Cambodian News

Neak Kob, 58, has raised poultry at his house in Rovieng commune, Samrong district, Takeo province, for nearly three years. He now raises 25 chickens and 13 ducks. Displaying boots, gloves and masks recently, Neak Kob said he and his family understand well bird flu, and he described taking many measures against the disease.
“We must [...]

Jailed Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith told tribunal judges Tuesday it was the regime’s ideologue, Nuon Chea, who was responsible for the thousands of executions at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison.
The chief of the prison, Kaing Kek Iev, is facing atrocity crimes charges for his role at the prison, known to the Khmer Rouge as [...]

The widely popular betting franchise CamboSix will no longer have a valid license with the government, Finance Minister Keat Chhon said Wednesday, putting an end to its operation and a major dent in Cambodia’s gambling industry,.
“Last night I was in a hurry in my office to omit CamboSix’s contract,” the minister told reporters following a [...]

CELCOM is offering its postpaid customers the benefit of unlimited data roaming within participating OpCo’s (Operating Companies) of TM International Berhad (TMI).
With Celcom’s Data Roaming Tariff (DRT), customers can now surf the internet, check e-mail and access their business network while away in countries such as Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for a [...]

Bangkok – Thailand’s government has decided to return to Cambodia seven artifacts smuggled into the kingdom almost 10 years ago, media reports said Wednesday.
The Thai cabinet approved the diplomatic gesture at its weekly meeting Tuesday, days before Thailand hosts the 14th Summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, which will be attended by Cambodian [...]

Cambosix, the sole football-gambling agency of Cambodia, had closed all its outlets on Wednesday in accordance with an order issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday, national media said on Thursday.
“The police are forcing us to close,” Nancy Chau, manager of the Cambosix’s head office in Phnom Penh, was quoted by English-language newspaper the [...]

ONDON (AFP) — A group of former peace negotiators called in a public letter Thursday for the international community to start engaging directly with Hamas, as the only way to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Ahead of Egypt-brokered reconciliation talks between the Islamist group and rival Palestinian movement Fatah Thursday, mediators from conflicts in Northern [...]

PHNOM PENH, 25 February 2009 (IRIN) – Having allegedly exhausted Cambodia’s timber resources to fund its 1990s civil war, business and military elites are plundering mining resources while failing to uphold international human rights and transparency standards, a new report alleges.
The long-term effects could fuel corruption and contribute to a “resource curse”, whereby a tiny [...]

LONDON (Reuters) – The fight against malaria could be undermined by the emergence on the Thai-Cambodian border of strains that are resistant to the most potent type of drug, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
Artemisinin, a compound extracted from a Chinese herb, is regarded by medical experts as the best drug against malaria and [...]

Cambodia’s insurance industry has seen rapid premium growth in recent years, which largely outpaced the country’s gross domestic product, yet the market has not seen marked development.
In the past year, Cambodia’s insurance industry experienced 18% growth in premium income, in comparison with an estimated GPD growth of 6.8%. However, the insurance market size has only [...]