A minor melee mars day’s events
A day of peaceful demonstrations gave way to an evening of unrest last night as a handful of protesters were removed from a small patch of land across from the United States embassy and a grup of uninvolved people threw Molotov cocktails towards riot police ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-melee-mars-day%E2%80%99s-events
Luxury resort looks for new lease of life with redesigned blueprint
A new blueprint for the long-delayed Snake Island (Koh Pos) resort development off the coast of Sihanoukville will soon be completed, and investment of up to $1 billion is hoped to kick-start the project, which has a planned completion date of 2018, according to the ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/luxury-resort-looks-new-lease-life-redesigned-blueprint
New airline gets closer to launch
Cambodia Bayon Airlines will soon import two Modern Ark 60 aircrafts from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), with plans to begin domestic flights before the end of the year, a company representative said yesterday. Bayon will sign an agreement with AVIC on Thursday ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-airline-gets-closer-launch
Laos hydro dam upsets Mekong River neighbors
Laos began construction last week on a multi-billion dollar hydro dam project that is opposed by other countries along the Mekong River, and activists who say the project will significantly impact the environment and the economies of four countries that rely on the river for ...
NagaCorp rolls dice on $15 million VIP terminal
A private VIP terminal costing $15 million is being planned at Phnom Penh International Airport by NagaCorp, which hopes that once it is ready – likely by early next year – high-rollers would flock to its casino and double their spending to $8 billion. NagaWorld, the ...
Most U.S. Firms Plan to Expand Business in SE Asia: Amcham
Eighty-five percent of U.S. companies in Southeast Asia plan to expand their business as the region will become more important in the next two years, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore said on Monday. “ASEAN continues to grow in importance for businesses in the ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/05/us-firms-asia-idUSTRE78411L20110905
Cambodia's 2011 Economic Growth Expected To Be 6.8 Per Cent, Says ADB
KUALA LUMPUR — Cambodia’s economic growth for 2011 is expected to be 6.8 per cent, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This is based on the positive trends over the six months of this year and is an improvement over the ADB forecast of 6.5 per ...
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsbusiness.php?id=613443
Citibank (NYSE:C) sees business opportunities in Cambodia
Citibank, one of the largest banks in the United States and the World, is seeking for investment opportunities in Cambodia, a bank senior official said Tuesday. During a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Cambodian Keat Chhon on Tuesday afternoon, Darren Buckley, country ...
http://www.livetradingnews.com/citibank-nysec-sees-business-opportunities-in-cambodia-87222.htm
Human Rights Watch Calls for Release of Beehive Radio Owner
The US-based Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the government to release Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando and drop all secessionist charges against him. Mam Sonando, 70, was arrested Sunday in Phnom Penh and has been charged with crimes related to sedition, for allegedly running ...
Boeung Kak tale resonates in Washington
In Washington yesterday, Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Mu Sochua lobbied US government officials to withhold military funding to the Cambodian government if it does not meet two political demands ahead of her meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday. Mu Sochua said she would ...
Hor Namhong to talk debt in US
Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong will conduct a one-day visit to Washington, at the behest of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, where he will again lobby for US debt forgiveness. The one-day visit on Tuesday will also focus on strengthening bilateral ties between ...
US broker partners with Korea's Tongyang Securities in Cambodia
US-based broker Decker and Co has announced a partnership with the Cambodian unit of South Korea’s Tongyang Securities Inc, one of only seven underwriters licensed by the Cambodia Securities Exchange. In a statement late Tuesday, Decker said partnerships with Tong Yang in Cambodia and BPI Securities ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YjM5ZDFmOTBkOTM
Cracking down 101
A deal to end the political deadlock may reduce demonstrations in the streets, but the authorities are leaving nothing to chance – Daun Penh’s notorious district security guards are finally receiving proper government training. City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche, who has previously said the baton-wielding district ...
Daniel Pye and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cracking-down-101
Japan, U.S. to help empower women in Cambodia, Myanmar
The Japanese and U.S. governments are set to launch a joint project to help empower women in developing countries in Asia, including Cambodia and Myanmar, as well as Africa, officials of both governments said Saturday. The two governments came up with the project as both Prime ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140209/japan-us-help-empower-women-cambodia-myanmar
Gambling on change
The Cambodian government is drafting a series of changes to the Kingdom’s gaming laws in a bid to draw major players from Macau and the US to the market and potentially create a new tax base from the growing, if currently illegal, online betting industry, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gambling-change
SMEs look to regional buyers
Cambodia’s ASEAN Economic Minister yesterday urged small and medium-size enterprises to focus on countries in Southeast Asia, rather than Europe and the United States, for export destinations. Cham Prasidh, also the minister of commerce, said yesterday that regional markets have traditionally held a second place to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053056469/Business/smes-look-to-regional-buyers.html
U.S., EU urge Cambodia elected parties to continue talks
The United States and the European Union on Monday urged Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties to continue their dialogue towards electoral reforms and settlement of national problems. “The United States calls for a transparent review of irregularities in the July 28 national elections which would help ...
Xinhuanet Staff News
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/23/c_132743699.htm
US envoy calls for party talks
Peaceful and constructive dialogue will enable the ruling and opposition parties to “overcome the current impasse”, US ambassador to Cambodia William Todd has said. In a frank column in local media on Sunday, linked to from the US embassy in Phnom Penh’s website, Todd said the ...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-envoy-calls-party-talks
International Support Growing for Cambodian Polls Probe: Sam Rainsy
growing behind his party’s call for an independent probe into claims of fraud and other irregularities in the country’s recent elections. Speaking in Washington following his visit to Europe, Sam Rainsy said that governments and parliamentarians in the European Union, the United States and several other ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/probe-10172013183118.html
Cambodia urges to boost country's exports
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday urged local producers to increase production in order to boost the country’s exports when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) turns into a community at the end of 2015. He [Hun Sen] said when ASEAN became [sic] ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/06/c_132436133.htm