Fake diamond leads to market sting in S’ville
A couple was arrested and sent to court yesterday after attempting to sell $38,000 in fake diamond jewellery to a gold vendor in Preah sihanouk province, according to provincial military police. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-diamond-leads-market-sting-sville
Chea Sim’s funeral expected to draw 30,000
More than 30,000 people are expected to turn out for CPP President Chea sim’s funeral procession in Phnom Penh on Friday, with security around the city to be ramped up accordingly, a festival official said Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=72827&action=edit&message=9
Thailand boosts kingdom’s construction sector by $100 million
Thailand has invested $100 million in Cambodia’s construction sector, according to the latest figures issued by the Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ban Sokrith and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12035/thailand-boosts-kingdom---s-construction-sector-by--100-million/
Rainsy returns, open to PM’s ‘oath of lightning’
Opposition leader sam Rainsy returned from an extended trip abroad Wednesday saying that he would accept Prime Minister Hun sen’s challenge to swear on his life that the July 2013 national election was “stolen” by the CPP, adding that a systematic vote recount could be ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-returns-open-to-pms-oath-of-lightning-85338/
City hall shuts roads for Chea Sim’s funeral
The city will close traffic on a few main roads during the funeral procession for former president of the senate Chea sim on Friday morning from 6 am to 12 pm, according to a City Hall press release. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12374/city-hall-shuts-roads-for-chea-sim---s-funeral/
Chea Sim’s funeral expected to draw 30,000
More than 30,000 people are expected to turn out for CPP President Chea sim’s funeral procession in Phnom Penh on Friday, with security around the city to be ramped up accordingly, a festival official said Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chea-sims-funeral-expected-to-draw-30000-85770/
As MERS spreads, gov’t says it’s prepared
Following the first case of the potentially deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome being confirmed in Thailand on Thursday, government officials in Cambodia said entry points into the country were already equipped to prevent the disease from spreading here. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Maria Paula Brito and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-mers-spreads-govt-says-its-prepared-86039/
Russian charged over man’s shooting during casino clash
A Russian expatriate accused of shooting a man during a fight between two groups of foreigners at a sihanoukville casino in February was charged with intentional violence Tuesday and sent to prison to await trial, officials said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/russian-charged-over-mans-shooting-during-casino-clash-86339/
S. Korean-funded roads opens to traffic in Cambodia
Roads built with low-interest policy loans from south Korea have opened to traffic in Cambodia, the finance ministry said Monday. The roads near the Vietnamese border in the southern part of Cambodia, are part of a broader infrastructure project undertaken by Phnom Penh to meet ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yonhap News Agency Staff
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2015/06/29/0503000000AEN20150629005200320.html
Kingdom’s Agro exports on slow boat to China
China is the Kingdom’s top rice importer, and is also bringing in Cambodian cassava, rubber, cashews, peppers and a small amount of corn. But experts say efforts to increase export shipments and open Asia’s biggest market to new products will fall short unless Cambodia addresses ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news-list/2/business/
Minister alleges effort to sully EdC’s reputation
Mines and Energy Minister suy sem on Monday hit back at detractors following a spike in energy prices, claiming the criticism was an attempt to destroy the credibility of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-alleges-effort-to-sully-edcs-reputation-88156/
Minister helps open controversial tycoon’s new rubber farm
Environment Minister say sam Al was in Preah Vihear province on sunday to help inaugurate Try Pheap’s newest project, a $52-million rubber plantation and additional facilities that the timber magnate has cleared thousands of hectares of protected forest to build. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-helps-open-controversial-tycoons-new-rubber-farm-88896/
Seafood, tourism, rice top Russia’s trading wish list
Russia is looking to up its investment in agricultural products, mainly rice and seafood, and the tourism sector in the Kingdom, after Russian Minister for Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov met with Commerce Minister sun Chanthol last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seafood-tourism-rice-top-russias-trading-wish-list
On Facebook, a potential venue for women’s rights
When police arrested real estate tycoon sok Bun earlier this month, it seemed to be in response to an outcry on social media, which showed closed-circuit footage of him beating a famous TV actress at a restaurant in the capital. It was a rare arrest, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Oum Sonita
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/on-facebook-a-potential-venue-for-women-rights/2881566.html
Official warns against rainsy’s most recent border claims
The country’s second most senior border affairs official on sunday warned against oversimplifying territorial disputes after opposition leader sam Rainsy claimed that Vietnam has flagrantly annexed land on Cambodia’s side of a demarcated border area in svay Rieng province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Chhorn Chansy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-warns-against-rainsys-most-recent-border-claims-90422/
Cambodia inaugurates fifth China-funded bridge in S. province
Cambodia inaugurated Takhmau Bridge across Tonle Bassac River, along with a 12-km road here on Monday in an effort to facilitate travel and boost local economic development.The concrete bridge, along with its connecting road, is located about 13 km south of Phnom Penh capital. It ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/03/c_134476255.htm
PM tells Obama he’s not asking about bombs
Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday reassured U.s. President Barack Obama that a request he made for maps of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam last month was not a request for maps of where the U.s. bombed Cambodia during the second Indochina War. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-tells-obama-hes-not-asking-about-bombs-90602/
U.S. ambassador to Cambodia: Who is William Heidt?
William A. Heidt, a career member of the Foreign Service, waS nominated on April 7, 2015, to be the next U.S. ambaSSador to Cambodia. If he&rSquo;S confirmed, it will be hiS firSt ambaSSadorial poSting. Since 2012, Heidt haS been executive aSSiStant to the Under Secretary SS='cambodia-color'>...
Steve Straehley
http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/us-ambassador-to-cambodia-who-is-william-heidt-150808?news=857153
Cambodia’s int’l trade value up 9 percent
The value of Cambodia’s international trade increased by about 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, according to the latest data from the Commerce Ministry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodias-intl-trade-value-up-9-percent-91908/
Cambodia dam’s benefits exclude people in its vicinity
The construction of the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia, though beneficial to urban areas, has not been so good for those who live close to the dam site in Kampot province, according to a study. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Madhukara Putty
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/energy/news/cambodia-dam-s-benefits-exclude-people-in-its-vicinity.html