U.N officers admires Cambodia’s success in the fight against HIV/AIDS
The United Nations has expressed admiration to Cambodia for having responded successfully to the spread of HIV/AIDs, reported the state news agency-AKP. According to an official report, Cambodia has currently over 700,000 people living with HIV/AIDs and some 500,000 of them are receiving antiretroviral treatment. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/un-officers-admires-cambodia%E2%80%99s-success-in-the-fight-against-hivaids-9057
U.S.' Denver Art Museum returns looted 10th century sculpture to Cambodia
The U.S.&rSquo;S Denver Art MuSeum on Monday officially returned a 10th century SandStone Sculpture taken from a Cambodian temple during civil-war era to Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhua Team
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/28/c_135229738.htm
Nine entry points into city cut off ahead of Kem Sokha’s hearing
At least nine police checkpoints on the major entry points into Phnom Penh have been set up ahead of today’s trial of acting CNRP president Kem sokha, with the opposition claiming supporters were being hindered from attending a party rally. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara, Ananth Baliga and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nine-entry-points-city-cut-ahead-kem-sokhas-hearing
Cambodia’s opposition leaders call on Japan to deescalate tensions with ruling party
Leaders of Cambodia’s opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Tuesday called on aid donor Japan to deescalate tensions with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party following a brutal attack on two of their lawmakers outside of parliament in the capital Phnom Penh late last month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khe Sonorng, Prach Chev, Thai Tha
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/japan-11102015183847.html
Kingdom’s auto importers cast a wary eye on gov’t tax decree
Importers can expect a substantial increase in the “specific tax” component of certain products, especially automobiles and auto spare parts, according to a sub-decree by the Customs and Excise Department released yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-auto-importers-cast-wary-eye-govt-tax-decree
The rise of millennials and implications for Phnom Penh’s real estate sector
CBRE’s 2016 report ‘Asia Pacific Millennials: shaping the Future of Real Estate’ sheds light on millennials thinking around the themes of work, live and play. We see many of the trends observed at a regional level as being applicable to Phnom Penh’s millennials, especially in ss='cambodia-color'>...
James Hodge
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/rise-millennials-and-implications-phnom-penhs-real-estate-sector
Cambodia’s Facebook crackdown: Police are monitoring site for ‘enemies’ and ‘rebel movements’
National Police are monitoring Facebook to repress attempts to create a “rebel movement against the government” through negative posts and are working to better control civil society groups that have “opposition trends” and try to cause instability in society, a semiannual police report issued yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...
China’s appetite driving rice export growth as demand continues to outstrip supply
Cambodian rice exports increased marginally during the first half of the year as export companies push to fulfill higher quotas destined for China. Rice exports totalled 288,562 tonnes in the first six months of the year, an increase of 7.6 percent compared to the same time ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinas-appetite-driving-rice-export-growth-demand-continues-outstrip-supply
PM donates $10,000 to Kem Ley’s family to cover memorial costs
Prime Minister Hun sen donated $10,000 to Kem Ley’s family yesterday to help with the costs of a ceremony commemorating the one-year anniversary of the murdered political analyst’s assassination. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-donates-10000-kem-leys-family-cover-memorial-costs
US cuts funding to CMAC amid government’s war of words with superpower
The United StateS haS cut funding next year for the Cambodian Mine Action Centre following monthS of criticiSm from Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S government of America&rSquo;S war legacy in the Kingdom. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-cuts-funding-cmac-amid-governments-war-words-superpower
Hun Sen says he, not Untac, brought peace to Cambodia in 90s
Three days ahead of the highly politicised January 7 holiday marking the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge, Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday slammed the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac) for its alleged failure to bring peace to Cambodia in the 1990s, instead claiming his ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-says-he-not-untac-brought-peace-cambodia-90s
US Senators call on UN to pass resolution on Cambodia’s political crackdown
A group of US SenatorS haS Sent a letter to Nikki Haley, the country&rSquo;S ambaSSador to the United NationS, urging her to work with other memberS of the UN Human RightS Council to paSS a reSolution on Cambodia&rSquo;S political Situation. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-senators-call-un-pass-resolution-cambodias-political-crackdown
Russia to send observers to Cambodia’s 2018 election, agrees to discuss debt
Russia will send observers to the Kingdom for the upcoming national elections and has pledged to sit down to discuss Cambodia’s outstanding debt, a move that analysts yesterday saw as a sign of solidarity between two governments increasingly out of favour with the West. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/russia-send-observers-cambodias-2018-election-agrees-discuss-debt
Cambodia’s fisheries at risk due to hydropower development on Mekong, MRC warns
Hydropower development will likely deal a serious economic blow to Cambodia, with dire outlooks for its fisheries and rice outputs predicted even under best-case scenarios, according to key findings from the Mekong River Commission (MRC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-fisheries-risk-due-hydropower-development-mekong-mrc-warns
US funding conditional on Cambodia’s release of political prisoners, reinstatement of CNRP
The United StateS Senate haS paSSed a $1.3 trillion Spending bill that lookS to cut funding for Cambodia unleSS it releaSeS all political priSonerS and reinStateS the oppoSition Cambodia National ReScue Party. The paSSage of the omnibuS bill on Friday, which avertS a US government SS='cambodia-color'>...
Erin Handley
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-funding-conditional-cambodias-release-political-prisoners-reinstatement-cnrp
Cambodia’s political row deepens as opposition plans larger protest against poll results
Cambodia’s political dispute deepened on sunday as the opposition planned a three-day mass protest against the final election results that handed victory to the long-serving Prime Minister Hun sen’s ruling party. The nation held a general election on July 28. The National Election Committee (NEC) issued ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nzweek News Staff
http://www.nzweek.com/world/cambodias-political-row-deepens-as-opposition-plans-larger-protest-against-poll-results-77454/
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy leads protest in Geneva against Hun Sen’s government
Opposition leader sam Rainsy joint his Cambodian supporters, who live in Europe, to hold a protest in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva in his effort to attack the government led by Prime Minister Hun sen, one of the longest Asian leaders. He left ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZDI2YzUzOGNiMWQ
Anti-Corruption Unit investigates corruption cases in response to Global Fund’s report
The anti-corruption Unit is launching its investigation on corruption cases after being revealed by Global Fund Organization through its progressive report. The investigation is being launched in line with the Unit’s announcement on the 37th Meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council on 29 January 2014. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NmY2NWI0NGUxMTg
Khiri Travel helps Cambodia’s Banteay Chhmar community with a new tourism product
Banteay Chhmar Community-Based Tourism project is a group of local villagers from the Banteay Chhmar community dedicated to preserving and protecting the cultural heritage of their local temple site. Khiri Travel is aiming to create a responsible tourism industry in the town of Banteay Chhmar. The CBT ss='cambodia-color'>...
Luc Citrinot
http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/55650/khiri-travel-helps-cambodia-rsquo-s-banteay
GMAC calls for halt to ongoing protest in Bavet’s Special Economic Zone
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) appealed to Labor Minister Ith samheng, and relevant institutions to immediately stop ongoing protests at Tai seng and Manhattan special Economic Zone in svay Rieng’s Bavet town. Workers led by Mr. Pav sina, President of Collective Unions of Movement of ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NzcxYmUyMDJlMTl