Gov’t gets tough on environment
Cambodian environmental leaders came together yesterday to discuss the country’s contributions to the upcoming Paris Climate Conference in December. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15818/gov---t-gets-tough-on-environment/
SE Asian startups poised for growth
Golden Gate Ventures recently closed a new $60 million fund for southeast Asia’s rapidly-growing startup ecosystem. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry predicts stable GDP growth
The government is predicting Cambodia’s gross domestic product will grow at seven percent this year and next. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38370/ministry-predicts-stable-gdp-growth/
Vietnamese migrants arrested, deported
Cambodia’s immigration police arrested eight illegal Vietnamese migrants and deported 10 other Vietnamese nationals from the Kingdom on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12157/vietnamese-migrants-arrested--deported/
Industrial ambitions face thirsty future
Cambodia’s new industrial development policy calls for more factories and special economic zones, but accomplishing this will be difficult. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15199/industrial-ambitions-face-thirsty-future/
Pesticides blamed for sickening 31 in Battambang
Water contaminated by pesticides has been blamed for poisoning 31 people in Battambang’s samlot district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pesticides-blamed-sickening-31-battambang
Police in clean up operation
Provincial police seized a large quantity of liquid detergent from an unauthorized chemical manufacturer in sihanoukville’s capital yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27218/police-in-clean-up-operation/
Tourism still invigorating Siem Reap property market
Land prices in siem Reap town are continuing to climb due the province’s robust tourism industry, realtors say. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19951/tourism-still-invigorating-siem-reap-property-market/
Storms lash Prey Veng
At least 105 houses were damaged by a violent rainstorm on Monday night in Prey Veng province’s Komchey Mear district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041155553/National-news/storms-lash-prey-veng.html
Uncertainty over death of activist
Rights group Adhoc is investigating the death of an opposition party activist this weekend in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uncertainty-over-death-activist
Police find marijuana plantation
ScoreS of marijuana plantS were Seized by police in Kampong Speu province&rSquo;S Phnom Sruoch diStrict on Saturday morning. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-find-marijuana-plantation
Strong dollar not helpful for cambodia
The strong dollar might cause pain to Cambodia’s economy by reducing margins and purchasing power for both importers and exporters. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14511/strong-dollar-not-helpful-for-cambodia/
Authorities cut down promo ads blocking sidewalks
Phnom Penh authorities are purging the streets of illegal outdoor advertisements that they say are clogging up the city’s sidewalks. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15165/authorities-cut-down-promo-ads-blocking-sidewalks/
Police Deny Responsibility for Shooting Civilians
Police on Wednesday denied any responsibility for the shooting death of a street food vendor after they fired live rounds during clashes with garment factory workers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Tuesday, with a government spokesman saying the security forces can use “any means” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers and Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-deny-responsibility-for-shooting-civilians-46937/
EdC Appeals For Public to Unplug In Power Crisis
Cambodia’s national electricity provider yesterday appealed to the public to unplug from the national energy supply in an effort to alleviate chronic seasonal power shortages that are causing blackouts across Phnom Penh and the rest of the country. Eletricite du Cambodge (EdC) published an announcement asking ss='cambodia-color'>...
K-pop a boon for cosmetics shops
Kim Hyun-joong is looking at you. From a poster outside of a hair salon, from a shop window, in a TV commercial or on local social media sites, the south Korean singer and actor decorates various advertisements in Phnom Penh. But it isn’t just about his ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062766507/Business/k-pop-a-boon-for-cosmetics-shops.html
Firm Given Rights to All ELC Timber in Ratanakkiri
The Ministry of Agriculture has signed a deal with Try Pheap Import Export to give the firm the right to purchase all timber felled in economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, according to a letter sent from the Agriculture Ministry to the Forestry Administration ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-given-rights-to-all-elc-timber-in-ratanakkiri-22788/
Sam Rainsy Wants Ruling and Opposition Parties Declared Joint Winners
Cambodia’s opposition leader sam Rainsy called Friday for election officials to declare his party and Prime Minister Hun sen’s party joint victors in recent polls, saying the move would be a first step toward resolving a deadlock over the disputed election. With the opposition Cambodia National ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cnrp-09202013174129.html
Union wary of possible crackdown
Preparing for a demonstration expected to draw thousands of garment workers this morning, Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), said yesterday that he feared the possibility of a heavy-handed military police response. About 4,000 workers gathered at sL ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-wary-possible-crackdown