$500M Leaves Cambodia Illegally Each Year
Almost $500 million a year was taken out of Cambodia in “illicit financial flows” between 2001 and 2010, a report released yesterday in the U.S. claims. People in the Cambodian finance sector, however, expressed doubts about the accuracy of the figure, which appears in a report ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/500m-leaves-cambodia-illegally-each-year-6748/
Try Pheap ‘defamers’ to see court
Two people who were quoted in a report implicating tycoon Try Pheap in illegal logging have been issued fresh summonses to appear in Kandal Provincial Court on defamation charges. Sen San and Ouk Sambo were originally scheduled to appear in the court last Friday, but San ...
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http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/try-pheap-%E2%80%98defamers%E2%80%99-see-court
Cables From Bangkok, Phnom Penh Show Varying Analyses
According to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks US officials in Bangkok believed that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decision to name former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser in 2009 backfired after it increased support of the opposition. The Premier at the time of ...
Land Concessionaire Gives $130,000 to Officials
Businessman Try Pheap, who in recent months received large-scale economic land concessions in Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, has donated $130,000 to the sanctuary’s environmental management and the local CPP office, officials said yesterday. Recipients of the funds denied that there was ...
Floods show Laos needs early warning
Heavy flooding during the rainy season, affecting 10 out of 17 provinces in Laos, has underlined the need for stronger disaster-management efforts, experts say. Tropical storm Haima struck central and northern parts of the country on June 24, with Nock-10 hitting central and southern areas on ...
Trade with Singapore soars
The Kingdom’s total trade with Singapore soared 148 percent in the first half of the year, while exports to Hong Kong increased 80 percent in the same period, according to Ministry of Commerce figures. The data showed that Cambodia’s exports to Hong Kong totalled in excess ...
Shanghai firm leads the way
Shanghai Construction Group has announced it will complete US$700 million in projects in Cambodia over the next five years, highlighting China’s dominant and still-growing presence in the Kingdom. The company presently oversees nine bridge and road construction projects in the Kingdom, according to government relations officer ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011092051749/Business/shanghai-firm-lead-the-way.html
Man guarding land crushed by bulldozer
A 54-year-old man in Kratie province’s Snuol district was crushed to death under trees felled on Tuesday morning by bulldozers belonging to Vietnamese rubber company Dy Nam, an official said. District governor Iv Saphum said that Khem Kan, a representative of 77 families involved in a ...
Telecom Cambodia finds Vietnamese ISP partner
State-owned Telecom Cambodia has signed a business cooperation agreement with Vietnam National Post and Telecommunications Corp in order to bolster TC’s product portfolio and coverage area, company officials said yesterday. Telecom Cambodia offers both fixed-line phone and internet services in the Kingdom. Vietnam National Post and ...
As chair of Asean, Cambodia promotes Korean peace talks
In its capacity as Asean chair, Cambodia has said it wants to help lessen tensions on the Korean peninsula by trying to revive the six-party talks on North Korean denuclearization and by inviting North Korea to join the Asean Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh in ...
NGO មួយនៅបារម្ភពីការលុបឆ្នេរ ខណៈលទ្ធផលសិក្សាមិនទាន់បង្ហាញ
អង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលដែលតាមដានបញ្ហាដីធ្លីនៅខេត្ដព្រះសីហនុបានបន្ដរិះគន់ចំពោះការចាក់ដីលុបសមុទ្រដែលជាសម្បត្តិសាធារណៈរបស់រដ្ឋដើម្បីធ្វើកំពង់ផែអ៊ូទូក នៅភូមិ ៤ ឃុំទំនប់រលក ស្រុកស្ទឹងហាវ ខេត្ដព្រះ ...
វ៉ន ដារ៉ា
https://bit.ly/2UIZaJc
ព្រឹទ្ធសភាអនុម័តផែនការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ឆ្នាំ ២០១៩-២០២៣
សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាកាលពីម្សិលមិញបានយល់ព្រមជាឯកច្ឆន្ទដើម្បីអនុម័តផែនការយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ជាតិឆ្នាំ ២០១៩-២០២៣ ដែលមានទឹកប្រាក់ ៥៧,៧ ពាន់លានដុល្លារ។ ដើម្បីឱ្យផែនការថវិកាត្រូវបានបញ្ចប់ វាចាំបាច់ត្រូវពិនិត្យឡើងវិញដោយក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ និងត្រូវបានអនុម័តដោយ ...
បែន សុខហ៊ាន
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50623286/senators-approve-2019-2023-development-plan-power-projects/
សកម្មជនប្រឆាំងការកាប់ឈើបានការទទួលស្គាល់ជាអន្តរជាតិ
កាលពីចុងខែវិច្ឆិកា ឆ្នាំ២០១១ នៅស្រុកសណ្តាន់ ក្នុងខេត្តកំពង់ធំ មុិញ នី ស្ថិតនៅក្នុងជម្លោះមួយ ជាមួយនឹងនគរបាលមួយក្រុមប្រដាប់ដោយអាវុធ ខណៈពេលដែលនគរបាលព្យាយាមដាក់ខ្នោះដៃអ្នកបរិស្ថាន ឈុត វុទ្ធី។ នៅពេលដែលបណ្តាញសហគមន៍ ...
អូន ឆេងប៉ោ
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/anti-logging-vigilantes-get-international-recognition/2993604.html
Stringer who reported on logging found dead
A local newspaper stringer who had written about illegal logging was found dead in the back of a car yesterday in Rattanakiri province’s O’Chum district. Hang Serei Oudom, 44, was a stringer for Vorakchun Khmer, or Khmer Hero, newspaper. Police said his body was covered in blood ...
20 More Garment Factory Workers Injured on Way to Work
More than 20 garment workers were injured yesterday in Svay Rieng province when a truck in which they were traveling overturned, a police official said. Fifty-seven workers were on board an open-backed truck in Chantrea district when the driver lost control on a road that had ...
Tourist arrivals top estimates
The number of tourists to arrive in Cambodia in 2012 was at least 200,000 higher than expectations, possibly reaching 3.5 million, officials said yesterday. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, told the Post yesterday that in the first 11 months of 2012, Cambodia received 3.2 million tourists, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010160559/Business/tourist-arrivals-top-estimates.html
Politics 'behind journo deaths'
Twelve journalists have been killed in Cambodia since 1993, according to a report from the rights group Adhoc, which believes much of the bloodshed was politically motivated. The body count was included in a round-up of abuses against the media in a report the group released ...
ADB ups support for region’s trade finance
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the OPEC Fund for International Development have signed an agreement to support trade in emerging Asian countries under the ADB’s Trade Finance Program, according to a news release. The risk distribution agreement will support a projected incremental trade flow between ...
‘Croc grandma’ gets four years
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday convicted local tycoon Chhin Sokountheary of encroaching on public lands and sentenced her in absentia to four years and six months in prison. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Ly Lipmeng said yesterday that Sokountheary, who is also known as ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122160412/National/croc-grandma-gets-four-years.html
Civil society seeks to delay new dam on Sesan River
Civil society groups urged the National Assembly Thursday to delay the adoption of a bill on the construction of a $780 million dam on the Sesan River in northeast Cambodia. Chhit Sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum, told a news conference that estimates of ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTNhN2RjN2M1ZTA