Donor Forum Put on Hold by Goverment
The government has postponed a top-level meeting with its foreign donors scheduled for November, a move that comes just over a week after a displeased World Bank revealed its decision to freeze all future loans to Cambodia. In an Aug 17 letter to World Bank ss='cambodia-color'>...
Wary of China, Companies Head to Cambodia
Tiffany & Company is quietly building a diamond-polishing factory in Cambodia, a country popularly associated more with killing fields and land mines than baubles. some of Japan’s biggest manufacturers are also rushing to set up operations in Phnom Penh to make wiring harnesses for cars and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Corruption worse than in Bangladesh: NGO
In a country where corruption is as rife as it is in Cambodia, global brands must work with governments to ensure garment factories are safe and working conditions legal, international NGO Transparency International (TI) said yesterday. In Cambodia, where two workers were killed when a ceiling ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061266221/National/corruption-worse-than-in-bangladesh-ngo.html
GI benefits yet to be fully realised
While Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm Sugar carry the brand-building Geographical Indication (GI) StatuS, newcomerS Seeking the Same tag continue to wait for funding to get their productS off the ground. In 2010, Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm Sugar were the firSt Cambodian goodS SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gi-benefits-yet-be-fully-realised
Rice Boss in Pre-trial Detention ‘13 Months’
The general director of a local rice wholesaler accused of defrauding business associates in a deal has lashed out at the judiciary – claiming delays in legal processing have left him imprisoned for 13 months without trial. sovann Veasna is accused of cheating three businessmen ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052465829/National/rice-boss-in-pre-trial-detention-13-months.html
NGO urges Cambodia’s Interior Ministry to intervene in eviction of Vietnamese from Tonle Sap Lake
A nongovernmental organization in Cambodia called on the country’s Interior Ministry to intervene in the eviction of more than 2,000 ethnic Vietnamese living on the Tonle sap Lake, saying land demarcated for their relocation lacks the infrastructure necessary to support them. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joshua Lipes
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/vietnamese-11142018160710.html
US told not to meddle in Kingdom’s internal affairs after Embassy issues Kem Sokha video
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has called on the United states to respect the Kingdom’s laws, saying that it should not meddle in Cambodia’s internal affairs. The ministry’s reaction follows a video clip released by the Us embassy in Phnom Penh on Tuesday in which Us state ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50642431/us-told-not-to-meddle-in-kingdoms-internal-affairs/
Nonvote a vote for ‘rebels’, AIDS Authority chief slams Rainsy’s call to boycott national elections
After a ruling CPP official claimed that those who refuse to cast their ballot in the Kingdom’s upcoming elections “love dictatorship” and are “supporting rebel groups”, legal and election experts have said it is the individual right of citizens whether or not to vote. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Notification on National Assembly’s agenda for the 5th meeting of the 5th legislature
On Friday, 30 October 2015, the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia will continue its fifth plenary session of the fifth legislature, from 8:00 a.m., to discuss and approve on the proposed Law on Election of Commune/sangkat Council, and the proposed amendments to the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Secretariat General of National Assembly
Press Release on Royal Government’s measures in dealing with current situation of the Cambodian workers
On 06 July 2017, in order to solve the current chaotic situation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Royal Government’s measures in dealing with current situation of the Cambodian workers:Calling Cambodian workers to remain calm, while the Thai ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
‘Like-minded friends forever’: Golden Dragon, Cambodia’s 17-day military exercise with China, kicks off
On Saturday morning, hundredS of Cambodian and ChineSe SoldierS in full combat gear Stood in formation in front of a backdrop of tankS, armoured truckS, machine gun-mounted helicopterS, and artillery weaponS. GeneralS from both SideS Spoke warmly of the deepening relationShip between the two countrieS, SS='cambodia-color'>...
ADB lowers Cambodia’s economic growth to 6.4% in 2012 due to weak global demand
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) slashed Cambodia’s GDP growth to 6.4 percent this year, 0.1 percentage point lower than its April’s forecast of 6.5 percent, according to the bank’s Outlook 2012 Update released on Wednesday The bank predicted that Cambodia’s gross domestic product to grow by ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s Rubber exports + 12%, revenues off 27% in 1st 9 months of Y 2012
Cambodia Monday reported a 12% rise in rubber latex exports in the first nine months of this year; however, revenues from the exports went down by 27% due to declining rubber prices in the international market. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s high court drops case against men wrongly jailed for 2004 murder of labor activist
Cambodia’s supreme Court ordered the release of two men Wednesday who were wrongly convicted and jailed for the 2004 murder of a prominent opposition activist. The court’s decision to drop all charges came amid renewed calls to free the men, whom leading international rights groups have ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Washington Post News Staff
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/cambodias-high-court-drops-case-against-men-wrongly-jailed-for-2004-murder-of-labor-activist/2013/09/25/2170fc90-25c2-11e3-9372-92606241ae9c_story.html
Cambodia’s milled rice exports up 1.2 per cent in first nine months this year
Cambodia’s milled rice export hit 269,370 tonnes in the first nine months of 2014, up 1.2 per cent from 266,123 tonnes over the same period last year, according to latest official data. seventy-seven companies have brokered Cambodian rice for 57 countries and regions around the world, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Far Eastern Agriculture News Staff
http://www.fareasternagriculture.com/crops/agriculture/cambodia-s-milled-rice-exports-up-1-2-per-cent-in-first-nine-months-this-year
Cambodia’s milled rice exports up 1.2 per cent in first nine months this year
Cambodia’s milled rice export hit 269,370 tonnes in the first nine months of 2014, up 1.2 per cent from 266,123 tonnes over the same period last year, according to latest official data. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Far Eastern Agriculture News Staff
http://www.fareasternagriculture.com/crops/agriculture/cambodia-s-milled-rice-exports-up-1-2-per-cent-in-first-nine-months-this-year
MFIs seek regulator’s support
The apex body for the nation’s microfinance industry announced yesterday that the central bank had tentatively agreed to a number of measures it had requested to ease the burden on microfinance lenders following last week’s unilateral decision to cap annual interest rates at 18 percent ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfis-seek-regulators-support
Deadline to vacate Phnom Penh’s largest lake set
Prek Pnov district authorities have notified local fishermen to remove lattices and ponds completely from the Boeung Tamok Lake by the end of this year. The warning comes after years of delays. Prek Pnov district governor sok sambath told The Post on November 19 time had ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deadline-vacate-phnom-penhs-largest-lake-set
Communes added to Kampot’s Bokor town
Prime Minister Hun sen has decided to create Bokor town in Kampot province’s Bokor area by combining three communes from the province’s Teuk Chhou district to ease administration and aid development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/communes-added-kampots-bokor-town
Cambodian Sarus Crane’s number declining
By the morning of Jan. 18, 2021, a total of 59 sarus crane arrived Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in Kampong Trach, Kampot, according to BirdLife International Cambodia Programme. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804806/cambodian-sarus-cranes-number-declining/