Cambodian News

Visa works with four major Cambodian banks to launch “Easy Cash”, a new domestic ATM network
Visa, along with Cambodia Mekong Bank, Canadia Bank, Singapore Banking Corporation (SBC Bank), and Union Commercial Bank (UCB), have announced the setting up of a unified domestic payments infrastructure in Cambodia. The move will connect the ATM networks of the [...]

Well past the city limits, beyond the sign that says “Bon Voyage; See You Again,” after the paved roads end, down a rutted dirt track, Un Thea sits in the mud outside her shanty house, peeling bamboo shoots – and seething.
Two years ago, soldiers and police showed up in the middle of the night to [...]

A new census in Cambodia reveals remarkably large populations of two monkey species that are threatened with extinction.
The monkey tally, announced today, represents the largest known populations of these species in the world.
Scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society counted 42,000 black-shanked douc langurs and 2,500 yellow-cheeked crested gibbons in Cambodia’s Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, [...]

Phnom Penh (dpa) – Informal talks between Bangkok and Phnom Penh over disputed border areas were halted abruptly and scheduled formal talks postponed indefinitely amid political tension in Thailand, a Cambodian official said Thursday.

Defence Ministry Secretary of State Neang Phat said the Thai delegation arrived Wednesday in Siem Reap, 300 kilometres north of Phnom Penh, [...]

Phnom Penh (dpa) – Cambodia is now officially home to the most dangerous roads in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, officials said Thursday.

Cambodian drivers are infamous for their blithe disregard for traffic laws, let alone the laws of physics, and as roads improve rapidly this combination resulted in an average of 4.5 people [...]

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Amid mass protests in Bangkok, the Thai military has canceled bilateral talks with Cambodia over the border dispute near the Preah Vihear temple scheduled for Friday in Siem Reap town, local newspaper reported Thursday, citing Cambodian officials.
Defense Ministry Secretary of State Neang Phat told the Cambodia Daily that he [...]

Cambodia´s real estate market is experiencing a boom. In response to this, Whale Event Management, a member of Whale Group, is organising Cambodia´s first-ever property expo over three days in Phnom Penh, starting 3rd October 2008.
The expo is expected to focus on city developers, agents and consultants initially, with a maximum of 31 booths available. [...]

Phnom Penh – A delegation from the Brunei Finance Ministry met with Cambodian Finance Minister Keat Chhon to discuss importing Cambodian rice and seed, local media reported Wednesday.
The delegation, headed by Brunei Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary Dato Paduka Haj Ali Apong, had not reached any firm agreements on the amount of rice and seed Brunei [...]

In Cambodia changes to child sexual abuse laws could mean the reduction in sentences of nearly 40 foreign paedophiles currently serving jail terms.
It has court officials, and child exploitation activists outraged.
Presenter: Bo Hill
Speakers: Samleang Seila, country director, Action Pour Les Enfants Cambodia
HILL: In 2006, 48-year-old Belgian man, Philippe Dessart, was arrested and charged after being [...]

Kith Meng grew up in Australia as an orphan and a refugee from Cambodia’s genocide. He tells of washing dishes and mowing lawns to make ends meet while living in Canberra. Being a poor oUSder made him stronger, he says, and unusually driven.
Now, back in Cambodia since 1991, the 39-year-old has built his Royal Group [...]