Thai restaurant chain aims for bite of Cambodian market
Thailand’s Wave Entertainment Plc will expand its steak restaurant chain to Cambodia next year, according to reports in Thai media. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21464/thai-restaurant-chain-aims-for-bite-of-cambodian-market/
Cambodia, Vietnam sign security agreement
Cambodia and Vietnam’s security ministries signed a cooperation agreement yesterday to fight crime and strengthen security between the two neighbors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24871/cambodia--vietnam-sign-security-agreement/
Plan for rural poor
The United Nations Development Programme yesterday released a report analysing different methods of lifting Cambodia’s rural poor out of poverty. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101646/plan-rural-poor/
Government to promote pepper trade
Royal Government of Cambodia is drawing up strategic plan to promote both the quality and sustainable markets for Cambodia’s pepper. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lim Nary
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=107821
Inmates beat guard at Kompong Speu Provincial Prison
Four inmates at Kompong speu’s provincial prison attacked a guard on Wednesday, repeatedly punching him in the face, an official said Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/inmates-beat-guard-at-kompong-speu-provincial-prison-76573/
Toyoko inn set to open
The three-star Toyoko Inn hotel is set to open next week, filling the gap in the capital’s budget-business hotel market. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12197/toyoko-inn-set-to-open/
Departing EU ambassador ‘optimistic’ on democracy
During Cambodia’s political roller coaster of recent years, European Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain emerged as a consistent and powerful voice for democracy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
James Brooke
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12607/departing-eu-ambassador----optimistic----on-democracy/
Raging storm hits Kampong Thom
StormS in Kampong Thom&rSquo;S Stung Sen town thiS week reSulted in four injurieS and damage to 55 homeS, local authoritieS Said yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/raging-storm-hits-kampong-thom
Jolie-Pitt Foundation uncovers forest crime
Forests and wildlife near Pailin province’s O’Tavao Waterfall are being threatened by local deforestation and hunting, officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jolie-pitt-foundation-uncovers-forest-crime
Solar tuk-tuks rolling out soon
Star 8 ASia will launch itS electric-powered tuk-tuk Showroom on AuguSt 28, hoping for robuSt demand from the city&rSquo;S driverS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov and Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14288/solar-tuk-tuks-rolling-out-soon/
Japan caregiver centre to train young recruits
Japan’s swelling ranks of elderly citizens could soon be receiving care from Cambodians if one NGO’s plan comes to fruition. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-caregiver-centre-train-young-recruits
PRASAC takes $2m loan from Dutch firm
PRASAC Microfinance InStitution, Cambodia&rSquo;S biggeSt MFI by outStanding loanS, haS received a US$2 million loan from the NetherlandS Development Finance Company SS='cambodia-color'>...
Vietnamese, Israeli firms sign agreement for cooperation, distribution of experimental oral COVID-19 vaccine, including in Cambodia
Israel’s oral vaccine is heading to southeast Asia, Oramed Pharmaceutical announced Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50998291/vietnamese-israeli-firms-sign-agreement-for-cooperation-distribution-of-experimental-oral-covid-19-vaccine-including-in-cambodia/
Cambodia, Laos appreciate bilateral cooperation
Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic have pledged to continue strengthening parliamentary cooperation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997213/cambodia-laos-appreciate-bilateral-cooperation/
Big opposition gains
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party saw its ironclad grip on the National Assembly weaken dramatically, dropping 22 seats in winning 68 of 123, with the opposition the beneficiary and the CPP’s royalist coalition partners winning none at all in an election rife with alleged irregularities. Though ss='cambodia-color'>...
CAMBA Business Expo Looks to Invigorate Cambodian Businesses Both Home and Abroad
The fourth annual Business and Culture Expo hosted by the Cambodian American Business Association, an event designed to bring together business owners, entrepreneurs and Cambodian community members, will be held sunday August 25 in the parking lot of the Mark Twain Library. However, the event that ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian NGOs Threaten to Expose More Illegal Logging
A group of Cambodian NGOs threatened on Monday to expose more cases of forestry crime involving businessmen and the police, saying they were unshaken by a defamation suit filed by top tycoon accused of illegal logging and land-grabbing. Representatives of the five organizations told reporters Monday ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/logging-11252013185559.html
25 Years On, Prosthetics NGO Changes Direction
In 1990, Pen Hoeurng was out in the field tending her cows and buffalo when the rattle of machine-gun fire erupted in the surrounding forest and she was struck by a bullet from an M-16. Ms. Hoeurng, now 48, does not know whether she was shot ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/25-years-on-prosthetics-ngo-changes-direction-51761/
Corporate social responsibility in Cambodia
Frontier and emerging economies such as Cambodia present companies with a specific set of challenges and risk, both real and perceived, beyond those found in more developed markets. A risk category getting ever- increasing attention is that of “social risk”, roughly defined as the risk of ss='cambodia-color'>...