Toll Royal derails regional projects
The unclear future of Cambodia’s national railway, following Toll Royal Railways’ suspension of operations on March 31, has cast doubt not only on the oft-delayed redevelopment project but also on a larger build-out expected to connect much of Asia. Toll Royal, a joint venture by Australian ...
PPAP to reorganise LM17 terminal, sets new container rules
The stock-listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) is set to give the LM17 container terminal just east of the capital a much-needed layout overhaul to relieve congestion. The river-port operator said this in a March 3 statement signed by director-general Hey Bavy and released to ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-reorganise-lm17-terminal-sets-new-container-rules
Kampong Chhnang to host fifth River Festival
The Kampong Chhnang provincial authority and Tourism Ministry on Saturday discussed plans to hold the fifth River Festival in the province. If approved, the event will take place in March. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-host-fifth-river-festival
Rainsy and CPP: from enemies to ‘negotiating partners’
Despite his jet-black hair, Sam Rainsy turned 66 in March. And it was clear in an interview with Khmer Times this week that the leader of Cambodia’s opposition is mellowing. ...
Pierre Gillette and Emmanuel Scheffer
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12416/rainsy-and-cpp--from-enemies-to----negotiating-partners---/
Monks holding forest demo
Despite a minor car crash on the way to Preah Vihear yesterday, more than 100 environmental activist monks will today march into Prey Lang forest to ordain trees and promote environmental awareness. ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monks-holding-forest-demo
Appeal court to hear ‘insurrection’ case next month
Eleven opposition activists who have been jailed since 2014 for supposedly participating in an “insurrection” will have their appeal against their conviction heard on March 17, their lawyer said on Friday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/108429-108429/
TRC curbs phone service offers
A new deadline has been set for mobile operators Cellcard, Smart and Metfone to stop their promotional money exchange program by March 30, according to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36631/trc-curbs-phone-service-offers/
Protesters decry ‘land grabbing’
About 300 protesters from Svay Rieng and Preah Sihanouk provinces marched to parliament yesterday to file petitions urging the local authorities to intervene to resolve ongoing land disputes in their homelands. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-decry-land-grabbing
Students to protest Australia refugee deal
Students, activist monks and land rights demonstrators will hold a march in Phnom Penh on Friday in protest of a controversial refugee resettlement agreement between Australia and Cambodia. ...
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/students-protest-australia-refugee-deal
Migrants get reprieve
Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand have been granted an extension until March 2016 to register and remain in the country legally, following an official visit to Thailand from Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-get-reprieve
ASEAN plans to adopt an 'ASEAN bank' system
Central banks in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plan to set up an “ASEAN bank” system that would make it easier for designated banks to set up subsidiaries and operate throughout the region, according to official sources. The plan to set up ASEAN banks is ...
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/news/20120307p2g00m0bu116000c.html
China paying for majority of joint military exercise
The Chinese government is picking up the majority of the tab for the joint military exercise between China and Cambodia from March 17 to 30 in Kampong Speu province’s Samroang Tong district. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113687/china-paying-for-majority-of-joint-military-exercise/
Union Plan Massive Demonstration in Phnom Penh
Four of Cambodia’s independent and opposition-aligned unions have informed the Phnom Penh municipality that they plan to gather 20,000 people on May 1 to march from Olympic Stadium to the National Assembly. ...
Adhoc defends Staffer in Incitement Claim
Human rights group Adhoc yesterday criticized a commune official in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district for accusing one of its staff of incitement and spreading disinformation after villagers traveled to Phnom Penh in March to protest over a land dispute with well known businessman Try ...
Railway links construction date set
The government has set March next year as the date for the ground-breaking ceremony for the building of the rail link to Phnom Penh International Airport and Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ). ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35106/railway-links-construction-date-set/
ASF spread ‘being monitored’
A government animal health official is monitoring the possible spread of African swine fever into new provinces bordering Vietnam. This follows an outbreak in Ratanakkiri in March, which was hoped had been kept under control. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asf-spread-%E2%80%98being-monitored%E2%80%99
The effects of the USD interest rate hike on Cambodian economy
Anticipation of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike in March is putting developing economies on edge, a recent blog post by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated. ...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/special-reports/effects-usd-interest-rate-hike-cambodian-economy
Vietnamese data show timber exports are continuing
According to the figures, Vietnam imported 21,670 cubic metres of sawn wood valued at $13.7 million in April, a 27 percent drop compared to February and an almost 50 percent decrease compared to March. ...
Shaun Turton and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-data-show-timber-exports-are-continuing
Sihanoukville expressway nears construction
A construction team composed of 200 workers from China has arrived in the Kingdom to begin work on an expressway that will connect Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, with the groundbreaking ceremony expected before the end of March. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50568038/sihanoukville-expressway-nears-construction/
World Bank looks to end funding freeze
The World Bank could approve its first internally funded project in Cambodia in March, according to recently released reports, a move that would effectively end the freeze on new lending the Bank imposed on Cambodia over four years ago. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-looks-to-end-funding-freeze-100353/