Exports to Japan reach $296M
Cambodia exported $296 million of goods to Japan in the first two months of this year, up 2.4 per cent compared to the same period last year, data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) shows. Both countries committed to boosting bilateral trade to more ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-japan-reach-296m
WHO says Cambodia to get vaccine by 2021, tycoons pledge funds for purchase
Cambodia may get the first delivery of the coronavirus vaccine in March 2021, according to the local office of the World Health Organization, as Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government made its first moves to acquire the much-wanted vaccine. Several influential business tycoons have also pledged ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/who-says-cambodia-to-get-vaccine-by-2021-tycoons-pledge-funds-for-purchase-/5691472.html
Cambodia sees slight improvements on corruption index
Cambodia’s global corruption core has slightly improved with it receiving 24 out of 100 in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which was released today by Transparency International (TI), placing it 150th out of the 180 countries. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-corruption-index
Cambodia inaugurates 6th Chinese-built hydropower plant
Cambodia has inaugurated its sixth Chinese-built hydropower plant, bringing the country’s total power supplies by dams of up to 927 megawatts. ...
Kyodo News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/805444/cambodia-inaugurates-6th-chinese-built-hydropower-plant
Bad coffee spoils local ceremony
Dozens of people are expected to recover after getting sick from instant coffee at a pagoda ceremony in Siem Reap’s Chi Kraeng district on Saturday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bad-coffee-spoils-local-ceremony
Another search for VN soldiers’ remains in Cambodia
Military Zone 9 said it was co-operating with Cambodian localities in searching for the remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who died during wars in Cambodia. ...
Viet Nam News Team
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/294553/another-search-for-vn-soldiers-remains-in-cambodia.html
Maybank opens new office in Cambodia
Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is further strengthening its operations in Cambodia with the launch of Maybank Tower, a new 10-storey corporate office in the country. ...
The Star Team
http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/03/15/maybank-opens-new-office-in-cambodia/
PM: Invest more in processing raw materials
Prime Minister Hun Sen called on investors to invest in the processing of raw materials to support the government’s 2015-2025 Industrial Development Policy (IDP). ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38736/pm--invest-more-in-processing-raw-materials/
Only two complaints outstanding, NEC says
Out of 64 complaints filed with the National Election Committee (NEC) over the June 4 commune elections, only two remain outstanding, the election body said yesterday. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/only-two-complaints-outstanding-nec-says
Three who sold land for veterans arrested
Authorities in Banteay Meanchey province on Sunday arrested three people accused of inciting villagers to occupy state land slated for use by retired armed forces members. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109478/three-sold-land-veterans-arrested/
Reeling From Detention, Adhoc 5 Stay Defiant
After 427 days behind bars, the Adhoc 5 have been enjoying their first weekend of liberty after being released from prison on bail on Thursday night. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reeling-from-detention-adhoc-5-stay-defiant-132052/
Polling station, police directives handed down
All logos, numbers or signs emblematic of party affiliation are forbidden at polling stations on Election Day, according to a directive released yesterday by The National Election Committee. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/polling-station-police-directives-handed-down
VN President to visit Cambodia
President Truong Tan Sang will pay a State visit to Cambodia on December 23-24 at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni. ...
Vietnam Net News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/119157/vn-president-to-visit-cambodia.html
Officials in hot seat over assets silence
Five retired officials from the Ministry of Social Affairs could face legal action if they fail to declare their assets, the Anti-Corruption Unit has warned. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-hot-seat-over-assets-silence
21 opposition activists overseas fined, banned from running for office for 20 years
Twenty-one opposition members and activists were banned from holding elected office for at least 20 years after being convicted in absentia of inciting voters to spoil their national election ballots by the Phnom Penh Municipal Election Committee (PEC) on Tuesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/21-opposition-activists-overseas-fined-banned-from-running-for-office-for-20-years/
German president’s visit paves way for ties boost, as trade tops $1.2B: pundits
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to Cambodia could give renewed impetus towards the consolidation of bilateral relations between the two countries as well as to the two-way goods trade, which was valued at nearly $1.25 billion in 2022, expanding by almost one-fifth on a yearly ...
Rice deal with Papua New Guinea on the table
Cambodian could soon be exporting its world-renowned rice to the Oceanian nation of Papua New Guinea after trade representatives from both countries held negotiations last week. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50491622/rice-deal-with-papua-new-guinea-on-the-table/
Local activist called in for questioning
A prominent activist in Koh Kong province who has opposed the construction of the Stung Cheay Areng dam has been summonsed to court for alleged “forest crimes”. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-activist-called-questioning
Lower Mekong thirsts for more water
The amount of water that will be released from a Chinese dam until 10 April could be too low to help alleviate drought-stricken South-East Asia. ...
Fatima Arkin
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/water/news/lower-mekong-thirsts-for-more-water.html
FTU president claims leaders fired unfairly
A national garment workers union has asked the government to reinstate 15 of its local union leaders it claims were fired simply due to their union membership. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ftu-president-claims-leaders-fired-unfairly