Prince Finance launches in Cambodia
After receiving a licence from the National Bank of Cambodia in August, the microfinance institution Prince Finance has started its business to cater to the financial needs of local and foreign customers. Post Plus sat down with Hon Sorachana, the board director of the Prince ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prince-finance-launches-cambodia
CNRP official arrested in ‘fight’
A Cambodia National Rescue Party council member from Banteay Meanchey’s Thma Puok district has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a food vendor, officials said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-official-arrested-fight
Sanctuary ‘cleared’ in Kampong Speu
Officials in Kampong Speu province have accused a man of illegally clearing dozens of hectares of land in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary to grow sugarcane. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sanctuary-cleared-kampong-speu
Solar power in the spotlight
The government should invest more in sustainable energy, with a focus on solar power, experts told a conference on energy security yesterday, adding that this could reduce Cambodia’s dependence on large-scale hydropower projects and coal-fired plants. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20291/solar-power-in-the-spotlight/
Kingdom leads in mine removal
With its new Asean Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC), Cambodia is prepared to assist other Asean nations clear mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) in formerly war-torn areas, according to officials. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25522/kingdom-leads-in-mine-removal/
Big catch in fisheries crackdown
Nearly 200 crimes related to fishing were reported by the Kampong Chhnang fisheries administration last month, according to administrator Som Phearun, whose remarks were published on the National Police website. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27064/big-catch-in-fisheries-crackdown/
Timber truck seized in Kratie
A police squad working with government officials in Kratie province stopped a truck loaded full of luxury wood in Chet Borei’s Changkrang village on Saturday afternoon. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27871/timber-truck-seized-in-kratie/
Loan for silos in limbo
There seems to be no definite period of when a $300 million loan from the Chinese government, to build large silos to store rice for milling, will be disbursed to the Cambodian government. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28139/loan-for-silos-in-limbo/
New US Ambassador in Cambodia
William Heidt will soon become a new US Ambassador in Cambodia, following the departure of William Todd. Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said the new US ambassador would strengthen the “good relations and cooperation” between the two countries. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-us-ambassador-in-cambodia/2966099.html
Gem miners protest in Ratanakkiri
About 200 villagers gathered in Ratanakkiri’s provincial capital of Banlung town yesterday, calling for a resolution to a longstanding land dispute in the province’s gem-rich Bakeo district. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gem-miners-protest-ratanakkiri
Going viral in Cambodian cyberspace
Social media is on the rise in Cambodia, and it may just mark the beginning of the end of the systemic culture of judicial impunity, as well as the long-dysfunctional democratic system. ...
Sebastian DuChamp
http://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/going-viral-cambodia-cyberspace/
Logs seized in Stung Treng
The recently created nationwide anti-logging commission seized 300 logs of illegal timber at a sawmill near a Vietnamese graveyard in Stung Treng province on Friday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logs-seized-stung-treng
Measles case confirmed in capital
The Kingdom’s most recent case of measles involves a one-year-old child in Phnom Penh, marking the virus’ third appearance in the country this year. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25737/measles-case-confirmed-in-capital/
Eco Park, Maybank in deal
The Singapore investor of Le Urban Eco Park, an ecologically-friendly satellite city, and Maybank have reached a deal to sell residential apartments and shop buildings in the park as the project nears completion by the end of the year. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25913/eco-park--maybank-in-deal/
Slight increase in dolphin numbers
Cambodia’s freshwater Mekong dolphin population has increased by four, adding a quartet of calves in the first five months of 2016 while also seeing a drop in the mortality rate compared with last year. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26288/slight-increase-in-dolphin-numbers/
Child labor rampant in kingdom
Cambodia’s dependence on illegal child labor, despite its small population, is endemic compared to neighboring countries, according to Veng Heang, director of the Child Labor Department at the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26438/child-labor-rampant-in-kingdom/
Cambodia’s Place in ASEAN
Cambodia is one of the smallest and poorest economies in ASEAN. It accounts for only 0.7% of total regional economic activity and had the lowest GDP per capita in 2014 (Table 1). Only the Lao PDR has a smaller economy, and the next-poorest countries in ...
IndraStra Global
http://www.indrastra.com/2016/07/EXCERPT-Cambodia-s-Place-in-ASEAN-002-07-2016-0037.html
Cebuano musicians play in Cambodia
Twelve students of the Classic Orchestra Music School (COMS) wowed Cambodian royalty, making them forces to be reckoned with in the international music scene. ...
Jenara Regis Newman
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/entertainment/2016/07/24/cebuano-musicians-play-cambodia-487174
SMEs in anti-graft partnership
The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMAC) has sought support from the anti-corruption organization Transparency International, to prepare it to be a graft-free busIness entity and help its members to be listed on the Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX). ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29307/smes-in-anti-graft-partnership/
Boom times in Preah Sihanouk
The property sector in Preah Sihanouk province seems to be booming, thanks to new project developments, the growth in tourism and a twinning program between the province and Zhencheng district in China’s Guangdong province. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31370/boom-times-in-preah-sihanouk/