Asean Morning News Compiled by Kongleaphy Keam @kongleaphy1 Pinoy Mass Comms Graduate Wins Prestigious Asean Youth Video Comp (video) A 21-year-old Bachelor of Arts graduate of Ateneo de Davao University, the Philippines, Murphy P Caballero, […]
It’s time for Cambodia to choose high-quality investment projects As the economic development rate in Cambodia keeps steady at 7 percent, the physical manifestations of this growth are seen through the development of many mixed-use […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Kongleaphy Keam @kongleaphy1 With ‘America First,’ Trump mutes U.S. voice on human rights in Asia Just days after the killing of a prominent Cambodian government critic last year during […]
Cambodia urges Thais to sign trade deal Cambodian officials have asked their Thai counterparts to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cross-border trade as soon as possible to avoid complications for transportation companies when […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Kongleaphy Keam @kongleaphy1 Golden Triangle is ‘ground zero’ for wildlife trafficking: WWF TIGERS, ELEPHANTS, bears and pangolins are four of the most widely traded species in the Golden Triangle […]
World Bank puts Kingdom lower in Doing Business report For the second year in a row, Cambodia has slipped further down the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report. — The Phnom Penh Post Garment sector […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Kongleaphy Keam @kongleaphy1 Business will boost US ties with ASEAN even under Trump American president’s bilateral deals partly compensate for his retreat from multilateralism. — Nikkei Asian Review (paywall) […]
Cambodia expecting influx of Chinese investment Cambodia should expect a massive influx of Chinese investment and development assistance given its geopolitical importance to Beijing and its favoured status under China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Kongleaphy Keam @kongleaphy1 China wants U.S. to stay out of South China Sea talks The United States shouldn’t obstruct efforts by China and its neighbors to agree on a […]
Cambodia clampdown threatens Chinese interests Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times, claimed in an interview last year that the Chinese state-owned tabloid often says what party officials secretly think. “They can’t speak willfully, but […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Kongleaphy Keam @kongleaphy1 ASEAN ministers: Coal technology key to Paris deal success At last month’s ASEAN energy ministers’ meeting in Manila, representatives from across the region confirmed that coal […]
Government proposes $6B budget for 2018 The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a national budget for next year that calls for more than $6 billion in spending, the largest increase ever proposed for the […]