Start-up for refinery construction
Construction of phase one of a landmark $3 billion oil refining plant kicks off today in Sihanoukville province, after many delays since the company announced plans in December 2012. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38015/start-up-for-refinery-construction/
BigPhone now in Cambodia
Mobile World Investment (MWG), one of the largest mobile phone and electronics distribution chains in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, has opened its first overseas store in Cambodia. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39837/pigphone-now-in-cambodia/
Ancient ‘guardian’ unearthed in Siem Reap
An ancient statue was unearthed near the one-time imperial capital of Angkor Thom on Sunday by researchers studying an Angkor-era hospital nearby, the Apsara Authority announced yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ancient-guardian-unearthed-siem-reap
Anti-tank mine explodes in Banteay Meanchey
An anti-tank mine exploded after demining experts drove a machine over it in a cassava plantation in Banteay Meanchey’s Malai district yesterday, but no one was injured. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101666/anti-tank-mine-explodes-banteay-meanchey/
China gives cars and phones to foreign ministry
China has donated three Toyota Hilux Vigo trucks, one minibus Toyota Coaster and 45 Ascend P7 Huawei mobile phones to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13294/china-gives-cars-and-phones-to-foreign-ministry/
Weak enforcement for strong acid
Kneeling outside a motodop and car battery store on Monivong Boulevard in the capital, a 15-year-old boy spends his days piping acid into batteries with his bare hands. His employer says she has no idea that Cambodia, as well as having an Acid Control Law – ...
Amelia Woodside and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/weak-enforcement-strong-acid
CSX part of a larger capital market system
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) is an important component of a larger ecosystem of capital markets, according to Eugene Lam, CEO of OSK Indochina Securities Ltd, one of Cambodia’s securities underwriters approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC). Lam says one of ...
Japanese Bank to Sign Agreement With Acleda
One of the largest banks in Japan, Sumimoto Mitsui Banking Co., will sign an agreement with Acleda Bank Friday to share market data and banking services, Acleda announced yesterday. The deal would allow Sumimoto Mitsui, which currently only has a representative branch in Cambodia, to access ...
Investment in Cambodia's Construction Increases By 36% by H1
[The] Construction sector has attracted a total investment of 868 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of 2012, up 36 percent from 37 million U.S. dollars at the same period last year, a report from the ministry of land management, urban planning and ...
Final push to finish line
For a month now, the campaign has grown increasingly frenetic. Supporters have poured into the streets by the tens of thousands for ruling and opposition party rallies alike. On motorbikes and by the truckload, campaigners have overrun cities large and small, chanting party slogans. Today, that ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-push-finish-line
Disabled integration touted
Disabled Cambodians were promised a “society without barriers” by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday in a speech on Cambodia’s Day of Persons with Disabilities in Phnom Penh. About 1,500 disabled Cambodians marked the day at a gathering of more than 2,000 people in the capital’s Koh ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disabled-integration-touted
Cambodia’s hydroelectric question: China power and the environment
Discussion about hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia tends to focus on two aspects, both negative. One is an overdependence on Chinese investment, and the other is a relatively disproportionate focus on the environmental impacts of hydroelectric power. Chinese Influence Most hydroelectric power plants in Cambodia are associated ...
Sim Vireak
http://thediplomat.com/2014/07/cambodias-hydroelectric-question-china-power-and-the-environment/
CTEP gifts laptops to coding students at two high schools
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron said the ministry’s long-term goal is to establish at least one technical high school in each province and require each young person to have acquired at least one professional skill. There are currently 18 technical educational ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ctep-gifts-laptops-coding-students-two-high-schools
In Stung Treng, women step in fish protection, fearing catch loss
Seeing the continuous plunge in fish stock in the Mekong River, women living in communities that heavily rely on fish catches are stepping in, fearing that no fish would be left for the next generation if no one acts. But despite their efforts, they have ...
Ou Sokmean and Teng Yalirozy
https://cambodianess.com/article/in-stung-treng-women-step-in-fish-protection-fearing-catch-loss
Ministry, NBC respond to tragic boat accident with safety measures, life jackets
Even though no one has been brought to justice, authorities have provided life jackets to four boat operators and are studying the construction of a bridge across the Stung Sen River at the site where a boat sank, killing one of 15 students on board, ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-nbc-respond-to-tragic-boat-accident-with-safety-measures-life-jackets
Oodles of bad noodles poison three in Siem Reap
Three cousins between the ages of one and eight years old were hospitalized on Sunday after eating expired packaged noodles in Siem Reap’s Chi Kreng district, according to police. ...
Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23580/oodles-of-bad-noodles-poison-three-in-siem-reap/
Information law a step closer
The information minister announced yesterday that the government is one step closer to establishing an access to information law, in response to demands for a more transparent and responsive government. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24538/information-law-a-step-closer/
Trash pact in crosshairs
City Hall has warned Phnom Penh’s sole waste management firm that it has just one more opportunity to lift its game before its oft-criticised contract comes under threat. ...
Morn Vanntey and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trash-pact-crosshairs
Chinese navy hails Cambodian support
A deputy commander in the Chinese navy has praised Cambodia for supporting Beijing’s negotiations on issues in the South China Sea and the One-China stance on world affairs. ...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084271/chinese-navy-hails-cambodian-support/
Various wild animal horns confiscated after a raid
Officials from the forestry administration raided a home in Mondulkiri province’s O’Raing district on Tuesday, confiscating the remains and horns of various endangered animals and making one arrest. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078537/various-wild-animal-horns-confiscated-raid/