Toll Group divests Cambodian railway stake
Australian logistics group Toll has divested its 55% stake in the Toll Royal Railway joint venture to its local partner Royal Group with effect from December 19. ...
Railway Gazette International News Staff
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/toll-group-divests-cambodian-railway-stake.html
Workers return from holiday to closed factory
More than 100 workers at a Phnom Penh garment printing factory protested yesterday after they returned from the Khmer New Year holiday to find their workplace shuttered. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-return-holiday-closed-factory
Reporters vow to defy order to cease gathering
Journalists in Ratanakkiri province said Wednesday they would defy a “request” from the provincial government to cease gathering in public places and taking photographs during their reporting. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reporters-vow-to-defy-order-to-cease-gathering-84492/
Disaster Management Law passes Assembly
A new Law on Disaster Management sailed through the National Assembly yesterday, with Prime Minister Hun Sen promising a more rapid and coordinated response across government agencies. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disaster-management-law-passes-assembly
Cambodia-Vietnam border spat reveals shifting alliances
As tension rises along an undemarcated border section with Vietnam in Ratanakkiri province, analysts say the government’s newfound toughness against Hanoi reflects rising Chinese influence here. ...
Va Sonyka and Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12349/cambodia-vietnam-border-spat-reveals-shifting-alliances/
Germany's finance firm lends 15 mln USD to Cambodian rice miller
The German Investment and Development Corporation (DEG) signed to lend 15 million U.S. dollars to Cambodian rice milling company Angkor Kasekam Roongroeung (AKR) here on Wednesday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12367/germany-s-finance-firm-lends-15-mln-usd-to-cambodian-rice-miller/
Prey Speu faces MP’s probe over ‘violations’
The Por Sen Chey Social Affairs Centre, better known as Prey Speu, is facing a probe over alleged human rights violations, an opposition party lawmaker said yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-speu-faces-mps-probe-over-violations
Japan foundation office to open in Cambodia
The Japan Foundation, Japan’s cultural exchange institution, will open an office in Cambodia, according to Kao Kim Hourn, a minister attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-foundation-office-to-open-in-cambodia-87451/
Cambodian fishermen hope for crackdown on illegal Thai fishing
Thailand’s fishing industry has received a “yellow card” warning from the European Union for failing to address illegal fishing operations. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-fishermen-hope-for-crackdown-on-illegal-thai-fishing/2850813.html
Cambodia considered as good REDD+ implementing country
Cambodia has been considered as a country implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) well. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50829171/cambodia-considered-as-good-redd-implementing-country/
Zero-snaring fight moves to Kratie
The Zero-Snaring campaign has started after seeing considerable success in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear. ...
So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501096641/zero-snaring-fight-moves-to-kratie/
Japan set to increase concessional loans to Kingdom
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is scheduled to increase its concessional loans twice each year for Cambodia. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501118469/japan-set-to-increase-concessional-loans-to-kingdom/
Cambodia May Lure Up to 10 IPOs a Year, Korea Bourse Says
Cambodia’s stock market, which is set to open next week after several delays, may be able to lure five-to-10 initial public offerings a year, according to Korea Exchange Inc., the Cambodian government’s partner in the bourse. State-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will start trading ...
ARDB farm loans now total $31M
Farm loan applications to the state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) reached $31 million on Friday. ARDB director-general Kao Thach said applications for government loans have been growing rapidly since the government officially launched a $50 million fund in March. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-farm-loans-now-total-31m
Preliminary voter list due next week: NEC
After a three-month registration period, the National Election Committee will release its preliminary voter list on January 3, giving political parties, civil society and election monitors until January 14 to lodge complaints for any discrepancies found in the rolls. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preliminary-voter-list-due-next-week-nec
Report fingering tycoon in timber crime taken down
A national police spokesman yesterday said a report alleging that tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group was colluding with loggers to launder timber was mistakenly posted on the body’s official site by a “tired” employee who meant to share the information with local reporters but not ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-fingering-tycoon-timber-crime-taken-down
60MW solar station in Battambang hooked to grid
A 60MW solar power station in northern Battambang province was commissioned and connected to the national grid last week. the solar farm is located in southwestern Thma Koul district’s Anlong Run commune and is invested by Shenzhen-listed Risen Energy Co Ltd. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/60mw-solar-station-battambang-hooked-grid
Cambodia rebuffs human rights infringement reports
The CHRC’s statement apparently came in response to The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Vitit Muntarbhorn, who on October 6 issued a statement claiming that Cambodia was “backsliding” away from democracy. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-rebuffs-human-rights-infringement-reports
PM says fight against C-19 should not involve politics
Prime Minister Hun Sen said all nations should work together to fight Covid-19, but this should not involve politics, according to his written address for the virtual Global Covid-19 Summit themed “Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better” hosted by US President Joe Biden. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50940157/pm-says-fight-against-c-19-should-not-involve-politics/
IMF, ADB peg 2022 GDP growth at 5%
Two major multilateral lenders have forecast Cambodia’s economic growth for 2022 at around five per cent, buoyed by bumper export performance earlier in the year, coupled with ongoing policy support and continued tourism recovery, but held back by external pressures associated with Covid-19 and the ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imf-adb-peg-2022-gdp-growth-5