Controversial dam takes step forward with impact study
An environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the controversial Stung Chheay Araeng hydropower dam in Koh Kong province has been completed, representing a major step forward towards construction, officials said yesterday. Koh Kong deputy governor Sun Dara said he had yet to see a hard copy of ...
Memorial to Be Held in Koh Kong for Slain Forestry Activist
An estimated 600 people who say their livelihoods have been affected by illegal logging and deforestation across the country are scheduled to gather in Koh Kong province on Friday at the site where environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot dead on April 26. The group will ...
Some provinces see tourism up 50% for New Year
About 1.8 million Cambodians traveled to the coastal and northeastern provinces to celebrate Khmer New Year, a 50 percent increase compared with last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. Mr Khon said Cambodians are starting to seek out other vacation spots besides the coastal provinces ...
Reporters summonsed in closed Chut Wutty case
Two journalists who were present when environmental activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana were killed last month have reportedly been summonsed to Koh Kong provincial court. Neang Boratino, Koh Kong provincial co-ordinator for the rights group Adhoc, said court sources had told him ...
Cambodian forest campaigners fight rampant logging
KOH KONG, Cambodia – Frustrated by government inaction, Cambodian citizen patrollers are risking their lives to take on the country’s illegal loggers in a bid to save their shrinking forests. The shooting of a prominent environmentalist by a military policeman last month after he refused to ...
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120527-348666.html
SL strikers go back to work today
Thousands of striking garment workers are set to return to work today, as more than two weeks of demonstrations at one of Asia’s largest garment factories come to a close. Meas Sotha, a shareholder at SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd, and Kong Athit, vice president of ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sl-strikers-go-back-work-today
Don’t bet on elections
The house always wins, except when there’s a disputed election scaring gamblers away from the tables. That’s the message from Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc, which operates casinos in Poipet town and Pailin province as well as supplying NagaWorld casino with slot machines. According to the company, Cambodia’s ...
Daniel de Carteret and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/don%E2%80%99t-bet-elections
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បើតាមការអះអាងរបស់មន្ត្រីតុលាការបានឲ្យដឹងថា អភិបាល ស្រុកលំផាត់ ខេត្ដរតនគិរី អាចនឹងប្រឈមទៅនឹងការនាំខ្លួនមកតុលាការខេត្ត ប្រសិនបើគាត់មិនចូលខ្លួនឆ្លើយបំភ្លឺតាមកាលកំណត់ពាក់ព័ន្ធករណីកាប់រានដីព្រៃក្នុងតំបន់ការពារធម្មជាតិនិងជា ...
ឃុត សុភចរិយា
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/113050-2014-04-10-03-12-42
(English) Cambodian, Chinese culture, economy association launched in Phnom Penh
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Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-07/10/c_133474172.htm
(English) Cambodia attracts 1.9 mln foreign tourists in 5 months, up 6 pct
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Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=226061
លោក អីុ ឈាន លាលែងពីតំណែង តែអ្នកគាំទ្រនាំគ្នាតវ៉ាជំទាស់
មន្ត្រីមួយរូបនៅក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃបានឲ្យដឹងថា ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក អីុ ឈាន ដែលជា ...
ម៉ាតត៍ ប្លូមប៊ឺហ្គ និង សាំង សុឥន្ទរិទ្ធ
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ទាហានស្រុកលំផាត់ រារាំងសង្គមស៊ីវិលមិនឲ្យចុះអង្កេតជម្លោះដីធ្លី
អង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល បានចោទប្រកាន់ក្រុមទាហានសឹករង ស្រុកលំផាត់ ខេត្តរតនគិរី ថា បានចាប់ដកហូតម៉ាស៊ីនថតរូប និងរារាំងពួកគេនៅពេលចុះអង្កេតជម្លោះដីធ្លី រវាងពលរដ្ឋ និងក្រុមហ៊ុនវៀតណាម។ លោក ឆាយ ធី អ្នកសម្របសម្រួលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអង្គការអាដហុក ខេត្តរតនគិរី បានឲ្យដឹងថា សកម្មជនអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអាដហុក មានលោក ព្រហ្ម មុនី និង ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី
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សហព័ន្ធទឹកមាត់ត្រចៀកកាំ ស្នើសុំបញ្ចូលក្នុងបញ្ជី
តំណាងអ្នកផលិតក្នុងឧស្សាហកម្មទឹកមាត់ត្រចៀកកាំស្នើឲ្យក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្មបញ្ចូលផលិតផលទឹកមាត់ ត្រចៀកកាំ ក្នុងបញ្ជីដើម្បីទទួលបានការទទួលស្គាល់លើអនាម័យ និងភូតគាមអនាម័យរួមជាមួយផលិតផលកសិកម្មផ្សេងទៀតដើម្បីអាចឲ្យមានការនាំចេញ ...
ចាន់ មុយហុង
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Chut Wutty slain: another chapter in bloody history
With his slaying yesterday in the jungles of Koh Kong province, Chut Wutty becomes one of the highest-profile members yet on a dark list of Cambodian activists who have been killed for making a stand against greed and corruption. Although the details of his death remain ...
Alarm over proposed dam
The Sam Rainsy Party has asked Prime Minister Hun Sen to verify the details of a proposed dam that could inundate about 10,000 hectares of protected forest, citing concerns that it would lead to rampant illegal logging and devastate a traditional habitat of Siamese crocodiles. ...
David Boyle with additional reporting by Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Cassandra Yeap, P. 5
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022954773/National-news/alarm-over-proposed-dam.html
Mobile Banking Services On A Rise
F1soft Company, a software service provider that makes banking transactions available via phone, had commenced operations in Cambodia, company officials said yesterday during a workshop. Sean Thorninn, a lecturer in economics at the Limkokwing University and expert in Cambodia’s landscape of microfinance institutions (MFI), told ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050765437/Business/mobile-banking-services-on-a-rise.html
(English) Failed students weigh future
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Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/failed-students-weigh-future
Land dispute arrests soar 144 pct in 2012
The number of people arrested over land disputes jumped 144 percent from a year earlier to 232 in 2012, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Adhoc) said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference, he [Adhoc president Thun Saray] said Adhoc last year received 70 ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Mjk2OWQyMTBhNWE
Cambodia collects 122 mln USD in tax in last two months
Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation said in a press release on Thursday that the country collected 122 million U.S. dollars of tax in the first two months in 2013, up 27 percent compared to the same period last year. In the whole year of 2012, ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-03/08/c_132218418.htm
General Accused of Smuggling $1M In Goods
Military police in Preah Sihanouk province said yesterday that they impounded four trucks carrying retail goods worth about $1 million that a lieutenant general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces had imported from Thailand without paying tax duty. The unpaid import duty amounted to about ...