China, Cambodia to further enhance ties, cooperation in various fields
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn met on Sunday, and both sides pledged to further enhance relations and cooperation in building the Belt and Road and other fields. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501106152/china-cambodia-to-further-enhance-ties-cooperation-in-various-fields/
Cambodia’s peppercorn output set to rise: insiders
Cambodia’s peppercorn output this year could rise by around one-tenth over 2021, industry insiders have reported, as the harvest season reaches more than 90 per cent completion. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-peppercorn-output-set-rise-insiders
BRI helps address ‘infra deficits’ in Cambodia
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by China, has helped address infrastructure deficits in Cambodia, said an economist. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501162000/bri-helps-address-infra-deficits-in-cambodia/
Korea becomes Cambodia’s 14th largest trading partner in 2022
Korea has become Cambodia’s 14th largest trading partner in 2022, as the bilateral trade volume posted $780 million, inching up 0.6 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501267568/korea-becomes-cambodias-14th-largest-trading-partner-in-2022/
Private education sector thriving nationwide
The private education sector is thriving in Cambodia because There is an increase in talented human resources, a senior official said. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501224470/private-education-sector-thriving-nationwide/
Military forces on standby despite calm
Defence Minister Tea Banh reassured citizens that tensions along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border have eased and returned to normality. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-forces-standby-despite-calm
Close to 800,000 foreign tourists converged on Angkor in 2023
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 798,069 international visitors in 2023, up 177 percent from 287,454 in the previous year, said a news release on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416584/close-to-800000-foreign-tourists-converged-on-angkor-in-2023/
Australian FM hails Cambodia for rapid growth, political stability
Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Monday praised Cambodia for its rapid economic growth in recent years and political stability. Bob Carr said that Australian Development Assistance Program has allocated 77 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia in 2011-2012, focusing on agriculture development, health, services, infrastructure ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-03/26/c_131490522.htm
Siem Reap resort in works by China firm
Shanghai-based Join.In Hospitality Management (JHM) has revealed plans to expand its Tonino Lamborghini Hotel & Resort – a luxury hotel chain – by opening a hotel in Siem Reap, its first outside China. In a press release, JHM announced earlier this week that it has ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-resort-works-china-firm
UXO kills boy, injures three in Kampong Speu
A boy was killed and another three injured after an unexploded ordnance (UXO) they were playing with detonated in Kampong Speu province’s Ka Ek Porng village on Monday. Deputy district police chief Suon Chan said the four friends were minding cattle in a field when ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-kills-boy-injures-three-kampong-speu
Wildlife smuggler arrested
A Vietnamese national was charged yesterday with smuggling elephant tusks and parts into Cambodia in what wildlife advocates have dubbed a landmark case.Ream Chan Mony, a deputy prosecutor at Siem Reap Provincial Court, said 43-year-old Vu Le Thuy was charged with “smuggling illegal wildlife and ...
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-smuggler-arrested
Cambodia's economy to grow by 7 pct in 2013: finance minister
Cambodia’s economy is projected to grow by 7 percent this year, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Keat Chhon said Friday. He said the growth still is contributed by garment exports, tourism, agriculture, real estate and construction. Last year, Cambodia’s GDP per capita was nearly 1,000 ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-03/29/c_132271714.htm
Battambang fire causes over $1m in damage
A fire that ripped through a market in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district late on Monday night caused somewhere between $1 million and $2 million in damages, according to local officials. The fire, which reportedly started at about 11:30 p.m. and destroyed 244 stalls, was believed to have ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/battambang-fire-causes-over-1m-in-damage-64725/
Marubeni powers into Cambodia
Marubeni Corp. said Monday that it would acquire a 20 percent stake in a Cambodia-based electricity generation and transmission business owned and operated by Malaysia’s Leader Group, marking Japan’s first foray into Cambodia’s power market. Leader Infrastructure Ltd. operates two 50 megawatt coal-fired power stations in ...
Kyodo News Staff
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/02/business/marubeni-powers-into-cambodia/#.U4128fmSx8F
19 killed in Cambodia floods
At least 19 people were killed and thousands have been evacuated from their homes in Cambodia due floods caused by heavy rains and overflowing rivers, an official said Saturday. According to the official, more than 8,000 families have been evacuated to higher grounds, Xinhua reported. ...
Free Press Journal News Staff
http://freepressjournal.in/19-killed-in-cambodia-floods/
One day, multiple UXO found
Seven undetonated explosive devices – three in Kandal, three in Pursat and one in Prey Veng – were discovered yesterday, local authorities confirmed, just days after a Russian-made anti-personnel mine was found less than 100 metres away from a ticket booth at Angkor Wat. The ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-day-multiple-uxo-found
Online crackdown continues
Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed to clamp down on all online and arcade gambling operations in a move to safeguard national security and curb money laundering in the Kingdom. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50672721/continue-to-crack-down-on-online-and-arcade-gambling-pm
Australia comes to Cambodia’s help
Australian government is studying the new project to help Cambodia’s economy development, trade facilitate and diversification, according to Australian Ambassador to Cambodia. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722365/australia-comes-to-cambodias-help/
Market demands for salt flower attract producers
Cambodian farmers have begun to collect salt flowers and now becoming a new product gaining popularity in the market both domestically and internationally with a considerable price. ...
AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50733929/market-demands-for-salt-flower-attract-producers/
PPCBank raises $10M, lists first corporate bond on CSX
South Korea-owned Phnom Penh Commercial Bank Plc (PPCBank) on Tuesday officially listed its first corporate bond on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppcbank-raises-10m-lists-first-corporate-bond-csx