Cambodia

Artist Draws On Experience of Cambodian Women

May 25, 2011 Culture

New York-based Cambodian artist Linda Saphan focuses on women in her exhibition of 21 drawings at Phnom Penh’s Bophana Centre this week. Until Saturday, viewers can see her art, presented in three different series under the umbrella title Black is Black, each drawing in black pen representing her passion for Khmer culture. Saphan and her [...]

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Wine-Tasting Among Rice Paddies

May 25, 2011 Businesses

Grape trellises and vines surround the home of Chan Thay Chheoung and his family, about 13 kilometres from Battambang in Banon district. The former orange farmer was a pioneer in planting vineyards in Cambodia – teaching himself how to determine the right soil for grapes and then how to make wine. Now his vineyard draws [...]

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Trade With Seoul On Upswing This Year

May 25, 2011 Businesses

Cambodia’s trade with the Republic of Korea increased more than an annualised 40 percent in the first quarter of 2011, according to statistics from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency. Korea’s exports to Cambodia totalled US$101 million during the first quarter, from $71 million in the quarter last year, while shipments in the other direction increased [...]

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Stinking Out Sihanoukville

May 25, 2011 Tourism

A one-kilometrewide slick of foulsmelling black waste water lingering off the coast of Sihanoukville’s prominent Ochheuteal and Otres tourist beaches has prompted authorities to launch an investigation and urgent containment procedures, officials said yesterday. Preah Sihanouk governor Sboang Sarath said yesterday the contaminated water had started flowing through the Prek Damnak canal about five days [...]

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Royal Ploughing Ceremony

May 25, 2011 Culture

Farmers have expressed concern after the Royal Palace fortune teller predicted that horses, buffalos and oxen could be hit by disease in the next year, while corn and bean crops would flourish. The predictions, made by Kang Ken, were made at the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony which was held in Phnom Penh on Saturday. The [...]

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Coffee Bean in Cambodia

May 25, 2011 Businesses

The first Cambodian franchise of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf will be opened by South Korean investors later this year, according to company officials. The inaugural location of the United States-based chain in the Kingdom would occupy 110 square metres on the ground floor of Phnom Penh Tower on Monivong Boulevard, Coffee Bean Cambodia [...]

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Garment Inputs Hit With Price Increase

May 25, 2011 Businesses

The value of Cambodia’s imports of raw garment material increased by nearly 50 percent in the first quarter compared year-on-year, while volumes of material declined by some 24 percent, according to data from Camcontrol, a division of the Ministry of Commerce. Figures show import volumes dropped to 98,888.46 tonnes in the first quarter 2011 from [...]

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Ezecom Buys Wholesale Firm

May 25, 2011 Technology

Internet Service Provider Ezecom announced late yesterday that it had acquired 100 percent of the shares of Cambodian wholesale fibre company Telcotech. Ezecom Chief Executive Officer Paul Blanche-Horgan said that Telcotech brought a complementary strategic vision and product technologies to his company, and the combined companies would deliver greater value, in a statement announcing the [...]

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Internet Service in Cambodia Nowadays

May 24, 2011 Technology

Internet is now the most popular way of searching information online, chatting, and sending email for communication. More and more Cambodian people are now have more interest in surfing the internet. And I am sure that they now no more about “How to search in the web for specific information that they need”. I notice [...]

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MobiTel Mobile Banking License Approved

May 24, 2011 Technology

Nine months after launching its mobile banking service Cellcard Cash, MobiTel has been granted a license by the central bank to legally run its operation, allowing customers to store money in their telephone accounts to make transactions. MobiTel, which is owned by Cambodian conglomerate The Royal Group, launched its mobile banking service in September but had [...]

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History of Phnom Penh – Cambodia Capital City

April 18, 2011 Tourism

The origin of Phnom Penh’s name Long ago in 1372 A.D., there was a wealthy elderly woman named Penh living near the banks of the four river fronts. Her house was built on a plateau east of a hill. One day, heavy rains flooded the area. Daun Penh (Grandma Penh) went down to the dock [...]

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