Cambodian Court Orders New Probe Into Dissident’s Call to Shoot ‘Dictator’
A Phnom Penh court on Thursday agreed to a prosecution request to consider filing more serious charges against a U.S.-based Cambodia dissident Sourn Serey Ratha accused of instigating an armed revolt against Prime Minister Hun Sen. Sourn Serey Ratha, who leads the Khmer People Power Movement ...
Parameswaran Ponnudurai
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/court-07102014203809.html
Kidney trafficking between Cambodia and Thailand sparks fears of new organ market
The seven-inch scar runs diagonally across the left flank of his skinny torso, a glaring reminder of an operation he hoped would save his family from debt but instead plunged him into shame. But on discovering the broker earned US$10,000 for each kidney they sacrificed, ...
Asia One News Staff
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/kidney-trafficking-between-cambodia-and-thailand-sparks-fears-new-organ-market
New regulations focus on healthy workplace, foreign workforce and labor identification documents
The deadline for submitting applications for foreign employee quotas is fast approaching. Employers must apply for the foreign labor quota before the end of November 2014 in order to employ foreigners in 2015. The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training has recently issued a number ...
Max Howlett and Yun Sophal
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/new-regulations-focus-on-healthy-workplace-foreign-workforce-and-labor-identification-documents-7578
New year holiday brought millions of dollars to Siem Reap, officials say
A three-day holiday in the tourist town of Siem Reap has garnered millions of dollars in economic value, officials said Tuesday. The Angkor Sankranta, held near the famed temples of Angkor Wat, celebrates the Khmer New Year, a lunar holiday that typically falls in April. It ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1JsdBoE
New draft of NGO law ‘much worse’ than the last, CCC says
An NGO umbrella group says it has seen a new, leaked copy of a controversial draft law that aims to regulate the country’s hundreds of non-government organizations—and that the latest version marks a significant step backward. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-draft-of-ngo-law-much-worse-than-the-last-ccc-says-85208/
Death of Chea Sim a new reminder of impunity, rights group says
With the death last week of Chea Sim, a ruling party stalwart and former Khmer Rouge cadre, Cambodians are again reminded that the powerful are rarely prosecuted, Human Rights Watch says. ...
Sok Khemara
http://bit.ly/1fixfKS
Are banteng making a comeback in Cambodia? Researchers find new population
Researchers have discovered a new population of banteng (Bos javanicus), a species of wild cattle, in northwestern Cambodia. The discovery was announced June 4, 2014 by Fauna and Flora International (FFI), and efforts are underway to implement conservation initiatives to protect the area and its newfound banteng, ...
Janaki Lenin
http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0623-gfrn-lenin-banteng.html
New milestone for financial technology
Techo Startup Centre (TSC), under the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the association of banks in Cambodia, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation to promote financial technology systems in Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50767710/new-milestone-for-financial-technology/
Government launches new digital plan for its economic development
Cambodia has launched its new 14-year plan on digital policy, saying the sector is a new model of economic growth, which can respond and keep pace with rapid changes in the economy as it recovers from the financial dip caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50877963/government-launches-new-digital-plan-for-its-economic-development/
New communes planned for ‘22 council election inclusion
The Ministry of Interior plans to establish new communes before the 2022 commune council elections to make it easier for local people to access public services. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/new-communes-planned-22-council-election-inclusion
New community proposed to protect Stung Sen Ramsar site
Fifty-one families, equivalent to 87% of the total number of households in Phat Sanday commune, Kampong Svay district, Kampong Thom province, have applied to establish a new community in the Stung Sen Ramsar site for the protection and conservation of natural resources by local villagers ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50938052/new-community-proposed-to-protect-stung-sen-ramsar-site/
New clean water treatment technology launched in Battambang
Australian Ambassador Pablo Kang and Industry Minister Cham Prasidh jointly launched a water treatment facility in Battambang yesterday and the “Provincial Investment Plan for Piped Water Supply in Cambodia (PIP)” study. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50980797/new-clean-water-treatment-technology-launched-in-battambang/
Kandal residents protest new land filling near airport development
Kandal village residents protested on Thursday against the filling in of land near their homes at the $1.5 billion airport development project, with a company official saying they were only filling the homes of three people who had agreed to leave the site. ...
Runn Sreydeth and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/kandal-residents-protest-new-land-filling-near-airport-development/
Conflict-ridden land concession moved to new forest area
A decade-old rubber plantation project beset with disputes with local residents has had its 9,000 hectares relocated to an intact forest in Stung Treng. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/conflict-ridden-land-concession-moved-to-new-forest-area/
Dissecting the new tax law
Phnom Penh’s business community gathered on Thursday for a forum hosted by EuroCham Cambodia on “Unpacking the Law on Taxation”, with the aim of breaking down the new regulations introduced in May. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-dissecting-the-new-tax-law
New initiatives for Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan
Cambodia has added three new initiatives to the Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan 2025-2029, addressing the issues of gender, environment, and improvised anti-personnel mines. These additions reflect the country’s commitment to upholding the Ottawa Convention. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501552520/new-initiatives-for-siem-reap-angkor-action-plan/
Youth Support for Protests Cools as Fears Mount
One of the most significant and memorable aspects of the fiercely contested July 28 national election was the explosion of youth engagement during the campaign season, with hordes of young Cambodians driving through the streets on motorbikes calling for change. The youth vote has been widely ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/youth-support-for-protests-cools-as-fears-mount-39518/
Election ranks low: study
Cambodia’s national election in July ranked 69th out of 73 elections held worldwide between mid-2012 and the end of 2013 for electoral integrity, an election research group based at the University of Sydney and Harvard University has found. The Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) collected assessments from ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-ranks-low-study
Kingdom, China ink railway training deal
A Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) and public Beijing-based university have teamed up to provide technical training to Cambodian students and other participants, and develop their expertise in the railway industry, as the Kingdom moves to modernise its rail infrastructure, according to the transport ministry. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-china-ink-railway-training-deal
SIV Vatana
Research and Web Content ManagerVatana has been working with ODC as an Editor-Researcher and Research and Content Officer since 2016. Vatana has been acknowledged for her leadership in organizing and overseeing the content and web development teams in the expansion of online resources. She was ...