Official Retracts Comments About Logging in Wildlife Sanctuary
A district-level Environment Ministry official on Thursday retracted comments he made last week when he claimed proper monitoring of logging inside Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary was impossible because his ministry did not know the boundaries of private land concessions in the protected zone. On november ...
Aun Pheap and Ben Wood
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-retracts-comments-about-logging-in-wildlife-sanctuary-48211/
Gov’t looks to 2014 for adoptions
The long-awaited resumption of international adoptions may finally occur in the new year, officials from the ministries of Justice and Social Affairs said yesterday, though no time table is yet in place. While the freeze on adoptions – put in place in 2009 with the passage ...
Amelia Woodside and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-looks-2014-adoptions
Cambodia bans opposition from rallying in capital on Sunday
Cambodia on Friday issued an official letter to ban the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) from conducting a rally on Sunday afternoon at the capital’s Freedom Park. In a letter to the CNRP, Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Pa Socheatvong said”The Ministry of Interior does not ...
Xinhuanet News
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/28/c_133222041.htm
Gov’t ups security to block virus
With the new coronavirus claiming its 17th life in China, the Cambodian Ministry of Health on Thursday said it is taking measures to ensure the disease does not enter the Kingdom, including inspecting all flights from Wuhan City, the outbreak’s epicentre. Ministry secretary of state ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-ups-security-block-virus
Cambodian official: no new dams planned for Mekong mainstream before 2030
A Ministry of Energy official said Tuesday that Cambodia will not develop new mainstream hydropower projects on the Mekong River for the next 10 years. ...
Royal Group Says Cambodia Air Still on Track
Local conglomerate Royal Group has denied that its join venture with Philippine Airlines (PAL) to create Cambodia’s second national carrier has stalled, despite recent remarks by PAL’s president that his company has delayed its investment due to the current political tension here. On Thursday, PAL’s president ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/royal-group-says-cambodia-air-still-on-track-51082/
Refugee house hunting
High-level bureaucrats from Australia have visited several sites in Cambodia over the past two months to view properties where refugees from its overseas detention centre on Nauru could be relocated, the Post has learned. Separate sources, who cannot be named because of the sensitivity of the ongoing negotiations, ...
Daniel Pye and Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/refugee-hous
Pyongyang trade push
North Korea officials have arrived in Cambodia with the intent of establishing a trade relationship, particularly with regards to agriculture. Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong met with Deputy Trade Minister Ri Myong San from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Opinions have been mixed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072750655/Business/pyongyang-trade-push.html
Chinese firm begins construction at Boeng Kak
Eight years after CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin signed off on a 99-year lease of Boeng Kak lake in one of the most controversial real estate deals in Phnom Penh’s recent history, a Chinese firm has begun construction on the first major development project on ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-firm-begins-construction-at-boeng-kak-96025/
Japan’s vital role in Cambodia’s strategic reconfiguration
Since early this year, commentators and the public alike have spent a great deal of time and effort to analyze Cambodia-US relations against the backdrop of the recent US-ASEAN Summit. Less focus has been made on one of the most important bilateral relationships of Cambodia ...
Cheunboran Chanborey
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22736/japan---s-vital-role-in-cambodia---s-strategic-reconfiguration/
Public lot on riverside eyed for major project
Plans appear to be in the works to develop a central stretch of prime riverfront real estate currently owned by a state-run enterprise into a sprawling commercial development, according to sources involved with the landowner, though key government officials professed to be in the dark ...
Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/public-lot-riverside-eyed-major-project
Investors from western China eye Cambodia
Chinese Investors from Sichuan Province in Western China are seeking out investment opportunities in Cambodia, a senior official from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Sichuan Council said yesterday at a meeting in the capital. Investment would be focused on infrastructure ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18214/investors-from-western-china-eye-cambodia/
PM vows to halt surprise factory closings
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday pledged his commitment to preventing garment factory owners from escaping their obligations to workers by closing their factories without warning, even as the current lack of a formal system for dealing with such situations has left at least one ...
Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-vows-halt-surprise-factory-closings
Opposition leaders ask supporters not to abandon the party
The opposition party leaders appealed to their supporters not to abandon the party after reaching political agreements with ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and agreeing to take seats in the National Assembly, local media reported Monday. The CNRP leaders made the appeal as some of their ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NWQzMTQ4NTUzMDc
Cambodia, Mongolia establish bilateral consultations
Cambodia and Mongolia on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of bilateral consultations, aimed at bolstering bilateral ties and cooperation, a Cambodian official said. The deal was inked between Long Visalo, Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/02/c_133305024.htm
Press statement of Phnom Penh Capital Hall
Phnom Penh Capital Hall informs the public that, on 10 november 2014, around 40 people of Boeung Kak community gathered in front of the Capital Hall seeking for solutions of flooding issues in Boeung Kak area. The Capital Hall has accepted their requests to deal ...
Phnom Penh Capital Hall
Rice exports to East Timor agreed in principle
Cambodia and East Timor have moved closer to sealing a rice-export deal following a meeting between officials. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714833/rice-exports-to-east-timor-agreed-in-principle/
Cambodia to Export 25,000 Tons of Rice to Bangladesh
Cambodia has inked a deal with Bangladesh to export 25,000 tons of rice, with future collaboration in the pipeline. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-to-export-25000-tons-of-rice-to-bangladesh
Viet Nam, Cambodia border demarcation basically completed
With the construction of markers No.30 and No.275, the border demarcation between Viet Nam and Cambodia has been basically completed, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission Nguyen Anh Dung commented. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/280335/viet-nam-cambodia-border-demarcation-basically-completed.html
Angkor Gold exploring oil and gas potential in Cambodia
Cambodia-focused mineral exploration company Angkor Gold is actively pursuing oil and gas opportunities in Cambodia in addition to its current roster of mineral exploration projects. The Canadian-listed explorer has been in operation in the Asian nation since 2012, closing 10 deals with a combined value of US$19.50 million within ...
Georgia Williams
https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/energy-investing/oil-and-gas-investing/angkor-gold-exploring-potential-cambodia/