Cambodia expects to get $18M from first oil sale
Cambodia will generate its first revenue of about $18 million by selling nearly 3,000 barrels of crude oil to a Singaporean firm if the government approves the latest results of the negotiations between Cambodian officials, the shipment company and the buying firm, according to a ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1129068/cambodia-expects-to-get-18m-from-first-oil-sale/
Siem Reap government promises to fix dispute
Siem Reap officials yesterday promised almost 100 protesters a resolution to a land dispute between villagers and a military unit. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-government-promises-fix-dispute
Chinese banana grower keen to start plantation
A Chinese agricultural company has agreed to establish a banana plantation in Cambodia, according to a senior government official. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-banana-grower-keen-start-plantation
Ambassador brushes off black monday allegations
The US Ambassador to Cambodia yesterday denied American involvement in the Black Monday protest, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24872/ambassador-brushes-off-black-monday-allegations/
China to buy more Cambodian rubber
China is expected to purchase 300,000 tonnes of rubber from Cambodia in 2018, according to a commerce ministry statement. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40122/china-to-buy-more-cambodian-rubber/
100 pass out at shoe factory
More than 100 workers at a Kandal province footwear factory fainted on Monday, according to a report on the National Police website. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/100-pass-out-shoe-factory
ELC plantation land: use it – or lose it
One decade ago, villagers celebrated when a 10,000 hectare Economic Land Concession here was awarded to a prominent Phnom Penh tycoon. ...
Ven Rathavong and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13247/elc-plantation-land--use-it-----or-lose-it/
National police force hires more than 4,500 officer
The National Police has hired more than 4,500 new officials into its ranks, according to a sub-decree dated Wednesday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-police-force-hires-more-than-4500-officer-108298/
Neighbors get sick from pesticides
Three women and four kids fell ill after ingesting pesticides and were transported to a local hospital nearby yesterday in Kampong Chnang city. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17994/neighbors-get-sick-from-pesticides/
Cambodian nationals rescued abroad
Cambodian embassies have recently come to the aid of citizens in three countries, according to a Foreign Affairs Ministry statement yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106144/cambodian-nationals-rescued-abroad/
Maid recruits routinely deceived, report finds
Job recruitment agencies that send workers overseas often deceive young women through misleading job advertisements by using brokers that have “a position of authority” within the community, according to a new report by the Asia Foundation. According to the report, agencies also inflate migration costs that ...
Letter reveals minister's ire with NGOs
Prime Minister Hun Sen received a proposal from Finance Minister Keat Chhon in June seeking to bar “foreign NGOs” from advocacy work in Cambodia, as well as preventing foreigners from working with local advocacy groups because of activism around the rehabilitation of the nation’s railway, ...
Australian Paper Alleges PM’s Nephew Linked To Crime Ring
Australian newspaper The Age alleged yesterday that Australian authorities have linked Hun To, a nephew of Prime Minister Hun Sen, to a crime syndicate involving heroin trafficking and money laundering. According to The Age report, Australian police were planning to arrest Mr. To in Melbourne but ...
Market Shop Owners Try to Prevent Eviction
Vendors in Phnom Penh’s Ngin An market are protesting a government-backed bid by the market’s new owner to push them out by tomorrow. More than 40 representatives of 223 vendors waved a banner at the market yesterday to protest a letter from Russey Keo District Hall ...
Two Officials Sacked over land 'graft'
Kampong Chhnang authorities had sacked the Teuk Phos district governor and police chief after subordinate officers accused them of conspiring to sell almost 300 hectares of state-owned forest land to a private company, provincial officials said yesterday. According to a Kampong Chhnang official who declined to ...
Oil, gas production not expected before 2018
Cambodia’s oil and gas reserves will not see any production until at least 2018, according to a report by London-based BMI. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oil-gas-production-not-expected-2018
Qatar Airways launches regular cargo service
Qatar Airways Cargo launched regular scheduled air freighter service between Phnom Penh and Doha this week, according to a company press release. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/qatar-airways-launches-regular-cargo-service
Nine ill from chemical bomb
Nine villagers have been sent for medical treatment after being exposed to a chemical bomb in Svay Rieng province’s Korki commune yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108421/nine-ill-chemical-bomb/
Thai insurer planning to enter Cambodia
Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL) is planning to expand to the Cambodian market early next year, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18942/thai-insurer-planning-to-enter-cambodia/
Indonesia’s defense minister to visit
Indonesia’s defense minister will conduct a three-day visit to Cambodia starting today until Thursday, according to a statement from the Indonesian embassy. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28207/indonesia---s-defense-minister-to-visit/