Almost $14 million investment projects approved by CDC, creating close to 3,000 jobs
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved four new investment projects with a total capital of $13.9 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1073833/almost-14-million-investment-projects-approved-by-cdc-creating-close-to-3000-jobs/
Sonando Continues to Seek TV License, Radio Relay Station
Though the Ministry of Information has repeatedly rejected independent radio station owner Mam Sonando’s requests to obtain a television station license and a radio relay station, saying that there was “no space” for him, the government has approved at least three new TV licenses and ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sonando-continues-to-seek-tv-license-radio-relay-station-51335/
Relations with China to continue growing
A high-ranking Chinese official has vowed to boost ties with Cambodia to a new high, noting that the Kingdom has steady economic development during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545338/relations-with-china-to-continue-growing/
General Department of Taxation postpones property taxes deadline again
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) Cambodia has once again announced the second postponement of 2015 tax payment for real estate by setting a new deadline to the end of November this year. ...
Breakaway party becomes country’s 10th in past year
A breakaway faction from the Cambodian National Justice Party—itself a recent breakaway from the Beehive Social Democratic Party—has formed a new political party, its founder announced on Friday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/breakaway-party-becomes-countrys-10th-in-past-year-107666/
Crystal expands sustainability with Cambodia jeans plant
Hong Kong based garment manufacturing giant Crystal Group is hoping to replicate the success of its “Chinese role model sustainable denim jeans factory” with its new facility in Cambodia. ...
Just-Style News Staff
http://www.just-style.com/news/crystal-expands-sustainability-with-cambodia-jeans-plant_id126235.aspx
Gov’t pushing for softer touch on drug rehab programs
The Kingdom’s much-maligned drug rehabilitation programs may be getting a facelift, thanks to a new government-led push towards ‘community-based treatment’, according to officials and NGOs working in the sector. ...
James Reddick and Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18445/gov---t-pushing-for-softer-touch-on-drug-rehab-programs/
Poipet customs director removed in riot’s wake
Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities yesterday promoted a new director of Provincial Customs and Excise to replace his predecessor, seven months after an office under his jurisdiction was at the centre of a riot. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-customs-director-removed-riots-wake
Advertisers spend less on print
Advertising budgets are getting bigger, but an increasingly smaller share of the revenue is going to traditional print media, with 2016 shaping up to be an exceptionally lean year, new market research shows. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/advertisers-spend-less-print
Pensions rise in the pipeline
Retired civil servants and military veterans are to get a pension rise next month, along with the same 50,000 riel Khmer New Year allowance as serving civil servants and armed forces members. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36381/pensions-rise-in-the-pipeline/
South Korea-Funded Civil Aviation Training Center Inaugurated
A civil aviation training center was launched in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, three years after an agreement was signed with South Korea to fund the construction of the new facility. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/s-korea-funded-civil-aviation-training-center-inaugurated-126918/
South Korea to train local educators
The Education Ministry plans to cooperate with the Ministry of Education of South Korea to help train teachers in Cambodia, specifically in new teaching techniques and on the subjects of science and mathematics. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/112235/south-korea-to-train-local-educators/
Sesan locals win right to stay
Local authorities have agreed to allow the last families refusing to relocate from their homes near the Lower Sesan II dam to establish a new village on their community forest and ancestral lands. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094169/sesan-locals-win-right-stay/
Electricity access is growing, but divide persists
Cambodia has been quickly turning on the lights for more households, but access to electricity remains significantly lower in rural areas than in cities, according to a new report from the World Bank. ...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/electricity-access-is-growing-but-divide-persists-127606/
Two women go head-to-head in election dominated by men
As Cambodians go to the polls on Sunday to elect new local council representatives, in a contest dominated by men, two women are facing off for control of this Kampong Speu province commune. ...
Sun Narin
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/two-women-go-head-to-head-in-election-dominated-by-men/3884409.html
Unionist firings inspire walkout
About 1,000 workers at a Kandal province garment factory walked off the job on Saturday after management there fired eight employees who attempted to start a new union. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unionist-firings-inspire-walkout
Rong Chhun ready to scrap
Newly appointed election monitor Rong Chhun has come out swinging ahead of today’s official swearing in of the nine New National Election Committee members, saying he is “sharpening his spurs” for a potential showdown. ...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rong-chhun-ready-scrap
Enforcement of traffic law to begin with speeding
Implementation of the new Land Traffic Law that was passed in December will officially begin on January 1, an official said Monday, with police focusing on the leading causes of traffic accidents, starting with speeding. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/enforcement-of-traffic-law-to-begin-with-speeding-89659/
Land concessions responsible for large-scale deforestation in Cambodia
Land concessions for large-scale agricultural plantations are stripping off Cambodia’s forest cover, according to a new report by Forest Trends, a U.S.-based environmental protection group. ...
Morgan Erickson-Davis
http://news.mongabay.com/2015/08/land-concessions-responsible-for-large-scale-deforestation-in-cambodia/
As gov’t hunts for oil, students want answers
Youths raised concerns about the potential environmental impact of petroleum discovery and use at a roundtable discuss on Saturday during which they debated with officials eager to continue searching and tapping into new energy resources. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15419/as-gov---t-hunts-for-oil--students-want-answers/