Kantha Bopha gifted royal residence
The King and Queen Mother have awarded a royal residence in Koh Kong province to the director of the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals in a bid to relieve the financial burden on the facilities, which offer free treatment to all patients. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-gifted-royal-residence
Conservation NGO blamed for death of endangered crocodile
An environmental group has been accused of complicity in the decline of the critically endangered Siamese crocodile in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley, mainly due to traps that are believed to have killed the last breeding-age female in the area. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/conservation-ngo-blamed-for-death-of-endangered-crocodile-113521/
Environmental campaigner convicted of forestry crime
A prominent anti-dam activist in Koh Kong province who has been jailed since October was convicted Thursday of illegal logging and given a suspended prison sentence, allowing him to walk free but leaving the shadow of a criminal conviction hanging over him. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109399-109399/
More than 70 farmers accept sugar compensation, but 102 refuse
A long-running land dispute between 175 Koh Kong farmers and two sugarcane firms accused of stealing their land came a step closer to conclusion on Thursday after 73 of the farming families accepted compensation, a government official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-70-farmers-accept-sugar-compensation-but-102-refuse-127005/
‘Lack of proof’ in Mother Nature activists’ hearing
Two activists from the conservation group Mother Nature were tried yesterday in Koh Kong for photographing a vessel at sea, with their lawyer asking the court to dismiss the charges due to a lack of evidence that they had committed any crime. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lack-proof-mother-nature-activists-hearing
Fishermen claim victory against sand dredgers
An environmental activist and a fisherman said Sunday that about 70 residents of Koh Kong province had worked together over the past few days to chase away sand-dredging barges they accused of operating illegally around Koh Kapi island and damaging vital fishing grounds. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fishermen-claim-victory-against-sand-dredgers-81942/
Cambodian police detain activists, rights monitor at sand dredging protest
Authorities in Cambodia on Thursday briefly detained three activists who protested in front of parliament, and a local rights group official who monitored the demonstration, calling on the government to stop a Vietnamese sand dredging company from polluting the environment in Koh Kong province. ...
Um Raingsy
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/detention-06252015181117.html
Safari world to move to Phnom Penh next year
Koh Kong Safari World, a curiosity wildlife park owned by tycoon and CPP senator Ly Yong Phat that hosts crocodile shows and orangutan boxing matches, will pack up in October and bring its spectacle to Phnom Penh early next year, according to an administrator. ...
Buth Kimsay and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/safari-world-to-move-to-phnom-penh-next-year-86988/
Tea Banh to meet with firm in land dispute
During a five-day state visit to China that starts today, Defense Minister Tea Banh will meet with officials from the Union Development Group, a Chinese firm that has evicted hundreds of families to make way for its tourism development in Koh Kong province. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tea-banh-to-meet-with-firm-in-land-dispute-87547/
Activists ignore summonses
Authorities in Koh Kong province’s Botum Sakor district said yesterday they will take legal action against three environmental activists summonsed on Friday over their refusal to answer questions about their supposed involvement in a protest against Vietnamese corporations involved in sand dredging. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-ignore-summonses
Protesters march in Cambodia to demand environmental activists' release
About 80 protesters marched in Cambodia’s southwestern Koh Kong province on Monday to demand the release of three activists detained earlier this month for interfering with sand-dredging operations blamed for local pollution and riverbank collapse, sources said. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/release-08312015160853.html
Local authorities unaware of mangrove deforestation and sea construction in Koh Kong province
Local authorities in Koh Kong province claim that they are still unaware of the case of mangrove deforestation and construction of solid structures into the sea within its jurisdiction yet. ...
Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/11/09/local-authorities-not-yet-aware-of-the-case-of-mangrove-deforestation/
Youths rush into social and enviromental activism
Young Cambodians are becoming increasingly engaged in social issues, with many university students volunteering for causes they consider important for national development, student leaders and youth organizers say. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13336/youths-rush-into-social-and-enviromental-activism/
Emergency alerts are issued as rivers flood
Some 8,000 families in Stung Treng province have been affected by heavy flooding as the Mekong and Sekong Rivers surged beyond emergency levels on Sunday. This resulted in 2,210 families fleeing to higher ground, Stung Treng Provincial Hall spokesman Men kong said. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/emergency-alerts-are-issued-rivers-flood
Ly Yong Phat in talks to supply power to Thailand
Tycoon Ly Yong Phat’s L.Y.P. Group is talking with the Thai government’s Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo) to supply Thailand with 2,000 megawatts from his planned Koh Kong coal-fired power plant, and hopes to sign a deal early next year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18243/ly-yong-phat-in-talks-to-supply-power-to-thailand/
Jimei Intl Cambodia plan likely in Sihanoukville: analyst
The ‘entertainment resort’ that Hong Kong-listed casino junket investor Jimei International Entertainment Group Ltd wants to develop in Cambodia is likely to be located in the coastal resort town of Sihanoukville (pictured), on the Gulf of Thailand, says Union Gaming Securities Asia Ltd. ...
Newsdesk
http://www.ggrasia.com/jimei-intl-cambodia-plan-likely-in-sihanoukville-analyst/
Hun Manet inaugurates Areng valley schools
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son Hun Manet inaugurated four primary schools in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley on Monday, along with the head of a group known as the Cambodia Youth Movement 157, which donated the schools, a local official said on Tuesday. ...
Khoun Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-manet-inaugurates-areng-valley-schools-109283/
Freed Mother Nature activists decry ‘injustice’
Two Mother Nature activists, who were released from prison yesterday, said they had been “robbed” of their freedom for the past five months after being arrested for documenting suspected illegal sand-bearing vessels in Koh Kong without evidence that they had committed a crime. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/freed-mother-nature-activists-decry-injustice
Wild seas alert
Fishermen and passengers travelling by sea have been warned to take care as rainstorms lash coastal areas from tomorrow until Saturday. The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said big waves were expected off Preah Sihanouk, Kampot, Kep and Koh Kong provinces. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38610/wild-seas-alert/
Thy Sovantha threatens new suit
Social media celebrity and card-carrying CPP member Thy Sovantha yesterday said she will file a lawsuit against wildlife NGO head Suwanna Gauntlett alleging discrimination after the latter allegedly denied her access to an ecotourism program the group is launching today in Koh Kong province. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thy-sovantha-threatens-new-suit