Four more suspects arrested over violent Koh Rong robbery
Four Cambodian men have now been arrested over a violent robbery at a guesthouse on Koh Rong island off the coast of Sihanoukville last week that left a Canadian expatriate with serious head injuries, police said Monday. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-more-suspects-arrested-over-violent-koh-rong-robbery-80566/
More Cambodian maid abuse revelations
A Cambodian maid in Malaysia has committed suicide, another was allegedly raped by her employer and a third tortured, according to rights groups and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is investigating the cases. An 18-year-girl is being sheltered at the Cambodian embassy after she was ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070557237/National-news/more-maid-abuse-revelations.html
Locals seek spirits’ help
More than 300 ethnic villagers at two separate locations in Preah Vihear province conducted traditional ceremonies yesterday beseeching the spirits for an end to their ongoing land dispute with the Chinese-owned Rui Feng sugar company. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-seek-spirits-help
Chinese firms invest in mango pest control
At least three Chinese companies are investing in industrial steaming equipment to use in the phytosanitary treAtment of agricultural products for export, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon told The Post on Monday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firms-invest-mango-pest-control
Khmer Rouge’s Ao An dies
Ao An, a former senior Khmer Rouge official and suspect in Case 004/2 of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), died at the age of 87 in Battambang province, according to ECCC spokesperson Neth Pheaktra. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-kr-tribunal/khmer-rouges-ao-dies
Kingdom, US vow stronger ties
At an academic forum on SAturday to celebrAte 70 years of Cambodia-US diplomAtic ties, Cambodian researchers and officials expressed hope of encouraging US investments and for thAt country to deepen and improve its bilAteral relAtions. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/kingdom-us-vow-stronger-ties
Verifying the truth over border demarcation: PM orders probe into claims about lost land
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered Cambodia Border Affairs Committee chairman Var Kimhong to meet with villagers at the demarcated border areas in Tboung Khmum province, who claimed their farmlands have been lost to Vietnam. ...
Work on new power line to start next year
The construction of a power transmission line connecting the Kingdom’s south to the border with Laos is expected to be started at least by next year, according to an official from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749700/work-on-new-power-line-to-start-next-year/
Preah Sihanouk gets Covid-19 lab
Preah Sihanouk province will become the second after Siem Reap to have a laboratory to test for Covid-19 after a plan was approved to build one at the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Referral Hospital. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-gets-covid-19-lab
Recovery to be driven by three principles
A senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance said the government’s driving principles to restore the economy post-COVID-19 from 2021-2023 will be strategic approaches towards survival, reform and resilience. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804674/recovery-to-be-driven-by-three-principles/
Rubber production to receive multi-agency effort to improve
WWF-Cambodia and the General Department of Rubber at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a multi-agency partnership for transparent and sustainable natural rubber supply chains in Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50803833/rubber-production-to-receive-multi-agency-effort-to-improve/
Chevron plans to increase Caltex petrol stations to 100
The government has welcomed Chevron (Cambodia) Ltd’s plan to nearly triple its network of Caltex petrol stations in the Kingdom to 100, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy on February 28. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chevron-plans-increase-caltex-petrol-stations-100
Boosting economic recovery and supporting vulnerable families tops Government agenda
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for joint efforts to boost economic recovery, and support three million vulnerable citizens, speaking at the inauguration of the “Techo Sen Public Works and Transport” building on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50806817/boosting-economic-recovery-and-supporting-vulnerable-families-tops-government-agenda/
Young innovators pitch ideas
Seven dynamic startups run by young entrepreneurs pitched their innovative ventures to business leaders and investors from Cambodia and around the world, at the culmination of the Bluetribe initiative, a unique and intensive six-month startup incubation scheme. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810579/young-innovators-pitch-ideas/
MoC e-commerce marketplace expected to launch in July
The Ministry of Commerce’s Go4eCam e-commerce marketplace is expected to go online in July, according to Long Kemvichet, the deputy director general at the ministry’s General Department of International Trade. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50830823/moc-e-commerce-marketplace-expected-to-launch-in-july/
Exports to China soar by 56 percent in the first five months of 2021
Cambodian exports to China were valued at $558 million Jan-May, up over 56 percent year on year against the same period. The increase was driven by rising Chinese demand for Cambodian agricultural products. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50885971/exports-to-china-soar-by-56-percent-in-the-first-five-months-of-2021/
Gov’t warns resellers of Covid test kits
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications – which accepts purchase orders for Covid-19 antigen rapid test kits at $3.70 per unit, an offer exclusively for public and private institutions – has warned against reselling them. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-warns-resellers-covid-test-kits
CDC approves $71 million in new investments to create 9,500 jobs
Eight new projects worth $71.4 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The new projects will create over 9,500 jobs at a critical juncture in the Kingdom’s economic recovery. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906237/cdc-approves-71-million-in-new-investments-to-create-9500-jobs/
$2.4 million bag and shoe factory gets CDC’s nod
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a new garment factory in Kandal province. Auspicious Bag and Shoes Accessories Co Ltd is investing $2.4 million in the project at Kraing Makak in Ang Snuol district. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920851/2-4-million-bag-and-shoe-factory-gets-cdcs-nod/
Climate-proof farming techniques ‘boost yields’
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon presented a study on water and soil management using climate-wise farming techniques that can help farmers adapt to climate change and increase their rice yields at the same time. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/climate-proof-farming-techniques-boost-yields