PM’s eldest denies bribe allegations
Hun Manet, a senior military official and eldest son of Prime Minister Hun sen, took to Facebook this weekend to defend himself from unnamed detractors who, he said, had accused him of spending millions of dollars buying Cambodian expatriates’ support during a youth recruitment drive ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-eldest-denies-bribe-allegations
Casino operator’s winning streak continues
Nagacorp Ltd, the Cayman Islands-registered operator of Cambodia’s NagaWorld casino and hotel complex, recorded $153.8 million in gross gaming revenue during the first quarter of 2016, a 35 per cent increase over the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/casino-operators-winning-streak-continues
Port’s IPO just months away
Cambodia’s second-largest port, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, says it plans to have its initial public offering before the end of the year.The Post’s sorn sarath sat down with the port’s chairman and CEO, Hei Bavy, this week to talk about the progress of the IPO ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ports-ipo-just-months-away
ADB trims Kingdom’s economic forecast
Cambodia’s economy will feel turbulence from beyond its borders as China’s heavyweight economy faces softer growth prospects and major industrial economies experience a lethargic recovery, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report released yesterday.In an update to its flagship annual economic publication, Asian ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-trims-kingdoms-economic-forecast
Appeal court extends Pedophile’s sentence
Philippe Broaly, the former French judge and child-protection NGO director who was convicted in May for sexually assaulting boys in his care, had his sentence extended to three years by the Appeal Court on Friday, according to anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/appeal-court-extends-pedophiles-sentence-97103/
Geopacific’s mine purchase terms amended
An Australian mining firm exploring a significant copper and gold deposit in northern Cambodia has reached an agreement with the tenement’s former owner to amend the terms of its 2013 acquisition of the project, it said this week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/geopacifics-mine-purchase-terms-amended
Unions slam Rainsy’s EU plan
Opposition leader sam Rainsy has been in hot water since he told an EU parliamentary meeting on July 13 that he wanted them to consider decreasing garment imports from Cambodia in the hope it would pressure Prime Minister Hun sen and his government into complying ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27429/unions-slam-rainsy---s-eu-plan/
Mango exports to S. Korea stalled
In December, South Korea announced that it planned to import dried mangoS from Cambodia and the newS waS heralded aS a Sign that the country&rSquo;S lackluSter mango export Sector waS improving. However, a lack of machinery in the Kingdom haS meant that the South Korean SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28400/mango-exports-to-s--korea-stalled/
Cambodia rangers get S. African help
Sixty Cambodian wildlife park rangerS will be trained by South African expertS next year, funded by video Streaming content revenue generated by a partnerShip between&nbSp; the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International&nbSp; and the Canadian-baSed&nbSp; international EngliSh-language TV channel, Love Nature.&nbSp;WWF International will leverage SceneS from SS='cambodia-color'>...
Peter Olszewski
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29629/cambodia-rangers-get--s--african-help/
Activist trio’s bail appeal thwarted
The Appeal Court yesterday denied bail to three environmental activists arrested in mid-August over their opposition to sand dredging in Koh Kong province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-trios-bail-appeal-thwarted
Time’s up for MDG targets
As the United Nations meets this week to draw up a new set of sustainable development benchmarks, the era of the body’s landmark Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is coming to a close, with some wondering – in spite of gains – what efficacy such targets ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/times-mdg-targets
Recruiter’s assets seized by police
Police have seized property from a rented house in Phnom Penh’s sen sok district belonging to a recruitment firm that allegedly cheated money from some 100 Cambodians hoping to find work in Thailand. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recruiters-assets-seized-police
Dengue’s link to El Niño
As Cambodia contends with one of the strongest El Niño cycles in recent memory, a new study of millions of dengue cases over the past two-decades-plus has shown that spikes in the deadly disease across southeast Asia may be linked to the weather phenomenon.Upswings in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengues-link-el-nino
China’s solar companies eye ASEAN
With SoutheaSt ASian nationS Struggling to produce enough energy to drive their economieS, Some of China&rSquo;S leading Solar companieS are looking for inveStment opportunitieS in the region. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24244/china---s-solar-companies-eye-asean/
Seatel launches Japan’s freetel smartphone
Seatel, a 100 percent 4G VoLTE telecommunication company in Cambodia, laSt Friday launched the FreeTel Smartphone from Japan in the Cambodian market, aS the uSe of SmartphoneS in Cambodia haS grown Significantly. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24991/seatel-launches-japan---s-freetel-smartphone/
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28207/indonesia---s-defense-minister-to-visit/
Cambodian rails linked to Thailand’s
The long-awaited railroad between Phnom Penh and Bangkok moved one step closer to completion yesterday after tracks on the Cambodian side were connected to those in Thailand. The Poipet-Phnom Penh rail line was joined to the Bangkok-sa Kaeo line during a ceremony at the international border ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-rails-linked-thailands
Late king father’s legacy remembered
In “Goodbye Cambodia”, a song written by the late King Father Norodom sihanouk, he expressed the sadness and melancholy in his heart about the state of his country and about being forced to leave. Many of these same feelings bubbled to the surface as people ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16812/late-king-father---s-legacy-remembered/
Doctor’s unintentional murder charge dropped
A doctor who had been accused of causing a woman to die in labour because he abandoned her during childbirth to go to a party had charges against him dropped by the Court of Appeal on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/doctors-unintentional-murder-charge-dropped
Minister dismisses lawmaker’s HIV concerns
Health Minister Mam Bunheng said Wednesday that he was unconcerned by a letter sent to him by the head of the National Assembly’s health commission last month concerning a spate of recently discovered HIV cases in Kandal province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-dismisses-lawmakers-hiv-concerns-109701/