Cambodia, Laos begin troop withdrawal from disputed area
Cambodia and Laos have begun to withdraw troops from disputed territory in Preah Vihear province after senior military officials from both sides conducted negotiations. Senior military officers Lieutenant General Srey Doek and Major General Duang Chan recently negotiated with Major General Soukai Phommasone, Laos’ Champassak provincial ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50639362/cambodia-laos-begin-troop-withdrawal-from-disputed-area/
More than 50 villagers seek intervention in land disputes
More than 50 people involved in land disputes in Tbong Khmum and Svay Rieng provinces gathered on Wednesday to submit a petition at the ministries of Justice; Interior; and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, requesting a solution. Khiev Sarun, a representative from Svay Rieng province, told ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-50-villagers-seek-intervention-land-disputes
Prices steady in October
Consumer prices in the Kingdom rose about five per cent year-on-year in October, according to the National Institute of Statistics, though they held steady from September. Declining food and fuel prices, along with an appreciating US dollar, were listed as the main reasons for the stabilisation ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011113053042/Business/prices-steady-in-october.html
Ministry campaign tackles plastic
The Ministry of Environment has chosen Battambang as the first province to launch its plastic reduction campaign, to be followed by Siem Reap and Preah Sihanouk. Ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra told The Post on Wednesday that the ministry has seen improvements in waste management and ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-campaign-tackles-plastic
Study says China-backed dam in Cambodia would destroy Mekong
A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River’s biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway, according to a three-year study commissioned by the Cambodian government. ...
Nepotism complaint at institute
Sixteen former staff members at the Sihanoukville provincial Multi-Technical Training Institute filed a sweeping complaint against the school’s married directors with the Ministry of Labor over the weekend. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27480/nepotism-complaint-at-institute/
Light railway raised yet again at JICA meet
Plans for a light railway system in Phnom Penh were discussed at a meeting between Public Works and Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol and Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) regional director-general Yasushi Tanaka on Friday. ...
Jack Davies and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/light-railway-raised-yet-again-jica-meet
Cambodia, Macao ink tourism pact
The Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Macao to boost the Kingdom’s tourism industry and train personnel in the sector. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25554/cambodia--macao-ink-tourism-pact/
City hall to add 5,000 signs to cut accident rate
Phnom Penh City Hall started installing 5,000 new road safety signs around the capital on Monday in an attempt to reduce accidents, according to officials. Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatevong took to Facebook yesterday, writing that a total of 615 signs had been installed along Norodom, ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26897/city-hall-to-add-5-000-signs-to-cut-accident-rate/
Cambodia eyes AIIB loan
Cambodia will begin applying for a loan from the newly established China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) from next year in response to the current need for infrastructure development. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34470/cambodia-eyes-aiib-loan/
US Embassy under fire
Government officials reacted strongly yesterday after the US Embassy questioned Cambodia’s commitment to democracy. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079943/us-embassy-fire/
Delinquent loan rate continues to rise
The rate of microfinance loans with overdue payments nearly doubled last year according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), though it remained within a normal range and was coupled with a rise in deposits. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/delinquent-loan-rate-continues-rise
Software for cleaner money
Tess International, a Malaysia-based provider of software solutions for the financial sector, signed a distributor agreement yesterday with Cambodian management consulting and business technology firm IdeaLink Consulting to provide software to Cambodian banks and microfinance institutions that helps them combat financial crimes. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/software-cleaner-money
British institute preparing report on garment factory safety
Britain’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors says it is preparing a report for the Cambodian government on possible steps to reassure garment buyers about factory safety. The report by the Institute, which investigated the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh last year, will also include ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Y2EyZTc5ODg0YWF
Atmospheric hole discovered
Scientists have discovered a new phenomenon in the skies above Southeast Asia: a huge, invisible hole in the atmosphere’s lowest layer that may exacerbate the effects of Cambodia’s climate change. The hole – roughly twice the length of New Zealand and concentrated just east of the ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/atmospheric-hole-discovered
Cambodia children facing violence: report
The Cambodian government on Wednesday released the findings of a survey [text] showing the magnitude of violence against children throughout the country. According to its findings, over half of Cambodian children have been victim to at least one form of violence before age 18 and ...
JURIST News Staff
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/10/cambodia-children-facing-violence-report.php
Prime Minister says test scores warning to students
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said the pass rate of 25 percent in last month’s grade 12 national exam served as a warning that students could no longer pay their way through school and urged students who failed the exam to embrace their second ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-says-test-scores-warning-to-students-67414/
Migrants’ kids at risk: CDRI
Fuelled by poverty and debt, more than a quarter of Cambodian adults migrate, and, in the process, many are leaving behind their children, a new report finds. Part of a four-year research project on child labour, the Cambodian Independent Research Institute’s The Impacts of Adult Migration ...
Laignee Barron and Cheang Sokha
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants%E2%80%99-kids-risk-cdri
Cambodians rated as ‘hungry’ drop in new Global index
Cambodians have experienced one of the largest drops in the rate of hunger in the world over the past quarter century, though the situation in the country still remains “serious,” according to a new report by three international NGOs. Cambodia cut its score in the ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodians-rated-as-hungry-drop-in-new-global-index-70160/
Structure removed from Buddhist Institute land
A temporary structure built on the Buddhist Institute’s land by NagaCorp, which added to swirling rumors late last year that the growing casino empire was planning to develop the land and prompted hundreds of monks to march in protest, has been removed. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/structure-removed-from-buddhist-institute-land-75808/