‘Big Man rule’ taken to task by UN envoy
UN special rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly Maina Kiai, who visited Cambodia two weeks ago, has called on the Kingdom to embrace regular changes in leadership and to take lessons from Africa’s strongman-riddled history, in a column published in Kenya’s Daily Union newspaper on ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98big-man-rule%E2%80%99-taken-task-un-envoy
Lower Mekong fish production estimated to be worth up to $7 bln a year
Production from freshwater capture fisheries and aquaculture in the Lower Mekong Basin is estimated to be worth up to $7 billion a year, the Mekong River Commission says. The newsletter said total first-sale value was estimated at $3.9 to $7.0 billion per year. “Over the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ODc4MWI3YWIwNDF#sthash.cv2zcyPP.Aswun6lj.dpuf
Survey says firms confident despite deadlock
Local and foreign firms have a high level of confidence in the current economic climate in Cambodia despite the political deadlock in the country since last year’s disputed election, and are optimistic about business over the next year, according to a study to be released ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/survey-says-firms-confident-despite-deadlock-58295/
Credit bureau makes doing business easier
A report released by the World Bank on Tuesday highlighted Cambodia as the most improved country in terms of businesses getting credit, due to the establishment of the country’s first credit bureau in March. Cambodia ranked 133 out of 185 in the World Bank’s report, up from 141 ...
Mu Sochua calls out Aussie mining firms
Opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua has taken aim at Australian mining companies eyeing the Kingdom’s resources, travelling to their home soil to lobby the halls of power. Mu Sochua cited fears that Australian companies awarded exploration concessions in Ratanakkiri and Mondulkiri provinces will treat ethnic minorities there ...
Historic US aid project
A new USAID-funded malaria project in Myanmar will draw on prevention, treatment and containment models developed in Cambodia, and underscores the emergence of closer relations between Washington and Naypyitaw, health officials said yesterday. The US$24 million project will expand the effort to contain drug-resistant malaria, which ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120153090/National-news/historic-us-aid-project.html
Open Development Cambodia published new dataset of Cambodian population and poverty rate 2015
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on Cambodian population and poverty rate 2015 in both Khmer and English. Together with the detail information of total population, total family and poverty rate in Cambodia in 2015 in levels of commune, district and province.=>Please ...
‘Slow process causes overcrowding’
On Tuesday, Minister of the Interior Sar Kheng said slow judicial procedures and an ongoing crackdown on drugs are causing an increase in inmates in Cambodian prisons, resulting in serious concerns over prisoner welfare. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slow-process-causes-overcrowding
Angkor residents given construction permission
In four months this year, the Apsara Authority has allowed people living in the Angkor area to build and repair 354 houses or do light construction in order to help facilitate their living conditions. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487386/angkor-residents-given-construction-permission/
Cambodia’s 2015 goods export value up about US $4.5 billion
Cambodia’s goods exports including the garment export in 2015 increased 25 percents in value in 2015, worth more than $4.5 billion, according to Ministry of Commerce’s figure. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia%E2%80%99s-2015-goods-export-value-up-about-us-45-billion-9106
China denies political conditions on aid to Cambodia
China says its financial assistance to Cambodia is in no way dependent on its diplomatic support, including in Beijing’s dispute with other Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea. ...
The Seattle Times staffs
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/china-denies-political-conditions-on-aid-to-cambodia/
Bassaka Air to refund disabled passenger following incident
Bassaka Air will return the $240 fee it charged a wheelchair user who had to be mechanically lifted onto a flight in Siem Reap in September, the airline said in a statement on Monday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bassaka-air-to-refund-disabled-passenger-following-incident-96692/
Local startup is selected for fintech accelerator program
A Cambodian startup was selected to take part in Startupbootcamp’s three-month fintech accelerator program in Singapore, becoming the second firm from the Kingdom to join the international program in as many years. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-startup-selected-fintech-accelerator-program
The number of mobile connections drops slightly
The number of mobile connections in Cambodia has decreased slightly, from 19.91 million in 2016 to 18.57 million in 2017, a figure that is still higher than the country’s total population. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109449/number-mobile-connections-drops-slightly/
Two Decades On, Constitution Fails to Live Up to Promises
The atmosphere in Phnom Penh 20 years ago today was one of jubilation and optimism as then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk signed Cambodia’s new Constitution into law and reclaimed the throne as King. The promulgation of the Constitution—which marked the end of the U.N. Transitional Authority in Cambodia’s ...
Alex Willemyns and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-decades-on-constitution-fails-to-live-up-to-promises-43035/
Boeng Kak Residents Ask US Embassy For Help
About 200 Boeung Kak residents gathered in front of the US Embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday, seeking help from US Ambassador Carol Rodley in lobbying to have their housing requirements fulfilled. Arrriving at the embassy yesterday at 7:30 am, villager were told by a guard that ...
Court issues injunction to top rice milling firm
Battambang provincial court has issued an injunction halting the sale of any part of Loran Import Export Company in a dispute over ownership of the prominent rice milling firm, according to a statement. The plaintiffs, including prominent media personality Soy Sopheap as well as Uy Ang ...
Cambodia Welcomes Thai Talks Over Waters
Cambodia’s petroleum authority yesterday announced that it would like to renew discussion with Thailand in order to find a solution over disputed waters in the Gulf of Thailand widely believed to hold large quantities of oil and gas. Negotiations over how to split revenue from ...
245,500 tons of rubber per year to be collected by 2020
Rubber production in Cambodia is expected to increase by 245,500 tons per year by 2020, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). MAFF Minister Chan Sarun said on Aug 30 that Cambodia will have 365,000 hectares for rubber production as the amount ...
R’kiri Villagers to March Without Permission
Rights group Adhoc said yesterday that a large-scale march in Ratanakkiri province involving hundreds of ethnic minority villagers caught in land disputes would go on as planned later this month despite the government’s refusal to approve the march. The provincial coordinator for Adhoc, Pen Bonnar, said ...