Kingdom’s road infrastructure pressured by increased car sales
Rising incomes are driving the growth of new and used car sales in the Kingdom, putting pressure on the Kingdom’s limited road infrastructure, an industry specialist said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-road-infrastructure-pressured-increased-car-sales
Kingdom’s airlines adjusting course due to slower tourism
Tighter competition and a slowdown in international tourism growth has prompted airlines registered in Cambodia to scale back their fleet expansion plans and shift focus to serving the more promising Chinese tourist market, new research shows. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cam McGrath and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-airlines-adjusting-course-due-slower-tourism
With job cuts on horizon, factory’s staff walks
Roughly 2,000 workers from the Malaysian-owned Global Apparels Limited garment factory in Phnom Penh went on strike yesterday after the factory announced it would be reducing staff numbers by 500 over the coming months, union representatives said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/job-cuts-horizon-factorys-staff-walks
Capital’s airport starts adding more space next week
An extension of the terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport will be officially opened late next week, a senior official from the state secretary of Civil Aviation (ssCA) told Khmer Times yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22474/capital---s-airport-starts-adding-more-space-next-week/
Tea Banh’s sons given top gov’t jobs
As the government fends off continued accusations of nepotism within its institutions, a royal decree issued in early March revealed the appointment of four official assistants to four-star general and deputy prime minister Tea Banh, two of whom are the general’s own sons. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24491/tea-banh---s-sons-given-top-gov---t-jobs/
Research may alter accepted history of Angkor’s end
Research released on Monday in the Journal of Archaeological science may lead to whole chapters of Cambodia’s history being rewritten. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michelle Vachon
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/research-may-alter-accepted-history-of-angkors-end-113999/
Ministry considers Turkey’s request to close Zaman schools
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that it was reviewing a diplomatic request from Turkey to close Zaman-operated schools in Phnom Penh because of their alleged ties to an organization being blamed for last month’s failed coup in the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-considers-turkeys-request-to-close-zaman-schools-117033/
Dam threat to Mekong River’s last few dolphins
The fate of the last surviving Irrawaddy river dolphins on the Laos-Cambodian border hangs in the balance after a Laos government official was reported as saying this week that construction of the dam would begin by the end of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Claire Boobbyer
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/11857911/Dam-threat-to-Mekong-Rivers-last-few-dolphins.html
Prince Ranarridh offers support of government’s border policies
Prince Norodom Ranarridh, leader of the royalist party Funcinpec, says he has offered support to Prime Minister Hun sen, to verify Cambodia’s maps in its demarcation discussions over the Vietnam border. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/prince-ranarridh-offers-support-of-government-border-policies/2959993.html
Senator’s son-in-law rejects land grab claim
The son-in-law of senator Kok An has rejected accusations the tycoon is attempting to grab six hectares of land from a plot he sold to a south Korean development company 10 years ago. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senators-son-law-rejects-land-grab-claim
PM says CNRP’s land plans will stoke war
Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday warned that a CNRP victory in the 2018 national election would inevitably lead to war when the opposition party starts redistributing land from the rich to the poor, something that opposition leader sam Rainsy said would only be done ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-says-cnrps-land-plans-will-stoke-war-95150/
Sexist traditions a hurdle for region’s female leaders
Government ministries bound by sexist traditions and a lack of support are keeping women officials across Asia from implementing their ideas, female leaders gathered for a four-day seminar in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sexist-traditions-hurdle-regions-female-leaders
Cambodia’s young generations a demographic boon, for now
Economists say Cambodia is not facing the risk of an aging population, as is happening in richer countries around the region, but it must still plan for a future when its younger generations grow old. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-young-generations-a-demographic-boon-for-now/3095179.html
Cambodia’s indigenous groups suffer under climate change, deforestation
In the remote province of Ratanakiri, in northeastern Cambodia, deforestation and climate change are taking a heavy toll on communities.Drought has damaged crops, from rice to sesame, cashews, beans and potatoes, making it hard for farmers here to earn a living. And deforestation has greatly ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-indigenous-groups-suffer-under-climate-change-deforestation/3102193.html
Opposition’s return to parliament could help jailed activists
With the return of the Cambodia National Rescue Party to the National Assembly this week, following a boycott that began in November, analysts say there is a chance some of the party’s activists could be released from jail. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-return-to-parliament-could-help-jailed-activists/3107125.html
S. Korea is laying the foundation for accelerating growth
The flow of Korean investment into Cambodia has been in the spotlight for more than a decade, primarily foreign direct investment in the construction and property sectors. Investment from the East Asian nation continues its rise, and in 2014 south Korean investment in Cambodia ranked ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20465/s--korea-is-laying-the-foundation-for-accelerating-growth/
Cambodia weather predication under Dipole Model Index’s influence
Under the effect of Dipole Model Index, Cambodia will experience extreme hot weather with minimum rainfall, increasing thunderstorms, lightning and strong wind during Dry season in March and April. The situation continues to strike until the end of July. Good amount of rain reports and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry Of Water Resources and Meteorology
Taskforce to weigh measures for rice sector’s future
The Commerce Ministry has created a special taskforce to study challenges threatening the sustainability of the nation’s rice industry and will report its findings within two weeks, a ministry official said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taskforce-weigh-measures-rice-sectors-future
It’s back to school for real estate agents
The Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) will set out a framework to build a professional training school by April to enable its agents to compete with those from other countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22926/it---s-back-to-school-for-real-estate-agents/
Old debt on agenda for PM’s Russia visit
Prime Minister Hun sen will attempt to renegotiate the $1.5 billion of soviet-era debt Cambodia accrued during the 1980s when he visits Russia in May, according to a post on the premier’s Facebook page. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/old-debt-agenda-pms-russia-visit