US, Cambodia navies launch joint military exercise
On November 16, the United States and Cambodia launched an annual military exercise with an opening ceremony held at the Royal Cambodian Ream Navy Base in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/us-cambodia-navies-launch-joint-military-exercise/
Clean water delivered to drought-stricken provinces
The Kampot provincial authority started distributing clean water yesterday to drought-stricken villagers in several districts who do not have enough water for drinking and their basic daily needs such as cooking. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24033/clean-water-delivered-to-drought-stricken-provinces/
China gives $2.5 million in military equipment
China on has handed over medical equipment worth $2.5 million to Cambodia’s Preah Ket Melea military hospital, underpinning China’s growing role as the country’s major military donor and defense partner. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18906/china-gives--2-5-million-in-military-equipment/
Hun Manet defends his father's record
Lieutenant General Hun Manet has defended his father Prime Minister Hun Sen’s record, saying people should remember the role Hun Sen played in bringing peace and national reconciliation to the country. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-manet-defends-his-father-record/3293680.html
Waters rising in Sesan dam villages as holdouts sit tight
Rescuers armed with speed boats and emergency supplies have been deployed to two Stung Treng province villages where residents remain despite expected flooding as the country’s largest hydropower dam undergoes testing. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/waters-rising-in-sesan-dam-villages-as-holdouts-sit-tight-132614/
PM invites opposition members to join CPP
Prime Minister Hun Sen has promised CNRP commune officials they can keep their positions once their party is dissolved, so long as they disavow their former party and join the ruling CPP. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087199/pm-invites-opposition-members-join-cpp/
Plans for floating market in the works
The local entrepreneur who brought the capital its first container night market is seeking government support to realise his vision for the country’s first custom-built floating market and entertainment complex. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/plans-floating-market-works
Affordable Amazonian paradise for the masses
The resort and housing complex, which has only recently started construction, is located in Dangkao district’s Kong Noy commune, making it an 18-kilometre journey from Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh. ...
Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/affordable-amazonian-paradise-masses
Sea dispute won’t affect diplomacy, official says
Cambodia’s close ties to China will not compromise its relationship with other regional powers, an official said after a meeting between Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and a top Chinese diplomat yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sea-dispute-wont-affect-diplomacy-official-says
Poipet reopens crossing to travellers
Cambodia and Thailand reopened its Poipet- Aranyaprathet border crossing to travellers yesterday after a two-year closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501067323/poipet-reopen-crossing-to-travellers/
CNRP pushes gov’t for unity against Vietnam
Built from the vestiges of the Vietnamese-backed People’s Republic of Kampuchea of the 1980s, the CPP of Prime Minister Hun Sen has long been accused by the opposition of subservience to its old master. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-pushes-govt-for-unity-against-vietnam-87092/
PM wants more Japanese investment in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaking at the Mekong- Japan Business Forum in Tokyo on October 9, invited Japanese firms to visit Cambodia and convince themselves that it a worthy country for their investments. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50540098/pm-wants-more-japanese-investment-in-cambodia/
Cambodia PM hopes Trump meeting can bring peace to Korean peninsula
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said he hoped that the forthcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would bring peace to the region. ...
Neou Vannarin
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-pm-hopes-trump-meeting-can-bring-peace-to-korean-peninsula/4394820.html
Child traffickers get seven years each
Six Cambodian women were convicted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and sentenced to seven years in prison each for conspiring to traffic three Cambodian girls to be sold as brides in China. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-traffickers-get-seven-years-each
Border scrap off talks agenda
The territorial conflict between Thailand and Cambodia will not be discussed during Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Thailand this week, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha says. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/796340/border-scrap-off-talks-agenda
Fire guts market in Stung Treng city, causing $1M in damage
More than 1,000 stalls and shops were destroyed in an overnight fire at a market in Stung Treng City, causing about $1 million in property damage, local police said on Friday. ...
Emerald takes a new direction with Cambodia gold JV
ASX-listed Emerald on Wednesday announced that it had signed a farm-in and joint venture (JV) agreement with fellow-listed Renaissance Minerals to earn a majority interest in a Cambodian gold project. ...
Esmarie Swanepoel
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/emerald-takes-a-new-direction-with-cambodia-gold-jv-2016-03-30
Incursion protested by fishers
More than 400 fishing families from four communities in Kampot province protested on Friday, demanding fisheries authorities and naval police prevent illegal fishing by Vietnamese fishermen in Cambodian waters. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/incursion-protested-fishers
Sesan locals agree to new village
Families refusing to relocate from their homes near the Lower Sesan II dam have said they will all leave if they can establish a new village on their community forest and ancestral lands. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087808/sesan-locals-agree-new-village/
Sesan locals win right to stay
Local authorities have agreed to allow the last families refusing to relocate from their homes near the Lower Sesan II dam to establish a new village on their community forest and ancestral lands. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094169/sesan-locals-win-right-stay/