Irrigation in Mekong basin threatens VN’s delta
The lower basin of the trans-boundary Mekong River starts from Laos and runs through Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam before emptying into the East sea (south China sea). Any attempts to interrupt the natural status of the river would pose risks to Viet Nam’s Cuu ss='cambodia-color'>...
VietNamNet Bridge Team
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/160889/irrigation-in-mekong-basin-threatens-vn-s-delta.html
Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit marks seven years
Pol Saroeun, commander-in-chief of the military, &nbSp;Said hiS forceS were “abSolutely loyal” to Prime MiniSter Hun Sen and hiS family on Sunday at an event marking Seven yearS Since Mr. Hun Sen&rSquo;S perSonal bodyguard unit waS formed aS a diStinct entity from Brigade 70. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-bodyguard-unit-marks-seven-years-117578/
App boosting Prey Lang network’s data collection
The number of illegal logging sites discovered within Prey Lang forest between April and July was 14 percent higher than the previous four-month period, according to a report released yesterday by the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) based on data collected with a novel smartphone ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cristina Maza and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/app-boosting-prey-lang-networks-data-collection
Police sign cooperation deal with UK’s NCA
Cambodia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to combat crimes including child and sexual trafficking. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35082/police-sign-cooperation-deal-with-uk---s-nca/
Villagers seek NGOs’, UN’s help in dispute
More than 400 families in Preah Vihear province submitted a petition to a group of NGOs and the UN yesterday, seeking assistance in their battle with the government over 3,555 hectares of protected land that sits within the Kulen Prom-Tep Wildlife sanctuary. According to sokha, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-seek-ngos-uns-help-dispute
UN tells governments to defend people’s privacy
The United Nations special Rapporteur on the right to privacy has denounced current world governments’ surveillance legislation, calling for respect for citizens’ rights to privacy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mark Tilly
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36323/un-tells-governments-to-defend-people---s-privacy/
Ministry, NGOs discuss country’s biggest land disputes
Land Management Ministry officials met with a consortium of NGOs at their main office in Phnom Penh on Monday to discuss 11 of the country’s largest land disputes, despite decisions on resolving such matters normally being made at a sub-national level, a land rights advocate ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-ngos-discuss-countrys-biggest-land-disputes-128545/
Net profit surges at capital’s water utility
The capital’s state-owned water utilities firm Phnom Penh Water supply Authority (PPWsA) reported strong earnings in the first quarter of 2017, according to a filing to the Cambodian stock exchange (CsX) yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/net-profit-surges-capitals-water-utility
CNRP’s use of Rainsy ad draws ban
A CNRP television spot featuring former party president sam Rainsy may have been rejected on Monday, but the country’s main opposition has found other ways to promote the exiled leader in its campaigning ahead of the June 4 commune elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony and Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrps-use-of-rainsy-ad-draws-ban-130223/
What’s in a name? SRP faces rebranding
Controversial amendments to the Law on Political Parties have steamrolled through the legislative process and are likely to be signed into law this week, kicking up a chorus of concerns from the opposition, civil society and international rights groups. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/whats-in-a-name-srp-faces-rebranding-132969/
United Nations envoy to probe children’s rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of human rightS in Cambodia will pay her fourth viSit to the country from AuguSt 8 to 18 to examine children&rSquo;S rightS, among other iSSueS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076543/united-nations-envoy-probe-childrens-rights/
Hun Sen rejects democracy index’s ‘authoritarian’ label
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday took a swipe at a recent democracy report that labelled his regime “authoritarian”, before declaring no one is capable of “toppling Hun sen besides Hun sen”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-rejects-democracy-indexs-authoritarian-label
Sok An’s replacement set to step up
The National Assembly will conduct a session on Friday to announce the new parliamentary representative for Takeo province, replacing Deputy Prime Minister sok An who died last month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37194/sok-an---s-replacement-set-to-step-up/
Cambodia’s politics play out on social media
Facebook has long been the key battleground in Cambodian politics, with parties wrestling for the ear of a young and increasingly connected electorate. But recent analytics show a particularly political brand of social media addiction in the Kingdom, even by regional standards, pushing the stakes ss='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-politics-play-out-social-media
Axiata sells 10% stake in Cambodia’s Smart
Axiata Group sold a 10 percent stake of its Cambodian subsidiary smart Axiata to Japanese group Mitsui Co Ltd to form a strategic partnership and further the firm’s activity in the Kingdom, according to a company release on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/axiata-sells-10-stake-cambodias-smart
Amnesty International criticizes Country’s ‘Corrupt’ court system
Amnesty International today accused the ruling CPP of using its grip on the judiciary to systematically harass and intimidate civil society and urged the government to drop cases against opposition activists and human rights defenders. ss='cambodia-color'>...
George Wright and Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amnesty-international-criticizes-countrys-corrupt-court-system-130667/
Government to monitor Sam Rainsy’s facebook page
The Interior Ministry plans to monitor the Facebook page of former opposition president sam Rainsy for violations of newly passed amendments to the Law on Political Parties, which will also force the CNRP to spend upwards of half a million dollars to erase his image ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-to-monitor-sam-rainsys-facebook-page-133088/
NBC’s currency museum to launch in January
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will open a museum on finance and monetary matters in January 2018, a representative of the central bank has announced. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089178/nbcs-currency-museum-launch-january/
Does Cambodia’s New Opposition Party Really Matter?
Cambodia’s former opposition leader sam Rainsy’s reverence for political change is exceeded only by his reverence for himself as the instigator of it. That may be why, this weekend in the United states, he launched the Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM), a new body that is ss='cambodia-color'>...
David Hutt
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/does-cambodias-new-opposition-party-really-matter/
Ministry has big plans for Cambodia’s cashews
Cambodia and Vietnam signed an agreement earlier this month to greatly expand Cambodia’s cashew exports by 2028, but the proposed export level would require several hundred thousand hectares of additional land and there is no concrete plan yet to meet the target. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-has-big-plans-cambodias-cashews