Areng project changes hands again
Sinohydro Corporation haS taken over the conceSSion to build the Stung Cheay Areng dam in Koh Kong province and iS preparing for the early StageS of conStruction, according to a company repreSentative and government officialS. Ith Prang, Secretary of State at the MiniStry of MineS and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/areng-project-changes-hands-again
Wing Star strike to continue after meeting fails
Thousands of workers at the Wing star shoes factory demonstrated Tuesday for the second day in a row outside the factory in Kom­pong speu province after a meeting between union and company officials failed to reach an agreement that would end an ongoing strike, worker ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wing-star-strike-to-continue-after-meeting-fails-54461/
Authorities halt march against Lao dam, citing Khmer New Year
Kompong Cham authorities blocked several hundred activists from marching Monday to raise awareness about the environmental dangers raised by Don sahong dam, officials and activists said. Kompong Cham provincial governor Lun Limthai confirmed that he banned the campaign. “We did not allow them to hold this ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-halt-march-against-lao-dam-citing-khmer-new-year-55385/
Preah Vihear Governor to close NGO office for inciting workers
Preah Vihear provincial governor Oum Mara has sent a letter to inform Interior Minister sar Kheng that he is ordering an NGO to close its local offices, on the grounds that the organization is inciting villagers to destroy sugarcane farmed by a Chinese company. In the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-governor-to-close-ngo-office-for-inciting-workers-55773/
Families ask Hun Sen for help to reclaim farms
Dozens of representatives from at least 100 recently evicted families accused of illegally occupying state land in Kratie province traveled to Phnom Penh on Monday morning to petition Prime Minister Hun sen for his help getting their land back. The families say local authorities have been ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-ask-hun-sen-for-help-to-reclaim-farms-58137/
Battambang official files campaign complaint against CNRP
A deputy commune chief in Battambang City filed a complaint Monday with the provincial election committee (PEC), accusing the CNRP of failing to inform him when they publicly screened a political video in his commune on May 6 and 7. “I have received this complaint,” said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/battambang-official-files-campaign-complaint-against-cnrp-58600/
In China, nowhere to run
In yet another case of Cambodian women facing abuse in China, a 19-year-old told the Post yesterday that she has taken to living on the streets after the consulate in shanghai refused to pay for her repatriation. Kim sophea*, who claims she has been forced into marriage in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-nowhere-run
Campaign promotes free textbooks for students
Two NGOs on Monday launched an online campaign to galvanize public support for providing students with free textbooks after a survey found that 85 percent of high-school pupils lack the necessary books for their studies. The Khmer Institute for National Development (KIND) and the Affiliated Network ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/campaign-promotes-free-textbooks-for-students-67146/
General ordered by court to dig out soil in Koh Kong land grab
The Koh Kong Provincial Court has temporarily suspended the business of two-star major general Tun Dieth and ordered him to dig out the soil with which he had filled in a canal in Khemarak Phoumin city’s smach Meanchey commune after he was accused of land ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/general-ordered-court-dig-out-soil-koh-kong-land-grab
Ministry issues warning against those responsible for forest fires
With incidents of costly human-caused forest fires continuing to occur every year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has issued an instruction outlining that those responsible for such blazes face three to 10 years in prison. signed by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-issues-warning-against-those-responsible-forest-fires
Banteay Meanchey governor, five others sued for manslaughter, torture
Three of five land dispute victims, representing 150 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s slakram commune, on Tuesday sued provincial governor Um Reatrey and five others for manslaughter, and the use of intentional violence against them while they were detained for protesting outside the provincial hall ss='cambodia-color'>...
Unsustainable sand mining is threatening lives along the Mekong River in Cambodia
Now new research, as part of a project led by University of southampton, has shown sand mining is causing river beds to lower, leading to riverbank instability and increasing the likelihood of dangerous river bank collapse, damaging infrastructure and housing and putting lives at risk. The ss='cambodia-color'>...
University of Southampton
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2020/01/mekong-river-sand.page
Lao dam impact on dolphin migration highlighted
Sub-national officialS and communitieS in the province are concerned about the impact of LaoS&rSquo; Don Sahong hydropower dam on the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population in the downStream Mekong River. According to ReuterS, the dam began operationS and connected itS power grid to the Kingdom earlier SS='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50681288/lao-dam-impact-on-dolphin-migration-highlighted
Forestry minister stresses importance of resources
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng sakhon on Wednesday stressed the importance of forest resources and the need to protect them to boost the economy and livelihoods of forest communities while maintaining a sustainable environment. At the Forestry Administration’s annual review meeting, attended by ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forestry-minister-stresses-importance-resources
Illegal land markers removed on Mondulkiri province plot
More than 200 markers planted illegally in Mondulkiri’s O’Raing district have been removed, with provincial authorities now on the lookout for those responsible for the crime. O’Raing district governor siek Mony told The Post on saturday that some 10 police officers went to sen Monorom ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-land-markers-removed-mondulkiri-province-plot
Anti-fake news site online
The Women’s Media Centre of Cambodia (WMC) has launched an information verification website named ‘Crosscheck WMC’ to combat the spread of misinformation on social media. It will enable the public to verify information from a number of sources to identify whether the information is true ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-fake-news-site-online
EBA withdrawal a destruction of EU achievements, PM says
Prime Minister Hun sen said the EU’s possible suspension of its Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement amounted to a destruction of its achievements in the Kingdom and the demise of the opposition group. Hun sen made the remarks while addressing more than 6,700 students during ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/eba-withdrawal-destruction-eu-achievements-pm-says
Trademark registrations slightly increase in 2019
Registrations for trademarks rose slightly in the first 11 months of last year compared to the same period in 2018, the Ministry of Commerce’s Results Review and Implementation Plan for 2020 report stated. The report showed that trademark registrations rose by 2.13 per cent to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trademark-registrations-slightly-increase-2019
Rubber exports grow nearly 24% last year
The Kingdom’s rubber exports saw a 24 per cent increase over the first 11 months of last year compared to the same period in 2018, data from the General Directorate of Rubber obtained by The Post on Tuesday showed. Pol sopha, the director-general of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-grow-nearly-24-last-year
Cambodia gets $118M in sovereign loans from AFD
Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has provided Cambodia with a sovereign loan of 118 million euros ($121 million) for two projects – one to build the Bakheng water treatment plant and another to develop competitive skills. Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Porn Moniroth who ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-gets-118m-sovereign-loans-afd