Foreign minister urges North Korean restraint in peninsula
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong urged North Korea to have bilateral meetings with the South to help resolve tensions on the Korean Peninsula in a meeting with North Korean Ambassador hong Ki Choi at the Cambodian Foreign Ministry yesterday. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22937/foreign-minister-urges-north-korean-restraint-in-peninsula/
Senate vote paves way for lawmakers’ arrests
The seven opposition CNRP lawmakers charged last year with “leading an insurrection” could be arrested and imprisoned in the same way that opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was arrested and imprisoned over the weekend, Justice Ministry spokesman Chin Malin said Tuesday. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senate-vote-paves-way-for-lawmakers-arrests-91994/
Koh Kong authorities resolve 80 percent of UDG land dispute
Koh Kong provincial authorities said yesterday they have resolved the grievances of 1,000 families involved in a long-running land dispute with Chinese corporation Union Development Group, noting talks are ongoing to resolve the issue with 184 other families. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732906/koh-kong-authorities-resolve-80-percent-of-udg-land-dispute/
Youth cyclists blocked in Koh Kong province
Koh Kong provincial police confiscated more than 10 bicycles from a group of Mother Nature Organisation youths who were riding from Koh Kong province to Phnom Penh to submit a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen proposing that Koh Kong Krao Island be certified a ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-cyclists-blocked-koh-kong-province
Koh Kong authorities say offer in land dispute is fair
Koh Kong Provincial Administration officials have said that an ongoing land dispute in Botum Sakor district is nearing an end, with 70 of 131 families accepting the government’s offer for a resolution which it deems fair. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50866528/koh-kong-authorities-say-offer-in-land-dispute-is-fair/
Man to face court over Koh Kong land
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration is building a case against a man who allegedly forged documents claiming to represent nearly 1,000 families making requests to clear land in conservation and nature reserve areas in Koh Kong and Botum Sakor districts. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-face-court-over-koh-kong-land
Koh Kong governor: Annul documents for land in protected areas
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration has annulled the validity of documents for land sales in natural protected areas and biodiversity preservation corridors. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-governor-annul-documents-land-protected-areas
Director of nat’l park accused of Koh Kong land grab
Sak Setha, permanent secretary of state for the Ministry of Interior, issued a letter requesting that Koh Kong provincial governor Mithona Phuthong resolve a dispute over more than 5ha of land between the director of the Botum Sakor National Park and a resident. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/director-natl-park-accused-koh-kong-land-grab
New Koh Kong commune chief says cannot help sugarcane disputants
A new ruling-party commune chief in Koh Kong province has refused to accept a petition from village residents asking for a resolution to their dispute against Senator Ly Yong Phat. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/new-koh-kong-commune-chief-says-cannot-help-sugarcane-disputants/
Report shows lack of information on Chinese-Funded Railway
With locals demanding dialogue with the Chinese firms behind a proposed multibillion dollar rail line to Preah Vihear province, an NGO report released yesterday highlights the dearth of information that has been made available on the project. Chinese company Cambodia Iron Steel Mining Industry Group (CISMIG) ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-shows-lack-of-information-on-chinese-funded-railway-12723/
Officials Consider Export Numbers Fishy
The Ministry of Commerce has released figures showing Cambodia’s export of fishery goods including fresh and dried fish products have decreased drastically in the first quarter of the year, though several government officials viewed the figures with scepticism. Cambodia exported 49.9 tonnes of fish products in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050365392/Business/officials-consider-export-numbers-fishy.html
CPP Senator Wins Power Transmission Contract
The government on Friday awarded CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat a $92.21 million contract to install power lines in Cambodia’s eastern provinces, the Council of Ministers said in a statement. During the weekly Cabinet meeting, senior officials including Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cpp-senator-wins-power-transmission-contract-23634/
Increasingly, Cambodian women seeking higher education abroad
Cambodian women face many obstacles to success in education, including domestic violence and sexual violence, but an increasing number of them are seeking higher education and more work skills.More than 50 percent of Cambodia’s population is female, and many see the new generation as a ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/increasingly-cambodian-women-seeking-higher-education-abroad/3086134.html
Google to map streets of capital, Angkor Wat
People around the world will soon be able to go online and view close-up pictures of Phnom Penh’s streets and the temples of Angkor Wat, Google representatives announced in Phnom Penh. Google Street View is using cars with special 360-degree panoramic cameras to collect the imagery. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/google-map-streets-capital-angkor-wat
Rainfall still a month away, says ministry
The Ministry of Water and Meteorology has warned farmers of a rainfall shortage forecast to last at least another month, with average daily temperatures also forecast to remain above average. The announcement, issued on Monday, says that up until mid-July Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Takeo, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rainfall-still-month-away-says-ministry
Obama leaves with words of encouragement for girls
Following First Lady Michelle Obama’s three-day visit to Cambodia to promote her “Let Girl Learn” initiative, Cambodian officials say they hope for positive changes in girls’ education. Cambodia has nearly 1.5 million female students studying at primary and high schools, he said. But only 42 ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1G1Ukem
Obama Signs Off on Aid Cuts to Government
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) officer and his son-in-law were arrested separately on Thursday and Friday in Battambang and Banteay Meanchey province for producing tens of thousands of dollars of counterfeit U.S. banknotes, officials said Sunday. Police arrested Tang Thearith, 35, in Poipet City on ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/obama-signs-off-on-aid-cuts-to-government-50886/
Thailand seen as growing source of counterfeit dollars in Southeast Asia
He may be just the police chief of Battambang, a languid riverside town in western Cambodia, but, recently, people have taken to calling Brig Gen Sar Theth the $7 million man. On Sept. 19, Brig Gen Theth’s officers tracked three Thai men in a pickup truck ...
Prak Chan Thul, Andrew R.C. Marshall and Amy Sawitta Lefevre
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crime/437384/record-bust-in-cambodia-highlights-boom-in-us-dollar-counterfeiting-in-thailand
Police block Preah Vihear land dispute forum
More than 200 people representing three Preah Vihear province communities were set to discuss land disputes yesterday when police broke up their public forum, according to Tork Hong, a representative of a local community from nearby Prey Lang forest. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-block-preah-vihear-land-dispute-forum
Senate passes rule to punish absenteeism
The Senate amended its internal rules yesterday to punish senators who miss sessions by docking their salaries, while also voting down a measure to appoint the wife of Hong Sok Hour to fill his former seat on the body’s anti-corruption committee. ...
Meas Sokchea and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-passes-rule-punish-absenteeism