Chroy Changvar bridge is reopened
The Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge – also known as Chroy Changvar Bridge I – was reopened at a cost of $30 million on Wednesday morning, after being closed for more than a year for repairs and renovations. The reopening ceremony was held on Wednesday and presided ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chroy-changvar-bridge-reopened
Elephant found dead in Mondulkiri protected area
An elephant was found dead at a cashew nut plantation in Keo seima Wildlife sanctuary in Mondulkiri province’s Keo seima district on sunday. Experts initially thought the elephant may have been poisoned by a chemicals used by locals, but later confirmed it had been shot. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elephant-found-dead-mondulkiri-protected-area
Germany to provide Cambodia $66M in loans, grants for infrastructure, poverty reduction
The German government announced on Tuesday that following negotiations with Cambodian officials it has decided to approve a package of $34 million in loans and $32 million in grants to develop rural infrastructure and reduce poverty. A press release by the German Embassy urged Cambodia, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kann Vicheika
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/germany-to-provide-cambodia-66m-in-loans-grants-for-infrastructure-poverty-reduction/4920662.html
EU supplies fishery sector with $100 million
Outgoing EU Ambassador George Edgar met with Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday, when he finalised arrangements to officially announce a $100 million grant for the Kingdom’s fishery sector amidst a review of the Kingdom’s trade status. Kao Kim Hourn, delegate minister attached to the Prime ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50635157/eu-supplies-fishery-sector-with-100-million/
Czechs vow support over EBA
The Czech government on Monday pledged to support the Kingdom’s efforts to retain its Everything-but-arms trade status during Prime Minister Hun sen’s visit to the republic. Mr Hun sen is on a five-day official visit to Eastern Europe which started on sunday. He met Czech Prime ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50651403/czechs-vow-support-over-eba/
Anti-logging vigilantes get international recognition
In late November 2011, Minh Ny found himself in a brawl with a group of heavily-armed policemen in Kompong Thom province’s sandan district as the police attempted to handcuff the late environmentalist Chut Wutty. When the network was named a winner of the Equator Prize, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Chhengpor
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/anti-logging-vigilantes-get-international-recognition/2993604.html
$12.5 million solar farm announced
Construction on a $12.5 million solar farm in svay Rieng province will begin in the next few days, and will feed 10 megawatts (MW) a day into the national grid, officials announced yesterday. The 10-hectare site in Bavet City will be built and operated by sunseap ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29071/-12-5-million-solar-farm-announced/
Open Development Cambodia has added 4 new features and updated 29 features on Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing on 34 special Economic Zones in Cambodia along with comprehensive references which are accessible and available in bilingual versions, Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map web tool, this profile page aims ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hun Sen hopes days of post-election protests are finished
The three-month voter registration period opened on Thursday, with Prime Minister Hun sen telling reporters after enrolling at his local commune office that he hopes the new voter registry will put an end to post-election protests. After the July 2013 national election, the CNRP refused to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-hopes-days-post-election-protests-finished-117491/
More Chinese FDI on the horizon
China has pledged to increase its investment in Cambodia in return for the Kingdom’s commitment to its regional policies and economic initiatives in southeast Asia. Wang Lei, secretary-general of the Chinese-AsEAN Expo (CAEXPO) secretariat, said on Wednesday that Cambodia had thrown its full support behind China’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-chinese-fdi-horizon
PM: keep old border posts
It has been five months since the government updated the country on how far along they were with the demarcation process along the border with Vietnam. Yet Prime Minister Hun sen has an entirely different focus: the border posts slowly being replaced. In a directive sent out ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30051/pm--keep-old-border-posts/
Economy eases off the pedal
Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow by 6.9 per cent in 2015, driven by the construction sector, while traditional growth areas, such as garments and tourism, are expected to see a relative slowdown this year, according to a World Bank economic report.Yesterday’s update on the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/economy-eases-pedal
Turkish cosmetics firms eye market
Representatives of 21 Turkish cosmetics and self-care brands pitched their products to wholesalers, retailers and distributors at a cluster meeting in Phnom Penh yesterday, looking to get a foothold in one of Asia’s fastest-growing consumer markets.All but one of the brands had come to Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/turkish-cosmetics-firms-eye-market
In Cambodia, John Kerry balances trade ties with warning on human rights
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Cambodia&rSquo;S leaderS TueSday, the Second in a three-country Swing through SoutheaSt ASia meant to deepen U.S. partnerShipS ahead of a key Summit with the region&rSquo;S leaderS next month.Kerry met with Cambodian Prime MiniSter Hun Sen, now ASia&rSquo;S SS='cambodia-color'>...
Elise Labott
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/26/asia/kerry-cambodia-human-rights/index.html
Deadly rabies virus gets overdue attention
It kills more Cambodians every year than malaria. More than dengue fever. It’s 100 percent preventable, but very little has been done to eradicate it. This year, Cambodia is finally taking on rabies—a killer virus most often transmitted to people through the saliva of biting dogs. A ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhorn Phearun and Michael Dickison
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deadly-rabies-virus-gets-overdue-attention-119414/
Decision time at white building
Residents of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building were presented with two options yesterday: take a $70,000 payout for their apartment or live in Phnom Penh’s Teuk Thla commune for three years while the structure is renovated. The 50 people representing the 554 families living in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31387/decision-time-at-white-building/
Hun sen scolds media during forum session
Prime Minister Hun sen used a news conference at Thursday’s World Economic Forum on Asean in Phnom Penh to warn that two foreign-owned news outlets, including The Cambodia Daily, were “against” the government and that journalists who did not report “properly” would be seen as ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-hijacks-forum-session-to-scold-media-129604/
Forests being cleared: report
Ten trucks fully loaded with timber have been spotted entering a heavily guarded sawmill near the Lower sesan II dam on an hourly basis, claimed a report by the Cambodian Human Rights Task Force (CHRTF), which was released yesterday. According to the report, photos taken from ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31962/forests-being-cleared--report/
Cambodia business costs under fire
Private-sector representatives in Cambodia are deeply concerned by the government’s inability to reduce the cost of doing business in the country, and they warn that the country would start to lose investors if the situation did not improve. At a logistics forum hosted by the European ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Phnom Penh Post and ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30338850
Exset Advances Cambodian STB Services with Hyundai Digital Technology
Exset has selected Hyundai Digital Technology (HDT) as its sTB strategic partner, where HDT is presently providing MPEG4 set-Top-Box service (sTBs) for One TV, the first nationwide digital terrestrial TV platform service in Cambodia. Cambodian televisions are expected to switch to Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial ss='cambodia-color'>...