IMF predicts continued recovery for Cambodian economy
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Davide Furceri, assessed Cambodia’s economy and predicted growth in the coming years. The IMF report reveals that the country’s economy is steadily recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, although it still faces challenges from both ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501385872/imf-predicts-continued-recovery-for-cambodian-economy/
Khmer Power Party targets Sokha, PM
The fledgling Khmer Power Party has backed calls for Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem sokha to resign as the National Assembly’s deputy president. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/khmer-power-party-targets-sokha-pm
Cambodia faces turning point on foreign aid
Despite failing to meet many of the expectations of its foreign donors over the past two decades, Cambodia’s government has never struggled to secure aid from abroad. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-faces-turning-point-on-foreign-aid-100205/
Ministry of environment opens new building
The Ministry of Environment on Monday inaugurated its palatial new headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, the result of a state-private land swap. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-of-environment-opens-new-building-104401/
New border link expected to boost trade with Thailand
Cambodia and Thailand are set to have a new international border crossing on National Road 5, linking Banteay Meanchey province and Thailand’s sa Kaeo province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21667/new-border-link-expected-to-boost-trade-with-thailand/
Labor shortage hits coastal SEZ
Preah Sihanouk province&rSquo;S Special economic zone (SEZ) doeS not have enough workerS to keep itS manufacturing plantS and ServiceS running at full capacity, officialS Said. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21963/labor-shortage-hits-coastal-sez/
Prince made new head of ‘civilised royalists’
SiSowath Chakreynupol, a prince from one of Cambodia&rSquo;S royal familieS, haS taken over the reinS of the Cambodian Liberty Party, a recently Started micro-party. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prince-made-new-head-civilised-royalists
Thai blue-chip eyes Cambodia
Cambodia is one of the potential choices for a blue chip Thailand-based company’s expansion into the Asean region, according to the Bangkok Post yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26836/thai-blue-chip-eyes-cambodia/
Bad coffee spoils local ceremony
Dozens of people are expected to recover after getting sick from instant coffee at a pagoda ceremony in siem Reap’s Chi Kraeng district on saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bad-coffee-spoils-local-ceremony
Koh Pich hosts annual kite flying competition
Hundreds of handmade kites fluttered above Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island on Thursday morning as 49 competitors converged for the 19th annual Khmer Kite Flying Festival. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Kimsay and Olivia Harlow
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-pich-hosts-annual-kite-flying-competition-100227/
Olympic bid ends with Sorn Seavmey loss
Hopes of Cambodia’s first-ever Olympic medal crumbled on saturday evening as taekwondo star sorn seavmey was comfortably beaten by Reshmie Oogink of the Netherlands. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/olympic-bid-ends-sorn-seavmey-loss-116980/
More than 60 busted in raid
Police detained and questioned 62 suspects, including a minor, following a drug raid in the capital’s Trapaing Chhuk village in sen sok district on saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-60-busted-raid
Land grabs often driven by investors seeking land, Global Witness says
Global Witness says Cambodia’s ongoing land crisis is part of a larger global trend, one driven by economics and resource shortages. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/land-grabs-often-driven-by-investors-seeking-land-global-witness-says/3073371.html
Rubber firm excavated land, Kratie families say
More than 160 families in Kratie province’s snuol district have alleged that the Memot Rubber Plantation company has been using excavators to clear their land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-firm-excavated-land-kratie-families-say
Fortified rice raises risk of hookworm infections
Eating fortified rice increases the risk of hookworm infections, a study in Cambodian schoolchildren shows, suggesting that the rice’s added nutrients inadvertently help parasites grow. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mike Ives
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/health/news/fortified-rice-risk-hookworm-infections-1.html
Man killed in first lightning fatality of the year
Pailin province’s first thunderstorm of 2016 claimed a victim on Friday afternoon when two farmers were struck by lightning while returning home from their fields. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22697/man-killed-in-first-lightning-fatality-of-the-year/
Indian company plans to invest $1 billion in Cambodia
An India-based company is exploring investment opportunities in Cambodia’s real estate and hotel market and says it will invest $1 billion over five years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22859/indian-company-plans-to-invest--1-billion-in-cambodia/
Ethnic forest patrol ambushed in Preah Vihear
Four members of a forest patrol were ambushed in Preah Vihear’s Cheam Pen community forest on Tuesday afternoon, according to deputy forest chief Ros Lim. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-forest-patrol-ambushed-preah-vihear
Organic farming expands to meet demand
In the past, much of the produce sold in siem Reap’s large indoor markets was imported from foreign countries. Now local initiatives are trying to change that. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16035/organic-farming-expands-to-meet-demand/
Advisers to Sokha out after ouster
More than 20 parliamentary staffers are out of a job after the removal of opposition deputy leader Kem sokha as the parliament’s first vice president. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/advisers-sokha-out-after-ouster