Surprise flooding concerns
Eight provinces experienced flooding yesterday, according to a disaster management official, with hectares of farmland also left damaged as unseasonal heavy rains continue to whip the country. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/surprise-flooding-concerns
New fertiliser venture aims to satisfy growing demand
Fertiliser manufacturer Nangoku Agriculture Development, a Japanese-Cambodian joint venture, launched operations yesterday with the aim of supplying locally manufactured fertilisers to Cambodian farmers at affordable prices. ...
Palm oil exports expected to rise
The Kingdom’s leading palm oil producer has projected revenues of $20 million this year as it targets another record-setting year for crude palm oil exports. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/palm-oil-exports-expected-rise
Syrian man becomes third refugee resettled in Cambodia: reports
The Syrian man arrived in Cambodia this week, according a report in the Phnom Penh Post newspaper which quoted the head of the Cambodian Government’s refugee department. ...
Liam Cochrane
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-25/third-refugee-reportedly-resettled-nauru-to-cambodia/8559794
Monuments to Vietnam revamped
A total of 17 Cambodia-Vietnam friendship monuments across Cambodia will be renovated by March next year with nearly $8 million provided by Vietnam’s Defence Ministry. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094728/monuments-vietnam-revamped/
Opposition gathering to remember 1997 attack
The Cambodia National Rescue Party will hold a ceremony today to commemorate the anniversary of a deadly grenade attack on an opposition rally in Phnom Penh 18 years ago. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/opposition-gathering-remember-1997-attack
KPPM says it’s one step closer to party-hood
A dissident group, which was unexpectedly given the green light last month to form a political party, claims it has already exceeded the number of signatures necessary to register. ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kppm-says-its-one-step-closer-party-hood
CNRP member returning to the states for treatment
Cambodia National Rescue Party Chief of Information Meach Sovannara will return to the United States for medical treatment following a car accident last week, he told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12284/cnrp-member-returning-to-the-states-for-treatment/
Opposition calls for international court to settle border dispute
Lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have urged the government to file a complaint with the International Court of Justice over the ongoing border dispute with Vietnam. ...
Cambodia to explore FTA with Japan
Cambodia is exploring the possibility of establishing a Free Trade Agreement with Japan. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50761289/cambodia-to-explore-fta-with-japan/
Meeting on draft union law pushed to Monday
The meeting of a bipartisan committee to discuss the draft trade union law has been delayed yet again, according to a ruling party official. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meeting-draft-union-law-pushed-monday
As fast food takes hold, health fears grow
As the temperature in Phnom Penh crested 39 degrees celcius on Tuesday, a young British couple stepped into the air-conditioned embrace of Burger King. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-fast-food-takes-hold-health-fears-grow-112289/
“Secret” gov’t letter tells groups to support PM on maps
A letter marked “secret” has been sent by the ruling party to various groups telling them to support Prime Minister Hun Sen on the issue of demarcating borders with Vietnam. ...
Chea Takihiro and Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15682/---secret----gov---t-letter-tells-groups-to-support-pm-on-maps/
Election staffing set to kick off on Wednesday
Recruitment of 741 short-term contract staff to help prepare for next year’s commune elections will begin on Wednesday, according to the National Election Committee’s spokesman. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-staffing-set-kick-wednesday
PM puts fake Hun Sen FB accounts on notice
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday took to the unruly world of social media in an effort to impose some order, at least where his own name is concerned. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-puts-fake-hun-sen-fb-accounts-notice
EU market could tap into tapioca
Local agro-industrial conglomerate Mong Reththy Group is negotiating a new partnership that would send large-volume shipments of Cambodian cassava products to Europe for the first time. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-market-could-tap-tapioca
Angkor Wat ticket sales stagnating
Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia’s prime tourist attraction, experienced nearly stagnant growth for the first five months of this year, according to data released by Angkor Institution yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-wat-ticket-sales-stagnating
Floating villages to be relocated
Kampong Chhnang provincial authorities have outlined plans to relocate thousands of families living on the Tonle Sap river in an effort to curb water pollution. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36848/floating-villages-to-be-relocated/
Government invests US$30 million on sub-national level administrations annually
Royal Government of Cambodia has spent approximately US$30 million a year on sub-national administrations in order to ensure their quality service provision, particularly on priority issues. ...
Lim Nary
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=106910
Florican population faces extinction threat
The increase in commercial dry-season rice cultivation in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap floodplain is threatening the survival of the critically endangered Bengal florican, a new study suggests. ...
Phak Seangly and Jovina Chua
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/florican-population-faces-extinction-threat
