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Container trucks exiting the Sihanoukville Port in Sihanouk province, Picture taken on January 29, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Short Term Economic Drag Expected After Border Flare Up, Advisory Says

15 Aug 2025 4:31 PM|
Rafael Liebowitz-Thayer|

With an uneasy peace now outlasting the deadly border clash with Thailand last month, the wider economic impact is coming into focus, a Phnom Penh-based investment advisory said in a recent report.

A construction site in Village 1 Commune3, Sihanoukville province, has been left unfinished for nearly two years since many Chinese left town due to COVID-19. Picture taken October 26, 2021. CamboJA/ Sorn Sarath

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Sihanoukville’s half-built high-rises wait for the Chinese to return

4 Nov 2021 9:26 AM|

“At the beginning, we could pay back the loan easily, but since the Chinese left, I can't make money and now I have requested to pay only the interest,” she…

The NagaWorld casino and hotel complex as seen in Phnom Penh, picture taken September 10, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Cambodian government trims booming casino industry with new capital requirements

22 Oct 2021 9:36 PM|

The Cambodian government is moving ahead in thinning out the country’s overcrowded gaming industry by setting its first minimum capital requirement for casinos.

A recently reopened restaurant in Phnom Penh, October 19, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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More business resumed as government moves toward full reopening

19 Oct 2021 9:59 PM|

In the evening, casual restaurant tables closed for months are now once again set for customers as city streets fill with vendors and the flow of busy people.

Laborers work at a construction site in Phnom Penh, Picture taken September 27, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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The World Bank downgrades Cambodia’s projected growth due to COVID crisis

29 Sep 2021 10:07 AM|

The World Bank downgraded Cambodia’s forecasted economic growth for 2021 to 2.2 percent from a previous projection of 4 percent, and urged the country to strengthen its external competitiveness to…

A view of oil extraction facilities being operated by KrisEnergy and the Cambodia government in the Gulf of Thailand, in December 2020. KrisEnergy

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Cambodia files lawsuit against vessel owners over alleged crude oil theft

3 Sep 2021 10:02 PM|

Cambodia’s first entry into oil extraction may have ultimately failed, but the government is turning to the law to salvage at least one part of the attempt.

A man feeds ducks at his farm at the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Picture taken on February 2, 2017. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Government farm helpline has few takers in early days

3 Sep 2021 9:00 PM|

A new program to provide information and advice via phone to farmers has found few takers, with some saying they have little faith in the government to help them find…

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Cambodia preparing to ask Indonesia for return of stolen crude oil

26 Aug 2021 8:02 PM|

Cambodia’s government spokesperson has said that the nation will ask Indonesian authorities to send back the MT Strovolos oil tanker, which has been charged with stealing roughly 300,000 barrels of…

Investors gather in front of the GoldFX Investment Co., Ltd building in Phnom Penh to demand their money back after $27million was stolen from the investment fund, May 31, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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GoldFX investors call for Hun Sen to intervene in financial scandal

16 Aug 2021 8:11 PM|

inancial sector. Around 7,000 investors in total have been reported as having invested in the company, with as much as $27million believed to have been stolen. The company is claiming…

Short Term Economic Drag Expected After Border Flare Up, Advisory Says

Sihanoukville’s half-built high-rises wait for the Chinese to return

Cambodian government trims booming casino industry with new capital requirements

The World Bank downgrades Cambodia’s projected growth due to COVID crisis

Cambodia files lawsuit against vessel owners over alleged crude oil theft

Government farm helpline has few takers in early days

Cambodia preparing to ask Indonesia for return of stolen crude oil

GoldFX investors call for Hun Sen to intervene in financial scandal

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Short Term Economic Drag Expected After Border Flare Up, Advisory Says

Sihanoukville’s half-built high-rises wait for the Chinese to return

Cambodian government trims booming casino industry with new capital requirements

More business resumed as government moves toward full reopening

The World Bank downgrades Cambodia’s projected growth due to COVID crisis

Cambodia files lawsuit against vessel owners over alleged crude oil theft

Government farm helpline has few takers in early days

Cambodia preparing to ask Indonesia for return of stolen crude oil

GoldFX investors call for Hun Sen to intervene in financial scandal

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