Elections coalition has $170K shortfall
About $170,000 remains to be found for a coalition of watchdogs and civil society observers known as the “situation room” to successfully monitor all of Cambodia’s 2017 commune elections for irregularities. ...
Martin de Bourmont
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elections-coalition-has-170k-shortfall
Med school stands firm on fee
Despite outcry from medical students, the government is refusing to reduce the latest in a string of proposed fee hikes, this one nearly doubling the charge for the University of Health Science’s exit exam. In a letter sent to the university’s rector on Friday, the ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/med-school-stands-firm-fee
Voter rolls accurate: Comfrel
Two election monitoring groups have conducted an audit of National Election Committe-issued NEC voter lists in 252 communes and found them to be 98 percent accurate, potentially quelling, at least in part, past anxieties over the quality and veracity of these lists. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-rolls-accurate-comfrel
Kingdom to export crocodile skins
Cambodia will export 1,000 crocodile skins to France next month in a pilot project that, if successful, will look to increase the sale of skins to the EU, according to a Siem Reap crocodile farmers association representative. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-export-crocodile-skins
Chinese companies face culture shock
Faced with slower growth at home and rising labour costs, Chinese entrepreneurs are seeking foreign markets as never before.But as they rush abroad, they are grappling for the first time with unruly trade unions and meddlesome journalists. ...
The Post News Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-companies-face-culture-shock-0
OBRS listing nears 34,000, $10B capital
The total number of companies enrolled through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase I – commonly known as Single Portal – had reached almost 34,000 as of February 25, as reported by OBRS. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/obrs-listing-nears-34-000-10b-capital
Journalists in Cambodia have improved in truth and accuracy
With journalists in Cambodia adhering to the ethical provisions of their profession and improving day by day in their responsibilities and duties in ensuring accuracy in their work, there is no impunity for crimes against them. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963742/journalists-in-cambodia-have-improved-in-truth-and-accuracy/
Thai-Cambodian border trade still normal
Despite the disputed territory near Phra Viharn Temple, Thai-Cambodian border trade is still normal as 150,000 billion baht cash flow is expected by the end of 2013. According to the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC), border trade along the disputed area around Phra Viharn Temple ...
Thailand National News Bureau Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5610270010002
Cambodia ratifies agreement on visa exemption for Asean nationals
The Royal Government of Cambodia has deposited their instrument of ratification to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Framework Agreement on visa exemption for Asean nationals last week with Surin Pitsuwan, secretary-general of Asean, in accordance with the Article 8 of the agreement The agreement ...
Workers to file stories from the factory floor
The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) is hoping to turn a select group of garment workers into muckrakers by offering a journalism program through the Voice of Democracy news outlet. Free of charge, the course will last until October and have a firm focus on ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-file-stories-factory-floor
Juvenile justice law step closer to being reality
Officials from the ministries Of interior, social affairs, and justice met with NGOs on Friday to discuss the latest draft Of a juvenile justice law that has been in the works for more than a decade and which would mean young Offenders’ rights would be ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/juvenile-justice-law-step-closer-to-being-reality-52720/
Thai university to set up tourism school
Thailand’s Rajamangala University of Technology plans to set up a tourism and hospitality institute in Siem Reap province to build the capacity of Cambodians working in the tourism sector. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36200/thai-university-to-set-up-tourism-school/
Korea test cheaters arrested
Seventeen young people were charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and released on bail yesterday after they were caught allegedly falsifying documents while taking a Korean language test administered as a precursor to working in South Korea, police said. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/korea-test-cheaters-arrested
MoU signed for India-Cambodia cross-border payments
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote cross-border payments and remittances between Cambodia and India. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/mou-signed-for-india-cambodia-cross-border-payments
Foreign investors complain about the Kingdom’s business strictures
Foreign investors have asked the Cambodia government to reduce the cost of a certificate of origin (CO), which is currently far more expensive than other countries in ASEAN. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50762873/foreign-investors-complain-about-the-kingdoms-business-strictures/
BRI enhances the economic potential of Cambodia
Ten years on, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has injected vigorous impetus into building a community with a shared future for mankind, significantly contributing to global and regional development and stability, a Cambodian expert said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501371709/bri-enhances-the-economic-potential-of-cambodia/
Cambodia and France exchange two MoUs on trade and education
Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia, presided over the opening ceremony of the three-day France-Cambodia Business Forum, held at the Sofitel Phokeethra Phnom Penh this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519296/cambodia-and-france-exchange-two-mous-on-trade-and-education/
Press release on organizing the working group of the Royal Government's meeting to facilitate solutions and response to requests of civil society organizations
On 25 August 2020, Ministry of Interior has post a press release on the organizing the working group of the Royal Government’s meeting to facilitate solutions and response to requests of civil society organizations. The meeting aims to seek understanding and discuss with civil society ...
Ministry of Interior
Businesses urged to prioritise riel for salary payments
The Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), Chea Serey, is encouraging companies and enterprise owners to offer salaries in riel, as the majority of Cambodian workers are paid in dollars. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/businesses-urged-to-prioritise-riel-for-salary-payments
Agriculture sees influx of new firms
The number of new businesses that registered in the first eight months of the year increased 33% to 2,105 compared to the same period last year, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Commerce. officials said that many of the registrations between January and ...