Hun Sen praises Japan’s lending policies while lashing out again at US
Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday shot another arrow at the Kingdom’s relations with the Us, calling his country’s yet-unpaid loan of $500 million borrowed by the regime of Lon Nol “a very dirty debt”. He contrasted that by praising Japan for its aid to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-praises-japans-lending-policies-while-lashing-out-again-us
Growing numbers of Chinese workers drive up housing costs in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville
A steady climb in the number of Chinese nationals moving to Cambodia’s sihanoukville over the last two years has driven up housing costs in the southwestern coastal province, leaving many Cambodian workers struggling to make ends meet while property owners profit from the increase in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Richard Finney
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/housing-06182019160233.html
U.N.’s new rights envoy to make official visit to Cambodia tomorrow
The U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Rhona smith will make her first official visit eight-day in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/un%E2%80%99s-new-rights-envoy-to-make-official-visit-to-cambodia-tomorrow-8955
Cambodia’s Royal Turtle nearly extinct as fewer than 10 remain in wild
Cambodia’s Royal Turtle is nearly extinct, with fewer than 10 left in the wild, because increased sand dredging and illegal clearance of flooded forest have shrunk its habitat, a conservationist group warned Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Star Team
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/04/25/cambodias-royal-turtle-nearly-extinct-as-fewer-than-10-remain.html
Japan donates 2 more patrol boats to Vietnam amid S. China Sea tensions
Japan has delivered to Vietnam another two ships that will be refurbished into patrol boats in disputed waters of the south China sea.The ships, which arrived Tuesday in the port city of Da Nang, are the second delivery of a 2014 deal for Tokyo to ss='cambodia-color'>...
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