Land Case Involving Minister’s Wife Is Heard
The Court of Appeal yesterday heard the case of a land dispute between a 70-year old woman from Kompong Chhang province and a company owned by the wife of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy over a 3,000 square meter parcel of land. In May ss='cambodia-color'>...
World’s Second Tallest Building for Phnom Penh?
A 555-metre tower planned for Diamond Island is to go ahead, and expert engineers from China and Vietnam are studying the river bank and calculating the strength of the foundations needed to support the building. The building plan will not be changed and now the company ss='cambodia-color'>...
Porsche seeks niche among Cambodia’s newly-rich
The wizened cyclo driver, cigarette in mouth, muscles taut from pedalling up and down French-style boulevards, is one of Indochina’s enduring romantic images. But cyclos on the streets of Phnom Penh are now outnumbered by another means of transport: the luxury car. But with the urban ss='cambodia-color'>...
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តាំងពីឆ្នាំ២០០៧មក អង្គការ ផេក (Pact)បាននិងកំពុងអនុវត្តសហប្រតិបត្តិការជាមួយរដ្ឋាភិបាលក្នុងការប្រែក្លាយដីព្រៃទំហំ៦៨.០០០ហិកតា នៅខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យឲ្យក្លាយជាដី ដែល ss='cambodia-color'>...
ហ្សមប៊រ ភីធឺរ៍ និង គុច ណារ៉េន
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/736
Illegal Logging Threatens UN’s Carbon Trading Project
The military’s ongoing clearing of community forests in Oddar Meanchey province risks derailing Cambodia’s first forest-based carbon trading scheme backed by the U.N., according to the latest assessment of the project. Community forest groups, who stand to earn millions from the project, said on Wednesday that ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-logging-threatens-uns-carbon-trading-project-21395/
Cambodia’s students to get schooled in tourism
Young Cambodians will now learn about tourism in grades 11 and 12, according to the new curriculum for public education that was launched yesterday. The development is aimed at enhancing quality in the tourism sector, officials said during a press conference. The new curriculum covers the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Room for Improvement in Cambodia’s Bank Sector
While Cambodia has made considerable strides in its banking sector, it still lags behind countries in the region in the areas of e-banking and access to services, industry experts attending the Fifth Banking and Microfinance Conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mystery Surrounds Ratanakkiri’s First Special Economic Zone
Construction of a special economic zone (sEZ) near the Vietnamese border in Ratanakkiri province’s eastern O’Yad­aw district is on track, but who exactly will avail of the facility and its services remains a mystery—even for senior provincial officials. The latest announced venture of agro-industry land concession ss='cambodia-color'>...
Siem Reap’s Secret Multimillion Dollar Land Swap
Inside the grounds of this city’s old provincial hall, past a green corrugated iron fence, municipal street cleaners and their families are squatting in what was once a bustling government office filled with civil servants. Across the road, the former department of rural development is a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha and Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/siem-reaps-secret-multimillion-dollar-land-swap-42375/
Phnom Penh Bans Cambodia Opposition’s Thumbprint Campaign
Authorities in Phnom Penh on Wednesday banned Cambodia’s opposition party from using public spaces to collect thumbprints for a petition calling for U.N. and foreign intervention in the country’s political crisis following disputed polls. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) plans to collect at least 3 million ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/petition-10092013174335.html
Mum’s the word at yearly brand forum
Cambodia’s biggest international garment brands met yesterday to discuss wage issues, strikes and worker conditions, among other of the industry’s most pressing topics. But in a year marked by a fatal building collapse at the Wing star shoes factory in Kampong speu, mass demonstrations, and bankruptcies ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mum%E2%80%99s-word-yearly-brand-forum
Cambodia’s newly-formed gov’t “legitimate”: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday defended that his newly-formed government was ” legitimate” since the nation’s King Norodom sihamoni had given endorsement. “This government is a legitimate government, which was born from the election and was endorsed by the king,” the premier said during ss='cambodia-color'>...
NZweek News Staff
http://www.nzweek.com/world/cambodias-newly-formed-govt-legitimate-pm-2-82891/
After CPP Reshuffle, Sok An’s Fiefdom Trimmed
Deputy Prime Minister sok An has a stunning portfolio of positions within the CPP government. On Monday, CPP lawmakers once again appointed Mr. An as the Cabinet Minister for Prime Minister Hun sen. He is also the chairman of the state-controlled Cambodian National Petroleum Authority and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/after-cpp-reshuffle-sok-ans-fiefdom-trimmed-43665/
Myanmar’s president applauds Hun Sen over reappointment
Myanmar’s president Thein sein congratulated Hun sen over his reappointment for a new five-year term as the Prime Minister of Cambodia for the fifth legislature. “I strongly believe that under the wise leadership of sam Dech, the relation and cooperation between our two countries will ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NzM3MzRlZTY0NTR
Taking Count of Cambodia’s Flying Fox Bats
At around 6 p.m. in Phnom Penh each evening, about 5,000 large brown bats, having spent the day dangling upside down from a tree at Wat Phnom, spread their huge wings and fly out to begin their nightly search for fruit. And as useful and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taking-count-of-cambodias-flying-fox-bats-45421/
Mfone’s Assets Sold For Hugely Reduced Price
The assets of bankrupt mobile operator Mfone, which owes creditors more than $160 million, have been sold to a single buyer for the bargain price of $10 million, a lawyer involved with the case said Monday. Khan sereyvuthy, a legal adviser to the government-appointed administrator handling ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfones-assets-sold-for-hugely-reduced-price-46861/
ACU’s Denial of Graft Belied by Evidence
A recent claim by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) that a public health officer accused of demanding bribes to manipulate lucrative contracts did nothing wrong contradicts admissions of illegal activity by both the government and the officer himself, according to interviews and email messages reproduced in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acus-denial-of-graft-belied-by-evidence-47788/
ក្មួយស្រីរបស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បើកក្រុមហ៊ុនពិគ្រោះយោបល់ផ្នែកពន្ធដារនៅកម្ពុជា
យោងតាមបុគ្គលិករបស់ក្រុមហ៊ុន HML បានឲ្យដឹងថា ក្រុមហ៊ុនច្បាប់ និងពិគ្រោះយោបល់ក្នុងស្រុកមួយនេះបានចាប់ដៃគូជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុន XAT Tax Corp. ដែលមានមូលដ្ឋាននៅទីក្រុងតូក្យូ ដើម្បីបង្កើត ក្រុមហ៊ុនពិគ្រោះយោបល់មួយដែលផ្តោតសំខាន់ទៅលើផ្នែកពន្ធដារនៅ ក្នុងប្រទេស ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8439/
(English) Cambodia’s Deportation of Uighurs to China Remembered
Four years after the forcible deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia to China, an advocacy group has said it remains “deeply concerned” about their fate and has called on China to lift a veil of secrecy surrounding their treatment. In a statement, the World ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodias-deportation-of-uighurs-to-china-remembered-49549/
Rainsy Amasses Support Ahead of Monday’s Rally
Opposition leader sam Rainsy on Friday visited vendors in Phnom Penh’s Olympic and Russian markets and appealed to voters disgruntled by preliminary election results awarding a victory to the CPP to join a planned opposition rally at Freedom Park on Monday. As he toured both markets, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-amasses-support-ahead-of-mondays-rally-40743/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rainsy-amasses-support-ahead-of-mondays-rally