NGOs irate over gov’t ‘hijack’
Members of Cambodia’s civil society are rebuking their representation at the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples’ Forum last week, alleging the Kingdom’s civil society representatives were disproportionately government-aligned. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-irate-over-govt-hijack
Boat scrap halts votes over ticket earnings
Five people from Kampong Phluk village were injured after a violent protest erupted over the election of a new committee to support boating tourism in Siem Reap’s Bakong district on Saturday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boat-scrap-halts-votes-over-ticket-earnings
Opposition lawmaker to revisit Vietnamese border
Opposition lawmaker Real Camerin is set to revisit a contested area of the Cambodia-Vietnam border in Svay Rieng province on July 19, despite being injured during a brawl there last month. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13246/opposition-lawmaker-to-revisit-vietnamese-border/
VN nationals arrested on kidnapping charge
Four Vietnamese nationals were jailed on kidnapping charges in Svay Rieng province on Saturday after allegedly detaining two of their countrymen over gambling debts in a casino in Bavet town. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vn-nationals-arrested-kidnapping-charge
Vietnam, Cambodia work to ensure smooth cross-border goods transport
Cambodia has asked for Vietnam’s coordination to ensure uninterrupted cross-border transport of goods amid the COVID-19 epidemic. ...
VIetnam Plus Staff
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-cambodia-work-to-ensure-smooth-crossborder-goods-transport/170382.vnp
Cambodia’s future looks bright post-pandemic
While Southeast Asia becomes embattled by the Delta variant of Covid-19 this summer, Cambodia has cause to stay optimistic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904397/cambodias-future-looks-bright-post-pandemic/
World-Bays Club supports ASEAN tourism reopening
The Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club (World-Bays Club) has voiced its support for the reopening of ASEAN tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501009405/world-bays-club-supports-asean-tourism-reopening/
Cambodia to receive additional $965 million in ADB financing
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $965 million in funding to Cambodia for the development of key priority areas. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501083754/cambodia-to-receive-additional-965-million-in-adb-financing/
Rainsy says no plan to meet Funcinpec leader
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy denied Wednesday that he had plans to meet Prince Norodom Ranariddh to discuss the CNRP joining with Funcinpec against the CPP ahead of the 2018 national election. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-says-no-plan-to-meet-funcinpec-leader-97260/
Mango exports to EU growing
Almost 60 tons of Cambodian mangoes were exported to the European Union during the harvesting season this year, according to Mong Reththy, who runs the country’s largest agricultural export company. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24859/mango-exports-to-eu-growing/
Petition seeks vote for workers overseas
A group campaigning for better governance yesterday demanded parliamentarians push the government to allow Cambodians living abroad to vote, while also calling for stricter enforcement of migration legislation inside the country. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/petition-seeks-vote-workers-overseas
Inmates charged with selling drugs
The provincial court in Tbong Khmum province has charged four inmates with selling drugs in Trapaing Phlong prison after police found a bottle of methamphetamine pills hidden in the prison farm. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21687/inmates-charged-with-selling-drugs/
China’s solar companies eye ASEAN
With Southeast Asian nations struggling to produce enough energy to drive their economies, some of China’s leading solar companies are looking for investment opportunities in the region. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24244/china---s-solar-companies-eye-asean/
Opposition MP urges govt to use returning skilled laborers
A leading opposition lawmaker has urged the government to make better use of skilled migrant labor returning from overseas in a bid to encourage more Cambodians to stay in the country. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/opposition-mp-urges-govt-to-use-returning-skilled-laborers/3418455.html
Funcinpec ‘ready’ to replace CNRP
Funcinpec president Prince Norodom Ranariddh says his party will meet on Monday to pick 60 out of 123 senior party members to take up parliamentary positions if the CNRP is dissolved. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088551/funcinpec-ready-replace-cnrp/
Millers push for China access
Amid concerns that the European Union could reject shipments of Cambodian rice, exporters are pushing for more access to China as an alternative market for the Kingdom’s principal agricultural commodity. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/millers-push-china-access
After 40 years, broadcaster brings cambodian story to a close
Greg Barron, an award-winning radio producer, was 32 when he reported the despair of Cambodian refugees fleeing across the Thai border to escape the Khmer Rouge genocide in late 1979. ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/after-forty-years-broadcaster-brings-cambodian-story-close/3808414.html
Kampot visitors jump on Bokor opening
The Bokor Resort, in Kampot province, attracted 162.5 per cent more Cambodian tourists to the province in the first five months of the year compared with 2011, tourism officials said yesterday. ...
Hun Sen allows Opposition to have a TV channel
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that the Royal Government of Cambodia agreed to allow the opposition party to have its own TV channel, which shall be registered as a private company. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MThlNTQ3YmUyZjF
Kem Sokha summoned to appear at court
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha has been summoned to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday in relation to a case from last year, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said Friday. ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-summoned-to-appear-at-court-81406/