ACLEDA Bank launches ACLEDA Internet Bank
ACLEDA Bank PLC, the Cambodia’s LEading commercial bank, has launched a new service calLEd “ACLEDA Internet Bank”, according to a statement on its website. The statement said the new service would offer additional alternative for its value customers in doing financial transactions via the internet at ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NTg0YTVkMDcwMjg
Heritage Foundation calls for change of US policy in Cambodia
Political analysts at the US-based Heritage Foundation say relations with Cambodia are overdue for reform. In a recent analysis, “Promoting True Democratic Transition in Cambodia,” the Washington think tank says the 2013 elections, which the opposition claims were marred by wiDespread fraud, offer a chance to ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/heritage-foundation-calls-for-change-of-us-policy-in-cambodia/1886504.html
Cambodia vows to not harbor activisits
Cambodia never offered sanctuary for red-shirt members or those fleeing arrest in Thailand, Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Banh said Tuesday. Gen Tea Banh said Cambodian law does not allow any movement from other countries to hold political activities in the country. The whereabouts of red-shirt members ...
Wassana Nanuam
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/423079/cambodia-not-house-anti-coup-activists
Plan for airport faces resistance
Talks between officials in Preah Vihear province and local villagers whose land is in the way of a proposed domestic airport hit some turbulence on Tuesday, as homeowners bristled over the various forms of compensation being offered. ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-airport-faces-resistance
Deutsche Bank, IFC Rubber Investments Questioned
Deutsche Bank and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) have poured millions of dollars into Vietnamese rubber companies operating in Cambodia that have engaged in illegal logging and forced evictions of local farmers, the environmental rights group Global Witness says in a new report ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deutsche-bank-ifc-rubber-investments-questioned-23598/
Women’s minister criticised after failing to name a female journalist
Minister of Women’s Affairs Ing Kantha Phavi’s admission last week that she was unable to name a Cambodian woman journalist sparked a minor controversy on social media, with current and former journalists taking to social media to criticise her remarks. ...
Yesenia Amaro
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/womens-minister-criticised-after-failing-name-female-journalist
Report: Foreign-funded infrastructure projects need more scrutiny for quality control
As foreign funders drive the construction of major new infrastructure projects in Cambodia, an inconsistent regulatory approach may be opening lanes for shoddy construction. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/report-foreign-funded-infrastructure-projects-need-more-scrutiny-for-quality-control/
Garment Exports Up, But Workers Worried About Factory Closures
Phon Touch and Teang Sreytouch have been working for years in Cambodia’s garment industry, but now the two women are worried they could join the thousands of others in the sector who’ve been laid off without proper compensation. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/garment-exports-up-but-workers-worried-about-factory-closures/
Prey Lang Community Network finds illegal invasion of more than 30 hectares of forest land
Prey Lang Community Network in Preah Vihear province investigated forest crimes in Prey Lang area and found many crimes, including the encroachment of forest land in three locations of more than 30 hectares from October 1-4, 2023 for 3 nights and 4 days. ...
Pok Ponlue
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/prey-lang-community-network-finds-illegal-invasion-more-than-35-hectares/
Preah Vihear journalist assaulted by military commander
A journalist in Preah Vihear province says he was beaten up by an army commander after he accidentally witnessed what he suspected to be the illegal transportation of timber. ...
Seoung Nimol and Try Thaney
https://cambojanews.com/preah-vihear-journalist-assaulted-by-military-commander/
Nine Boeng Tamok residents placed under court supervision, face additional charges
Nine Boeng Tamok lake residents face charges of “intentional acts of violence and obstruction of public officials” and were placed under court supervision following a February 21 warrant issued by the Phnom Penh Municipal court. ...
Phon Sotthyroth and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/nine-boeng-tamok-residents-placed-under-court-supervision-face-additional-charges/
Police arrested 3 Bunong over land dispute in Mondulkiri province
Three Bunong indigenous family members were arrested by Mondulkiri provincial police on Sunday over a land dispute in Chamkar Te Village, Spean Thmor Commune. ...
Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/police-arrested-3-bunong-over-land-dispute-in-mondulkiri-province/
Jan 30 fixed for Kem Sokha’s appeal as civil societies hope for political space restoration
The Court of Appeal will hear former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s appeal against his treason conviction this January 30, as civil societies call on the new government to restore the political situation and human rights in the country. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/jan-30-fixed-for-kem-sokhas-appeal-as-civil-societies-hope-for-political-space-restoration/
Third ring road named Xi Jinping Boulevard, a symbol of Cambodia-China’s steel relationship
The third ring road has been named “Xi Jinping Boulevard”, 60 years after a major thoroughfare in Phnom Penh was named Mao Tse-Tung Boulevard by King Norodom Sihanouk in honor of the iconic Chinese leader. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/third-ring-road-named-xi-jinping-boulevard-a-symbol-of-cambodia-chinas-steel-relationship/
Justice Ministry to amend criminal code after strong criticism on tycoon’s murder charge
The Justice Ministry will amend the Criminal Code, particularly the “aggravating” circumstances of a criminal offense relating to murder, following public outcry over the charges brought against tycoon Srey Sina who carried out a brutal shooting. ...
Khuon Narim and Ly Rosslan
https://cambojanews.com/justice-ministry-to-amend-criminal-code-after-strong-criticism-on-tycoons-murder-charge/
Digital advertising company targets local market
Havas Riverorchid, a leading advertising agency in Indochina, has officially launched its digital and social media brand to tap into the popularity of social media, the ever-rising use of mobile phones as well as digital innovation in the Cambodian market. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39869/digital-advertising-company-targets-local-market/
Company launches digital ad operation
Cambodian Investment Management’s social-media marketing and advertising business has launched Dynamo Innovative Digital Advertising, the group said last week. Dynamo will inherit 10 clients, managing 20 social-media pages, 90 per cent of which are on Facebook and 10 per cent on LinkedIn. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/company-launches-digital-ad-operation
Sihanoukville port announces bookbuild and IPO date
The state-owned enterprise that operates Cambodia’s only deep-sea port officially announced that it will launch its six-day bookbuild and public roadshow starting next Tuesday with an expected initial public offering (IPO) on the Kingdom’s stock market set for May 31, the company’s sole underwriter said ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-port-announces-bookbuild-and-ipo-date
E-commerce slowed by government: report
The key ingredients for e-commerce adoption are in place in Cambodia but many specific measures need to be addressed by both the private and public sector before the Kingdom can tap into the huge opportunities offered by a digital economy, according to a new report ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/e-commerce-slowed-government-report
Health center budget
Access to information and open budgets is the first component of the Implementation Plan for the Social Accountability Framework (I-SAF).1 The other three components are citizen monitoring, facilitation and capacity building, and learning and monitoring.2 Three types of local services providers are at the focus: ...