EU Imposes Rice Tariffs
(Bloomberg) — The European Union will impose tariffs this week on rice from Cambodia and Myanmar for three years in response to a request by Italy for local producers to…
Chemical Firm Opens Cambodian Agri-Chem Business
BASF on Wednesday inaugurated its first wholly-owned company in Cambodia: BASF (Cambodia) Co. Ltd., and will launch three new crop protection products in the country. BASF has been active in…
Spinach Dogs! 15 Chinese Arrested for Illegal Gambling
Banteay Meanchey: According to National Police in Poipet, 15 Chinese men and women were arrested for an illegal online gambling operation in a rented villa in Kbal Spean II Village, Poipet…
Acleda- From Microcredit to Commercial Bank
Acleda is a microfinance institution created in 1993 in Cambodia. It was founded as an NGO to assist refugees returning from Thai camps in Cambodia following the Cambodian conflict, who…
German, Pakistani and Laotian Over Stayers
Phnom Penh: On January 16, 2019, at 18:00, the Office of Investigation and Implementation received three foreign nationals (one female) of three nationalities: 1. FRANK STOBW Male 51-year-old German from…
Traffic Congestion in Not-So-Sleepy Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville: According reports, almost every road in Sihanoukville has become gridlocked by heavy traffic, despite the intervention of traffic police. The congestion pictured began at around 5 pm on January 16…
Oil Extraction to Start October
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is set to start extracting oil from an offshore oilfield being developed in the Gulf of Thailand in October, a government official said Wednesday. Cheap Sour, director…
Russian Collapses at Siem Reap Hotel Pool
Siem Reap: A Russian man died at 8.40 pm on January 15, 2019 at the MARVEL BOUTIQUE Hotel in Sala Kamreuk Commune Reap. Siem Reap police said that the victim…
Canadian Dies in Kampot
Kampot: Police reports say CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY KELLY a 67-year-old Canadian man was found in room B4, Fish Island Bungalows located in Sangkat Treuy Koh, Kampot. The owner of Fish Island…
Chinese Driver Knocks Out Tuk-Tuk
Sihanoukville: An RX 300 driven by a Chinese man hit a tuk-tuk at 10pm on January 15, 2019, causing serious injury to the rickshaw river. After the incident, the Chinese driver…
Former Scavengers Have Better Future Thanks To Japanese Volunteer
BY MAGDALENA OSUMI Japanese volunteer’s initiative allows Cambodians to see future beyond dumps where they scavenged In Anlong Pi, a village on the outskirts of famous tourist destination Siem Reap in…
Children Die in Pursat Fire
Pursat: Two children were killed in a house fire on January 15, 2019, in Sangkat Rolleum, Pursat Province. The victims were a 7 year old boy and his 2 year old…
Chinese Arrested Over Fake Cigarette Racket
Kandal Province: Anti-economic crime police, with assistance from Chinese authorities arrested 10 Chinese at the Monorom guesthouse, Tith Hour Guesthouse located in Ta Kha Village, Ta Bang, and Chea Samnang…
The Old Rickshaws of Kampot
Kampot Province: Many old cycle rickshaws and ox carts, were collected in Kampot province and will be refurbished and used for tourism in Siem Reap. Mok Sokhum, a 36-year-old collector…
Record Passenger Numbers in Cambodian Airports
PHNOM PENH, 16 January 2019: Cambodia’s three international airports reported passenger traffic reached 10.6 million in 2018, based on data provided by VINCI Airports, the French-owned company operating international airports…
Down and Out in Kampong Cham- Elderly American Has No Cash
Kompong Cham: Police received information that US citizen DANIEL STEPHAN HEINRICK, 77, was found to have no money and no food to eat. Colonel Eung Bun, Kampong Cham provincial police chief…
