Cambodia, EU vow to strengthen bilateral ties
Cambodia and the European Union have vowed to enhance bilateral ties for mutual benefits, a spokesman said on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501126740/cambodia-eu-vow-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties/
NEC brushes off petition from LI
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday brushed off concerns over a petition written by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and supported by UK-based Liberal International (LI). ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-brushes-petition-li
The Japan-China rivalry is playing out in Cambodia's election
Cambodia’s general election on July 29 has become a proxy theater for competition between China and Japan as the two vie for influence in the Southeast Asian state. ...
Nyshka Chandran
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/japan-and-china-compete-for-influence-incambodia.html
G-CCEI seeks Cambodia partners
Korean companies have expressed an interest in expanding into Asean, mostly in the high-tech and information technology (IT) sectors. According to a report in the Bangkok Post. ...
Sum Manet
http://bit.ly/219Sr8t
Water running out in Reay Pai
About 2,700 families in Kampong Cham province’s Reay Pai commune, where wells and ponds have almost dried up, could soon be left without any safe water. ...
Sen David and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-running-out-reay-pai
Labour agency shut
Anti-human trafficking police in Phnom Penh yesterday closed an illegal recruitment agency and arrested three people behind the operation, which was not registered with the Labour Ministry. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076134/labour-agency-shut/
RDB receives four bids for $10B paddy silo project
Four companies have responded to a government tender for a project to develop a mammoth rice storage and processing facility in Battambang province, a bank executive said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rdb-receives-four-bids-10b-paddy-silo-project
Erratic power supply irks millers
Rice millers in Battambang province are seeing red due to an erratic power supply affecting their production and causing them to lose money. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079872/erratic-power-supply-irks-millers/
Growth sparks franchise boom
More foreign franchise companies will appear in Cambodian as the rising urban population and surging middle class want to enjoy international brands, an expert in the industry says. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38064/growth-sparks-franchise-boom/
Khmer Krom plan human rights rally
The Khmer Kampuchea Krom for Human Rights and Development Association has announced plans to hold a rally in Siem Reap province to celebrate Human Rights Day next month. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089553/khmer-krom-plan-human-rights-rally/
About 230,000 Cambodians visit Vietnam in seven months: Report
229,307 Cambodian people visited Vietnam for tourism and medical checkups from January to July, 2014, according to Vietnam National Tourism Administration’s website. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTg4OGE5NjhiNDg
Cambodian garment makers, ILO sign deal to abolish child labour
The International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed an agreement on Thursday to jointly eliminate child labour in the garment industry. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141218/cambodian-garment-makers-ilo-sign-deal-abolish-child-labour
My relationship with Kem Sokha never be apart, reaffirms Sam Rainsy
Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy has reaffirmed that relationship between him and Kem Sokha will never be apart, responding to some opinions claiming that there is division in the party. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1BNgmuR
Parties meet over commune election law
Officials from the CPP and CNRP met Tuesday at the National Assembly to discuss making changes to the Law on Commune Council Elections before the next poll in February 2017. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-meet-over-commune-election-law-87000/
Alleged traffickers tried as more brides return
Five suspected human traffickers were tried yesterday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for allegedly attempting to send five Cambodian women and two minors to China for marriage. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/alleged-traffickers-tried-more-brides-return
Seng Theary begins hunger strike, after UN declares her arbitrarily detained
Imprisoned activist Seng Theary began a 10 day hunger strike on Monday, less than a week after a United Nations report declared she was being detained in violation of international law and called for her release, her lawyer Jared Genser stated on Monday. ...
Jack Brook and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/seng-theary-begins-hunger-strike-after-un-declares-her-arbitrarily-detained/
IFC to step-up sustainable agriculture in Cambodia
A new partnership between the International Financial Corporation, London-based Mars Food and local company Battambang Rice Investment Co., Ltd, seeks to boost sustainable farming practices in the Kingdom. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50493519/ifc-to-step-up-sustainable-agriculture-in-cambodia/
US funds foes: Top official
A senior Defence Ministry official said yesterday that the United States had provided financial assistance to its own organisations and to NGOs to carry out anti-Cambodian government activities. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5086991/us-funds-foes-top-official/
Plan to cut rabies fatalities by half
The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge and Sipar have launched a five-year action plan in collaboration with the government to reduce the death rate from rabies by 50 percent. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083652/plan-cut-rabies-fatalities-half/
New voters to get ID cards
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng met with European Union Ambassador to Cambodia George Edgar on Tuesday to discuss issuing identity cards for the coming national election. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079497/new-voters-get-id-cards/