Japan loans will finance Cambodia highway upgrade
Loans from Japan to Cambodia will help finance work on a key highway upgrade. The loan package totals US$150 million and will be used for The project to upgrade Cambodia’s National Road No 5. ...
World Highways News Staff
http://www.worldhighways.com/categories/auctions-equipment-supply-servicing-finance/news/japan-loans-will-finance-cambodia-highway-upgrade/
124 candidates vying for top posts in NEC
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Saturday wrapped up its 10-day call for applications for top administrative positions with 124 forms submitted, The agency said in a statement, with one secretary- general and four deputies set to be selected. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/124-candidates-vying-for-top-posts-in-nec-104011/
Firms says transport fee cuts not deep enough
Officially sanctioned reductions in port container fees will have little impact on the Kingdom’s trade competitiveness as deeply engrained problems in trucking and railways, as well as high custom fees, remain in place, stakeholders in the transport sector said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-say-transport-fee-cuts-not-deep-enough
Local gold sales spike following Brexit vote
Local shops dealing in gold reported a surge in activity following the United Kingdom’s vote on Friday to leave the European Union – a decision that pushed international gold prices up sharply as worried investors sought a safe-haven asset. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-gold-sales-spike-following-brexit-vote
Garment workers injured after truck veers, plunges into canal
Almost 50 garment workers are recovering from their injuries in the hospital or at home after the flatbed truck that was transporting them home from work in Kompong Chhnang province on Monday evening plunged into a canal, police said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-workers-injured-after-truck-veers-plunges-into-canal-101708/
Positive growth has ports upbeat
Cambodia’s two international ports – the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) and Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) – yesterday reported increases in container traffic last year, with the latter looking to go public this year in a bid to fund an expansion plan. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/positive-growth-has-ports-upbeat
Foreign affairs minister dodges defamation case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has thrown out a defamation case against Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong that was filed by Khmer Power Party (KPP) President Sourn Serey Ratha in December after Mr. Namhong called The politician’s supporters terrorists. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreign-affairs-minister-dodges-defamation-case-107255/
Rights monitor questioned for conducting ‘unlawful’ protest
A senior human rights monitor in Banteay Meanchey province was questioned on Wednesday by the provincial court over a street protest that took place on Monday, but his organization, Adhoc, is claiming that the court breached judicial procedure in getting him there. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-monitor-questioned-for-conductingunlawful-protest-103245/
Cambodia asks UK for FTA
Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak told British Ambassador Bill Longhurst he would like to see the two countries enter into a free trade agreement (FTA) as soon as possible following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27684/cambodia-asks-uk-for-fta/
Organisation seeks women to study in US
A US-based organisation that helps young women from post-conflict countries attend school in the United States is currently seeking Cambodian applicants who have the academic strength and leadership potential that could land them in a top US school. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/organisation-seeks-women-study-us
Waiting to tap rubber’s rebound
The large-scale rubber plantations that arrived in force in Cambodia a decade ago as global rubber prices moved to historic peaks are facing sober prospects as trees They planted before The commodity’s prices headed south begin to reach maturity. ...
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/waiting-tap-rubbers-rebound
Korea donates military vehicles
South Korea has given more than 200 military vehicles to Cambodia and nearly 200 more will arrive in July. The first batch were handed over yesterday at a ceremony at The Techo Hun Sen Military Technical Institute in Kampong Speu province. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36849/korea-donates-military-vehicles/
US cuts funding to UN women’s health fund
The US government has pulled any future funding from The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a group focused on reproductive rights for women and girls, over claims it has practiced coercive abortions and involuntary sterilizations in China. ...
Mark Tilly
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37230/us-cuts-funding-to-un-women---s-health-fund/
Residents protest over land claimed by FEBC
A land dispute between Prek Pnov district residents and the Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) came to a head on Sunday, with protesters claiming they were threatened and detained while company representatives and local officials said the demonstrators were peaceably removed. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residents-protest-over-land-claimed-febc
Supreme Court: Commune chief denied bail in Poipet
The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a bail application for Poipet Commune Chief Chao Veasna, who has been in pretrial detention since February for his alleged role in a protest that turned violent outside The border town’s customs office in 2015. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/supreme-court-commune-chief-denied-bail-poipet
CNRP unifies message on 2018
CNRP chief whip Son Chhay sought to lay down a unified party line yesterday, saying the opposition would push through the current political upheaval and contest next year’s critical national election, setting straight conflicting statements coming from various party officials. ...
Niem Chheng, Ananth Baliga and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-unifies-message-2018
After Rainsy calls for future protests, Hun Sen says elections will not take place amidst ‘chaos’
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued an oblique warning in a speech to garment workers yesterday, noting that there could be no elections in a “chaotic country” – an apparent reference to the protests foreshadowed by the newly announced Cambodia National Rescue Movement. ...
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/after-rainsy-calls-future-protests-hun-sen-says-elections-will-not-take-place
NEC to host daily party panel discussions on television, radio
The National Election Committee will broadcast daily interview panels featuring all political parties that are running in upcoming local elections on state-run television and radio stations during The 14-day election campaign period, spokesman Hang PuThea said on Tuesday. ...
Prime minister’s brother Hun San requests ‘serious action’ against top cop
The prime minister’s older broTher Hun San has sent a letter to The Interior Ministry asking for “serious action” to be taken against a deputy National Police chief over an alleged dispute on his land in Banteay Meanchey province. ...
High demand for Chinese speakers
Chinese language skills are in growing demand from companies looking to hire in Cambodia’s job market as China’s influence in the Kingdom is increasingly felt both in the business and tourism sectors, online job portal Everjobs said yesterday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/high-demand-chinese-speakers