Bangkok-Cambodia buses launched
The first buses directly connecting Thailand and Cambodia left Bangkok on Thursday, headed for Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, with the launch of a regular service to bolster tourism and economic ties between the two countries.
The first airconditioned bus from Bangkok to Phnom Penh left Mor
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Families on Rubber Company's Land Face Eviction Deadline
Surrounded by 100-armed police officers, authorities in Mondolkiri province yesterday said the roughly 200 families living on a rubber company’s land concession in Koh Nhek district have until Friday to leave their homes.
After having already seen district police burn down three of their homes over
Boeung Kak takes case to Assembly
About 200 people, including activist monk Loun Savath, rallied outside the National Assembly in Phnom Penh yesterday in support of the 13 Boeung Kak women sentenced to prison in a three-hour trial last Thursday.
Supporters of the women, including villagers, unions and human rights groups, called
Cambodia, Japan Trade Volume Reaches $513 Million In 2011
“Two-way trade volume between Cambodia and Japan reached over $513 million in 2011 and it will be expected to increase further for 2012, a senior official from JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) here said on Friday.
Kiyotaka Doho said: Japan’s exporting to Cambodia was worth about $205,430,000 and it was increased about 129.8% for year-on-year.
And
S. Korea, Cambodia Agree On Sharing Military Supplies
South Korea and Cambodia have agreed to share military supplies in peacekeeping and rescue operations as part of efforts to expand military ties between the two sides, the defense ministry here said Tuesday.
Lee Seon-chul, the head of the South Korean defense ministry’s logistics managment bureau,
Mam Sonando Plea for Outside Medical Treatment Unanswered
Four days after requesting permission to get medical treatment outside prison, jailed radio station owner Mam Sonando, who Amnesty International considers “prisoner of conscience”, has yet to receive a reply from prison officials, an associate said yesterday.
On Thursday Mr. Sonando requested outside medical treatment for
Thai-Cambodian border trade thriving
The border trade between Thailand and Cambodia from January to April this year is worth over 26 billion baht, which is an increase of 25.5 percent year-on-year.
According to Mr. Sittiporn Bangkaew, Director of the Surin Provincial Office of Commercial Affairs, Surin province shares
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Farmers finger canal for paddy woes
Time is running out for 300 hectares of rice fields in the Baray district of Kampong Thom facing water shortages from a poorly repaired canal, according to affected villagers.
The Ministry of Water Resources took two years to restore the more than 30 kilometre-long canal with
Cambodia's Luxury Wood Trade to China Revealed
Thousands of cubic meters of luxury wood is being shipped from Cambodia to China each year, according to official Chinese import documents shown to The Cambodia Daily.
According to the data, some 36,000 cubic meters of logs under the “rosewood” category have been recorded entering China
Hun Sen Questions Motive Behind Criticism
Prime Minister Hun Sen again addressed recent criticism from [Surya Subedi] the U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia , during a speech yesterday in Bateay Meanchey province that focused on land disputes.
Mr. Hun Sen was speaking in Thma Puok district’s Banteay Chhmar commune, where he
Ratanakiri Court Questions Rights Workers
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday questioned the first of two human rights workers who are suing local officials for allegedly disrupting a July meeting they were hosting for villagers in Lumphat district.
Deputy court prosecutor Ros Saram said he questioned Chhim Savuth, program officer for the
Cambodia needs to polish reputation
The chief economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia says Cambodia needs to attract greater numbers of multinational companies and treat them well, in order to establish production networks that will transfer technology to smaller Cambodian businesses.
In an interview with the
Cambodia Sees Massive Foreign Investment Growth in 2012
Investment in Cambodia from overseas surged by at least 44 percent last year, according to an estimate from the central bank, despite figures suggesting a reduction in the overall flow of foreign currency into Southeast Asian economies.
Nguon Sokha, director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia,
Wide Gap Hampers Cambodian Wage Talks
A higher minimum salary for Cambodia’s garment and footwear worker is still not within sight after talks broke down Tuesday between unions representing the workers and their employers, officials said.
The garment and footwear workers unions proposed to nearly double the current minimum monthly wage of
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EU fund of over $4.5 mln in Cambodia
The European Union in efforts to reduce the poverty rate and secure a free society has awarded $4.5 mln to four projects. These projects will work to improve justice, natural resources, land rights, and build the capabilities of local authorities.
Four projects were selected among
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PPWSA slide continues, as price sees correction
Sellers have dominated the Cambodia Securities Exchange for the last seven days of trading, and the downward trend for the single stock, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, was expected to continue into next week, experts said.
PPWSA closed down 4.6 per cent yesterday at 7,250 riel
Activist monk detained at Wat Botum
Senor members of the monastic community yesterday detained Buddhist monk Loun Savath, an award-winning human rights activist, after he took photos of protesting Boeung Kak lake villagers outside Phnom Penh municipal court.
Monks, police and unidentified men in plain clothes violently forced Loun Savath into a
Rice alliance formed
A new partnership looking to export Cambodian rice to world markets formed yesterday afternoon at Sunway Hotel
The Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia (ARPEC) elected their first executive committee, which includes office holders Phou Puy, Hann Khieng, Oknha Kong Sang, Sok Cheng, Seng
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China eyes on all-round cooperation with Cambodia, says CPC senior leader (9)
China treasured its traditional friendship with Cambodia, and would take strategic approaches to step up the bilateral cooperation to a new height, visiting senior leader of the Communist Party of China He Guoqiang said here on Tuesday.
In his meeting with Heng Samrin, He spoke
Clinton Discusses Investment, Debt in Cambodia
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Cambodia where she met with Prime Minister Hun Sen to discuss U.S. investment and Cambodia’s outstanding debt.
Cambodia wants the United States to forgive more than $400 million in debt accrued by the US-backed military government of Lon
