Philippine army to assist Cambodian military
The Commanding General of the Philippine Army Eduardo M. Año pledged to strengthen bilateral ties with the Kingdom and train Cambodian armed forces in natural disaster relief, sea security, drug trafficking and illegal border crossing prevention on Friday during a meeting with Commander-in-Chief of the ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21976/philippine-army-to-assist-cambodian-military/
UN asked to help imprisoned rights activists
Alex Gonzalez-Davidson, the outspoken director of the environmental group Mother Nature, has written to the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders to request that he pressure the government to release three Mother Nature activists imprisoned on charges stemming from an anti-sand ...
Kuch Naren and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/111370-111370/
New border checkpoint to Thailand planned
Preparations are underway for the construction of a new border checkpoint to Thailand in Banteay Meanchey province, officials said yesterday. After signing a joint agreement to open a new checkpoint last August for the purpose of boosting bilateral trade, Banteay Meanchey authorities sent a letter to ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25676/new-border-checkpoint-to-thailand-planned/
Kantha Bopha to get Angkor donations in February
Two dollars from the sale of every ticket to the Angkor temple complex will go to the Kantha Bopha hospitals in February 2017, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday. A letter sent to Dr. Beat Richner, the founder for the Kantha Bopha Children’s ...
San Bunsim and Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28217/kantha-bopha-to-get-angkor-donations-in-february/
Youth forum discusses ‘responsible’ social media use
More than 100 young people gathered yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of social media in Cambodia.At the youth forum, which focused on “Politics in the Digital Age”, youths, monks, politicians and NGO leaders spoke about the increasing importance of social ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-forum-discusses-responsible-social-media-use
Authorities monitoring Zika virus in Cambodia
A disease expert in Cambodia said on Friday that although the Zika virus—which has recently been linked to birth defects and paralysis in South America—had circulated in Cambodia in the past, there had been no reported cases of the virus here for three years, though ...
Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-monitoring-zika-virus-in-cambodia-106228/
Phnom Penh land prices, condo sales continue to surge
The Phnom Penh property market continued to see a broad rise in sales and rental values during the final quarter of last year, with land values across the capital’s four central districts rising by an average of 8.4 percent from the third quarter, according to ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22620/phnom-penh-land-prices--condo-sales-continue-to-surge/
Win Shingtex workers to march on new factory
Hundreds of former workers from the Win Shingtex (Cambodia) factory, who have been protesting for owed wages and benefits since early this month when the company surreptitiously terminated their contracts, will march along National Road 4 today to a location they believe to be the ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23294/win-shingtex-workers-to-march-on-new-factory/
Scant details emerge on petroleum pipeline project
The Council of Ministers has granted a petrochemical company two years to conduct feasibility studies for constructing a network of oil and gas pipelines to crisscross Cambodia, but details about the pipeline project and the company set to carry out the study are about as ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/scant-details-emerge-petroleum-pipeline-project
Thais to build biomass plant for Phnom Penh
Thailand’s Sahacogen (Chonburi) Pcl, an independent producer and distributor of electricity and steam, will form a joint venture with Saha Patthana Inter Holding Pcl, the investment arm of Thailand’s Saha Group, to invest in biomass power plants in Cambodia and Myanmar, according to online business ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thais-build-biomass-plant-phnom-penh
2016 brings spike in landmine deaths
The number of people killed in landmine incidents nearly doubled in the first half of the year, with 20 deaths compared to 11 for the same period in 2015, though injuries declined by almost half, from 55 to 29, according to the Cambodia Mine Action ...
Bun Sengkong and Donna M Airoldi
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/2016-brings-spike-landmine-deaths
PM backs war against malaria
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for renewed effort to wipe out malaria in Cambodia by 2025 in a message to mark World Malaria Day on Tuesday. There were 23,627 cases of malaria in the country last year, a decrease of 54 percent compared with 2015, which ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37826/pm-backs-war-against-malaria/
Nontariff barriers continue to hinder regional trade
While tariffs across the Asia-Pacific region have dropped over the last 20 years as a result of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, nontariff barriers such as red tape and quotas continue to hinder the economic growth of Cambodia and other countries in the region, the ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nontariff-barriers-continue-hinder-regional-trade
World Bank outlook remains bright despite political concern
Cambodia’s economy is predicted to remain strong and resilient for the next two years, fuelled by a shift to higher value-added manufacturing, despite lingering concerns over political stability and the slowed growth of both the construction and garment sectors, the World Bank said yesterday in ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/world-bank-outlook-remains-bright-despite-political-concern
Sesan dam gets land concession
The government has reclassified 32,305 hectares of public land in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district to provide an economic land concession for the Lower Sesan II dam. According to a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on November 17, the land covers part of ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097362/sesan-dam-gets-land-concession/
Geopacific strikes gold
Geopacific Resources this week announced the discovery of new gold deposits within its Kou Sa project, located in prospect area 181 in Preah Vihear province. The 2,320-metre exploration diamond drilling yielded intercepts of 11.5 metres, graded at 3.14 grams/tonne, for gold, and 14 metres at 109.48 ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103111/geopacific-strikes-gold/
Japan funds wastewater treatment plant in capital
The kingdom’s first wastewater treatment plant will be built in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district, with $27 million in assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Sam Piseth, director of the municipal department of public works and transport, told reporters on Saturday that the treatment plant would ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108258/japan-funds-wastewater-treatment-plant-capital/
Senior CPP members urging citizens to vote in coming elections
Four months out from the July elections, senior Cambodian People’s Party officials at home and abroad have called on people to exercise their vote in July – even if they don’t vote for the CPP – amid predictions of low turnout and waning enthusiasm for ...
Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/senior-cpp-members-urging-citizens-vote-coming-elections
Navy to hold exercises with US sailors off coast
Cambodian Navy personnel are preparing to hold joint exercises with counterparts from the United States next month, an official said yesterday. Mey Dina, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force’s Navy, said about 200 officers from both countries would begin the ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/navy-hold-exercises-us-sailors-coast
Japanese FDI flows in roads, bridges it built
Japanese investors have sunk over $800 million into the Cambodian economy over the past two decades, with much of this investment coming on the back of concessional aid directed to develop and strengthen the country’s trade and industry capacities, according to data provided on Friday ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-fdi-flows-roads-bridges-it-built