Cambodian Sommeliers Head to Singapore for Regional Contest
Beer, whisky and strong, home-brewed moonshine have long been Cambodians’ favorite tipples, but with an ever-growing middle class, tastes are changing and if you’re part of the new elite, it is increasingly important to know your Pinot Gris from your Pinot Noir. To help enhance one’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-sommeliers-head-to-singapore-for-regional-contest-40504/
Villagers Say Illegal Loggers Claim to Work for Try Pheap
Villagers in Mondolkiri province filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc on Friday, saying that they had discovered loggers illegally felling trees in their local community forest who claimed to be working for businessman Try Pheap. Mr. Pheap, who owns plantations, mining concessions and special economic ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-say-illegal-loggers-claim-to-work-for-try-pheap-48419/
Factory inspection turns up unauthorised floor
Inspectors from the ministry in charge of construction who were called to investigate a “shaking” garment factory last Tuesday discovered that an entire extra storey had been built without permission or oversight from authorities, officials said yesterday. As workers returned to the Siu Quinh Garment factory ...
Mom Kunthear and Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-inspection-turns-unauthorised-floor
New Project Aims to Help Small Businesses in Cambodia
A new project by the government and Japan’s aid agency seeks to assist small companies in Cambodia that are in need of specialist advice in order to develop and keep up with competitors in neighboring Asean countries. The aim of the two-year program, called “Strategic Strengthening ...
Simon Henderson and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-project-aims-to-help-small-businesses-in-cambodia-41534/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-project-aims-to-help-small-businesses-in-cambodia
Rights Groups Condemn Verdict of Murdered Journalist
The verdict issued Wednesday by the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court dropping the charges against a military police officer and his wife who were allegedly involved in the murder of an investigative journalist is a travesty of justice and a sign of impunity in the country, rights ...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-groups-condemn-verdict-of-murdered-journalist-41435/
Grand Plans for $80-Billion Capital City Fit for a Techo
If Phoeung Sophoan has his way, Phnom Penh’s days as Cambodia’s capital city are numbered. A secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Mr. Sophoan has big plans for a new 35,000-hectare capital city north of Phnom Penh called “Samdech ...
Logging mogul blasted
Logging tycoon Try Pheap has come under fire from two separate reports alleging that he is using his vast network of concessions and licences to decimate protected forests across Cambodia. One of the reports, an exhaustive four-month investigation by a local NGO, also looked at the ...
Phak Seangly and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-mogul-blasted
Chinese Firms Foresee Industrial Hub in Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear province – The residents of this sleepy district, on the edge of the Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary, grow rice, cassava and cashew nuts. But in a few short years, Chinese investors envisage that Rovieng will be rapidly transformed into an industrial town. ...
Cambodia Airports Comes Under Attack by a Former Executive
Philippe Laurent became secretary-general of Cambodia Airports in May 2008. He was one of six senior executives in charge of the country’s international airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and the little-used facility in Sihanoukville. Mr. Laurent is now carrying out a one-man campaign against ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/cambodia-airports-comes-under-attack-17727/
Ratanakkiri Temple Now in Land Concession
Like most millennium-old structures discovered in the forests of Cambodia, the locals had known all along about this one. Jarai minority villagers in this remote spot in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district not only knew about it, but they revered the red-brick temple, using it as a ...
Kuch Naren and Michelle Vachon
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ratanakkiri-temple-now-in-land-concession-47779/
ជនបរទេសត្រូវមានលិខិតអនុញ្ញាតការងារសម្រាប់សុំទិដ្ឋាការរយៈពេលវែង
មន្ត្រីនាយកដ្ឋានអន្តោប្រវេសន៍កាលពីម្សិលមិញបានអះអាងថា ជនបរទេសដែលស្នើសុំពន្យារពេលទិដ្ឋាការជំនួញនឹងត្រូវមានលិខិតអនុញ្ញាត្តិការងារដាក់ភ្ជាប់មកជាមួយ។ ការអនុវត្តច្បាប់នេះនឹងចាប់ផ្តើមពីថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែកញ្ញាតទៅ។ ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-confirms-foreigners-will-need-work-permits-long-term-visas
កម្ពុជាឆ្លើយតបនឹង UN អំពីការរិះគន់បរិយាកាសនយោបាយកម្ពុជា
កាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ ស្ថានបេសកកម្មអចិន្ត្រៃយ៍របស់កម្ពុជាប្រចាំអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិនៅទីក្រុងហ្សឺណែវ បានតបត្រឡប់ទៅការិយាល័យសិទ្ធិមនុស្សរបស់អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ(OHCHR) អំពីការរិះគន់របស់អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិថាបរិយាកាសនយោបាយរបស់កម្ពុជាមានភាពកាន់តែយ៉ាប់យ៉ឺន ដោយអះអាងថាការរិះគន់នេះមិនមានការបញ្ជាក់ច្បាស់លាស់ និងទាក់ទងនឹងនយោបាយ។ ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mission-hits-back-un-criticism-cambodias-deteriorating-political-climate
ដេលីហៅសកម្មភាពរដ្ឋាភិបាល ជាការវាយប្រហារលើសេរីភាពសារព័ត៌មាន
កាសែត ឌឹ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី កាលពីម្សិលមិញបានថ្លែងថា ខ្លួនកំពុងស្ថិតនៅក្នុងការ «ឡោមព័ទ្ធ» ហើយបន្តហៅការតម្រង់ទិសដៅរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលទៅកាសែតនេះថា ជាការវាយប្រហារទៅលើសេរីភាពសារព័ត៌មាន ខណៈម្ចាស់ស្ថានីយវិទ្យុប្រាំនាក់ដែលត្រូវបានបញ្ជាឲ្យបញ្ឈប់ប្រតិបត្តិការ ...
Ananth Baliga និង នៀម ឆេង
http://bit.ly/2vI29Ei