Deadline extended for holdouts at Borei Keila
City Hall spokesman Mean Chanyada speaks to the press about a meeting with Borei Keila holdouts yesterday in Phnom Penh. Heng Chivoan Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday extended by 30 days a two-month...
View ArticleGroup seeks $170K for for Ley shrine in Takeo
Source: Phnom Penh Post Group seeks $170K for for Ley shrine in Takeo The committee in charge of constructing a shrine for political analyst Kem Ley, who was shot dead in Phnom Penh in July, held a...
View ArticleCourts, laws concern for UN
Source: Phnom Penh Post Adhoc officials Ny Sokha (left) and Yi Soksan are escorted into the Supreme Court, where their bail appeal was denied on Monday in Phnom Penh. Pha Lina The UN High Commissioner...
View ArticleSino Plaza joins ranks of struggling developments
Source: Phnom Penh Post A bird’s eye view of the Sino Plaza development shows that construction is still very much active. Sreng Meng Srun Sino Plaza, a $250 million mixed-development project at Boeung...
View ArticleBuyer activity heats up in Ang Snoul district
Source: Phnom Penh Post Land and properties in the Ang Snoul district, southwest of Phnom Penh, are currently enjoying a spike in land value in line with construction progress of a new bridge and road,...
View ArticlePay protest amid fears owners skipped town
Source: Phnom Pemh Post More than 600 workers from the capital’s Bodykids Fashion Wear factory protested on Friday and Saturday after management failed to pay them their February wages. Striking...
View ArticleKingdom’s UN rep refutes criticisms
Source: Phnom Penh Post Cambodian Ambassador to the United Nations Ney Sam Ol (front centre) speaks during the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council in September last year. Photo supplied Cambodia’s...
View ArticleApproach to disability questioned
Source: Phnom Penh Post A blind woman sings for donations on the side of a road in Phnom Penh. A recent research paper says that failure among foreign donors to take into account the Kingdom’s cultural...
View ArticleAdhoc detention ‘legal’
Source: Phnom Penh Post ADHOC officials Ny Sokha (R) and Yi Soksan (L) are escorted into the Supreme Court, where their appeal for bail was denied yesterday in Phnom Penh. Pha Lina The Supreme Court...
View ArticleTimber found in Mondulkiri province wildlife refuge
Source: Phnom Penh Post Authorities seize illegal luxury timber that was discovered in the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province on Sunday. Photo supplied A multi-agency law enforcement team...
View ArticleFamilies want road expansion scaled back
Source: Phnom Penh Post A view of the Prek Phnov bridge where municipal officials discussed the of impact of the bridge expansion yesterday in Phnom Penh. Hong Menea About 40 families asked the...
View ArticleCeremonies bemoan effects of hydro dams
Source: Phnom Penh Post A worker passes the Kampot Hydro power dam in 2014. Pha Lina More than 200 locals, students and NGO staffers joined together yesterday to pray for Cambodia’s rivers and to raise...
View ArticleCity sewage plan mooted
Source: Phnom Penh Post Children play near the drainage canal at Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district in January this year. JICA this week unveiled a new master plan for treating the city’s wastewater....
View ArticleThais ‘offer trains’ for new rail link
Source: Phnom Penh Post The Thai government has made a verbal commitment to supply four trains to Cambodia for a railway set to connect the neighbouring countries by early July, said Ly Borin,...
View ArticleVillagers push city on mooted road buildout
Source: Phnom Penh Post Resident inspect the railway expansion maps while protesting outside City Hall yesterday in Phnom Penh. Hong Menea About 70 community members living along the railway tracks in...
View ArticleProbe finds high-ranking officials involved in smuggling timber to Vietnam
Source: Phnom Penh Post Timber trucks driven by Vietnamese nationals that were seized in Mondulkiri province last month. The case prompted an investigation into possible collusion between authorities...
View ArticleStudy examines road safety
Source: Phnom Penh Post Institute for Road Safety director Ear Chariya speaks at a road safety seminar at the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center on Saturday in Phnom Penh. Facebook About 60 high school...
View ArticleRanger station razed by mob
Source: Phnom Penh Penh The remains of an environmental ranger station that was burned down on Friday by a mob of people angry at having been stopped from clearing protected forest land in Mondulkiri...
View ArticleFamily of Slain Analyst Calls for Renewed Investigation as Speculation Mounts...
Source: VOA FILE: Kem Ley body laid down inside the mart. Kem Ley, a Cambodian political analyst was shot death on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at a gas station in Phnom Penh. ( Leng Len/VOA Khmer) “It’s an...
View ArticleWorld Bank hurting locals, report says
Source: Phnom Penh Post A man operates machinery on a HAGL land concession in Ratanakkiri province in 2013. HAGL has been linked to Vietnamese private equity funds that are themselves linked to...
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