PM calls for ethical party campaigns
By Ayman / June 25, 2018
Prime Minister Hun Sen calls on all political parties to campaign ethically and refrain from attacking their competitors.
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PM tells officials to facilitate campaigns
By Ayman / June 21, 2018
Prime Minister Hun Sen reiterates a call for garment workers to support his ruling CPP.
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Indonesia to send observers to monitor July’s poll
By Ayman / June 21, 2018
The Indonesian government to dispatch observers to monitor the national election.
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Khmer Rise Party pushing for change
By Ayman / June 19, 2018
The newly-established Khmer Rise Party is among 20 parties contesting the upcoming national election.
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Workers get three-day poll break
By Ayman / June 15, 2018
Workers are to get a three-day break to vote in the national election, the Labour Ministry said yesterday.
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NEC addresses election campaign concerns
By Ayman / June 14, 2018
The NEC holds a meeting with political party representatives over campaign flouts.
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National election workers needed
By Ayman / June 13, 2018
The NEC announces the need to recruit more than 100,000 contracted officials to assist in the national election in July.
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PM urges voters to support CPP for peace
By Ayman / June 12, 2018
PM urges the public to vote for his ruling CPP candidates in the upcoming election.
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NEC asks businesses to help workers get to polls
By Ayman / June 12, 2018
NEC urges all business owners to help employees travel to vote in the national election.
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The party protecting the Kingdom’s forests
By Ayman / June 12, 2018
The Cambodia Indigenous People’s Democracy Party vows to defend rights of minorities and protect their lands.
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National
World Bank backs $110 million national road upgrade
World Bank is to lend Cambodia $110 million interest-free to restore a national highway.
Funcinpec to hire lawyer over fatal crash
The Funcipec party decides to hire a lawyer to review the Prince’s traffic accident case.
Twenty houses razed by fire
Twenty houses are destroyed in a fire which broke out in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, the cause of which remains unknown.
Five held over surrogacy scheme
Thirty pregnant Cambodian women who are carrying babies on behalf of Chinese clients have been discovered.
Four charity workers die in crash
Four NGO workers died and eleven others are injured when their minibus swerved on to the side of the road and hit a tree.
Public advised against using fake health supplements
The public has been advised to avoid consuming Madura health supplements.
Power cut sparks mass fainting
More than 20 workers at the New Focus Apparel garment factory in Kandal province faint in panic when the electricity went off.
Angkor Wat temple graffiti causes stir
The foreign letters written on the stones of the Angkor Wat temple were written during the 17th century and before the 1990s.
Fisheries official dies in clash on river
A district fisheries administration chief dies and two villagers with him are injured in a clash with illegal fishermen in Prey Veng.
Cocaine mule imprisoned for life
A 34-year-old Belgian man has been jailed for life after bringing more than a kilo of cocaine from Brazil to Cambodia.
National
World Bank backs $110 million national road upgrade
World Bank is to lend Cambodia $110 million interest-free to restore a national highway.
Funcinpec to hire lawyer over fatal crash
The Funcipec party decides to hire a lawyer to review the Prince’s traffic accident case.
Twenty houses razed by fire
Twenty houses are destroyed in a fire which broke out in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, the cause of which remains unknown.
Five held over surrogacy scheme
Thirty pregnant Cambodian women who are carrying babies on behalf of Chinese clients have been discovered.
Four charity workers die in crash
Four NGO workers died and eleven others are injured when their minibus swerved on to the side of the road and hit a tree.
Public advised against using fake health supplements
The public has been advised to avoid consuming Madura health supplements.
Power cut sparks mass fainting
More than 20 workers at the New Focus Apparel garment factory in Kandal province faint in panic when the electricity went off.
Angkor Wat temple graffiti causes stir
The foreign letters written on the stones of the Angkor Wat temple were written during the 17th century and before the 1990s.
Fisheries official dies in clash on river
A district fisheries administration chief dies and two villagers with him are injured in a clash with illegal fishermen in Prey Veng.
Cocaine mule imprisoned for life
A 34-year-old Belgian man has been jailed for life after bringing more than a kilo of cocaine from Brazil to Cambodia.
International
Turkey’s Erdogan wins majority in elections: electoral board
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has won more than half the votes.
Xi urges breaking new ground in major country diplomacy
Jinping calls to break new ground in country’s diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.
Mongolia steps up renewable energy
Four renewable energy power plants, with a total of 120 megawatts (MW), will be put into operation in Mongolia.
PH lashes out at EU over “biased” remarks
The Philippines lash out at several European countries for what it calls “biased criticism”.
Malaysia’s Gerakan party quits former ruling coalition
The Malaysian party of Gerakan announces to quit the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Vietnam rejects GrabTaxi expansion
Vietnam’s Transport Ministry has ordered GrabTaxi Vietnam Company to halt a planned expansion to ensure fair competition.
Indonesia boosts ferry transport safety
Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry forms a team to improve the safety of ferry transport.
Erdogan faces major test as Turks vote for president, parliament
Turks vote in presidential and parliamentary elections.
Business
Ikea bets on India, keeps meatballs off the menu
Furniture giant Ikea is set to open its first store and restaurant in India.
New partnership to build Cambodia’s biggest data centre
A new joint venture will result in the creation of the biggest data centre.
Government to fight oil price hike with tax cuts
Starting July 1, Cambodians will pay as much as 160 riel ($0.4) less for litre of gasoline.
As Facebook ages, teens look elsewhere to connect
Manon, 17, turns to Instagram to connect with her friends instead of Facebook.
Russia backs OPEC oil output hike
Russia joins an OPEC-led pledge to boost oil production in response to growing global demand, capping a week of tense diplomacy.
US pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs
US producers of pork are bracing for pain after Beijing hit the products with tariffs.
Chinese construction depot opens in Kandal
A Chinese-owned depot for furniture and construction materials open in Kandal.
CSX sees hike in trading activity
The local stock exchange registers its highest volume of trading activity in its history during a five-day period that ended Wednesday.
NBC revokes licenses of 11 rural credit institutions
The National Bank of Cambodia revokes the licenses of 11 rural credit institutions.
China says low sanitary standards in Cambodia a barrier to more trade
China says Cambodia’s low sanitary stands in the way of achieving mutual trade goals.
Sports
Kane fires England to record 6-1 win against Panama
Kane struck a hat-trick as England’s young team banished the ghost of past failures.
Clinical Colombia send sorry Poles packing with 3-0 victory
Colombia’s World Cup campaign roars back into life with a thumping 3-0 victory.
Honda salvages 2-2 draw for Japan against Senegal with late strike
Midfielder Keisuke Honda comes off the bench to salvage a 2-2 draw for Japan.
Sok Thy unlucky in ONE defeat
Sok Thy, Cambodian Top Team’s Kun Khmer prodigy, feels unlucky as he went down to Lerdsila Phuket Top Team.
Vathanaka makes Boeung Ket return
After weeks of rumours, Chan Vathanaka, Cambodia’s prodigious forward, announces his return to the Metfone C-League.
Iran in Ronaldo’s crosshairs, Uruguay stern test for Russia
Ronaldo will look to fire his country into the last 16 of the World Cup tonight.
Germany hold nerve, Belgium blast Tunisia
Germany coach Joachim Loew says his team were rewarded for not losing their nerve.
Kane leads England through
England records their biggest ever World Cup finals win by thrashing Panama 6-1 to breeze through to the knockout stage.
