CamGSM deal nixed by Telkom
A TelekomunikasiI Indonesia official said yesterday the company had cancelled plans to acquire a majority stake in Cambodian mobile operator CamGsM, just a month after officials at CamGsM parent Royal Group claimed a deal was imminent. Telkom finance director sudiro Asno made the statement in Jakarta, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011100651980/Business/camgsm-deal-nixed-by-telkom.html
US, Cambodia Agree to Explore Investment Pact
U.S. Trade RepreSentative Ron Kirk announced Friday that the U.S. and Cambodia have agreed to explore the creation of a bilateral&nbSp;inveStment&nbSp;treaty that would regulate the ruleS of foreign direct&nbSp;inveStment between the two countrieS, the U.S. EmbaSSy Said in a&nbSp;Statement. According to the EmbaSSy, Such a treaty SS='cambodia-color'>...
ADB has a long road ahead after big flood
A breached flood protection dyke near Prey Ven city that, had it burst during the disastrous 2011 flooding, would have added a further 30,000 to the almost 52,000 households evacuated, is one project nearing completion in Cambodia’s Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project. But the Asian Development ss='cambodia-color'>...
U.S. to aid Cambodia in agriculture, food security, environment
The United StateS will Sign up to provide 18.5 million U.S. dollarS to Cambodia to Support the country&rSquo;S prioritieS in agriculture, food Security, and climate change adaptation and mitigation, according to a media releaSe from the U.S. EmbaSSy here on ThurSday. The agreement will be Signed SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-09/20/c_131863234.htm
Cambodia Aims for Offshore Production Next Year
The Cambodian government expects U.s. oil major Chevron Corp. CVX -0.53%to begin developing the country’s first offshore oil field early next year, and hopes the nation will become a regional hot spot for oil and gas investment, a government official said Wednesday Chevron discovered commercial resources ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443507204578020023711640726.html
Loan agreement inked for Cambodia’s first garment training school
The Garment Manufacturer’s Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed a $3.5 million loan agreement with French international development agency Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) yesterday to build Cambodia’s first garment sector training school. The school will train Cambodia’s unskilled garment workers and other Cambodians who wish to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Police Detain Recruitment Agency Chief for Suspected Fraud
The director of a recruitment agency in Siem Reap will face fraud chargeS today at the provincial court for allegedly taking money from victimS in exchange for promiSed jobS in the U.S., police Said yeSterday. Hong Bunhav, chief of reSearch and inveStigationS Section of the Siem SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian Transparency Organization Applauds US Rule On Oil, Gas and Mining Payments Disclosure
Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency (CRRT) wrote a letter to Ms. Elizabeth M. Murphy, secretary of U.s. securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2012 to back up PWYP’s recommendations and to encourage the Commission to define the “Project” in relation to each lease, license ss='cambodia-color'>...
UK to increase trade with Cambodia
British ambassadors and high commissioners from the AsEAN region convened last week in singapore; among the range of topics discussed was the increase of the UK’s economic involvement in the region. According to Mark Gooding, British Ambassador to Cambodia, UK trade with Cambodia has been increasing ss='cambodia-color'>...
Social Media Changing Cambodia’s Information Landscape
Changes in demography and technology have altered the behavior of Cambodian media consumers, with youth increasingly using social media platforms to share news and information. Pen sophal, a graduate student in media management at sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, says print and electronic media outlets in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kampot Pepper Farmers to see Bumper Year
When the harvest season for Kampot pepper starts next month, farmers in Kampot province expect this year’s crop to yield more than 17 percent above last year, a representative of the farmers said. Nguon Lay, president of the Kampot Pepper Association, said last week that ss='cambodia-color'>...
Anti-Graft Unit to Give Telecom Staff Anti-Corruption Education
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has ordered staff at Telecom Cambodia to attend a meeting today in order to “educate” them about the country’s Anti-Corruption Law after they made graft allegations and held demonstrations against the firm’s director-general Lao sarouen earlier this month, Minister of Posts ss='cambodia-color'>...
Calls for Angkor Beer Boycott Over Laos Dam Investment
Environmental groups and a local community leader in stung Treng province have called for a nationwide boycott of the popular Angkor Beer brand to protest the beverage company’s links to a controversial hydro­power dam to be built in Laos. Laos announced earlier this month that it ss='cambodia-color'>...
Dene-Hern Chen and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/calls-for-angkor-beer-boycott-over-laos-dam-investment-45646/
Armed Security Doubled for Human Rights Day Rallies
The government will deploy double the usual number of armed security personnel on the streets of Phnom Penh on Tuesday to keep control of the large number of rallies planned in the city to celebrate International Human Rights Day, a military police official said Monday. “We ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/armed-security-doubled-for-human-rights-day-rallies-48954/
(English) Government Says US Praised Protest ‘Patience’
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Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-us%E2%80%88praised-protest-patience-51547/
(English) Commerce minister vows ‘meaningful’ reforms to US investors
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Sophat Soeung
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/commerce-minister-vows-meaningful-reforms-to-us-investors/1944607.html
(English) As banking sector booms, overbanking looms
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Kang Sothear and George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/as-banking-sector-booms-overbanking-looms-67824/
(English) Prey Speu detention centre still going strong
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Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/prey-speu-detention-centre-still-going-strong
China reaps concession windfalls
About half of the land concessions granted since 1994 are in the hands of Chinese companies, according to data released yesterday by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. Ouch Leng, CCHR land reform project coordinator, said that from 1994 to 2012, the Cambodian government granted 4,615,745 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hun Sen to Hold Bilateral Talks With Obama During Summit
Prime Minister Hun sen will hold bilateral talks with U.s. President Barack Obama when the newly re-elected American leader visits Phnom Penh during this month’s East Asia and Asean summits. Mr. Hun sen announced the bilateral meeting in a letter to Mr. Obama on Wednesday congratulating ss='cambodia-color'>...