Two Borei Keila Women in Hospital From Clash
Two residents of the Borei Keila community remained hospitalized Sunday after a Valentine’s Day clash with authorities on Friday that left 19 people injured, a community representative said. Although most of the 19 were only slightly injured, two women were more severely hurt and are still ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-borei-keila-women-in-hospital-from-clash-52339/
Cambodia inaugurates China-funded road in northwestern province
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday inaugurated the China-funded road No. 57B in northwestern Battambang province, saying that the road will contribute to developing economy and reducing poverty. The inauguration ceremony, held in the province’s Bovel district, was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/847335.shtml#.Ux-25MrsQf1
Pestech bags RM282m contract in Cambodia
Integrated electric power technology provider Pestech International Bhd has bagged a contract worth US$86.065 million (RM282 million), to construct a 198km transmission lIne for the transmission of power from existIng and future power plants In the Sihanoukville area to Phnom Penh City, Cambodia. Pestech’s wholly-owned Cambodian ...
The Sun Daily News Staff
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/981297
New Thai crossing is in works on border
The Cambodian government is conducting a feasibility study investigating the need for a Thai border crossing at Steng Bort Village in Banteay Meanchey province, four kilometres from Poipet. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-thai-crossing-works-border
In effeminate tones, Hun Sen lampoons opposition politicians
Prime Minister Hun Sen used the opening ceremony of a dam in Pursat province Thursday to act out a scene of biting political satire by pouring scorn on promises from the opposition CNRP to simultaneously reduce food prices in markets, while increasing prices paid to ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-effeminate-tones-hun-sen-lampoons-opposition-politicians-55131/
China's Huawei introduces new smartphone models in Cambodia
The world’s third largest smartphone maker Huawei on Monday unveiled two newest smartphone models for Cambodia’s fast growing mobile phone market. ...
Global Times New Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/851906.shtml#.UzobC_mSxqU
Garment union president in court over incitement allegations
Ath Thorn, the president of the union that led strikes at the SL Garment Factory last year, appeared before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday for questioning over allegations of incitement. The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), headed by Mr. Thorn, spearheaded ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-union-president-in-court-over-incitement-allegations-56136/
Khmer New Year tourism up in Siem Reap
A giant traditional sticky rice cake weighing two tons, the largest num ansorm ever made, was unveiled at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province yesterday as visitors flocked to the area to mark Khmer New Year. Visitor numbers for the three-day holiday ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/khmer-new-year-tourism-up-in-siem-reap-56531/
IMF forecasts higher growth for Cambodia in 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday forecast Cambodia’s economy will grow by 7.2 per cent this year, 0.2 percentage poInt higher than last year. ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1034270
One man dead, 2 injured in mine explosion
An anti-tank mine killed one man and injured two others in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district on Friday afternoon, a local demining official said. The three men, aged between 22 and 25 years old, worked for a tile company and were traveling in a truck to ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-man-dead-2-injured-in-mine-explosion-58139/
Cambodia’s opposition gains ground in council elections
The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) gained ground against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party in local elections over the weekend, initial tallies indicated Monday, in a boost the opposition party’s leader Sam Rainsy said would help strengthen democracy at the grassroots level. The ruling Cambodian People’s ...
RFA’s Khmer Service
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-05192014185200.html
Hun Sen returns from fruitful week in China
Prime Minster Hun Sen arrived back in Phnom Penh on Sunday after a weeklong visit to China for an international summit during which Chinese Premier Xi Jinping pledged $145 million in aid and soft loans to Cambodia. On Monday, AKP reported that China promised to ...
Phorn Bopha and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-returns-from-fruitful-week-in-china-59560/
Rolls-Royce to sell luxury automobiles in Cambodia
Fabled luxury car maker Rolls-Royce will soon be marketing its goods in one of the world’s poorest countries: Cambodia. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced Monday that it has joined with a Cambodian business partner to open a showroom in the Cambodian capital next month. ...
Fox News Staff
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/06/09/rolls-royce-to-sell-luxury-automobiles-in-cambodia/
Feed plant in Pailin to aid farmers’ stockpiles
Pailin province’s $5 million animal-feed processing plant and warehouse is to finish construction in the next three months and it is a welcomed development for the local farming community. The plant’s owner, Chea Kea, who also owns Diamond Crown casino on the border with Thailand in ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/feed-plant-pailin-aid-farmers%E2%80%99-stockpiles
US firm to build border market in Takeo
Realco Cambodia Ltd., a U.S.-owned company, plans to invest $7 million to build a market at the Phnom Din checkpoint on the border with Vietnam in Takeo province’s Kirivong district, a senior official at the Takeo, Kampot and Kep Provincial Chamber of Commerce said Friday. Realco ...
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-firm-to-build-border-market-in-takeo-62693/
More ministers to be questioned in National Assembly
The National Assembly decided to summon three ministers to answer lawmakers’ questions on the work performance of their respective ministries, a lawmaker said Friday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=N2U0NDU5NTZmYmI
EU ban on Cambodian fish remains in place
More than one year after its fish products were banned from Europe, the industry and government has done little to ensure it will be lifted. The ban, instituted in early 2013, has hurt potential fish exports to a potentially lucrative trade partner. But EU officials say Cambodia ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/eu-ban-on-cambodian-fish-remains-in-place/1952962.html
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/
Deposit for brides in China called into question
Human rights groups on Sunday criticized as inadequate a government proposal, announced on Friday, to require single women to deposit $10,000 into a Chinese bank before they are allowed to visit China as tourists, a move meant to curb the trafficking of Cambodian woman to ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deposit-for-brides-in-china-called-into-question-65605/
Good ties boost Chinese investments in Cambodia -- PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the country’s good relations and cooperation with China have encouraged more and more Chinese investors to Cambodia. The premier made the remarks during a meeting with Zhang Tingke, visiting vice-president of a leading Chinese power company Huaneng Group, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/22/c_133065798.htm