Environmental activist Chut Wutty shot dead
Cambodia’s most outspoken activist against illegal logging was shot dead today while escorting journalists near a protected forest in Koh Kong province, where he has repeatedly attempted to expose illegal logging rackets that include military officials. Chut Wutty, the director of Natural Resource Protection Group, was ss='cambodia-color'>...
Six Questioned Over Tonle Sap Reservoirs
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned six people, including a provincial director of water resources and a commune chief, over allegations that they cleared part of a flooded forest in Kompong Thom to illegally construct reservoirs on the Tonle sap. Earlier this month, military ss='cambodia-color'>...
UN Delegates Call on Cambodia to Heed Envoy's Remarks
U.N. representatives from Japan, the European Union and Australia called on Cambodia to heed recommendations made in a report on human rights and economic land concessions by the U.N.’s envoy surya subedi at the Human Rights Council in Geneva Tuesday. While the E.U. commended Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...
Court grants delay in K Chhnang land dispute
Kampong Chhnang villagers who have been hit with a new lawsuit over property that they and the wife of a senior government official both claim said yesterday that coming to court would be impossible, as they did not have a defense lawyer and needed time to locate ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tiger Air's First Flight to Cambodia Lands Monday
Tiger Airways’ first flight from singapore to Cambodia is scheduled to land at Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday morning, making it the latest airline to offer direct flights to the country. Deborah Yeo, a public relations consultant for Tiger Airways, said that beginning Monday, the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rice exports up 2 percent over last year
Cambodia’s total export of milled rice via the single window office slightly increased by two per cent over the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. speaking at the Cambodian Rice Forum ss='cambodia-color'>...
Trade with Thailand increases
Trade between Cambodia and Thailand increased by about 40 per cent to Us$3 billion in the first nine months of this year in comparison with the same period last year, according to figures provided by the Royal Embassy of Thailand in Cambodia. According to Nat Vimonchandra, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110559559/Business/trade-with-thailand-increases.html
Second-hand, first in imports
Cambodia imported almost 10 times as many used clothes as new ones in the first 11 months of last year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. some 79,217 tonnes of used garments worth $61.5 million were brought in during that period, compared ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030461731/Business/second-hand-first-in-imports.html
Still No Donor to Take Over Communal Land Titling From Canada
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) said yesterday that it had still found no replacement donor to commit long-term to carrying on its work helping indigenous ethnic minority groups secure communal land titles once it pulls out in May. Kan Vibol, project field manager for CIDA’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thumbprint dubious: court
The legitimacy of a lawsuit filed by prominent businesswoman Chhin sokountheary, also known as “Crocodile Grandmother”, accusing Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema of abusing his power by stealing some 34 hectares of privately owned land is being called into question by the Phnom Penh Municipal ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032564664/National/thumbprint-dubious-court.html
Trees being cleared for Sesan dam
As many as 40 workers are cutting down trees, marking other trees they plan to fell in protected forest areas and piling up luxury timber in a flood-safety zone in stung Treng’s srekor commune, a local official said yesterday. Commune chief seak Mekong said the workers ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040264835/National/trees-being-cleared-for-sesan-dam.html
Call for More Investment in Infrastructure
As much as $16 billion of investment is needed in Cambodia over the next decade if the country’s infrastructure is to keep up with the pace of economic growth, ac­cording to a regional think tank. At a seminar in Phnom Penh on Thuesday, Jakarta-based Economic Research ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/call-for-more-investment-in-infrastructure-33737/
Goods traffic through Phnom Penh port up 29 pct
Cargo shipments moving in and out of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) increased 29 per cent in the first six months of this year when compared to the same period in 2012, according to official data. The figures show that imported and exported goods amounted ss='cambodia-color'>...
Another complaint in Sen Sok
Yet another resident of Phnom Penh’s sen sok district came forward yesterday to join “Crocodile Grandmother” Chhin sokoutheary in accusing city and district officials of issuing a false sub-decree to acquire land in the vicinity of Pong Peay Lake in Phnom Penh Thmey commune. Chea savean, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032062038/National/another-complaint-in-sen-sok.html
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http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032764723/National/new-land-titles-not-recognised-villagers.html
Micro-life insurance on rise
When 46-year-old Than Thol got a $900 loan from Samic Microfinance laSt year, he took advantage of a little-known and&nbSp; lengthily worded inSurance program called MeaSure for Economic and Accelerated Development for All, or MEADA. MEADA provideS coverage for familieS of moStly lower-income borrowerS in the SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060466033/Business/micro-life-insurance-on-rise.html
Business chambers merge with Eurocham
The French and German chambers of commerce have both merged into the larger European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia in order to gain combined strength and be more effective as an interface between European business and the Cambodian government. The agreement is set to be formalised ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062066376/Business/business-chambers-merge-with-eurocham.html
Officials own land, claim villagers
Local cadastral land officials, a district governor and RCAF personnel all own plots of a social land concession in Preah Vihear originally intended to be distributed to poor villagers, local rights group Adhoc alleged. In 2007, the government granted 556 hectares of land in Choam Ksan ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-own-land-claim-villagers
Tropical storm wreaks havoc
A tropical storm that raked Vietnam for the past two days has affected five Cambodian provinces, with severe flooding and damage in three of them. Tropical storm Mangkhut descended on Northern Vietnam on Wednesday and yesterday, deluging the Mekong River and flooding areas of Banteay Meanchey, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tropical-storm-wreaks-havoc
Thousands go on strike at factories
About 5,000 workers went on strike at the M&V garment factory in Kampong Chhnang province yesterday, adding to the list of incidents at the factory in the past two years that has also included mass faintings. Elsewhere, about 700 workers from the Pine Great (Cambodia) ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050965503/National/thousands-go-on-strike-at-factories.html