Preah Vihear temple model draws government’s ire
The construction by the Thai military of a miniature replica of the Preah Vihear temple complex has been met with consternation by the government. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jack Davies and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-temple-model-draws-governments-ire
Date set for Rainsy’s latest defamation trial
Opposition leader sam Rainsy, who is living in France to avoid prison time, will be tried over allegations of defaming National Assembly President Heng samrin starting July 28, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court has announced. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/date-set-for-defamation-trial-111814/
Half of nation’s orphanages fail to register
Nearly half of the known orphanages in Cambodia missed on Tuesday’s deadline for registering with the government, further delaying attempts to reform the country’s wayward residential child care sector, an official said on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Kimsay and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/half-of-nations-orphanages-fail-to-register-113320/
Pepper business adds to Kingdom’s deforestation woes
While the luxury timber trade continues to eat away at Cambodia’s forests, there is another industry that poses a growing threat to the Kingdom’s trees: pepper farms. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pepper-business-adds-kingdoms-deforestation-woes
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/