Media-Savvy Monks to Launch Weekly Radio Show
As Buddhist monks across the country don saffron robes and leave pagodas in search of donations to fill alms bowls each morning, seven monks based in Dangkao district on the dusty outskirts of Phnom Penh are thinking only of feeding the country’s growing appetite for ...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/media-savvy-monks-to-launch-weekly-radio-show-51192/
Rules-based int'l co-op a key in times of peril: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen said there are pressing reasons to strengthen multilateralism and rules-based international cooperation as interference by foreign powers and use of military force only bring on even worse tragedies rather than offering any solutions. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rules-based-intl-co-op-key-times-peril-pm
Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia saves time, money for travelers
Connecting Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, with the international deep-water seaport province of Preah Sihanouk, the first Chinese-invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway has not only facilitated transportation, but also saved both time and money for travellers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501356499/chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia-saves-time-money-for-travelers/
Social media shows election day muscle
Illustrating a rapidly changing information network in Cambodia, social media played a major role yesterday, as images and videos that appeared to depict fraudulent election activity went viral on Facebook and Twitter. Videos of voters washing off the supposedly indelible security ink used to identify those ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/social-media-shows-election-day-muscle
Military Police Receive Training for Violent Demonstrations
More than one thousand military police officers on Saturday participated in simulated exercises designed to prepare them should demonstrations over the contested results of last month’s national election break out, officials said Sunday. The officers, clad in bulletproof vests, were trained in crowd control and riot ...
Denise Hruby and Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/military-police-receive-training-for-violent-demonstrations-39978/
Girls’ digital literacy in the East Asia and Pacific Region: Spotlight on Cambodia
Today’s world is a digital world. We use technology for work, study, communicating and play. We use Apps such as WhatsApp, Google, and Instagram; but what role does gender play in how we can use technology? ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501324479/girls-digital-literacy-in-the-east-asia-and-pacific-region-spotlight-on-cambodia/
Cambodia’s National Bank says banking system plays active role in continuing to support economic recovery
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said the banking system has played an active role in continuing to support the economic recovery by continuing to provide appropriate financial services to meet economic needs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501218507/cambodias-national-bank-says-banking-system-plays-active-role-in-continuing-to-support-economic-recovery/
World Bank finds Cambodia, Vietnam have lowest port turnaround times in ASEAN
Container shipping in Cambodia and Vietnam had the lowest port turnaround times in ASEAN in June last year with both countries scoring averages of 0.9 days, the World Bank says. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501277715/world-bank-finds-cambodia-vietnam-have-lowest-port-turnaround-times-in-asean/
App developers serve up Khmer cuisine to thriving digital recipe market
As Cambodians increasingly embrace the digital age, homegrown developers are creating Khmer recipe apps to share the nation’s traditional dishes. On Google Play for Android, the app “Khmer Cooking Recipe” is leading the pack having recorded more than100,000 downloads. ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50802403/app-developers-serve-up-khmer-cuisine-to-thriving-digital-recipe-market/
ODC 2020 annual staff retreat and reflection
Following a long tradition, the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) team had the chance to go on the off-site Annual Staff Retreat and Reflection between the 20th and the 23rd of January 2021. The team spent four days at Chi-Phat Ecotourism Community and Tatai Paradise Eco ...
Police Detain Protesting NagaWorld Staff
Nineteen NagaWorld casino employees were detained Tuesday afternoon as police attempted to break up a protest of more than 500 workers who had picketed in front of the casino for the past six days, demanding the company increase their salaries. The workers had been striking non-violently ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-detain-protesting-nagaworld-staff-31336/
China major contributor to Cambodia's agricultural development: Cambodian minister
China has played a key role in helping develop agriculture in Cambodia, Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said. ...
Nguon Sovan and Mao Pengfei
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/15/c_137325483.htm
More investors plug in to Kingdom’s online growth
Cambodia’s fixed-line internet services market continues to attract new players despite limited infrastructure and a crowded playing field, new data show. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-investors-plug-kingdoms-online-growth
Cambodia’s famed Angkor receives 83,854 foreign visitors in seven months, up more than 13 times
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park attracted 83,854 foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2022, up 13.5 times compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501126203/cambodias-famed-angkor-receives-83854-foreign-visitors-in-seven-months-up-more-than-13-times/
Boys killed after grenade launcher explodes
Three boys were killed in Oddar Meanchey province on Friday after a grenade launcher they were playing with exploded, officials said. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boys-killed-after-grenade-launcher-explodes-112296/
Ministry says arsenic levels in rice 'no problem'
The Ministry of Agriculture has played down the results of a study that found high levels of arsenic in some samples of locally grown rice. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-says-arsenic-levels-rice-no-problem
Don’t bet on elections
The house always wins, except when there’s a disputed election scaring gamblers away from the tables. That’s the message from Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc, which operates casinos in Poipet town and Pailin province as well as supplying NagaWorld casino with slot machines. According to the company, Cambodia’s ...
Daniel de Carteret and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/don%E2%80%99t-bet-elections
Charting changes in Japanese FDI
Japan’s investment in Cambodia continues to grow and its investors are playing a leading role in developing and diversifying the Kingdom’s light industrial sector. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/charting-changes-japanese-fdi
Four children injured by UXO blast near school
Four children were injured, two of them seriously, after playing with unexploded ordnance (UXO) near their school in Siem Reap province’s Chi Kreng district on Tuesday, police said Thursday. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-children-injured-by-uxo-blast-near-school-80835/
Empowering women in Cambodia’s farming sector
Cambodian women play an important role in the agricultural sector, especially as the nation’s economic conditions continue to force many men to seek work overseas, according to experts. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/empowering-women-in-cambodia-farming-sector/3232287.html