Thmey Thmey to hit airwaves, be published in Japanese, French
Thmey Thmey online news and Women’s Radio FM 102 on Thursday announced a partnership that will see journalists from both outlets join forces to create evening news bulletins to be broadcast daily starting saturday. “Our concept is independent Cambodian news, by Cambodians, for Cambodians, and 102 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thmey-thmey-to-hit-airwaves-be-published-in-japanese-french-53685/
Factories mostly skip minimum wage meeting
Government officials and union representatives met behind closed doors Thursday to start hashing out a better way to set the minimum wage for the country’s all-important but troubled garment sector at a workshop brokered by the International Labor Organization (ILO). But what was supposed to be ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factories-mostly-skip-minimum-wage-meeting-57337/
Villagers protest after sand dumped on land
About 30 villagers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district staged a protest Tuesday morning against tycoon sok Kong, whom they accuse of piping dredged sand into their farmland and fishing ponds. Fourteen families occupying 21 hectares of land in Prek Pra commune have been locked in a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-protest-after-sand-dumped-on-land-57736/
Logging a resource issue, says official
A forestry official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) who is usually tight-lipped acknowledged last week that his agency has struggled to combat illegal logging, blaming a shortage of manpower and entrenched opportunistic logging by villagers – explanations that were laughed off ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-resource-issue-says-official
Villager in land row denied character statement by police
A villager involved in a long-running land dispute in Kompong Chhnang province with the wife of Mines and Energy Minister suy sem has accused his commune police chief of discrimination after he was refused a character statement he needed to apply for a garment factory ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villager-in-land-row-denied-character-statement-by-police-59726/
After two men die in hit and run, a passive police response
Phnom Penh’s police force has had almost a week to investigate a fatal hit-and-run on Friday night, when a Range Rover slammed into a motorbike near the Ministry of Commerce, killing two men and seriously injuring another. But local police have not conducted even the most ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-two-men-die-in-hit-and-run-a-passive-police-response-59952/
Government receives more than 2,000 land dispute cases in 2019
In the course of a year, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction along with the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution (NALDR) received a combined total of 2,713 complaints of land disputes, of which 1,871 are under review. Of the total, the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-receives-more-2000-land-dispute-cases-2019
‘Accidents claimed 1,981 lives last year’
A National Police report for 2019 said that of the 4,121 traffic accidents that occurred throughout last year, 1,981 people – including 330 females and 1,651 males – had died. Another 3,919 were seriously injured and 2,222 suffered minor injuries. The report said traffic accidents ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/accidents-claimed-1981-lives-last-year
WWF calls for more action to protect endangered animals
Kratie Province–World Wildlife Fund Cambodia yesterday urged Kratie provincial authorities to take firm action against fishing, forestry, and forest land encroachment crimes in order to protect and preserve rare species of wild animals that are currently under threat. Horm Chandet, a landscape manager for WWF’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50679406/wwf-calls-for-more-action-to-protect-endangered-animals
Cambodia faces supply chain crunch, no thanks to COVID-19
SoutheaSt ASian SupplierS from Cambodia, Myanmar and&nbSp; Vietnam have become increaSingly important to global faShion brandS. Nearly 20% of Uniqlo owner FaSt Retailing&rSquo;S diScloSed core Sewing factorieS are in Vietnam, though China iS Still home to about half. However, theSe SupplierS now face a Supply SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694492/cambodia-faces-supply-chain-crunch-no-thanks-to-covid-19
Garment Makers Gear Up for IPOs
Two foreign-owned garment manufacturers will submit disclosure documents to Cambodia’s capital market regulator next month, the companies’ underwriter Phnom Penh securities Firm Plc. said yesterday. The initial public offerings for the two private companies, expected by the end of the year, should boost action on the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062957093/Business/garment-makers-gear-up-for-ipos.html
CNRP boycott puts parliament perks at risk: CPP
Cambodia’s embattled opposition risks losing its official salaries and government-provided Lexuses if it continues to boycott sessions of the National Assembly, a ruling party spokesman said yesterday.The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party began boycotting parliamentary sessions at the end of last month when it pulled ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-boycott-puts-parliament-perks-risk-cpp
Even stronger ties: Cambodia and Vietnam pledge to enhance cooperation for mutual benefit
Vietnam’s President and the Cambodian Government have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation, driven by a shared cultural heritage and principles of good neighbourliness. Both sides aim to expand and deepen their partnership for the betterment of their peoples and nations. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501522664/even-stronger-ties-cambodia-and-vietnam-pledge-to-enhance-cooperation-for-mutual-benefit/
CDC, Chinese embassy agree to beef up infra investment
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Cambodia (ECC) Wednesday discussed ways to take the existing diplomatic ties between the two countries to the next level by promoting investment activities and supporting the development ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501529679/cdc-chinese-embassy-agree-to-beef-up-infra-investment/
CAMBODIA HOSTED 7TH ASIA ECONOMIC FORUM
Cambodia, on Saturday, hoSted the 7th ASia Economic Forum ( AEF) under theme of “The ASian Century in the Making: AchievementS, ChallengeS and Future TrendS” while highlighting the majority of the region&rSquo;S demonStrated remarkable reSilience againSt the global economic and financial criSeS, while major SuperpowerS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sea Clashes Loom Over Southeast Asia Summit
Tiny Cambodia is emerging as a key pawn in the diplomatic struggle over one of the world’s busiest stretches of water: the potentially energy-rich south China sea. The country of 15 million people is this year hosting a series of regional summits in which China’s claims ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304177104577308972320988892.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Minister of Information: We tax only stations that rent and use local frequency
After receiving a letter from the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the request to take actions against the Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America located in Cambodia, which have been actively engaged in broadcasting and renting airtime from other radio stations yet ss='cambodia-color'>...
Un Rithy
http://www.akp.gov.kh/kh/?p=193541
NagaCorp raises $156 million from top-up placement
NagaCorp, a gaming and entertainment hotel complex operator in Cambodia, has raised HK$1.21 billion ($156 million) from a top-up placement, after fixing the price at the bottom of the indicative range. The deal was launched at around 6pm yesterday in Hong Kong time, and the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.financeasia.com/News/336436,nagacorp-raises-156-million-from-top-up-placement.aspx
Hun Sen Seeks Chinese Help for Bridge Project
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday urged China to come up with enough funding for Cambodia to build a 3.5km bridge across the Tonle sap and connect National Road 6 in Kampong Thom with Kampong Chhang province. speaking at a ground-breaking ceremony for a $20 million Chinese ss='cambodia-color'>...