CNRP to walk away from talks
Negotiations between the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party and ruling Cambodian People’s Party looked like they might screech to an abrupt halt yesterday, as opposition leaders visiting supporters in Tbong Khmum province said they will “cut off” talks. Speaking to about 1,000 supporters in the province’s ...
Meas Sokchea and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-walk-away-talks
France hopes for closer ties with Kingdom
French National Assembly vice-president Sylvain Waserman wishes to strengthen and expand diplomacy and cooperation with the Cambodian National Assembly, a statement issued on Monday said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-hopes-closer-ties-kingdom
Indian company plans to invest $1 billion in Cambodia
An India-based company is exploring investment opportunities in Cambodia’s real estate and hotel market and says it will invest $1 billion over five years. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22859/indian-company-plans-to-invest--1-billion-in-cambodia/
Cambodian, U.S. forces hold joint military exercise
Cambodian and U.S. military personnel on Monday kicked off a joint military exercise dubbed “Angkor Sentinel 2016,” aimed to strengthen bilateral military ties and cooperation. ...
Shang Hai Daily Team
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=323370
Crowded capital ‘badly needs more satellite cities’
The Cambodian Construction Association yesterday urged authorities to plan and develop more satellite cities as the population in the capital increases rapidly, straining services and infrastructure. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23473/crowded-capital----badly-needs-more-satellite-cities---/
Fight against corruption
The World Bank is to train police, prosecutors and court staff on how to combat money laundering and financial terrorism under a national scheme to fight corruption. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36155/fight-against-corruption/
Government readying 80,000 security forces for July election
Some 80,000 security personnel will be deployed for July’s upcoming national election, including a volunteer “citizen” force, raising concerns from election and rights observers about possible voter intimidation. State newswire AKP reported the numbers on Thursday, writing that the forces “will be deployed to ensure ...
Andrew Nachemson and Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-readying-80000-security-forces-july-election
Rolls-Royce opens showroom
Rolls-Royce officially launched its showroom in Cambodia yesterday, with both government and the luxury-car maker forecasting a rosy sales outlook for the high-end vehicle. In June, Rolls-Royce appointed HGB Group Co Ltd, the distributor for Mazda and Kia vehicles in Cambodia, to be the official dealership. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rolls-royce-opens-showroom
Viet Nam’s PM successfully wraps up working trip to Cambodia
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh returned to Hanoi on November 13 afternoon, concluding his official visit to Cambodia and his attendance at the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501184280/viet-nams-pm-successfully-wraps-up-working-trip-to-cambodia/
Bus crash near border kills 16
At least 16 were killed and another 23 injured yesterday when a bus careened off an embankment in the Dangkrek Mountains as its brakes and transmission failed, police said. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bus-crash-near-border-kills-16-0
PM seeks ASEAN-EU stability push
Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to both ASEAN and the EU to do their utmost to build peace and stability in the region and beyond, while decrying today’s situation where world peace is being threatened by some states. ...
Ry Sochan and Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-seeks-asean-eu-stability-push
Cambodia, Vietnam to boost cooperation between border provinces
Ministries, government agencies and localities from Vietnam and Cambodia will coordinate to formulate legal frameworks and cooperation mechanisms to facilitate collaboration, including in trade, between border provinces, it was recently agreed at a joint conference. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501280343/cambodia-vietnam-to-boost-cooperation-between-border-provinces/
NEC ensuring stronger security for Senate polls
The National Election Committee (NEC) is asking the Capital and Provincial Election Commission (CPEC) to cooperate with relevant parties to prepare security forces to protect and maintain public safety and social order during the upcoming Senate Elections. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501420475/nec-ensuring-stronger-security-for-senate-polls/
Sweden stops new aid
Sweden said yesterday it was stopping new aid for Cambodia, except in education and research, and would no longer support a reform programme after the CNRP was dissolved last week. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091718/sweden-stops-new-aid/
Cambodia says PM's visit to South Korea to further enhance ties
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said Monday that the upcoming visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to South Korea will broaden relations and cooperation between the two countries. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141208/cambodia-says-pms-visit-south-korea-further-enhance-ties
Cambodia, Australia vow to implement refugee deal
Cambodia and Australia have reiterated their commitment to comply with a refugee deal signed in September despite criticism from human rights groups and opposition parties in both countries, Xinhua news agency reported. ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1085060
China plays major role in global peace, health, development says Cambodian officials
China has been playing a major role in promoting global peace, public health and common development, Cambodian official and experts said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501008204/china-plays-major-role-in-global-peace-health-development-says-cambodian-officials/
Border residents to cease land leases
Cambodian and Vietnamese authorities in a meeting yesterday agreed to remind their respective citizens living along the border to not lease land to each other and to help prevent transnational crimes. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/530484/border-residents-to-cease-land-leases/
Chicken farm razed in Preah Sihanouk
A grass fire raged through a chicken farm in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday, destroying two coops and the chickens within and causing $10,000 in damage, according to provincial authorities. ...
Sen David and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chicken-farm-razed-preah-sihanouk
Malaysia’s Sunway in $220 mil regional expansion
Malaysian-owned Sunway Hotels & Resorts will spend $223 million in a redevelopment and expansion plan on its hotels in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam within three years, according to Malaysian media. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23471/malaysia---s-sunway-in--220-mil-regional-expansion/