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    Embassy in Malaysia lacks funds to send workers home

    An official at the Cambodian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said on Monday that with more Cambodians seeking support and refuge amid a labor crackdown by Malaysian authorities, the embassy’s budget was not enough to pay to bring them home. ...

    Leng Len and Hannah Hawkins
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/embassy-in-malaysia-lacks-funds-to-send-workers-home-132613/

    Waters rising in Sesan dam villages as holdouts sit tight

    Rescuers armed with speed boats and emergency supplies have been deployed to two Stung Treng province villages where residents remain despite expected flooding as the country’s largest hydropower dam undergoes testing. ...

    Aun Pheap
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/waters-rising-in-sesan-dam-villages-as-holdouts-sit-tight-132614/

    Training offer for new councillors

    The Ministry of Interior plans to offer training courses to new commune councillors, Interior Minister Sar Kheng revealed yesterday after a closed-door meeting with National Election Committee officials. ...

    Khy Sovuthy
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066121/training-offer-new-councillors/

    White Building demolition begins as holdouts move out

    Two excavators turned bricks to rubble with ease on Monday as walls jutting out from the ground floor of Phnom Penh’s dilapidated White Building slowly tumbled to the ground. ...

    Janelle Retka and Sek Odom
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/white-building-demolition-begins-as-holdouts-move-out-132612/

    Rail-side residents stage protest again

    Nearly 100 people from eight communities living alongside railways in Phnom Penh yesterday gathered in front of City Hall demanding clarification on what will happen to them as their areas are redeveloped. ...

    Pech Sotheary
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066117/rail-side-residents-stage-protest/

    Government to tap emergency rice fund to help corn farmers

    The government will use the untapped funds of an emergency rice loan package to support struggling corn farmers who have protested the low market prices for their crop this season, state officials said yesterday. ...

    Cheng Sokhorng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-tap-emergency-rice-fund-help-corn-farmers

    Asian Development Bank needs to prioritize gender: review

    The Asian Development Bank needs to be more involved in helping Cambodia implement gender equality policies in order to “tap the economic potential” for women and close “sizable gender equality gaps”, an internal evaluation has found. ...

    Yesenia Amaro
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asian-development-bank-needs-prioritise-gender-review

    Hundreds of Cambodian workers repatriated so far in 2017

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs assisted the repatriation of more than 450 Cambodian workers in the first six months of the year, according to figures released Saturday. ...

    Leonie Kijewski and Kong Meta
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-cambodian-workers-repatriated-so-far-2017

    Tropical storm brings flood warning

    The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday issued a warning that an impending tropical storm may inundate the Tonle Sap and Mekong river, causing floods to neighbouring communities. ...

    Mom Kunthear
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065734/tropical-storm-brings-flood-warning/

    After protest, farmers’ unrest spreads to neighboring districts

    After about 500 protesting farmers blockaded a national road in Battambang province last week, local authorities in neighboring districts are now making efforts to placate hundreds of other farmers also restless over depressed corn and cassava prices. ...

    Leng Len
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protest-farmers-unrest-spreads-neighboring-districts-132586/

    Takeover of Zaman possible, ambassador says

    Turkey is in talks with the Cambodian government over the possibility of taking control of the Zaman-operated schools in Phnom Penh, which it alleges have links to a “terrorist organization” behind last year’s attempted coup, the Turkish ambassador said on Friday. ...

    George Wright
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/takeover-of-zaman-possible-ambassador-says-132562/

    Cambodia tourism to get Chinese help

    China has revealed a plan to help Cambodia by establishing a comprehensive tourism development plan for Siem Reap province, home of the famed Angkor archeological park. ...

    Chea Vannak
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065656/cambodia-tourism-to-get-chinese-help/

    NEC bids to learn from its mistakes

    Preventing spoiled ballots and improving complaint resolution were top of the agenda when the National Election Committee met at the weekend to discuss ways to improve the commune polls. ...

    Khy Sovuthy
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065732/nec-bids-learn-mistakes/

    Number of building projects up in 1H

    The number of construction projects approved in Cambodia during the first half of the year increased 28 percent compared with the same period last year, amounting to a total value of around $4.9 billion, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Land Management, ...

    Hor Kimsay
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/number-building-projects-1h

    Plans for another ‘Hun Sen High School’ renaming canceled

    A provincial governor’s request to rename a Siem Reap City high school after Prime Minister Hun Sen has been abandoned, according to an official and the school—a decision some have speculated was influenced by online criticism of the suggested change. ...

    Rachna Thim
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plans-another-hun-sen-high-school-renaming-canceled-132584/

    Sesan residents brace for floods

    The doors of the Lower Sesan II dam were closed on Saturday for a monthlong test run, forcing more than 100 families holding out in Stung Treng’s Srekor and Kbal Romea communes to prepare for floods. Since the doors’ closure on Saturday morning, water levels ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-residents-brace-floods

    Government seeking CITES licences to scale up crocodile farming

    Cambodia is seeking to register more than a dozen crocodile farms under an international treaty that protects the critically endangered Siamese crocodile, paving the way for the legal export of crocodile skins to lucrative overseas markets, according to state officials. ...

    Cheng Sokhorng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-seeking-cites-licences-scale-crocodile-farming

    79 migrant workers arrested in Malaysia

    The Foreign Affairs Ministry says the Malaysian government has taken notice of Thailand’s recent crackdown on illegal foreign workers and begun one of its own, wrangling 79 illegal Cambodian migrant workers in two weeks. ...

    Sen David
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065736/79-migrant-workers-arrested-malaysia/

    All White Building residents cleared, says government

    Demolition crews are set to begin tearing down the Phnom Penh landmark known as the White Building today, after the Ministry of Land Management announced on Saturday that all families residing in the dilapidated structure had left the premises.​ ...

    Kong Meta
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/all-white-building-residents-cleared-says-government

    Phnom Penh cops plan crackdown on parking

    Police in Phnom Penh will next month start issuing fines of up to $25 for violations of parking regulations by using handheld devices that scan license plates and recognize the registered identity and address of a vehicle’s owner, an official said yesterday. ...

    Khout Sophak Chakrya
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-cops-plan-crackdown-parking

    Visa-free medical travel period tripled by Thais

    The Thai government on Wednesday publicly announced that nationals of five countries, including Cambodia, can visit Thailand for up to 90 days without a visa to seek medical treatment, an official at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ...

    Yesenia Amaro
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visa-free-medical-travel-period-tripled-thais

    NEC plans meeting to review elections

    The National Election Committee plans to hold a two-day meeting in Preah Sihanouk province to review the June 4 commune elections, with members of the election monitoring coalition the “Situation Room” saying yesterday they plan to table recommendations to improve certain electoral procedures. ...

    Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-plans-meeting-review-elections

    Government collects $915M in taxes in first semester

    The government collected $915 million in tax revenue during the first six months of the year, according to figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

    Post Staff
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-collects-915m-taxes-first-semester

    Air arrivals soar higher

    Air traffic for Cambodia’s three international airports increased by 23 percent in the first six months of the year, driven largely by growing Chinese tourism and the increased number of international flights to Sihanoukville’s airport, a spokesman for the company that operates the Kingdom’s three ...

    Cheng Sokhorng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/air-arrivals-soar-higher

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