Police shut down NGO event for indigenous communities
Police in Ratanakkiri province on Tuesday ordered rights group Adhoc to call off a planned workshop meant to inform local indigenous communities of their rights, claiming the NGO had failed to secure the necessary permission from authorities. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-shut-down-ngo-event-for-indigenous-communities-109947/
Royal group seals $10 million loan for Koh Rong project
The Royal Group conglomerate has signed off on a $10 million loan from the Bangkok-based Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) for the construction of a five-star hotel and resort in Koh Rong Island. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23401/royal-group-seals--10-million-loan-for-koh-rong-project/
Sky Land and Dutch kamworks sign $12.5 million solar deal
SKY LAND and Netherlands-based Kamworks company have signed a $12.5 million agreement to supply 5 megawatts of solar power to a project in the Vihear Sour special economic zone by the 7NG development group. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23801/sky-land-and-dutch-kamworks-sign--12-5-million-solar-deal/
Phnom Penh to get new $23 million domestic airport terminal
A Malaysian company will begin construction on a new domestic terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport soon, at a cost of about $23 million, the firm announced in a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange on Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-to-get-new-23m-domestic-airport-terminal-111342/
PM to travel by train to Sihanoukville
In an effort at promote the Kingdom’s railways, Prime Minister Hun Sen will travel from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville by train on April 30, and has promised to post many pictures of his travels on Facebook. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24161/pm-to-travel-by-train-to-sihanoukville/
250K Cambodians subject to forced labour or marriage, report finds
Cambodia has the third-highest prevalence rate for modern slavery in the world, trailing only North Korea and Uzbekistan, according to the Global Slavery Index 2016, released this morning by the Walk Free Foundation. ...
Jack Davies and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/250k-cambodians-subject-forced-labour-or-marriage-report-finds
Gen Banh says sea not on agenda with Vietnam
Following a meeting with Vietnam’s new defense minister, Ngo Xuan Lich, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh told reporters that rising tensions in the South China Sea were not even mentioned during their discussion. “. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gen-banh-says-sea-not-on-agenda-with-vietnam-113384/
Beach buildings to be destroyed
Structures considered to be encroaching on state-owned beach areas in Sihanoukville will be demolished, according to a letter sent on Sunday from the Minister of Land Management to the Committee for Cambodia Coastal Management and Development. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25870/beach-buildings-to-be-destroyed/
PM challenges EU to follow through on threat to cut aid
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday blithely brushed aside a recent threat from the European Parliament to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cambodia over human rights abuses, challenging the body to follow through. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-challenges-eu-to-follow-through-on-threat-to-cut-aid-114068/
WB help sought for logistics
Cambodia has asked the World Bank to assist in the development of the terms of reference for its planned National Logistics Committee, a move that is hoped to improve the transportation sector and reduce costs for exporters. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26944/wb-help-sought-for-logistics/
Cambodia-China talk expressway
A proposed Chinese-built highway linking Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville appears to be moving forward, after the chairman of the company behind the project met with Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28412/cambodia-china-talk-expressway/
Wildlife Alliance celebrates zero poaching
To celebrate World Elephant Day today, the conservation group Wildlife Alliance (WA) celebrated its achievement of zero poaching of the Cardamom Rainforest’s Asian elephant population in the last decade, according to a press release on Wednesday. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28419/wildlife-alliance-celebrates-zero-poaching/
Minister urges health officials to report clinics
Health Minister Mam Bunheng on Tuesday urged health departments in Phnom Penh and the provinces to file complaints with the courts if they discover that people running health services are breaking the law, a ministry official said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-urges-health-officials-to-report-clinics-93704/
Protecting fishing cats’ habitat is vital
The release last week of camera-trap photos showing fishing cats prowling wetlands in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provinces drew cheers from environmentalists as well as a note of caution – ensuring their survival will require plenty of work. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15541/protecting-fishing-cats----habitat-is-vital/
Government remains optimistic on economic growth
The government yesterday slightly lowered its growth forecast for this year – from 7 to 6.9 percent – citing slowing growth in China and Europe as well as the appreciation of the US dollar as the reasons for the cut. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17012/government-remains-optimistic-on-economic-growth/
Doctor’s unintentional murder charge dropped
A doctor who had been accused of causing a woman to die in labour because he abandoned her during childbirth to go to a party had charges against him dropped by the Court of Appeal on Monday. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/doctors-unintentional-murder-charge-dropped
Cambodian PM condemns Paris attacks, shares condolences with victims' families
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday strongly condemned a series of terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday that killed at least 127 people and extended his deepest sympathy to the bereaved families. ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=309157
Cambodia and Laos: The challenge of altering attitudes towards startups
As countries that share a border (and the Mekong River), the Southeast Asian nations of Cambodia and Laos possess traits in common. Amongst them, relatively small populations that are predominantly young and Buddhist. ...
Colin Tung
http://e27.co/cambodia-laos-challenge-altering-attitudes-towards-startups-20151118/
Exports of palm oil up, despite price drop
Exports of crude palm oil from the Mong Reththy Company – the Kingdom’s sole producer of the product – increased 8.1 per cent for the first 11 months this year, compared to the same period in 2014. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-palm-oil-despite-price-drop
Hun Sen visits Thailand
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s first state visit to Thailand today and tomorrow will be a milestone in enhancing previously frayed diplomatic relations with Cambodia’s largest neighbor and will also pay off economically, diplomats, executives and analysts say. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18831/hun-sen-visits-thailand/