Coby Hobbs
Reporter at Freelance
Associate Editor @cambojanews | Formerly with @SEA_GLOBE | Words in @AJEnglish @TheKenWeb @asiatimesonline @Focus_Cambodia @SEA_GLOBE
Articles
-
6 days ago |
cambojanews.com | Seoung Nimol |Coby Hobbs
Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour on Friday with 37 new agreements inked in Phnom Penh. The accords, covering multiple sectors, lacked fresh loans or grants and saw no confirmation – or specifics – of funding for a flagship canal project clouded by uncertainty over China’s backing.
-
1 week ago |
cambojanews.com | Seoung Nimol |Coby Hobbs
Fresh off a stop in Malaysia, Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Phnom Penh this morning, greeted by Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Senate President Hun Sen. The visit, capping a brief Southeast Asia tour, seeks to deepen ties as both countries face pressure to coordinate on regional challenges and the fallout from a U.S.-led trade war.
-
1 week ago |
cambojanews.com | Coby Hobbs
Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday confirmed Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit April 17-18, ending days of public buzz and scant official word on the trip. Xi, whose last state visit to Cambodia was in 2016, is set to meet the Royal family, Prime Minister Hun Manet and his father, longtime prime minister and current Senate president Hun Sen, to discuss strengthening ties and “international issues of common interest,” according to the statement.
-
2 weeks ago |
cambojanews.com | Coby Hobbs
As U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up the trade war with China, his administration announced Wednesday a 90-day reprieve on “reciprocal” tariffs for Cambodia and 90 other countries, while a 10% blanket tariff on all imports to the U.S. remains in place. The delay gives some breathing room to negotiate a 49% tariff – the highest in the region – before it is levied on Cambodian exports to its largest market.
-
3 weeks ago |
cambojanews.com | Seoung Nimol |Coby Hobbs
A pair of darkly euphemistic phrases have gone viral in Cambodia, reflecting growing public unease as bodies – often linked to transnational crime syndicates – continue to turn up in suitcases or near casino enclaves tied to online scam operations. While the hashtags are new, the violence is not. Cambodia ranks as the most crime-ridden country in the region, according to the crowdsourced data platform Numbeo’s latest crime index, which gauges crime levels through public and visitor surveys.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 181
- Tweets
- 70
- DMs Open
- No
RT @cambojanews: Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday confirmed Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit April 17-18, ending d…
RT @cambojanews: As U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up the trade war with China, his administration announced Wednesday a 90-day reprieve…
RT @IrrawaddyNews: Local media reported clashes between the regime and the Kachin Independence Army in Waingmaw, Kachin State on Thursday …
