Cambodian PM condemns Paris attacks, shares condolences with victims' families
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday strongly condemned a series of terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday that killed at least 127 people and extended his deepest sympathy to the bereaved families. ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=309157
HIV infection rate down but gov’t can do more: experts
The rate of HIV infection in Cambodia has decreased in the past year, according to new figures from the National AIDS Authority, but experts say further work is needed to prevent new infections and increase access to medical treatment. ...
Khuon Narim and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hiv-infection-rate-down-but-govt-can-do-more-experts-101698/
Thai police say murder suspect fled to Cambodia
Thai police believe that an Australian murder suspect is in Cambodia after fleeing arrest in Thailand, according to Australian and Thai media reports, although Cambodian authorities contacted on Thursday said they had no knowledge of the fugitive. ...
Taylor O'Connell and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-police-say-murder-suspect-fled-to-cambodia-102027/
City hall plans first pedestrian bridge
City Hall plans to build Phnom Penh’s first pedestrian bridge across National Road 4 in front of Chumpo Voan market in Por Senchey district to ensure safety in accordance with the plan to expand the road. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21977/city-hall-plans-first-pedestrian-bridge/
Food project targets women
USAID is spending $1 million on a project the aim of which will improve nutrition across four provinces by training women in farming practices that have higher yields, produce more nutrient-rich vegetables and require less resources. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-project-targets-women
Sathapana to become a commercial bank
Sathapana Microfinance Plc, one of the largest in Cambodia, will officially transform itself into a commercial bank late next month, a move in line with Japanese-owned Maruhan Bank acquiring a 95.1 percent stake in 2012. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23125/sathapana-to-become-a-commercial-bank/
US supports TPP bid
The United States yesterday threw its support behind Cambodia becoming a member of the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to promote economic growth, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region and the Pacific Rim countries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25980/us-supports-tpp-bid/
South Korea pledges $417 million in development loans to Cambodia
South Korea will hand out nearly $420 million in development loans to Cambodia this week, much of it for roads and other infrastructure, bringing its total assistance to more than $880 million since 2001. ...
Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/south-korea-pledges-417m-in-development-loans-to-cambodia-124306/
Prison denies radio access to inmates
Inmates at Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh will no longer be able to listen to the radio, according to a social media post by a jailed opposition member, which is an apparent violation of the law. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35818/prison-denies-radio-access-to-inmates/
BigPhone dials into local market
Mobile World Investment Corp (MWG) – one of the largest mobile phone and electronic products distribution chains in Vietnam – will open its first store in Cambodia, operating under the name BigPhone.com, according to Vietnamese state media. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bigphone-dials-local-market
Tbong Khmum Election Committee probes possible CPP violation
The election committee of Tbong Khmum province is investigating a complaint that the ruling CPP violated electioneering rules by posting party signs on homes before the official campaign period kicks off for the June 4 commune elections. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tbong-khmum-election-committee-probes-possible-cpp-violation-128218/
Renewables start to gain traction
Solar power is slowly gaining momentum in Cambodia as a viable source of electricity for the country’s growing energy needs, though stakeholders are anxious to see a real government commitment to establish a beneficial regulatory framework. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/renewables-start-gain-traction
After protest, farmers’ unrest spreads to neighboring districts
After about 500 protesting farmers blockaded a national road in Battambang province last week, local authorities in neighboring districts are now making efforts to placate hundreds of other farmers also restless over depressed corn and cassava prices. ...
Leng Len
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protest-farmers-unrest-spreads-neighboring-districts-132586/
Kingdom sees drop in natural disaster deaths
An annual National Committee for Disaster Management report shows that natural disasters have killed at least 103 people, injured 120 people, and affected 2,000 families while also damaging thousands of houses, crops and infrastructure this year. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098124/kingdom-sees-drop-natural-disaster-deaths/
Hunton & williams advises on commercial close for $1.8 billion Cambodian expressway project
Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce its role as lead transaction counsel to China Road and Bridge Corporation in a $1.8 billion public-private partnership (PPP) development of a 190-kilometer expressway in Cambodia. ...
Business Wire
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180130005036/en/Hunton-Williams-Advises-Commercial-Close-1.8-Billion
CNRP to meet NEC over voter registration ‘problems’
The opposition party will meet with the National Election Committee this morning to discuss a number of “problems” with the voter registration process, highlighting that 2 million people could lose their right to vote at upcoming elections. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-meet-nec-over-voter-registration-problems
NGO calls out rangers
The director of an anti-logging NGO has called on the Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate seven government rangers for alleged involvement in forestry crimes in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary from February to August this year. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-calls-out-rangers
IT sector stumbles on skills gap
Cambodia’s nascent information technology (IT) sector faces an enormous skills gap that is slowing the industry’s development, increasing costs for businesses and affecting the competitiveness of firms in the Kingdom, according to a report released yesterday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/it-sector-stumbles-skills-gap
Oranges struggle with disease
Orange farmer Say Samoeurth has been battling an invisible foe. He rarely sees his adversary, a tiny insect known as the Asian citrus psyllid, but wherever it goes this winged pest leaves behind a trail of destruction. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oranges-struggle-disease
Human rights watch slams ‘neither free nor fair’ elections
Human Rights Watch (HRW), long one of the government’s harshest critics, on Tuesday condemned the June 4 commune elections as “neither free nor fair” and called for urgent reforms to safeguard next year’s national election. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/human-rights-watch-slams-neither-free-nor-fair-elections-131317/