Murder down, crime up
Phnom Penh’s murder rate was halved in 2013 as compared with 2012, but the same could not be said for crime cases across the board, which jumped a whopping 62 per cent last year, municipal police announced yesterday. “There were a total of 775 cases of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/murder-down-crime
Family of slain protesters questioned despite closed investigation
Family members of two men slain by military police in violent suppression of a garment worker protest in January were questioned Wednesday at the Ministry of Interior, although the investigation into the killings was officially declared closed on March 16. soun Nara, the brother of Yean ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/family-of-slain-protesters-questioned-despite-closed-investigation-55004/
Mercedes halts imports over luxury tax
The sole retailer of Mercedes-Benz cars into the country, Hung Hiep (Cambodia) Co., has suspended imports since January over what it claims is a new import duty on luxury cars coming into the country. Other luxury car importers including Porsche, Audi, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover, ss='cambodia-color'>...
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mercedes-halts-imports-over-luxury-tax-56050/
Angkor brewery agrees to strikers’ demands
More than 200 striking workers at Cambodia’s largest brewer, Cambrew Ltd., resumed work on saturday after the company agreed to lift their monthly salary from $120 to $150 as they had been demanding. The workers at the company, which produces Angkor beer and Black Panther stout, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkor-brewery-agrees-to-strikers-demands-58466/
Slow year for Japanese investment
The Japanese embassy is reporting a $280 million drop in Japanese investment last year, but officials were quick to say that the numbers don’t necessarily reflect slumping investor confidence in Cambodia. Japanese investment in the Kingdom reached about $47.5 million in 2013, compared to $328 million ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay and Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slow-year-japanese-investment
Villagers nab logging truck
In the latest case involving illegal logging in Mondulkiri’s sen Monorom district, two indigenous communities filed a lawsuit against three unidentified illegal loggers after confiscating a truck laden with luxury wood on saturday, a rights monitor and villagers said yesterday. About 50 villagers turned over the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-nab-logging-truck
Borei Keila suit filed
Seven people from the capital&rSquo;S Borei Keila community allegedly injured by baton-wielding Security forceS laSt month, a pregnant woman among them, filed a lawSuit againSt Prampi Makara diStrict authoritieS yeSterday. The Seven were among a group of dozenS of familieS violently removed from a building on SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/borei-keila-suit-filed
City Hall security guards tear up petition at land rights protest
About 80 activists from Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila and Boeng Kak communities protested outside City Hall on Monday morning, but were confronted by municipal security guards who prevented them from delivering a petition to the governor. sar soun, a representative of families from the Borei Keila ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-security-guards-tear-up-petition-at-land-rights-protest-58147/
Hun Sen attends dinner, presentation in China
Accompanied by his wife, Bun Rany, Prime Minister Hun sen continued his trip to China on Tuesday evening by attending a dinner reception hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to state news agency Agence Kampuchea Press. Mr. Hun sen and his delegation of high-level officials ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-attends-dinner-presentation-in-china-59355/
Assessing the welfare value of Cambodia's fisheries
Fish and rice are staple foods for all Cambodians. Historical records show that Cambodia’s fisheries have been of major importance for centuries. Fish is a major source of nutritious food in the daily diet, a primary source of employment and income and has strong cultural ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/opinion/detail/3?token=OWQyMTFiNzI4OWI5ZGRmZjI2NDY4NzBmNzM4OGY4
Bear-cub rescues lift tally to nine in 2014
Nine sun bear cubs have been rescued in the first 10 months of this year, according to the Phnom Penh office of NGO Wildlife Alliance. The cubs, some as young as two weeks, were saved by government rangers and the NGO’s Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT), ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/bear-cub-rescues-lift-tally-nine-2014
Union complains of spate of illegal garment factory firings
Union leader Pav Sina on TueSday Said garment factorieS around the country illegally fired dozenS of hiS local repreSentativeS laSt year, far more than in 2013, and urged the government to help get their jobS back. Mr. Sina&rSquo;S Collective Union of Movement of WorkerS (CUMW) iS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian deal to resettle asylum seekers imminent
A controversial deal to allow Australia to send refugees to Cambodia is imminent and could be signed as early as this week, sources have told Fairfax Media. The Australian and Cambodian governments have been negotiating for months over a deal to resettle up to 1000 refugees ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Doherty and Sarah Whyte
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cambodian-deal-to-resettle-asylum-seekers-imminent-20140810-102ht3.html
NagaCorp reassures investors over Cambodia licence
Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd has taken the step of reassuring investors about its casino licence rights in the country. It stated that the deal includes an exclusive right to operate a casino (NagaWorld, pictured) in the capital Phnom Penh, and the area within a ss='cambodia-color'>...
GGRAsia News Staff
http://www.ggrasia.com/nagacorp-reassures-investors-over-cambodia-licence/
FDI survey may lead to new property regulations
Cambodia’s property sector continues to grow, offering both opportunities and challenges for both foreign and local investors. Meanwhile, ahead of the AsEAN Integration, a wider access to transparent information about the FDI fuelling the sector could lead to the adoption of stronger regulatory principles and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski and Sum Manet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/fdi-survey-may-lead-new-property-regulations
Cassava price remains steady
The price of cassava in provinces bordering Thailand remains steady during the 2019-2020 harvest season which is currently about 60 per cent complete, officials said. Cambodia’s cassava is mostly grown in Battambang, Pailin, Banteay Meanchey, Kratie and Kampong Thom provinces. The crop is planted in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-price-remains-steady
Lao leader hails close ties during his state visit to the Kingdom
Cambodia reaffirmed its strong ties with its neighbour to the north during Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachith’s visit to the Kingdom. Bounnhang arrived in Cambodia on sunday and departed the next day after meetings with National Assembly president Heng samrin and Prime Minister Hun sen in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mekong levels to drop as China conducts equipment tests
The Mekong River Commission on Tuesday reported dam equipment tests in China will affect water levels in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos in the middle of this month. In a press release obtained yesterday, the MRC said the tests are being conducted in China’s Jinghong hydropower station ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50675730/mekong-levels-to-drop-as-china-conducts-equipment-tests
Local authorities searching for forest arsonists in Battambang
SpecialiStS from Battambang province&rSquo;S ForeStry AdminiStration, along with Samlot diStrict authoritieS, are conducting a joint Search for arSoniStS reSponSible for the recent foreSt fire in the DoS Kramom mountain area located in Ta Sanh commune.&nbSp;The SuSpectS are preSumed to have Secretly burned the foreSt to SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-authorities-searching-forest-arsonists-battambang
Policy against economic risks turns to action
The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Tuesday issued two separate letters to its General Department of Taxation (GDT) and its General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) ordering immediate action to mitigate risk to the Kingdom’s economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/policy-against-economic-risks-turns-action