
On the sidelines of a government event marking International Labor Day, Labor Minister Ith sam Heng on Thursday blamed recent strikes in Bavet City on unnamed provocateurs, but said efforts were underway to resolve the dispute. He also said that a government-ordered shutdown of the 30-plus ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-minister-says-solution-to-bavet-strike-in-the-works-57942/
Democracy, rights NGOs face tough conditions, report finds
NGOs working in democracy, human rights and transparency all say they face a lack of cooperation from Cambodian authorities, especially in the provinces, a new report finds. The Cooperation Committee for Cambodia conducted research on Cambodia’s overall climate for civil society organizations, finding that those dealing ss='cambodia-color'>...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/democracy-rights-ngo-face-tough-conditions-report-finds/1865609.html
As rice exports to EU drop, dealers are reducing prices due to tariffs
Government data showed that Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union had dropped by 30 percent in 2019, after the economic bloc imposed tariffs at the start of last year. Ministry of Agriculture data showed that rice exports dropped from 300,000 tons in 2018 to around ss='cambodia-color'>...
A nation pays respects
They came from down the road and from across the country, trailing flags and portraits in their wake. They paused to pin thin black ribbons and coarse patches of cloth onto blazing white shirts. And, one by one, starting early yesterday morning, Cambodian mourners lined the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012101859295/National-news/a-nation-pays-respects.html
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port pushes for IPO
Following a government push for Cambodia’s largest state-owned firms to list on the Cambodia securities Exchange, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) said yesterday that it plans to float on the newly launched bourse. The port would join Telecom Cambodia and sihanoukville Autonomous Port, both of which ss='cambodia-color'>...
Gov’t plans to install surveillance equipment
The government is planning to install surveillance equipment on the networks of Cambodia’s mobile phone operators and Internet service providers (IsPs), a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday, vindicating concerns about inspections the ministry quietly conducted on telecommunications firms in October. In October, officials from Lieutenant ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-plans-to-install-surveillance-equipment-73911/