Soldier’s home hiding luxury wood: officials
Some 100 pieceS of luxury wood believed to be from the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary area were Seized at the houSe of a military officer near the VietnameSe border on Friday, officialS Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/soldiers-home-hiding-luxury-wood-officials
Kampong Speu protesters reject NGO’s help
In defiance of an order by Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Khoun Sreng, more than 100 people proteSted outSide the officeS of Equitable Cambodia (EC) yeSterday.&nbSp;They held SignS denouncing the NGO, aS community repreSentativeS inSide Submitted a letter withdrawing their conSent for the group to repreSent SS='cambodia-color'>...
Jack Davies and Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-protesters-reject-ngos-help
PM reflects on civil war’s origin
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday appeared to take a veiled swipe at the United states, insinuating that they were responsible for the decades of bloody civil war that engulfed Cambodia.speaking ahead of today’s 24th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which paved the way for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-reflects-civil-wars-origin
Concern over decline of Cambodia’s honeybees
Honeybees have a huge role in tropical ecosystems, but illegal logging and unsustainable honey harvesting are hurting their population. Honeybees have co-evolved with flowering plants and their overall health is an indicator of an ecosystem’s wellbeing. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hong Chenda
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/concerns-over-decline-of-cambodia-honeybees/3191664.html
Empowering women in Cambodia’s farming sector
Cambodian women play an important role in the agricultural sector, especially as the nation’s economic conditions continue to force many men to seek work overseas, according to experts. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/empowering-women-in-cambodia-farming-sector/3232287.html
Cambodian slots help offset EGA’s losses
European Gaming machine supplier and casino operator Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc reported consolidated revenues of $7.3 million in 4Q15, a decrease of 12 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-slots-help-offset-egas-losses
PM scraps ministry’s passport control plan
Prime Minister Hun sen issued a directive on Monday instructing officials returning from work overseas to hold on to their mission passports, directly contravening two recent Foreign Ministry announcements calling on officials to hand the passports over upon return in a bid to prevent their ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-scraps-ministrys-passport-control-plan
Koh Kong locals seek land’s return
Representatives of 526 Koh Kong families hopped on their motos on Friday morning to deliver petitions to their district town halls calling for the return of land taken from them by a 2006 economic land concession (ELC), as well as compensation for lost crops. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-locals-seek-lands-return
City’s tap water gets thumbs up
Browse any online expat or tourist forum where people ask whether the tap water in Phnom Penh is safe to drink and you will likely find an adamant “No!” But according to water sanitation experts, these forums are wrong. Phnom Penh has some of the safest ss='cambodia-color'>...
Maddy Crowell
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23533/city---s-tap-water-gets-thumbs-up/
Corruption czar’s sons appointed as assistants
Two sons of Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chairman Om Yentieng have been appointed as assistants to the government graft-fighting body, sparking accusations of nepotism within the very institution meant to stamp out such practices. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/corruption-czars-sons-appointed-as-assistants-111794/
Unlicensed medic arrested over patient’s death
An unlicensed medic was arrested in Tbong Khmum province on Monday after administering three injections to a patient who then died en route to a nearby clinic, a police official said on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-medic-charged-with-manslaughter-in-patients-death-113755/
Sweden’s ambassador presents Cambodia business opportunities
The SwediSh-Thai buSineSS community waS given a rare opportunity to get a headS up on the inveStment climate in Cambodia, courteSy of departing AmbaSSador of Sweden to Cambodia, MS Anna Maj Hultgård. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Joakim Persson
http://scandasia.com/swedens-ambassador-presents-cambodia-business-opportunities/
Protest at Pursat’s monkey business factory
More than 100 striking workers at the Vanny Bio-Research company in Pursat town agreed to go back to work yesterday after mediators promised to find an adequate resolution to their demands for a wage hike. The company breeds and cares for 30,000-40,000 monkeys they sell to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27154/protest-at-pursat---s-monkey-business-factory/
China’s president Xi arrives bearing gifts
Chinese President Xi Jinping is not one to arrive without a gift. On his first visit to Cambodia as head of state on Thursday, he pledged some $237 million in aid, erased almost $90 million in state debt, offered nearly $15 million in military support and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy, Ben Paviour and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinas-president-xi-arrives-bearing-gifts-119274/
MoU to support S. Korea investors
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand and strengthen cooperation as well as provide support to south Korean investors, especially those in the banking sector who are now investing ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31603/mou-to-support-s--korea-investors/
Let’s talks about debt: US envoy
US ambaSSador to Cambodia William A. Heidt SayS he wantS the Cambodian government to Sit down and talk about a multi-million-dollar debt owed to America from the dayS before the Khmer Rouge regime. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36077/let---s-talks-about-debt--us-envoy/
Documentary reflects Cambodia’s battle with plastic
In celebration of World Water Day on Wednesday, the Us embassy held the Cambodian premiere of the Us documentary “A Plastic Ocean” – an award-winning documentary on the impact of plastic waste around the world – at Aeon Mall’s Major Cineplex. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mark Tilly
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36818/documentary-reflects-cambodia---s-battle-with-plastic/
GDT’s hands tied on sign fees
The tax authority yesterday refuted local media claims that it had endorsed a private sector call to end Phnom Penh City Hall’s taxation of billboards and commercial signage throughout the capital, which advocates have said imposes an onerous levy on local businesses. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdts-hands-tied-sign-fees
Sokha questioned on family’s private lives
Jailed former opposition leader Kem sokha was questioned by a judge in prison yesterday, according to his lawyers, who classified the questioning as “aggressive” and “inappropriate”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokha-questioned-familys-private-lives
Will Cambodia’s repressed opposition rise up?
Last week, Prime Minister Hun sen raised the prospect of delaying or even cancelling Cambodia’s upcoming general election due to possible chaos caused by anti-government protests. The premier’s warning came after a new movement of exiled opposition politicians said it might call on supporters to organize ss='cambodia-color'>...
David Hutt
http://www.atimes.com/article/will-cambodias-repressed-opposition-rise/