Specialist food factory shapes up
Confirel Co. Ltd. and Pharma Product Manufacturing Enterprise will unveil its $7 million factory in Phnom Penh to process Kampong Speu palm sugar and Kampot pepper by July, the company said. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36732/specialist-food-factory-shapes-up/
Top Papua New Guinea bank to enter local asset market
Bank South Pacific (BSP), Papua New Guinea’s largest bank, signed a joint venture deal with RMA Cambodia to enter the Cambodian asset finance market, according to a media report yesterday. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/top-papua-new-guinea-bank-enter-local-asset-market
Vietnamese timber trader ‘Grandma May’ flees after order to arrest her
A Vietnamese national reputed to be a prominent illegal timber trader is believed to have fled to her native country after the Oddar Meanchey provincial governor ordered her arrest last week. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-timber-trader-grandma-may-flees-after-order-arrest-her
Kingdom’s biggest SEZ to get even bigger
he Kingdom’s biggest industrial park is moving beyond its initial development stage and looking to attract nearly 200 new tenants in the next five years as it doubles its footprint. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-biggest-sez-get-even-bigger
Apsara’s numbers ‘laughable’, Chhay says
An opposition lawmaker probing alleged irregularities in Angkor Archaeological Park’s ticket revenues says he’s sceptical about figures released yesterday by the site’s managers showing a boost in sales last month. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/apsaras-numbers-laughable-chhay-says
Cambodia village reports mass HIV/AIDS infection, likely by contaminated needles
Cambodian health authorities on Tuesday said more than 80 people – including children and the elderly – who tested positive for HIV/AIDS in a single remote village may have been infected by contaminated needles. ...
The Straits Times News Staff
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/cambodia-village-reports-mass-hivaids-infection-likely-contaminated-
NGOs to be restricted during election campaigns
The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP on Friday agreed that civil society groups would be banned from giving media interviews and issuing statements that “insult” political parties or candidates during election campaign periods. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-to-be-restricted-during-election%E2%80%88campaigns-76343/
Corruption charges upheld against cop
Former Meachey district police chief Hy Narin has had corruption charges against him upheld by Phnom Penh Municipal Court after he allegedly misappropriated almost $700,000 from the state budget over eight years. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/corruption-charges-upheld-against-cop
ACU to question ousted top judge after new year
Anti-Corruption Unit chief Om Yentieng said Monday that he planned to continue questioning ousted Phnom Penh Court director Ang Mealaktei following the Khmer New Year holiday, which begins Tuesday and ends Thursday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-to-question-ousted-top-judge-after-new-year-81988/
Locals to be forced off for Kith Meng
Villagers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampil district have been ordered to vacate their homes by Saturday, after it was determined last month that the area belongs to prominent businessman Kith Meng. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-be-forced-kith-meng
Stop stadium plans, CNRP lawmakers ask
Three CNRP lawmakers have issued a letter urging the government to decline a request by tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company to claim rights over a former sports stadium in Battambang province. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-stadium-plans-cnrp-lawmakers-ask
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
NGO director claims visit to border blocked
An NGO director claimed Sunday that authorities in Svay Rieng province blocked a group he was leading from visiting homes they had rebuilt near the Vietnamese border in Romeas Hek district. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-director-claims-visit-to-border-blocked-89480/
More Cambodia opposition activists charged with insurrection
A Cambodian court on Wednesday charged three activists from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party with insurrection in connection with a protest last year that turned violent. ...
ABC News Staff
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cambodia-opposition-activists-charged-insurrection-32897662
Thailand to restore rail link with Cambodia
Thailand is hoping to resurrect a rail link with Cambodia to improve transport in the Mekong sub-region, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Thursday. ...
Patsara Jikkham
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/transport/671340/thailand-to-restore-rail-link-with-cambodia
Names removed as teachers set to grade exams
Teachers gathered at nine Phnom Penh high schools Friday to anonymize grade 12 national exam papers, replacing the section where candidates’ personal details were listed with a secret identification code prior to grading. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/names-removed-as-teachers-set-to-grade-exams-92895/
Taxis swarm forestry official pursuing van
A forestry official in Mondulkiri province was surrounded by taxi drivers yesterday as they allegedly prevented him from tailing a suspected illegal timber dealer who was heading towards the Vietnam border. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/taxis-swarm-forestry-official-pursuing-van
Japan continues to support Cambodia’s clean water projects
Japan has committed to continue its support on clean water projects in Cambodia with more projects to be approved by the Japanese government this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50911726/japan-continues-to-support-cambodias-clean-water-projects/
Oddar Meanchey’s authorities issue warning to land encroachment instigators
The Oddar Meanchey Provincial Administration issued a public to people who incited people to illegally encroach on state land to cease Their illegal activities immediately. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50919920/oddar-meancheys-authorities-issue-warning-to-land-encroachment-instigators/
China helps Cambodia bring COVID under control
Cambodia’s cooperation with China has been vital for the Southeast Asian country in achieving its COVID-free status, officials and experts said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094400/china-helps-cambodia-bring-covid-under-control/