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Cambodian Central Bank Is Trialing Blockchain Technology
Bitcoin Magazine
In April, the Cambodian central bank entered into a partnership with Japanese blockchain startup Soramitsu to co-develop the Hyperledger Iroha ledger to build a new payment infrastructure on top of distributed ledger technology. Hyperledger Iroha is an ...

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Cambodia Plans to Launch National Pension Fund
Chief Investment Officer
The Cambodian government has released its strategic plan to develop the country's financial sector over the next 10 years, which includes creating a national pension fund. Speaking at the launching ceremony of its ambitious 109-page report, “Financial ...

Spotlight: B&R Initiative will benefit all participating sides: Cambodian, Chinese experts
Xinhua
PHNOM PENH, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian and Chinese officials and academics said here on Thursday that the Belt and Road Initiative would greatly benefit all participating countries. The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk ...

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Voters' Allegiances Swayed by Fears of Drug Crisis
The Cambodia Daily
The perception of rampant drug abuse in communities has become widespread in Cambodia. According to a public survey leaked to reporters over the weekend—apparently commissioned by the ruling CPP—respondents last year ranked drugs and crime as ...

FBI Provides Refreshers on Cybercrime Efforts
The Cambodia Daily
U.S. FBI officials and experts this week provided training on preventing and reacting to cybercrime and cross-border crimes to about 140 participants from 20 Asia-Pacific countries in Cambodia. This year's three-day seminar for graduates of the bureau ...

Man on Trial in US for Sex Abuse in Cambodia - The Cambodia Daily
The Cambodia Daily
An American man who served prison time in Cambodia for sexually abusing five boys under the care of his Phnom Penh orphanage is currently on trial in the ...
Politics of Death: Female frontline fails to soften defence of ...Daily Mail
CBRE'S market update reveals robust demand for offices in Phnom ...The Phnom Penh Post

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'Prepare Your Coffins,' Cambodia's Prime Minister Tells Critics
Radio Free Asia
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday issued a harsh warning to the country's political opposition, telling critics of his more than 30-year rule to “prepare your coffins” if they persist in accusing him of threatening civil war if his party is ...
'Prepare Your Coffin': Hun Sen Repeats Bloody Power PromiseThe Cambodia Daily
Cambodian PM thanks for Vietnam's help in ending Pol Pot regimeVietNamNet Bridge
Hun Sen marks day of his Khmer Rouge defection with Vietnam border crossingThe Phnom Penh Post

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Cambodia's Central Bank Pushes Ahead with Blockchain Payments Trials
CoinDesk
Cambodia's central bank has revealed plans to continue to develop interbank payment solutions using blockchain. Back in April, the National Bank of Cambodia announced that it was working with Japan-based distributed ledger startup Soramitsu to trial ...

Cambodia charges 68-year-old Australian man with espionage after 'flying a drone over an opposition rally'
The Independent
If convicted under article 446 of Cambodia's Penal Code he could be sentenced to between five and 10 years behind bars for “receiving or collecting information, processes, objects, documents, computerised data or files, with a view to supplying them to ...
Australian in Cambodia on surrogacy charges says she has never been in trouble with lawThe Guardian
Australian nurse on trial in Cambodia denies recruiting women for surrogacy operationABC Online
Surrogacy broker Tammy Davis-Charles paid for Cambodian birth certificates, court hearsThe Sydney Morning Herald
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The eerie abandoned holiday homes of Cambodia
Telegraph.co.uk
It was difficult to keep my eyes on the road every time I caught sight of the decaying architecture which is so common in Kampot, Cambodia. Bright colours had yielded to time and faded away, revealing a dull concrete grey, but the distinctive European ...