Cambodia Morning News For November 2
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 […]
Cambodia Morning News For November 1
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, […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 31
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 […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 30
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 […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 27
6th ABNE Brings Cambodia’s Asian Business Leaders Together (HD video, Gallery) The biannual Asian Business Networking Event (ABNE) has become somewhat of a tradition in Phnom Penh and one that is awaited for with great […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 26
Cambodian opposition member pardoned at PM’s request PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A senator from Cambodia’s main opposition party was pardoned on Wednesday from the seven-year jail sentence he had been given over a Facebook posting, […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 25
Analysts say government use of Fresh News fits the authoritarian playbook Once heralded as a force for democratisation, online media is often now used by authoritarian regimes around the world to serve their interests – […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 24
Criticism mounts as Cambodia government moves closer to dissolving opposition More than 50 rights groups called on chairs of the Paris Peace Agreement to reconvene to ensure that the “democratic vision for Cambodia outlined in […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 23
Cambodia Snatches World Record From Indonesia An event to foster entrepreneurship in Cambodia has seen the Southeast Asian kingdom wrest the world record for the largest practical business seminar away from Indonesia. — AEC News […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 20
Plans for satellite in the works yet again One of Cambodia’s largest conglomerates is reviving plans for the Kingdom’s first communications satellite, with hopes of launching by 2021 with assistance from China. — The Phnom […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 19
Riel loan interest rates on par with dollar counterparts Interest rates for microfinance loans issued in Cambodian riel have decreased to the same level as those given in US dollar, a change industry insiders claim […]
Cambodia Morning News For October 18
Parliament Approves Plan to Redistribute Opposition Seats Ruling party lawmakers on Monday voted to approve amendments to four election laws that would see the opposition’s seats in the National Assembly handed out to minority parties […]