Kingdom’s startups stuck in the middle with no capital
Despite Cambodia having a vibrant startup scene with entrepreneurs launching ventures on a near daily basis, businesses trying to tap into financial resources for growth have difficulty accessing capital and are stuck in the unbankable “missing middle”, according to a recent study. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-startups-stuck-middle-no-capital
Villagers want the US to drop Cambodia’s war debt
Villagers who have suffered from the American bombs and chemicals used in the Vietnam War want the Us to cancel the war debt and would like it to compensate Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096199/villagers-want-us-drop-cambodias-war-debt/
Elephant electrocuted by high-tension line in herd’s path
An elephant was electrocuted by a high-power electric line early on Wednesday in a village in Preah sihanouk province frequented by the animals, according to provincial authorities. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony and Danielle Keeton-olsen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/elephant-electrocuted-by-high-tension-line-in-herds-path-126924/
U.S. Democracy promotion group holds political debate in Battambang
Local residents in Battambang town took part in a political debate organized by U.s. Democracy promotion group, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) on Monday ahead of local elections early next month. Attendees asked prospective candidates questions related to citizen’s concerns over unemployment, migration, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/us-democracy-promotion-group-holds-political-debate-in-battambang/3867567.html
Supreme court orders eco-activist’s appeal to be reheard
Environmental activist Ven Vorn has been given a second chance to have an illegal logging conviction overturned after the supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his case sent back to the Appeal Court for review. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/supreme-court-orders-eco-activists-appeal-to-be-reheard-132169/
King again in Beijing for contested Party Law’s signing
King Norodom Sihamoni will once again be out of Cambodia on the day that widely condemned new lawS are due to be Signed into force, prompting Some obServerS to SuggeSt he iS abStaining from affixing hiS Signature to politically queStionable legiSlation. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-again-beijing-contested-party-laws-signing
Human rights watch calls for loose-lipped minister’s firing
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay siphan said he did not believe social Affairs Minister Vong sauth would face any disciplinary action after he repeated the gist of a seemingly confidential CPP meeting, including an alleged threat by Prime Minister Hun sen to beat protesters with ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hrw-calls-for-loose-lipped-ministers-firing-133176/
Leaked document spells out CPP’s plan to monitor members
After losing more than 400 communes to the opposition in June’s local elections, the Cambodian People’s Party is embarking on a membership drive – among its own members – according to a leaked document, which describes plans to monitor the mentality of supporters of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/leaked-document-spells-out-cpps-plan-monitor-members
Government plans one of world’s biggest airports in Kandal
The Cambodian government has approved plans to build one of the world’s largest airports in Kandal province, though key actors have yet to work out the details and one economist noted yesterday that the current proposal may be short-sighted. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-plans-one-worlds-biggest-airports-kandal
Việt Nam, Cambodia’s bilateral trade surged 30% in 2017
Bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Cambodia last year surged 29.7 per cent against the previous year to nearly Us$3.8 billion, the General Department of Customs reported. Of the total, Việt Nam’s export turnover to this market was $2.77 billion, rising 26.1 per cent against the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Viet Nam News
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/422484/viet-nam-cambodias-bilateral-trade-surged-30-in-2017.html#q1s8ssWTMd4ceTep.97
Cambodia to get $40M from ADB’s green fund
The Asian Development Bank has announced an additional $30 million in grants and $10 million in loans to Cambodia as part of the organization’s Green Climate Fund. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-get-40m-adbs-green-fund
Revenue rises in Q3 at capital’s water firm
The capital’s listed water utility posted higher revenue against lower earnings during the third quarter of the year in a filing to the Cambodian stock exchange yesterday. Phnom Penh Water supply Authority (PPWsA) saw its revenue rise by $1 million, or 8 percent, year-on-year to $13.9 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revenue-rises-q3-capitals-water-firm
Among world leaders, PM’s Facebook 2nd for engagement
Prime Minister Hun sen’s time spent posting selfies and broadcasting speeches live on Facebook appears to be paying off, according to a new study that ranks world leaders’ Facebook pages by level of engagement. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/among-world-leaders-pms-facebook-2nd-for-engagement-125590/
Part of tycoon’s ELC to be granted to villagers
The Preah Sihanouk province land management committee iS in the proceSS of iSSuing land titleS for 82 familieS in a recently converted foreSt area, aS well aS from an economic land conceSSion (ELC) belonging to the Mong Reththy Group. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/part-tycoons-elc-be-granted-villagers
Acknowledging U.S. role in bombing, ambassador prioritizes demining efforts
William A. Heidt, U.S. AmbaSSador to Cambodia, SayS he iS “very aware” of the hiStorical role the United StateS played in the conflict in Cambodia, which iS why he iS Seeking to prioritize the clearance of unexploded ordinance left behind by yearS of bombing. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Tension flares up again on Cambodia’s border with Laos
Dozens of Laotian soldiers started building a post on a disputed tract of land along the border on Thursday, breaking a deal made just a day earlier between Laos and Cambodia to withdraw forces until after the Khmer New Year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tension-flares-up-again-on-cambodias-border-with-laos-127704/
Pros and cons of China’s Belt and Road plan
Cambodia has been a vocal supporter of the BRI since the initiative’s conception in 2013. The BRI will offer a new framework of cooperation between Cambodia and her neighbours, through the increased connectivity that will arise in the region once the work on the improved ss='cambodia-color'>...
Samithi Sok
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39680/pros-and-cons-of-china---s-belt-and-road-plan/
Kheng seeks constitutional ban on individuals harming Cambodia’s ‘interests’
Interior Minister sar Kheng announced yesterday that he would introduce an amendment to the Constitution banning individuals from doing “anything to impact the national interests” of Cambodia, singling out ex-opposition figure Kem Monovithya as an example. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/kheng-seeks-constitutional-ban-individuals-harming-cambodias-interests
Khmer Krom warned not to join Rainsy’s new movement
The head of a Khmer Krom advocacy association yesterday issued a statement urging his followers not to join ex-opposition leader sam Rainsy’s newly minted Cambodia National Rescue Movement, claiming it will provoke violence. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/khmer-krom-warned-not-join-rainsys-new-movement
Kem Sokha’s pre-trial detention extended by six months
Jailed opposition leader Kem sokha may not face trial until after the July elections, after a Phnom Penh Municipal Court decision on Monday to extend his pre-trial detention up to another six months. Meng sopheary, sokha’s lawyer, confirmed that Investigating Judge Ky Rithy extended the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokhas-pre-trial-detention-extended-six-months