Cambodians filling majority of hotel rooms this New Year’s
As the year-end festivities get into high gear, provincial tourism officials are reporting a sharp increase in Cambodians travelling to popular holiday spots across the country to ring in the New Year.The temple town of siem Reap this year is seeing an increase in hotel ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sor Chandara and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodians-filling-majority-hotel-rooms-new-years
Meet Cambodia’s first 'real estate personality of the year'
Having managed various businesses in Cambodia for more than two decades now, Rithy sear has earned a reputation for being ambitious, and rightly so. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Property Report Team
http://www.property-report.com/meet-rithi-sear-cambodias-first-real-estate-personality-of-the-year/
Breakaway party becomes country’s 10th in past year
A breakaway faction from the Cambodian National Justice Party—itself a recent breakaway from the Beehive social Democratic Party—has formed a new political party, its founder announced on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/breakaway-party-becomes-countrys-10th-in-past-year-107666/
Untrained & unlicensed: a look at Cambodia’s public health system
When the Cambodia National Assembly passed the 2016 national budget last December Cambodia’s public health system was not high on the list for additional resources, receiving a meager 8 per cent increase from the year prior, or $275 million. Admirably education received a boost of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bonna Realty says business as usual after chairman’s arrest
A representative of Bonna Realty Group said yesterday that the arrest of the company’s eponymous chairman on Friday on fraud charges stemming from a bounced cheque would have no impact on the business because it was purely a personal matter. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bonna-realty-says-business-usual-after-chairmans-arrest
Hun Sen touts Cambodia’s approach to closing gender gap
Prime Minister Hun sen addressed world leaders at the UN on sunday, giving his formula for closing the gender gap. On Friday, world leaders adopted a new set of development goals, to be achieved over the next 15 years, including gender promotion. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-touts-cambodia-approach-to-closing-gender-gap/2985720.html
Cambodia prepares for third-year anniversary of King’s death
Cambodians will mark the third-year anniversary of the death of their former king, Norodom sihanouk, on Thursday, in a somber occasion marking his legacy.Norodom sihanouk was revered by many Cambodians before his passing, in Beijing in 2012. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-prepares-for-third-year-anniversary-of-king-death/3003931.html
Russian PM’s arrival met with security, limited media access
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev landed at Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday evening and was greeted by a delegation of senior Cambodian government officials and a large security contingent—but few members of the local media, who were largely barred from covering his visit. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/russian-pms-arrival-met-with-security-limited-media-access-101205/
Five more arrested over SEZs’s riot in Bavet city
At least five men were respectively arrested by police on Wednesday and Thursday for involvement in violence protest in two special economic zones (sEZs) in svay Rieng province, Bavet city. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/five-more-arrested-over-sezs%E2%80%99s-riot-in-bavet-city-9123
U.S. Secretary of State hails Cambodia for rapid development
Visiting U.s. secretary of state John Kerry on Tuesday hailed Cambodia for its rapid development and said the United states is committed to further enhancing ties with the southeast Asian country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/26/c_135047515.htm
Rice Federation raises alarm about Vietnam’s FTA with EU
The Cambodia Rice Federation yesterday raised fresh concerns about the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA), after an online rice-industry portal said the deal will scrap import duties on about 80,000 tons of rice from Vietnam per year and that this could start this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21216/rice-federation-raises-alarm-about-vietnam---s-fta-with-eu/
Zaha hadid’s little known plan to redesign Phnom Penh
Prior to her death on Thursday of last week, British architect Zaha Hadid was working to help Cambodia rebuild after the tragedies of its history. As was well-known, she was designing a new institute in Phnom Penh to foster research and remembrance of the country’s darkest ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voanews.com/content/zaha-hadid-little-known-plan-to-redesign-phnom-penh/3271325.html
Case opened into claims of assault by Manet’s guard
Police in Long Beach, California, said on saturday that they had opened an investigation into the alleged assault of an American man by a bodyguard of Prime Minister Hun sen’s son Hun Manet. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/case-opened-into-claims-of-assault-by-manets-guard-111394/
Vietnam, Cambodia back Indonesia`s proposal for ASEAN wage standards
Vietnam and Cambodia support Indonesia’s proposal for minimum wage standards which will be applicable to AsEAN member states, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
S. Korea's vice defense minister visits Cambodia, Laos this week
South Korea&rSquo;S vice defenSe miniSter will viSit Cambodia and LaoS thiS week in the country&rSquo;S widening effortS to win over countrieS cloSe to North Korea aS Pyongyang ShowS little Sign of letting up on itS military provocationS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Yonhap
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160627000628
U.S. ambassador to Cambodia visits Long Beach this week
The newest U.s. ambassador to Cambodia is visiting Long Beach, which is home to the largest population of Cambodians outside their native country – many of whom are still connected to their homeland. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Courtney Tompkins
http://www.presstelegram.com/government-and-politics/20160711/us-ambassador-to-cambodia-visits-long-beach-this-week
Land dispute pits PM’s brother against Brigade 70 general
The Kampong Speu Provincial Court haS joined the fray in a land battle between Hun Sen&rSquo;S elder brother and a general attached to RCAF&rSquo;S infamouS Brigade 70, ordering a halt to itS clearing.A court officer, joined by 20 local authority officerS and Several memberS of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-dispute-pits-pms-brother-against-brigade-70-general
ILO congratulates Cambodia’s consensus on workers’ monthly minimum wage
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has expressed its appreciation for Cambodia’s decision to increase the minimum wage of garment, textile and footwear workers to Us$140 per month, according to an ILO’s statement received by the state news agency-AKP this afternoon. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/ilo-congratulates-cambodia%E2%80%99s-consensus-on-workers%E2%80%99-monthly-minimum-wage-9026
Another cache of buried logs found near Oknha’s sawmill
Authorities have unearthed an­other cache of high-grade logs buried near a well-known timber dealer’s sawmill in Tbong Khmum province, weeks after finding a stockpile of buried logs on the businessman’s property in the same district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-cache-of-buried-logs-found-near-oknhas-sawmill-107986/
Russia claims Cambodia failed to notify of embezzler’s arrest
Cambodian officials have not informed Russian authorities about the arrest of a wanted embezzler in sihanoukville last month, despite apprehending him at their request, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/russia-claims-cambodia-failed-to-notify-of-embezzlers-arrest-110950/