Cambodia News: Khmer

Koupreys fall to Lions
Khmer Times
Keisuke Honda's Cambodia are still without a win after suffering a 2-1 reverse to Singapore in their recent friendly at the Olympic Stadium. The Singapore Lions went behind to the hosts on Tuesday evening after Ho Wai Loon turned in a 17th minute cross ...

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Uber value soars $120 billion on IPO news
Khmer Times
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc could be valued at $120 billion, when it finally goes public next year according to proposals made by US banks bidding to run the offering, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

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Fujifilm wins appeal in Xerox aborted merger
Khmer Times
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp has won an appeal in its legal battles with Xerox Corp with a New York court overturning preliminary injunctions requested by an activist investor that had blocked their planned merger. Xerox in May ...

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Cambodia's Hun Sen Aims to Dodge Trade Sanctions in Brussels Talks
Radio Free Asia
Speaking to RFA's Khmer Service on Oct. 17, protester Ouk Sam Oeurn said he hopes that pressure from the European Union, which threatened Cambodia earlier this month with a loss of preferential trade policies, will now force Hun Sen to restore ...
EU plays hardball with Cambodian hardmanPOLITICO.eu
Hun Sen on Europe Trip to Mend Ties with WestVOA Khmer

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EU reassures NGOs over timber trade with Vietnam
Khmer Times
In an email to Khmer Times on Monday, Mr Edgar said the EU has encouraged Cambodia to take necessary steps to curb illegal logging and that Cambodia and Vietnam should maintain an open dialogue and coordinate their efforts to address the problem ...

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Villagers again demand land resolution
Khmer Times
Dozens of villagers representing 170 Prek Khsach community households in Koh Kong province's Kiri Sakor district gathered at the Provincial Hall yesterday to petition authorities to speed up land dispute resolution involving two development companies.

Little Khmer Kitchen: Cambodian the way Mom makes
InDaily
Despite the late nights spent converting the shop to its current state (diligently assisted by her partner, James Magnusson), Mom beams with excitement as we sit down to discuss her new venture, Little Khmer Kitchen. Mom is already well familiar with ...

Halt Vietnam timber deal: NGOs
Khmer Times
A group of environmental NGOs has called on the European Union to postpone signing a trade deal on tropical timber with Vietnam until Vietnam declares a moratorium on illegal timber imports from Cambodia's forests. Seven non-governmental ...

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Malys Angkor crowned World's best rice
Khmer Times
Kann Kunthy, Amru Rice's managing director, told Khmer Times there is no better time to win the World Best Rice Award again (4th time) given that EBA is hanging on a thread. He said that it is good motivation for Cambodia to try even harder and smarter.

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Muslim Khmer performance artist mourns her lost garment by creating anew
Crosscut
In Phnom Penh, she created a syncretic ritual that involved candles, an Islamic prayer, a newsprint obituary in Khmer and English and a burning and burying of a remnant from the garment. “The Red Chador gained prominence in the global art world for ...