Ninth ‘black Monday’ sees clashes, threats
Anti-government protests marking the ninth “Black Monday” culminated in violent clashes between activists and security guards in Phnom Penh on Monday. ...
Ben Sokhean and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ninth-black-monday-sees-clashes-threats-115003/
China to construct a Technical University of Science in Cambodia
China is considering the construction of a technical university of science in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501296760/china-to-construct-a-technical-university-of-science-in-cambodia/
High school meth use up: UN
High school students are increasingly using methamphetamines and other stimulants to relax or help them study, according to the UN. A spike in trafficking of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) across the borders with Thailand and Laos over the past two years has gone hand-in-hand with a rise ...
Daniel Pye and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/high-school-meth-use-un
Digital platform for sustainable charcoal production in the works
An innovative digital platform for the government is being developed to promote the sustainable production and consumption of charcoal. It’s the work of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which partnered with the Group for Environment, Renewable Energies and Solidarity (Geres), the Regional Community Forestry ...
Thai princess technology institute to begin construction
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn have high expectations for the Kampong Speu Institute of Technology, which was funded by the Thai royal in order to develop human resources in Cambodia. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21782/thai-princess-technology-institute-to-begin-construction/
‘Cyber War Team’ to monitor web
The Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit has created a “Cyber War Team” to monitor and collect information from Facebook and other websites in order to “protect the government’s stance and prestige,” according to a proclamation published in the Royal Gazette. The document, signed ...
Matt Blomberg and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cyber-war-team-to-monitor-web-72677/
Cambodia sees 44% rise in new company registrations in 7 months
Cambodia has granted operating licenses to 2,424 new companies in the first seven months of 2014, up 44 percent compared with 1,688 firms over the same period last year, according to the latest report of the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=238871
Qatar plans bank in Cambodia to enhance trade
Qatar’s ambassador to Cambodia says his country wants to open a bank here in an effort to enhance, and attract more, trade and investment from Middle East countries to the Kingdom. Bloomberg reported yesterday that Arqaam Capital, a Dubai-based investment bank, had said it was ...
Government committed to meeting global goal to empower women
The government yesterday expressed its commitment to reduce gender-based violence, eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls and provide effective reproductive health services in line with the action plan of the International Conference on Population and Development. The commitment was made during the National ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50651593/government-committed-to-meeting-global-goal-to-empower-women/
Korea Gives $13 mil for Flood Project
Korea will provide a $13.3 million concessional loan to renovate the Stung Siem Reap Phase II flood mitigation project after a deal signed yesterday between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Korea Export and Import Bank. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23335/korea-gives--13-mil--for-flood-project/
Cambodia, Japan discuss special economic zone establishment
Inter-ministries and a Japanese delegation have discussed a study project on the establishment of Cambodia-Japan Special Economic Zone, aimed to encourage more Japanese investors to invest in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501413751/cambodia-japan-discuss-special-economic-zone-establishment/
Gov’t urged to step up investments in tech parks
The seventh edition of the ‘Give A Day’ meet, held in Phnom Penh recently, urged the Cambodian government to step up investments in tech parks for promoting the ecosystem for digital start-ups and also to speed up the country’s march to become a digital economy. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501138218/govt-urged-to-step-up-investments-in-tech-parks/
Flood challenges still loom
The floodwaters may have receded, but their effects are far from over, with the government, NGOs and international donors saying yesterday they are still assessing the damage as they shift to long-term rehabilitation. Last November, Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon said the government would ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012012754194/National-news/flood-challenges-still-loom.html
Ministry introduces new disability management system and database
During the last four years the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has identified 163,063 men and 155,410 women totalling 318,473 people as disabled. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501413465/ministry-introduces-new-disability-management-system-and-database/
Three tech-savvy women granted awards for innovation
Three women have been granted awards for their contributions to the technology sector in Cambodia. Fat Si Em, a transport and planning manager at a telecomm company, won the ICT Engineer Award; Long Leakhena, a businesswoman, won the Woman ICT Entrepreneur award; and Chan Penh ...
Malis Tum
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/three-tech-savvy-women-granted-awards-for-innovation/4287750.html
Mining revenue rises on improved collection
The Ministry of Mines and Energy collected $20.3 million in non-tax revenue last year, a 20 percent increase over the previous year, it said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-revenue-rises-improved-collection
Malaysian Maybank expands to outskirts
Malaysian-owned Maybank, one of the largest banks in Cambodia, opened its 12th national branch in Phnom Penh on Friday. The bank aims to reach emerging businesses in the city’s Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) with the new office. ...
Speaking in tongues: Young Cambodians learning foreign languages to improve economic opportunities
In the globalised world, being able to communicate in more than one language is becoming essential for many people seeking rewarding careers. Young Cambodians have taken this message to heart and are learning Cambodia is slowly moving up the development ladder but low-wage factory labour still ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/365365/speaking-in-tongues
Integration a priority
When deciding what aspects of their economies to prioritise to grow their economies, ASEAN’s less developed countries, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), should look to the organisation’s oldest members (the ASEAN-6) for guidance, according to a joint statement following the fourth CLMV Economics Ministers’ ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082958333/Business/integration-a-priority-for-asean.html
58 workers arrested, freed over protests at Bavet SEZs
Fifty-eight protesting workers from the Tai Seng special economic zone (SEZ) in Bavet City were arrested on Monday morning and released in the evening after agreeing not to use violence or damage property in the future, authorities said, the latest development in a bout of ...
Matt Blomberg and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/58-workers-arrested-freed-over-protests-at-bavet-sezs-103568/