Species in ‘dramatic decline’ in east: WWF
Multiple animal species are in “dramatic decline” on Cambodia’s Eastern Plains as a result of habitat loss, road incursion, insufficient law enforcement and poaching, the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement yesterday. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/species-dramatic-decline-east-wwf
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 ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-seized-raids-ratanakkiri-kratie
Vietnam to invest in hotels in Cambodia
Vietnamese investors are planning to invest more in accommodation services and to build hotels in at least three provinces that Vietnamese visitors traveling to the world-knowned Angkor Wat will travel past. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122760497/Business/vietnam-to-invest-in-hotels-in-cambodia.html
Chinese investment in Cambodia up in 2013
Cambodia had attracted some $427 million of investment from China last year, up 62 percent compared with the $263 million in a year earlier, according to a report by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The cumulative Chinese investment in Cambodia has totaled $9.6 ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/838148.shtml#.Utx56xD-LIU
Full text of China-Cambodia joint press communique
The following is the full text of the joint press communique between China and Cambodia issued on Tuesday during the official visit by Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Pedei Techo Hun Sen of the Kingdom of Cambodia to China: Joint Press Communique Between the People’s ...
Underage, Overworked
Child labour is being used at a footwear factory owned by the same Taiwan-based company as Wing Star Shoes – where two workers were killed in a ceiling collapse this month – numerous employees have told the Post. A former Ying Dong employee said the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052965915/National/underage-overworked.html
Bad Loans Grew in Some Banks in 2010
Nonperforming loans have increased in some banks though the number for the banking system over all has decreased 3 percent according to the National Bank of Cambodia. ANZ Royal Bank has seen a rise to 5.7 percent while Canadia Bank rose to 6.5 percent. Other ...
Endangered banteng dies in trap in Kampong Speu
An endangered banteng died of wounds inflicted by a hunter’s snare on Saturday as an attempt to rescue it was mounted weeks after it was first spotted injured in a Kampong Speu community forest. A patrol team in the Bram Beymom Community forest in Thpong ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-banteng-dies-trap-kampong-speu
PM weighs in as floods continue in Kingdom
Water levels in the Mekong River in Stung Treng province climbed to emergency levels yesterday morning as Prime Minister Hun Sen took to Face-book to order local authorities to look out for residents. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-weighs-floods-continue-kingdom
Japan wades in to prevent floods in capital
The Japan International Cooperation Agency will today begIn two days of draInage work to clear clogged systems that led to recent floods In the capital. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084559/japan-wades-prevent-floods-capital/
Report shows decrease in fires in past year
The Interior MInistry’s department of fire control officials said yesterday that fires killed 22 and Injured 12 In 2017. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098592/report-shows-decrease-fires-past-year/
Correspondent banking in retreat, but growing in Asia
While financial inclusion is a top priority for emerging economies, new research suggests more stringent enforcement of anti-money regulations in recent years has resulted in major Western banks disconnecting from these regions, leaving local businesses without access to the international financial system. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/correspondent-banking-retreat-growing-asia
Legal status in sight for workers in Thailand
Cambodian workers in Thailand will be able to collect legal documents to legitimise their presence in the country this week. The Committee for Legalising Cambodian Workers Residing and Working in Thailand will begin issuing both travel documents and Overseas Cambodian Workers Cards under the ongoing 100-day ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085082/legal-status-sight-workers-thailand/
Phnom Penh sees rise in shipments in 2012
Container traffic through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 7.5 percent in the first eight months of this year compared to the sme period last year, according to port figures. in the January through August period, the port received 57,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, up ...
KFC in Cambodia Makes Losses in First Quarter
The Malaysian company that operates the KFC fast food restaurants in Cambodia has announced the venture made losses of more than a quarter of a million dollars in the first three months of this year. in its first-quarter report to the Malaysian stock exchange, QSR Brands ...
Mfone Profits Cut in Half in First Quarter
Thaicom Public Company Ltd., which owns a majority stake in local phone operator Mfone, announced on Friday that they have devalued the company by about $1.31 million as profits in the first quarter dropped by half. “in an effort to reflect the fair value of its ...
In Washington, ‘Mekong Days’ Puts River in Focus
Advocacy groups, environmentalists and policy-makers have wrapped up five days of events surrounding Mekong River issues in Washington. “Mekong Days,” a series of talks, films and other forums that ended Tuesday, highlighted issues in the region, where some 60 million people live. The Mekong River, a major ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/in-washington-mekong-days-puts-river-in-focus/1630640.html
Vietnam invests in largest sugar project in Cambodia
The largest complex of sugarcane, ethanol and thermal power plants in Cambodia was inaugurated in Okrieng commune, Sombour district, Kratie province on May 26. Addressing the ceremony, Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chay Ly emphasized that the complex inauguration in Kratie was the outcome of the ...
Democratization in Cambodia in retreat following violent 2013
Democracy is in retreat since July’s national election as the ruling CPP has increasingly used armed forces to protect its grip on power and stubbornly refused to reform state institutions, the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) said in a new report ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/democratization-in-cambodia-in-retreat-following-violent-2013-56145/
Israeli businessmen interested in cassava investment in Cambodia
A group of investors from Israel showed their interest in investing in cassava in Cambodia, according to a statement by Ministry of Commerce. Chanthol expressed his support for this cassava investment project and recognized the importance of advance technology in agriculture production and processing to ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZGY4NjczNGZhNTY