Chhouk Bandith's victims see hope in Sok Bun arrest
Three factory workers shot more than three years ago by a town governor who remains at large have come to Phnom Penh to ask Prime Minister Hun sen to take action in their case, given the recent success of the premier’s call to arrest a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chhouk-bandiths-victims-see-hope-sok-bun-arrest
Ticket sales at temples tracking to last year
Year-on-year ticket sales at Angkor Wat have remained flat for the first seven months of2015, while visitor numbers to the historic site dipped by two per cent, data from Apsara Authority shows. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ticket-sales-temples-tracking-last-year
Taps still dry at Pailin prison
A new provincial prison in Pailin’s sala Krao district still has no running water supply six months after it accepted more than 100 prisoners, local officials say.The prisoners arrived in early March after being transferred from their former prison – an old movie theatre in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/taps-still-dry-pailin-prison
Productivity focus needed for farming: World Bank
Despite increased yields and the rising use of farming machinery in Cambodia’s agriculture sector, growth in the industry for 2013-14 was only between 1 and 2 per cent, with greater emphasis needed on the quality of seeds and fertilisers, as well as encouraging greater vegetable ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/productivity-focus-needed-farming-world-bank
Cambodian secretary of state of commerce chaired the CLMV meeting in Malaysia
The Seventh Cambodia &ndaSh; Lao PDR &ndaSh; Myanmar &ndaSh; Viet Nam (CLMV) Economic MiniSterS&rSquo; Meeting (EMM) waS held on 25 AuguSt 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, MalaySia, according to ASEAN Secretariat&rSquo;S preSS releaSe.The Meeting waS chaired by H.E. Mr. Pan SoraSak, Secretary of State for Commerce, SS='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-secretary-of-state-of-commerce-chaired-the-clmv-meeting-in-malaysia-8884
Website names no longer as easy as 'ABC'
For English speakers, it’s easy to take for granted opening a web browser and typing in a URL. But what do people do when their languages have Chinese characters or Vietnamese tone markers? such needs are greatest in the developing world, where English is less ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lien Hoang
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/website-names-no-longer-as-easy-as-abc/2931391.html
Single rice brand stirs the pot
The Agriculture Ministry and the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) are at odds over the branding of Cambodia’s premium jasmine rice that would help differentiate it from similar varieties sold by Thailand.The CRF is working on a new brand name that it hopes will help distinguish ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-rice-brand-stirs-pot
Japan boosts Industrial Revolution 4.0 in Cambodia
Japan is helping to foster Cambodia’s information technology toward the emerging industrial revolution 4.0. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lim Nary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50696523/japan-boosts-industrial-revolution-4-0-in-cambodia
Senate begins discussing State of Emergency draft law
The Senate&rSquo;S permanent committee today iS handing over the draft law on “State of Emergency” to itS expert commiSSion for Study before itS upcoming plenary SeSSion. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712641/senate-begins-discussing-state-of-emergency-draft-law/
Royal Palace to temporarily hold off visitors
The Royal Palace Ministry yesterday announced the temporary closure of one of the Kingdom’s most iconic buildings amid fears of new Coronavirus infections. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703245/royal-palace-to-temporarily-hold-off-visitors/
Riel effort to help local currency
The governor of the National Bank of Cambodia, the nation’s central bank, Chea Chanto, has opened his heart about the future of the domestic currency and the dollar. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709853/riel-effort-to-help-local-currency/
Laos postpones construction on Xayaburi Dam
Laos has postponed construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam project on the Lower Mekong River, a spokesman for its Ministry of Foreign Affairs was quoted saying on Wednesday. “No construction is going on. It’s discontinued, postponed,” sithong Chitgnothin told Radio Free Asia in Laos. ss='cambodia-color'>...
KrisEnergy secures $87 million loan facility for Phase 1 of Apsara oil fields in Cambodia
KrisEnergy (Apsara) Company Ltd, the concession holder for Cambodia’s Block 1 offshore oil field has secured a credit facility agreement of $87 million. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719285/krisenergy-secures-87-million-loan-facility-for-phase-1-of-apsara-oil-fields-in-cambodia/
Rangers attacked in Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary
On Wednesday night, a group of unidentified persons opened fire on the government’s rangers who were on patrol in siem Pang Wildlife sanctuary. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50733296/rangers-attacked-in-siem-pang-wildlife-sanctuary/
Timber baron branches into fuel
Timber baron Try Pheap, who has previously been accused of running large-scale illegal timber operations in protected forest areas and making millions off the Kingdom’s natural resources, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday to launch a new business venture, PAPA Petroleum Co Ltd. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/timber-baron-branches-fuel
China seeks higher-level ties after pandemic ends
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for higher level China-Cambodia relations after the COVID-19 pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718093/china-seeks-higher-level-ties-after-pandemic-ends/
Real estate firm ready for CSX listing
Bonna Realty Group will prepare to list on the Cambodia securities Exchange, the company’s president said this week. The real estate firm joins a small but growing group of private companies that say they are gearing up for initial public offerings on the new exchange. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070657246/Business/real-estate-ready-for-csx.html
Preah Sihanouk authorities order 23 squatter families to leave state land
Preah Sihanouk Provincial AdminiStration yeSterday ordered more than 20 familieS who are Squatting on State land in Prey Nop diStrict&rSquo;S Bit Traing commune to leave. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian cross-border drug trafficker gets death sentence
The People’s Court of the southern province of Tay Ninh handed a death penalty to a Cambodian drug trafficker during a trial on July 31. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750757/cambodian-cross-border-drug-trafficker-gets-death-sentence/
Rice Federation upbeat about Cambodia-Korea FTA
The Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will expand Cambodia’s rice export potential, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754722/rice-federation-upbeat-about-cambodia-korea-fta/