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Apsara announces Angkor restoration plans
Angkor Wat is to receive significant new restorations in 2017, according to the Apsara Authority, which manages the historic temple complex.The announcement came following yesterday’s 24th session of the International Coordinating Committee for Angkor (ICC-Angkor) at which conservation, restoration, sustainable development and tourism were discussed. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-announces-angkor-restoration-plans
PM’s response over dredging insufficient: CNRP lawmaker
After writing to Prime Minister Hun Sen in July asking him to order an investigation into the sand dredging taking place in Koh Kong province, CNRP lawmaker Son Chhay on Wednesday accused the prime minister of not fully addressing the issues in his letter of ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pms-response-over-dredging-insufficient-cnrp-lawmaker-101844/
Prek Toal wetlands sanctuary gets international recognition
Sixteen years after the Ministry of Environment and conservation groups began to protect the Prek Toal wetlands on the western edge of Tonle Sap Lake, the area has been designated a site of global importance. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18304/prek-toal-wetlands-sanctuary-gets-international-recognition/
Security to beef up for 8th Congress on AIPA next week
More than 5,000 competent forces will deploy for security and public order during the 8thCongress on the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) that will be held in Phnom Penh next Monday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/security-to-beef-up-for-8th-congress-on-aipa-next-week-9091
Vietnam fails to fill in 3 large encroaching ponds, CNRP says
Five months after Vietnam pledged to fill in three large ponds its citizens illegally dug half a kilometer inside Cambodian territory in Ratanakkiri province, CNRP lawmakers say the reservoirs remain untouched. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnam-fails-to-fill-in-3-large-encroaching-ponds-cnrp-says-101701/
Vietnam gives Kingdom encryption lessons
The Vietnamese military has begun training Cambodia police in cryptography and encryption techniques as part of a national plan to protect “state secrets”.Em Sam An, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, signed a new agreement between the ministry’s cryptography department and the ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-gives-kingdom-encryption-lessons
Arrest ordered for Rainsy Facebook manager
An arrest warrant was issued on Tuesday for an assistant of opposition leader Sam Rainsy who helps run his popular Facebook page and is allegedly responsible for producing the video in which now-jailed Senator Hong Sok Hour presents a forged treaty. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arrest-ordered-for-rainsy-facebook-manager-101683/
MPs revisit Vietnam border pond issue
Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers Mao Monivann and Son Chhay visited a disputed area on the border between Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district and Vietnam on Monday and urged the government to take action over several ponds allegedly dug by the Vietnamese in Cambodian territory. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mps-revisit-vietnam-border-pond-issue
China to donate $3.5m for senate office space
The Chinese government has agreed to donate $3.5 million to build a ninth building inside the compound of the Senate on Norodom Boulevard, Senate Secretary-General Oum Sarith said on Tuesday following the signing ceremony in Phnom Penh. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-to-donate-3-5m-for-senate-office-space-101718/
Court spats, violence underscore rising political strife in Cambodia
Political tensions increased in Cambodia this week, with opposition lawmakers boycotting a session of the country’s National Assembly on Monday and ASEAN parliamentarians voicing concerns over the country’s “deteriorating political climate” as the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) asserts ever-tighter control over the Southeast Asian ...
Morm Moniroth, Yang Chandara, and Khe Sonorng
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/working-12012015152652.html
Investors from western China eye Cambodia
Chinese Investors from Sichuan Province in Western China are seeking out investment opportunities in Cambodia, a senior official from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Sichuan Council said yesterday at a meeting in the capital. Investment would be focused on infrastructure ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18214/investors-from-western-china-eye-cambodia/
Assembly passes budget as CNRP boycotts vote
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party passed the government’s $4.3 billion budget for 2016 unopposed yesterday as Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers followed through on a pledge to sit out the National Assembly session if concerns for their members’ safety were not addressed. ...
Vong Sokheng and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assembly-passes-budget-cnrp-boycotts-vote
ACU battles judicial association on corruption
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has refused to supervise the upcoming exam for new judges organized by the Royal Academy for Judicial Professions (RAJP), claiming that the RAJP “lacks the will” to work with them on fighting against widespread judicial corruption. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18224/acu-battles-judicial-association-on-corruption/
‘Busy’ CPP pols in no rush to meet with CNRP
Reversing a statement he made on Sunday, CPP lawmaker and spokesman Sok Eysan said a tentatively scheduled meeting between party leaders, including Interior Minister and senior CPP official Sar Kheng and CNRP acting president Kem Sokha, set for either yesterday or today had been cancelled ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/busy-cpp-pols-no-rush-meet-cnrp
Cambodia announces 17% increase in 2016 defence budget
The National Assembly of Cambodia approved on 30 November a 2016 defence budget of USD383 million, a 17% increase against spending in 2015. The defence allocation amounts to around 9% of total government expenditure for the year and about 2% of GDP. ...
Jon Grevatt
http://www.janes.com/article/56333/cambodia-announces-17-increase-in-2016-defence-budget
Justice Minister delays exam for judge students after ACU refuses to send observers
The minister for Ministry of Justice Ang Vongvattana ordered today to the Royal Academy of Judicial Professions to delay holding an exam for batch 7thof judicial students aiming to ensure transparent and justice. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/justice-minister-delays-exam-for-judge-students-after-acu-refuses-to-send-observers-9085
ACU delegation left Cambodia this morning for SEA-PAC meeting in Brunei
Cambodia delegation led by senior Minister Om Yentieng, head of the Anti-corruption Unit left Cambodia today for the 11th meeting of the South East Asia Parties Against Corruption (SEA-PAC) that will run through 1-3 December in Badar Seri Begawan, Brunei. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/acu-delegation-left-cambodia-this-morning-for-sea-pac-meeting-in-brunei-9086
National Bank of Cambodia for Kampot provincial branch inaugurated
A newly-constructed two-storey building of Kampot provincial branch of the National Bank of Cambodia inaugurated this morning to welcome clients. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/national-bank-of-cambodia-for-kampot-provincial-branch-inaugurated-9083
Cambodia Govt denies factory closure rumours
Cambodia’s Labour Ministry has denied rumours that factories would be closed in December and has called for the arrest of the “mastermind” for spreading the rumour, Cambodian newspapers have reported. ...
Fibre2fashion News Staff
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/cambodia-govt-denies-factory-closure-rumours-176134-newsdetails.htm
Government weighs up China challenge
China has thrown the military government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha a curve ball with its tough negotiating stance for the high-speed railway deal. This comes after the government appeared to cleave to Beijing’s interests in a series of foreign affairs decisions which critics said ...
Achara Ashayagachat
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/779965/government-weighs-up-china-challenge
Opposition lawmakers to boycott Assembly
The opposition CNRP’s 55 lawmakers will boycott this morning’s sitting of the National Assembly and all future sessions until the ruling CPP guarantees their safety and returns to a spirit of parliamentary cooperation, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said on Sunday. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-lawmakers-to-boycott-assembly-101443/
ACU rejects request to observe exam
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has rejected a request from the Royal Academy for Judicial Professionals to provide observers at the upcoming exam for new judges and prosecutors, according to a letter posted to the unit’s website on Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-rejects-request-to-observe-exam-101450/
Prince Ranariddh tells Rainsy not to ‘block aid’
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, leader of the royalist Funcinpec party, has called on opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy not to “block aid” to Cambodia following a resolution passed by the European Parliament last week that suggested aid could be slashed if an arrest ...
Vong Sokheng and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prince-ranariddh-tells-rainsy-not-block-aid
Labor ministry seeking arrests over factory closure rumors
The Labor Ministry has called on authorities to find the source of rumors that the country’s garment factories were planning to close for the month of December and arrest those responsible, according to a statement issued Saturday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-ministry-seeking-arrests-over-factory-closure-rumors-101457/