As mosques are replaced, Cham minority could see heritage fade
<p>Cambodia is home to some 400,000 Cham Muslims. The ethnic group, like many others, suffered terrible losses during the Khmer Rouge regime. Lives were lost and cultural landmarks destroyed. Now, as mosques and heritage sites around the country are demolished to make way for more ...p>
Poppy McPherson and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/mosques-are-replaced-cham-minority-could-see-heritage-fade
Cambodia to Miss 2013 Copyright Deadline
<p>Cambodia will not meet the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) deadline to enforce copyright laws by 2013 and will likely ask for an extension, an official at the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday.
The deadline was already extended once by the WTO in 2005 after it ...p>
Promotions few in financial sector
<p>In late 2009, two months after graduating with a degree in economics, Heng piseth found a job as a credit officer with a microfinance institution in Kampong Thom province.
The story reflects a larger trend confronting young Cambodians entering the financial sector’s job market. While ...p>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/promotions-few-financial-sector
PM Defends Interest Rates
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday lashed out at the opposition party’s concerns over the interest rates charged by commercial banks to farmers.
SRp lawmaker Yim Sovann said commercial banks in Cambodia charge customers very high interest rates, and said it is much higher than in other ...p>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665645/Business/pm-defends-interest-rates.html
Strikers descend on ministry
<p>Shouting their demands and trying to force their way through the gate, thousands of striking garment workers rallied in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs to no avail yesterday. The strikes came the morning after management posted a notice saying some 6,000 striking workers ...p>
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strikers-descend-ministry
Judicial reform pledged by PM
<p>The Cambodian government has privately pledged that it will pass the long-awaited “three fundamental laws” aimed at reforming the judiciary during the first session of parliament in early 2014, UN rights envoy Surya Subedi said.
The laws – which focus on codifying the court’s jurisdiction, laying ...p>
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/judicial-reform-pledged-pm
Rule hanging over NA
<p>A ruling party lawmaker and parliamentary spokesman said yesterday that the National Assembly will consider invoking an internal rule that could force the opposition party to replace its elected lawmakers with lower-ranked candidates from within the party if their boycott continues beyond a deadline.
principle 83 ...p>
Kevin Ponniah and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rule-hanging-over-na
Electric car is still on the charger
<p>What happened to Cambodia’s electric car? The short answer is, the wait continues.
More than seven months after its owners unveiled the new and improved Angkor EV 2013 to great fanfare, they are chronically short of funding and assembly is taking place in piecemeal fashion.
Seang Chan ...p>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/electric-car-still-charger
Newspaper threatened over child labour story
<p>A Thai-owned sugar company has threatened legal action against a newspaper that ran a story and video depicting the use of child labour at its Koh Kong province plantation, but advocates on the ground there say the children are indeed used as employees.
The Bangkok post yesterday reported ...p>
Sean Teehan and Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/newspaper-threatened-over-child-labour-story
Micro-insurance access urged
<p>Cambodia’s finance sector should increase insurance accessibility to its smallest lenders to help protect against indebtedness at times of disaster, an industry expert said at a conference in phnom penh yesterday.
Speaking at the Hotel Cambodiana to an audience of industry representatives on rural entrepreneurship, Jaime ...p>
Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/micro-insurance-access-urged
Higher tax, healthier kids: study
<p>A World Bank report highlighting the rate of Cambodian children exposed to second-hand cigarette smoke has bolstered calls to increase tobacco taxes threefold.
The World Bank report, which was released on November 20 and titled Risking Your Health, claims nearly 50 per cent of all Cambodians under ...p>
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/higher-tax-healthier-kids-study
Local brands standing firm
<p>Inside a shop in a restored building on the corner of Sothearos Boulevard and Street 266, nearly 10 Cambodians wearing the same uniform are walking around and cleaning tables.
By the end of this year, Brown Coffee will have a total of eight branches in ...p>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-brands-standing-firm
Camko City starts third phase
<p>The Now World City company is starting construction of its third phase at Camko City after its satellite city had suspended operations for a while.
Kim Duk Kon, the vice president of World City, said that the new project included building luxury villas, with 140 houses ...p>
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/camko-city-starts-third-phase
Nation’s youngest lack teachers
<p>Fewer and fewer primary schoolteachers are willing to cope with poor pay and the worst student-to-teacher ratio outside of Africa, government data shows.
Annual reports released by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport reveal that despite fervent recruitment efforts, every year since 2005 – when ...p>
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nation%E2%80%99s-youngest-lack-teachers
Ministries Discuss New Appeal Courts, Judicial Reform
<p>The Ministry of Justice is moving ahead with plans to expand the Appeal Court system around the country as part of inter-ministerial talks that began on Monday on the subject of judicial reform.
The talks, which are expected to wrap up today, focus on a long-awaited ...p>
Khuon Narim and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministries-discuss-new-appeal-courts-judicial-reform-50940/
Video can’t be trusted: district gov
<p>Video footage of Daun penh district deputy governor Sok penh Vuth bashing a defenceless man with a bullhorn on Monday has sparked outrage and demands for his ouster, but his boss told the post yesterday that people shouldn’t be too hasty to judge, suggesting the footage may ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/video-can%E2%80%99t-be-trusted-district-gov
Press Release on the organization of the 11th Cambodia International Day of Deafness and the 66th International Day 2023 under the theme "Working Environment for the Deaf for Development"
<p>On 17 September 2023, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation issued a press release on the organization of the 11th Cambodian Deaf Day and the 66th International Deaf Day 2023 under the theme “Inclusive work for deaf for development”.In the Kingdom of ...p>
Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation
Boeng Kak Residents Ask US Embassy For Help
<p>About 200 Boeung Kak residents gathered in front of the US Embassy in phnom penh yesterday, seeking help from US Ambassador Carol Rodley in lobbying to have their housing requirements fulfilled.
Arrriving at the embassy yesterday at 7:30 am, villager were told by a guard that ...p>
Press release on the development of Poy Kampenh area
<p>On 23 September 2018, National Committee for the Management and Development of Coastal Zone issued a press release on the construction of roads, drainage systems, and the rocky beach transformation into sandy beach provides benefits for the public and is in line with the development of ...p>
National Committee for the Management and Development of Coastal Zone
Forest rangers seek 1,210 rifles after serious attacks
<p>The Ministry of Environment sought permission from the Ministry of National Defence to arm municipal and provincial rangers with 1,210 rifles in response to one of its rangers being killed and two others critically assaulted while out on patrol in Mondulkiri and Kampong Thom provinces. ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-rangers-seek-1210-rifles-after-serious-attacks
