Press statement of Phnom Penh Capital Hall
Phnom Penh Capital Hall would like to inform the public that on 11 November 2014, 08:00 a.m., around 40 people of Boeung Kak community gathered in front of Phnom Penh Capital Hall protesting to demand the release of 7 people who were arrested on 10 ...
Phnom Penh Capital Hall
Ministry to curb orphanages
Minister for Social Affairs Vong Soth yesterday vowed to cut the amount of children in orphanages by 30 per cent within two years through a joint campaign with NGOs. Dubbed “Keep Families Together”, the initiative, backed by USAID, UNICEF and Friends international, will urge parents to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-curb-orphanages
Workers submit petition to gov’t over labor law, severance pay
About 40 workers from Phnom Penh’s Meroson garment factory delivered a petition signed by 700 of their colleagues to a representative of Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday, calling on the premier to intervene in their dispute over what they say is the factory’s failure ...
Foreigners, tourists to pay more for entry visas
Foreigners will have to pay additional costs to enter Cambodia following a government announcement earlier this week that visa fees will increase by $10 starting in October. Tourists will have to pay $30 for a one-month entry visa and business visitors $35, up from the $20 ...
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreigners-tourists-to-pay-more-for-entry-visas-66668/
Chinese human resources vice-minister visits Cambodia to strengthen ties
Xin Changxing, vice minister of the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, met here Monday with Ith Samheng, Cambodian minister of labor and vocational training, to discuss ways to further enhance relations and cooperation in labor sector between the two countries. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/08/c_133628311.htm
Judicial system is an obstacle to eliminate corruption
Weakness of the court system is a major obstacle in the fight against corruption which hampers the country’s development, a corruption expert said today. Chairman of Transparency international-Cambodia, Mr. Preap Kol said that because of the poor court system, it hard to get rid of corruption. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/judicial-system-is-an-obstacle-to-eliminate-corruption-7419
NGO volunteer found guilty of child sex crimes
A man who volunteered at a Christian NGO that seeks to combat sex trafficking was found guilty yesterday by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and jailed for three years for raping four former street children younger than 10 years old who were meant to be ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-volunteer-found-guilty-child-sex-crimes
Charged activist’s wife says let down by CNRP
The wife of political activist Ouk Pich Samnang, who was charged with intentional violence and causing damage to public property after smashing his tuk-tuk through a barricade during a protest in Phnom Penh last week, said Monday she felt the opposition CNRP had “turned a ...
Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/charged-activists-wife-says-let-down-by-cnrp-71121/
Police to investigate market fire
The Phnom Penh police’s fire brigade is creating a new committee to determine the cause of a blaze at O’Russei market on Sunday night, an official said. The fire, he said, was extinguished within an hour and led to what vendors are saying equates to ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/police-investigate-market-fire
Ministry to curb orphanages
Minister for Social Affairs Vong Soth yesterday vowed to cut the amount of children in orphanages by 30 per cent within two years through a joint campaign with NGOs. Dubbed “Keep Families Together”, the initiative, backed by USAID, UNICEF and Friends international, will urge parents to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-curb-orphanages
Bridge's shadow falls on river ferry community
Before the sun casts its light on the Neak Loeung ferry port every morning, commuters begin arriving in buses and cars, on motorbikes and horse-carts. At the crest of the riverbank, chains slung between concrete pillars bring them to a halt. And there, even before their ...
Matt Blomberg and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/ferriedaway/
China holds senior officials' meeting of Lancang-Mekong River Dialogue and Cooperation
The first senior officials’ meeting of Lancang-Mekong River Dialogue and Cooperation was held Monday in Beijing and senior officials from China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam discussed the concept paper for establishing the Lancang-Mekong River Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism, including its objectives, direction and ...
Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1O1B4jA
Laos looks to balance China’s growing economic influence
China’s growing influence in Laos, marked by expanded investment and trade, has led some international agencies to warn Laos about an unhealthy financial dependence on China. Analysts say Laos is looking to balance China’s influence by drawing support from longstanding backer Vietnam as well as ...
Ron Corben
http://bit.ly/1QyDHM5
Former Phnom Penh governor reacts to sand dredging
Former Phnom Penh governor Kep Chutema strongly reacted recently over sand dredging beyond the permitted-area. The current parliamentarian in Phnom Penh, Kep Chutema’s reaction has been done after 3 dredged-boats operated near his residence at the river bank of Mekong. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1B49rEs
Hun Sen denies loss of land to border encroachment
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday that neither he nor his government has caused any loss of territory to bordering countries. His statement comes amid a diplomatic row with Vietnam, which has been working on ponds, a road and a military outpost in contested ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-denies-loss-of-land-to-border-encroachment/2865171.html
Youth fear joblessness
Unemployment is the top worry for Cambodian youth, according to a survey released on Friday.Almost half – 49 per cent – of 630 people surveyed across the country cited unemployment as their main concern in the survey conducted by the Youth Committee for Unity and ...
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-fear-joblessness
Police, military show support for Hun Sen on maps issue
With public statements of their own over the weekend, the national police and armed forces dutifully fell in behind Prime Minister Hun Sen’s call on Friday for swift legal action against anyone who still dared to dispute that his government was using the right maps ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-military-show-support-for-hun-sen-on-maps-issue-92354/
Gov’t cuts taxes on rubber exports to aid ailing sector
The government has reduced taxes on rubber exports to minimise the impact of a fall in the international price of the commodity. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-cuts-taxes-rubber-exports-aid-ailing-sector
Rival unions’ workers displeased with pact
More than 100 Free Trade Union of Cambodia supporters gathered in front of the union’s office to express their discontent with a deal struck between the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union and their employer, Puma supplier Thai Pore Garment Manufacturing, FTU officials said ...
SME chief complains of excessive red tape
The representative of the Cambodia Food Manufacture Association (CFMA) has requested a reduction in government red tape especially for the small and medium enterprises. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732781/sme-chief-complains-of-excessive-red-tape/