A fray in US economic ties?
The deteriorating political climate in Cambodia and ramped up government rhetoric against the United states could end up jeopardising the Kingdom’s economic relations with the Us, its largest single trading partner, analysts have warned. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fray-us-economic-ties
Conservationists warn government of encroachment
Conservation NGOs yesterday raised the issue of alleged land grabs in the country’s protected areas by the military and local authorities at a resources protection forum, asking Environment Minister say sam Al to intervene. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conservationists-warn-government-encroachment
New tech hub for innovators
A new tech-centered co-working space is challenging the country’s young leaders to find practical ways technology can be utilized to create a positive impact on the day-to-day lives of people. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31675/new-tech-hub-for-innovators/
Reporters targeted over election questions
A commune chief has filed an official complaint against two Cambodia Daily reporters who interviewed villagers in Ratanakkiri province as part of the newspaper’s commune election coverage, accusing them of arriving “with bad intentions.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
George Wright and Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reporters-targeted-election-questions-130305/
Deal for oil field finally signed
Cambodia moved a step closer to becoming an oil-producing nation yesterday after the government finalised its long-awaited production-sharing agreement with singapore-listed KrisEnergy to develop the country’s first oil field. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deal-oil-field-finally-signed
Amru, Thai firm sign cassava agreement
Amru, Cambodia’s leading rice miller and exporter, on Friday signed a deal with Thai starch Company to supply 8,000 tonnes of fresh organic tapioca and the first exports will be in early 2019. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091169/amru-thai-firm-sign-cassava-agreement/
Malaysian firm to list on Cambodian stock market
Cambodia’s fledgling stock exchange could receive a much-needed boost after Malaysian-owned power infrastructure provider Pestech Cambodia officially submitted its application for an initial public offering on the CsX, industry insiders said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/malaysian-firm-list-cambodian-stock-market
Thai firm to help bolster agarwood quality
A Cambodian company is teaming up with a Thai investment partner to spend $100 million improving the quality of Cambodia’s agarwood trees, according to a memorandum of understanding signed by the two companies yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay and Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-firm-help-bolster-agarwood-quality
White Building surveyed
Land Management Minister Chea sophara led a veritable battalion of ministry officials in a survey of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building on saturday morning in preparation for a proposed development project on the site. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-surveyed
Public road reopened after ditch filled in
Authorities yesterday dismantled fences and filled in a ditch in order to reopen a road, allegedly disconnected by two real estate companies several years ago, to public access in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-road-reopened-after-ditch-filled
Victims of Ponzi scheme petition courts, government for assistance
About 300 victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme filed complaints with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, the Justice Ministry and the National Assembly on Monday asking for the government’s help in recouping their losses. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/victims-of-ponzi-scheme-petition-courts-government-for-assistance-129262/
Government hopes to extend controversial drug war
National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) President Ke Kim Yan announced his intention to extend Cambodia’s anti-drug campaign yesterday, nearly six months and more than 8,000 arrests since the controversial crackdown began. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta and Martin de Bourmont
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-hopes-extend-controversial-drug-war
Rubber exports bounce higher
Cambodian rubber exports surged 37 percent during the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2016, as the Kingdom’s rising harvest capacity coincided with firmer global demand for rubber products. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-bounce-higher
Task force confiscates Kratie logs; no arrests
A joint task force of national Military Police, provincial Military Police and Forestry Administration officials confiscated a large amount of illegal timber in Kratie province’s sambor district earlier this week, but made no arrests. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-force-confiscates-kratie-logs-no-arrests
Early data show decline in garment sector growth
The labour minister said on Monday that Cambodia’s garment sector grew by 4 percent last year to reach $7.6 billion, which would mark a slowdown in the growth rate compared to previous years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/early-data-show-decline-garment-sector-growth
Strikes could resume, says union official
A sacked union official at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Beanteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town said yesterday hundreds of workers would strike again if he and a colleague were not reinstated after negotiations on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
In Mondolkiri Province, Asian Wild Elephants Are Thriving
New York-based organization Wildlife Conservation society (WCs) has released some remarkable footage of wild Asian elephants in Mondolkiri’s seima district that offers a rare view of the endangered species in its natural habitat. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-mondolkiri-province-asian-wild-elephants-are-thriving-19970/
Gaming Asia opens new club
Entertainment Gaming Asia will open up it’s second Dreamworld Club in Cambodia in the Thai-Cambodia border town of Poipet, in Banteay Meanchey province, according to a media release from the Us-listed company on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042565219/Business/gaming-asia-opens-new-club.html
Japan to provide Cambodia with nearly 34 mln USD grant aid
Cambodia will sign to receive 33.9 million U.s. dollars in grant aid from Japan for three projects in small hydropower dams, healthcare and education, according to a news release from Cambodia’s foreign ministry on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia Rice Exporters say hackers are compromising websites, account info
The Cambodian Rice Exporters would like to alert the rice community that some of the nation’s rice exporters’ websites and e-mail addresses have been attacked and compromised by hackers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/news/rice-news/cambodia-rice-exporters-say-hackers-are-compromising-websites-account-info