S’pore firm announces plans for local solar sector
Singapore-baSed Indochina Energy PartnerS iS focuSing on rooftop Solar inStallationS in three SoutheaSt ASian nationS, including Cambodia.&nbSp;According to a report by ScanASia releaSed Monday, IEP iS working on rooftop photovoltaic panel inStallationS in Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50644868/spore-firm-announces-plans-for-local-solar-sector/
South Korea to continue aiding Kingdom’s healthcare sector
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday received assurance that south Korea will continue to assist the Kingdom with the development of its healthcare sector, including training doctors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50645092/south-korea-to-continue-aiding-kingdoms-healthcare-sector/
ADB continues its support of Kingdom’s financial inclusion
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $40 million policy-based loan to support poor and rural households and improve their financial access, it said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-continues-its-support-kingdoms-financial-inclusion
Jobs plentiful, but wages low for Kingdom’s youth
While unemployment rates are low among Cambodian youths, their jobs are largely poorly paid and informal, providing them with just enough money to survive on, according to a recent report.The report, released on sunday by youth NGO the Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) and the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jobs-plentiful-wages-low-kingdoms-youth
Hospital goes on defensive after ax victim’s death
Administrators at Phnom Penh’s Khmer-soviet Friendship Hospital on Thursday refuted claims that hospital staff denied a brain scan, blood transfusions and surgery to a wom­an suffering from severe head wounds—a charge leveled by her husband shortly before she died there on Wednesday afternoon. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hospital-goes-on-defensive-after-ax-victims-death-104224/
Indigenous community’s collective land still in danger: Report
The collective land of indigenous communities in Cambodia will continue to face encroachment from economic land concessions and the actions of private companies in the future despite the Cambodian Government’s moratorium on granting ELC licenses, according to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) report ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21322/indigenous-community---s-collective-land-still-in-danger--report/
Barriers remain for Southeast Asia’s economic integration plans
Efforts to integrate of southeast Asia’s economies are beginning to bear fruit, experts say, although there is some way to go before the goal of turning the region into a single market and production base can be reached. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/barriers-remain-for-southeast-asia-economic-integration-plans/3190571.html
PM’s son warns that civil war is possible
Cambodia could be headed to another civil war if the country’s young people fail to appreciate and preserve the peace achieved after decades of civil conflict, Hun Many, the son of Prime Minister Hun sen, said over the weekend. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21971/pm---s-son-warns-that-civil-war-is-possible/
Koh Kong town’s drinking water tainted during repairs
Koh Kong town was left without a clean water supply on Friday when the company responsible for the utility made repairs to a filter pipe. Koh Kong resident Ing soth yesterday said the water was so dirty that the villagers could not use it at ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-towns-drinking-water-tainted-during-repairs
Fire razes dozens of homes in city’s South
Key Sokha waS preparing dinner for her family at their home in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Meanchey diStrict on ThurSday night when a choruS of ShoutS broke out nearby. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Kimsay and Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/111367-111367/
Cham muslims protest government’s planned road beside mosque
About 200 Cham Muslims turned out to the Al-serkal Mosque near the old Boeng Kak lake in Phnom Penh on Friday to protest a controversial road that the government plans to build through the mosque’s land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cham-muslims-protest-governments-planned-road-beside-mosque-112899/
Officials keep Prey Speu open after PM’s rebuke
Two days after Prime Minister Hun sen told Phnom Penh municipal authorities to either improve the city’s notorious Prey speu detention center or shut it down, a spokesman said on Thursday that officials had concluded that the “indispensable” facility would remain open. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-keep-prey-speu-open-after-pms-rebuke-113426/
Phnom Penh-to-Poipet rail line’s target uncertain
Plans to complete the railway line connecting Phnom Penh to Poipet City—thereby linking Cambodia’s main port in sihanoukville to Thailand—may not be completed within current time and budget constraints, a Transport Ministry official said on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-poipet-rail-lines-target-uncertain-114473/
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-investors-plug-kingdoms-online-growth
Kem Sokha says there’s no racism in Cambodia
Two days after Prime Minister Hun sen told the U.N.’s new special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia to focus her efforts on tackling racial discrimination, deputy opposition leader Kem sokha on Thursday used a Cham Muslim religious ceremony to argue that there is no ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-says-theres-no-racism-in-cambodia-95426/
PM meets china’s Xi, receives $150m grant
Prime Minister Hun sen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday to receive a grant worth more than $150 million, the majority of which will go toward the construction of a massive sports and entertainment complex in Phnom Penh, a sen­ior official ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-meets-chinas-xi-receives-150m-grant-97440/
Water Festival cancellation brings drought for capital’s vendors
The abrupt cancellation of this year’s Water Festival has had an economic fallout on small businesses that see the annual event as a windfall for their marketing and sales efforts, and had already invested in promotional materials.The cancellation marks the fourth time in five years ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/water-festival-cancellation-brings-drought-capitals-vendors
U.S. and Cambodian navies begin CARAT 2015 training
The U.S. Navy began training with the Royal Cambodian Navy, commencing the 6th annual Cooperation Afloat ReadineSS and Training program in Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Education ministry wants bachelor’s degrees for all teachers
The Education Ministry will organize a training course and study programs that will give all of the country’s teachers access to bachelor’s degree programs by 2020, officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17961/education-ministry-wants-bachelor---s-degrees-for-all-teachers/
Aid threatened as EU calls for Rainsy’s return
The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on the Cambodian government to revoke the arrest warrant for opposition leader sam Rainsy, with its parliamentarians suggesting some $435 million in aid be canceled if it is ignored. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aid-threatened-as-eu-calls-for-rainsys-return-101357/