1,000 antenna poles to be installed in Phnom Penh to boost mobile reception
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has already identified the location to install more than 1,000 telephone service antenna poles in Phnom Penh’s 14 districts. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501319534/1000-antenna-poles-to-be-installed-in-phnom-penh-to-boost-mobile-reception/
Med students accuse uni of graft, gouging
The University of Health Sciences (UHS) rejected allegations from staff and students yesterday that their management is embezzling funds from the national medical exit examinations. On Tuesday, UHS staff and students accused the University of pocketing funds from the $125 exams that were held between February ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/med-students-accuse-uni-graft-gouging
Fine arts university to relocate
The government will spend at least $12 million to relocate the Royal University of Fine Arts (RUFA) and build a cultural center on four hectares of land in Chroy Changvar district, while the old University buildings will be used to expand the National Museum. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36128/fine-arts-university-to-relocate/
Chinese continue to flock as region suffers
Cambodia’s tourism industry has benefited from the unrest that has hit much of the region, with Chinese tourists diverting their routes from problematic areas such as Thailand to the country, according to a report released Thursday by the Sydney-based Center for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). Chinese ...
George Styllis and Cherie Chan
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/chinese-continue-to-flock-as-region-suffers-64963/
Education ministry project builds ICT-powered experimental classroom in Cambodia
The education ministry has launched an assistance project to build a smart classroom in Cambodia to help the country experiment with teaching and learning through up-to-date information and communications technology (ICT) devices, officials said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50980354/education-ministry-project-builds-ict-powered-experimental-classroom-in-cambodia/
Push to connect rural areas
Telecommunication operators are being pushed to develop connecting telecommunication infrastructure to enable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) connectivity from urban to rural areas. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080378/push-connect-rural-areas/
Education ministry wants bachelor’s degrees for all teachers
The Education Ministry will organize a training course and study programs that will give all of the country’s teachers access to bachelor’s degree programs by 2020, officials said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17961/education-ministry-wants-bachelor---s-degrees-for-all-teachers/
Potato trials identify growth areas
Researchers at the Potato Research Centre at the Royal University of Agriculture announced yesterday that five provinces and the capital itself will become Cambodia’s hub for potato growing after successful tests of verities were recently finished. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50269548/potato-trials-identify-growth-areas/
Silk centre calls on private sector to take sericulture to the next level
Following a very successful year for the Kingdom’s sericulture sector in which its foundations have been cemented, the silk centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh is ready for expansion. ...
Report: 28.1% of Cambodians take out loans for healthcare
A new report has found that 28.1 per cent of Cambodians borrow money to pay for healthcare, with microfinance insiders claiming it does not reflect the reality in the financial sector. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) surveyed 5,000 households across Cambodia and found ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/report-281-cambodians-take-out-loans-healthcare
Alcohol a risk for sex workers, study finds
Both Cambodian women engaging in sex work and their male clients engage in unhealthy alcohol use, according to the findings of a soon-to-be-published study. ...
Jack Davies and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/alcohol-risk-sex-workers-study-finds
On Israeli farms, Cambodians study and sweat
For the past 11 months, Seng Nhel lived on a kibbutz in Israel, studying horticulture and working 45 hours a week on a farm growing fruits and vegetables for agro-industry giant Mehadrin. ...
Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-israeli-farms-cambodians-study-and-sweat-94321/
Potatoes to take root
Cambodia’s eastern Mondulkiri province will become the country’s first hub for potato growing after a successful pilot project, researchers say. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36153/potatoes-to-take-root/
Announcement on the 2018 YSEALI regional workshop: protecting the Mekong delta environment
The U.S. Mission to Vietnam and the Resource Center for Community Development (RCCD), An Giang University seek candidates for the 2018 YSEALI Regional Workshop: Protecting The Mekong Delta Environment which will be being held from June 4-9, 2018.ASEAN citizens between the ages of 18 and ...
US Embassy
Climate courses to be on offer
Cambodia is launching its first university-level climate change curriculum, according to USAID, which is supporting the pilot program. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/climate-courses-be-offer
Cambodian officials rescue family accused of sorcery in northeastern province
Officials in a northeast Cambodian province on Wednesday rescued a family accused Of being sorcerers by villagers who sought to take revenge on the father they blamed killing 10 people, local authorities said. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://bit.ly/1KbT48L
Fine arts university slated for relocation
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has decided to relocate the Royal University of Fine Arts from its central Phnom Penh location to the outskirts of the city to allow for an expansion of the National Museum, officials said Thursday. ...
Khuon Narim and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fine-arts-university-slated-for-relocation-84567/
Students protest over inability to sit exams
Nearly 200 midwives and nursing students at the International University in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district protested yesterday after reportedly being denied the necessary documents required to sit the Ministry of Health’s state civil servant exam this summer. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-protest-over-inability-sit-exams
In sickness and in debt: Medical expenses linked to informal borrowing
Last month a study conducted by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia painted a bleak picture for Cambodia’s ailing healthcare system. While acknowledging progress made in the field of delivering quality healthcare and the government’s apparent commitment to its universal access, the ...
Gerald Flynn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50672464/in-sickness-and-in-debt-medical-expenses-linked-to-informal-borrowing
Gender course to be piloted at Royal University
Gender studies will be incorporated into the curriculum at Cambodia’s largest university in an effort to shape the country’s top students’ views on the role of women in society, educators and experts said on Wednesday at a workshop on the course. A pilot program will begin ...
Holly Robertson and Sun Heng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gender-course-to-be-piloted-at-royal-university-63740/