Investors start to see potential returns in Cambodian Startups
Lack of trust from investors has so far limited the growth potential of the growing number of Cambodian technology startups. Five-year old Khmerload, a Cambodian entertainment news website modeled after the American media giant Buzzfeed, has become one of the country’s first local tech startups ...
Sophat Soeung and Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/investors-start-to-see-potential-returns-in-cambodian-startups/3804195.html
Wing, BookMeBus team up
Wing and the online platform company BookMeBus have teaMed up to offer bus tickets to the provinces and to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The service was officially launched on Friday with the first services available in Wing agencies in Phnom Penh. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38596/wing--bookmebus-team-up/
Sesan Dam Construction to Start Next Month
Construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam will begin early next month, residents and authorities said after a meeting in Stung Treng province on Monday. Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem for the first time gave a time frame for the construction of the dam ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sesan-dam-construction-to-start-next-month-51080/
Officials cheated me: farmer
A cassava grower in Siem Reap’s Srei Snom district has accused a district police chief and a deputy commune chief of cheating him out of his land after they doctored the grower’s testimony in a court case. Em Socheat, a lawyer for land owner Yem Savuth, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090458481/National-news/officials-cheated-me-farmer.html
Shots fired at me, says Tep Kolap
In a bizarre series of events, only days after being vindicated by the Supreme Court, Phnom Penh International University rector Tep Kolap claimed to have been chased across Phnom Penh yesterday evening by men who shot at her car as she sought refuge in Prime ...
‘Where can I go if the people still vote for me?’
Prime Minister Hun Sen used a forum on public financial management reform yesterday to defend his dramatically announced Cabinet reshuffle last week from criticism that it was trivial in substance. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23029/---where-can-i-go-if-the-people-still-vote-for-me----/
Hun Sen: No one negotiates better than me in 'history of world leaders'
In a boast reminiscent of US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Hun Sen went on a tangent on Wednesday before thousands of garment workers in Por Sen Chey district extolling his negotiating prowess, calling himself one of the top negotiators in the “history of world ...
Ben Sokhean and Quinn Libson
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-no-one-negotiates-better-me-history-world-leaders
Thanks for giving me the best memories – Than Davit
During my three-month internship at ODC as a Research Intern, I worked closely with the Economy Researcher-Editor to assist the editor team in conducting research, producing more topics, collecting publication documents and data for publishing and uploading onto ODC’s platform. ...
Ang: why I killed Kem Ley
Eurth Ang stood in court yesterday and calmly described how he shot Kem Ley, insisting that it was over an unpaid debt. “I regret and apologize to the victims’ family, but he cheated me which made me angry,” Mr. Ang said. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36028/ang--why-i-killed-kem-ley/
Female opposition commune chief hopes to keep her post after elections
In the lead up to June’s commune elections, Sguon Samean, a former Sam Rainsy Party commune chief, say that she is hopeful that people will vote for her again.“I believe in my people. I have hope in my people since they trust me and they ...
Digital campaign launched to protect Cambodia’s forests
A digital campaign, #ShowMeYourTree, has been launched to increase awareness about the importance of biodiversity, fantastic landscape views, and the crucial roles of the protectors, especially indigenous communities, in rainforest conservation. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/digital-campaign-launched-to-protect-cambodia-forests
Hotel owner looks to help
Mates are more important than anything else for Paul Ouk, an Australian-born and raised ethnic Khmer. “It’s not about the money, it’s about the people,” says Ouk, who owns me Mates Place, a guesthouse on Street 90 and a restaurant and bar on Street 88 called, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051656174/Business/hotel-owner-looks-to-help.html
US President's letter to Samdech Techo Hun Sen
The people of the United States of America join me in thanking you for your gracious message of congratulation as we commemorate our 238th anniversary of independence. ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Exports through port rise nearly 10 percent from 2014
The number of ships coming through the port rose 17 percent year to year, and cruise ships rose from 25 to 36. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/exports-through-port-rise-nearly-10-percent-from-2014/3154467.html
Election monitors say voter registry is an urgent priority
Election observers are urging the National Election Committee to move quickly on updates to the voter registry, as commune elections in 2017 approach. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/election-monitors-say-voter-registry-is-an-urgent-priority/3168222.html
Labor leaders call for more discussion on union law
In a joint statement, civil society and labor leaders urged the government to accept changes to the law as they continue to discuss it. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/labor-leaders-call-for-more-discussion-on-union-law/3154489.html
‘Skills gap’ remains an impediment to growth, new report says
Cambodia must tackle the skills gap to boost the productivity of its labor force in order to grow its economy, according to the latest report. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/skills-gap-remains-an-impediment-to-growth-new-report-says/3156042.html
Ministry of Economy announces $100 million funding increase for SME Bank and Rural Development Bank for Agriculture
The Ministry of Economy and Finance will announce the announcement of additional funding of $100 million for the Cambodian Small and medium Enterprise Bank and the Agricultural Rural Development Bank to provide additional support to Smes, agriculture and agriculture. Industry according to the press release ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501023375/ministry-of-economy-announces-100-million-funding-increase-for-sme-bank-and-rural-development-bank-for-agriculture/
Sanctuary rangers impound timber
Environmental rangers on Monday seized a pile of timber hidden in the forest behind a house in Pou Chrei commune’s me Pai village in Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district following reports from villagers. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sanctuary-rangers-impound-timber
Cambodia open to talks on ‘every issue’ with US, ambassador says
As Cambodia prepares for an official visit from US Secretary of State John Kerry next week, the country’s US ambassador says it would consider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-open-to-talks-on-every-issue-with-us-ambassador-says/3154335.html