Hun Sen says no need for international community to recognise elections
Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday said he didn’t care whether the international community endorsed next year’s elections – the legitimacy of which critics have questioned amidst a crackdown on the opposition – raising concerns the Kingdom could find itself isolated if world powers decline ss='cambodia-color'>...
Families win land dispute
More than 100 families in Takeo province have been given back their land after a dispute with the sun Hour company and an individual landholder. The 137 families were told officially on saturday that 915 hectares in Tram Kak district’s Trapaing Kranhoung commune would be restored ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090358/families-win-land-dispute/
PM convenes monks, officials and public in massive show of ‘stability’ in Siem Reap
Prime Minister Hun sen, his wife Bun Rany and an entourage of ministers conducted a prayer ceremony over the weekend at the Angkor Wat temple complex – an elaborate two-day event that recalled the traditions of ancient Khmer rulers and, officials claimed, proved the country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-convenes-monks-officials-and-public-massive-show-stability-siem-reap
Hun Sen seeks to bolster trade at India-Asean meet
Indian government data show that annual trade between the Cambodia and India has lagged of late, decreasing by nearly 30 percent to $141 million during the last Indian fiscal year, which ran from April 2016 to May 2017. That’s the lowest level since the 2012-2013 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay and Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-seeks-bolster-trade-india-asean-meet
Chinese New Year parties rise
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday said on his Facebook page that the number of people celebrating Chinese New Year in Cambodia is increasing.Mr Hun sen said Cambodia now celebrates three New Year celebrations annually, including New Year’s Eve, and the Chinese and Khmer New Year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105458/chinese-new-year-parties-rise/
Timber seized in raids in Ratanakkiri, Kratie
Authorities in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat Wildlife sanctuary seized a stockpile of first- and second-grade luxury timber on saturday, while a truck hauling wood was intercepted by authorities in Kratie province in the early hours of yesterday morning. No arrests have been made in either case, authorities ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-seized-raids-ratanakkiri-kratie
India gives $50,000 to KRT
The Indian government has contributed $50,000 to the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s annual budget requirements.Neth Pheaktra, spokesman of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, said yesterday that India gave $50,000 to the national side of the tribunal for its operations in 2018. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Repo auction offers quick liquidity fix
The National Bank of Cambodia rolled out a new mechanism yesterday that offers immediate liquidity to financial institutions to cover their payments and reserve obligations, while giving the central bank greater control over the country’s money supply and moving toward the establishment of a benchmark ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/repo-auction-offers-quick-liquidity-fix
Farmer injured in mine explosion
A farmer from Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampel district was injured on saturday when his excavator hit an anti-tank mine. District police chief Hom Phearum said that 23-year-old Khum Raksmey was seriously wounded, but did not describe the extent of his injuries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35076/farmer-injured-in-mine-explosion/
Herd of elephants rescued from muddy bomb crater
Eleven wild elephants were rescued on saturday in Mondulkiri’s Keo seima protected area after becoming trapped in a former bomb crater without food for four days, though rangers will continue to monitor the herd to ensure it reaccepts one juvenile who was handled by humans ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/herd-elephants-rescued-muddy-bomb-crater
Hun Sen gives stamp of approval on election Ink
Ink that will be used to mark voters’ fingers during the June 4 commune election is trustworthy, Prime Minister Hun sen said on Monday, two weeks after the country’s top election committee found that a sample batch of the stainer could be rubbed out with ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-gives-stamp-approval-election-ink-130272/
Free pass to Thailand gets political in Poipet town
Local authorities in Poipet are grappling with a dilemma of their own making after the ruling party for months footed the bill to make day passes to enter Thailand free for Cambodian vendors – a populist move now complicated by the CPP’s apparent electoral loss ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/free-pass-thailand-gets-political-poipet-town
Amru Rice signs deal with Preah Vihear farmers
Amru Rice, one of Cambodia’s largest rice exporters, signed a contract farming purchase agreement with 4,000 organic rice farmers in Preah Vihear province, reserving about $7 million to purchase nearly 20,000 tonnes of organic paddy during the upcoming harvest season, according to a press release ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/amru-rice-signs-deal-preah-vihear-farmers
Authorities create kidnapping hotlines
The Interior Ministry’s Central security Department yesterday announced two hotlines for the public to report possible kidnappings after a spike in Facebook comments about parents losing their children. According to a statement issued yesterday, the purpose of the hotlines is to assist authorities with locating ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40318/authorities-create-kidnapping-hotlines/
NBC unveils online trading platform
In order to promote interbank transactions and lending, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has officially launched a new online platform which allows financial operators to apply for and trade the central bank’s financial instruments like negotiable certificates of deposits (NCDs), liquidity-providing collateralised operations (LPCOs) ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-unveils-online-trading-platform
WHO tests new malaria therapy
High failure rates of the frontline medication to treat malaria in southern Vietnam have revived concerns that parasites resistant to multiple drugs, first observed in Cambodia’s Pailin province, may be spreading. Meanwhile, experts in the Kingdom are currently testing alternative treatment options to stay ahead ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/who-tests-new-malaria-therapy
Millers start to make use of $50M emergency rice fund
The government has already provided $9 million from its emergency rice loan fund to the Kingdom’s rice millers since the harvest season began in september, nearly triple the amount it provided when it first launched the initiative last year when millers showed little appetite for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/millers-start-make-use-50m-emergency-rice-fund
Plan to defeat hunger
The government has unveiled four strategies to eliminate malnutrition in the country, especially among children. Prime Minister Hun sen is enlisting state institutes, partners and NGOs to join the fight to eliminate malnutrition as the country holds national nutrition day today. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089136/plan-defeat-hunger/
Commentary: Cambodia can no longer depend on old drivers of growth
After it graduated from least developed country status in July 2016, Cambodia’s economy has remained healthy with a GDP growth rate of 6.9 per cent in 2017. This was driven by the recovering tourism sector, the ongoing construction boom and the gradual emergence of non-textile ss='cambodia-color'>...
Heng Pheakdey
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/commentary-cambodia-can-no-longer-depend-on-old-drivers-of-9918992
Tep Vanny's sentence upheld at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on WedneSday upheld a 30-month Sentence for land activiSt Tep Vanny on chargeS relating to a 2013 proteSt outSide Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S houSe that turned violent, leaving the Boeung Kak reSident to Serve out more than a year of her remaining SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga and Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tep-vannys-sentence-upheld-supreme-court