Crash payouts still in limbo
The families of victims killed or injured by a deadly road accident in Svay Rieng province in May are accusing the bus company involved of not paying out the court-ordered compensation in full.On May 20, a tourist bus from the 15 SH Bus Company tried ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crash-payouts-still-limbo
US to train Cambodian government on combating cybercrime
The United States has invited senior Cambodian officials to learn about cybercrime from U.S. experts. Numerous countries and nongovernmental organizations have expressed concern in recent years over the drafting of a Cambodian cybercrime law, which critics say could be used to restrict freedom of expression and ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voanews.com/content/united-states-train-cambodian-government-combat-cybercrime/3396048.html
UN targets 2030 now, Hun Sen pushes demining
The United Nations adopted a sweeping set of targets aimed at improving the lives of the poor and protecting the environment over the next 15 years on Friday.Called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they target issues like gender inequality, poverty, and climate change, and replace ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16224/un-targets-2030-now--hun-sen-pushes-demining/
Lawyer calls for leniency for trafficking suspects
A lawyer for six women accused of trafficking young women to China conceded his clients’ guilt during their trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday but asked for leniency because of their modest education. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyer-calls-for-leniency-for-trafficking-suspects-95953/
Star Vegas casino turns profit as VIPs chip in
A new VIP gambling room at the Star Vegas Resort and Club casino in Poipet raked in nearly $700,000 in revenue during its first full month of operation, its management announced yesterday.Joey Lim, managing director of Australian casino operator Donaco International Ltd, said the new ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/star-vegas-casino-turns-profit-vips-chip
SCG vows Cambodian upgrade
SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG) will spend US$200 million to expand its investment in Cambodia from 2016-20.The focus will be on the cement and building materials sectors, which have strong potential to grow amid the Cambodian government’s policy of revving up infrastructure projects, said Kan ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/800748/scg-vows-cambodian-upgrade
An IPO with a value approach
Phnom Penh SEZ Plc, which operates a 357-hectare industrial park on the outskirts of the capital, held a bookbuild last month to determine the share price for its upcoming initial public offering on the Cambodian stock market. The private company aims to raise between $8.1 ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ipo-value-approach
UDG plaintiffs called
Koh Kong’s provincial prosecutor has invited four community representatives to provide statements regarding violence allegedly committed in January during an ongoing land dispute with Chinese company Union Development Group.The invitation was received this week by residents of Prek Smach village in Kiri Sakor district, who ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/udg-plaintiffs-called
VN a top investor in Cambodia
Viet Nam was among Cambodia’s top five investors as of last April with US$3.2 billion in 171 projects.It is also Cambodia’s third largest trade partner with bilateral trade topping $3.3 billion as of 2015, Vietnamese Commercial Counselor Nguyen Bao said, noting the two countries are ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/276481/vn-a-top-investor-in-cambodia.html
Gov’t prepares labor court for 2017
Government officials said the country’s Labor Court will be established in early 2017 while relevant officials study the technicalities of the court and get information as well as expertise from similar courts in other countries. of all potential stakeholders, unions say they are the most ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19350/gov---t-preps-labor-court-for-2017/
Structures by Phnom Penh canal flattened
A collection of houses and other structures belonging to nine families living alongside a canal in the capital’s Russey Keo district was destroyed yesterday by a large group of men sent by local authorities. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/structures-phnom-penh-canal-flattened
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 ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-indigenous-groups-suffer-under-climate-change-deforestation/3102193.html
War declared on illegal weapons
Sao Sokha, the commander-in-chief of the military police, has ordered his units to crack down on illegal gun ownership, pledging to resign his post if he is unable to reduce the prevalence of arms. Speaking at the Royal Gendarmerie’s annual meeting on Monday, he ordered ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22082/war-declared-on-illegal-weapons/
Helping Cambodia move up
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) opened its office in the capital in September 1993. Today, the AFD provides direct funding in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, infrastructure development, manufacturing sector and vocational training. Since 1993, the AFD has given grants of more than ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25546/helping-cambodia--move-up/
Rice export firms get go ahead
Eighteen local rice export companies are now eligible to carry out milled rice exports to China starting from next month, according to an announcement released on Monday by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). The announcement added that the CRF and the Green Trade Company – under ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33377/rice-export-firms-get-go-ahead/
PM backs China’s key role
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that China has been playing a critical role in contributing to the development of the Cambodian economy through direct investment and helping to develop infrastructure. In 2016 trade reached about $4.8 billion of which exports from Cambodia amounted to ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37454/pm-backs-china---s-key-role/
Intervention sought in land dispute
Claiming that district authorities destroyed their crops with bulldozers in February to evict them from their land, villagers representing 25 families from Oddar Meanchey’s Anlong Veng district yesterday petitioned the National Assembly to grant them land titles. Village representative Sat Borath said the area is ...
Hong Menea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/intervention-sought-land-dispute-0
China to hold second military exercises with Cambodia
China will hold its second military exercise with Cambodia in March focusing on counter terrorism, the Cambodian army said on Wednesday, in another sign of the Southeast Asian country strengthening ties with Beijing. The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces said in a statement the exercise would ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-china/china-to-hold-second-military-exercises-with-cambodia-idUSKBN1FD1QW
PPSEZ revenue drop due to land sales
The 50 percent drop in revenue of the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) recently announced for the first nine months of the year is due mainly to a significant decline in land sales, a senior official said yesterday. According to the initial, un-audited revenue statement ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32100/ppsez-revenue-drop-due-to-land-sales/
Police launch blitz on illegal fishing
Pursat provincial police have launched a week-long campaign to crack down on widespread illegal fishing. Authorities say they have confiscated and destroyed many kinds of illegal fishing equipment on the Tonle Sap Lake from Kampon Loung in Krakor district to the Kampong Chhang province border. Pursat deputy ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32912/police-launch-blitz-on-illegal-fishing/