In Myanmar election, lessons for Cambodia
A Cambodian election observer in Myanmar says the country’s process holds lessons for Cambodia. Yet the NLD and the ruling junta have tried to resolve their differences, leading up to the opposition’s election victory, said Koul Panha, who has been in Myanmar since Nov. 3, ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/in-myanmar-election-lessons-for-cambodia/3053436.html
Massage workers strike in Siem Reap
More than 70 workers from a Korean-owned massage centre in the tourist hub of Siem Reap protested in front of their workplace yesterday, demanding a basic wage of $177 per month and a $100 yearly health bonus.Workers from the Alaska Massage Center have been on ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/massage-workers-strike-siem-reap
‘Policymakers still stuck in comfort zone’
As the global economy faces a challenging growth environment, developed and least developed countries are increasingly competing for export markets to spur growth, with many – like Cambodia – aiming to diversify markets as well as products. Cambodia has relied primarily on exports of ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18178/---policymakers-still-stuck-in-comfort-zone---/
Australian fugitive arrested in Phnom Penh
An Australian fugitive wanted by Thai authorities for the murder of a former Hells Angels member was arrested in Phnom Penh on Thursday and is being held by immigration police, officials said Friday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-fugitive-arrested-in-phnom-penh-102145/
118 women rescued abroad in 2015
In 2015, the MInistry of Foreign Affairs rescued 118 Cambodian women trapped In ChIna and Malaysia, mInistry spokesman Chum Sounry said yesterday. Eighty brides from ChIna that were deceived by a broker and handed over to ChInese men, as well as 38 maids from Malaysia, ...
Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18715/118-women-rescued-abroad-in-2015/
Mekong diversion under way in Thailand
The Thai government’s planned diversion of billions of cubic metres of water from the Mekong River, described last week by a Thai Ministry of Water Resources representative as being as far as two years away, has already begun. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-diversion-under-way-thailand
Microfinance growth slows in final quarter
Growth in the country’s expanding microfinance sector slowed slightly in the last quarter of 2015, but both loans and deposits finished the year about 45 percent higher than at the end of 2014, according to figures from the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA). ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/microfinance-growth-slows-in-final-quarter-107138/
Thai Kbank to launch in Cambodia
Kasikornbank, Thailand’s fourth-largest bank by assets, has received a licence to open its first branch in Cambodia, a bank executive said yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-kbank-launch-cambodia
Cambodia aims higher in manufacturing sector
After decades of solid growth driven by its garment industry, Cambodia is seeking to shift its economy into more sophisticated light manufacturing, such as electronics and auto-parts. Most of these manufacturers are Japanese and they are slowly coming online in Cambodia’s special economic zones, aiming ...
Daniel De Carteret, Chan Muyhong
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-aims-higher-in-manufacturing-sector/3184557.html
Reported rape cases up in 2015
Reported rape cases increased by 12 percent last year compared to 2014, despite an overall drop in crime in 2015, according to an interior Ministry report released on Tuesday. ...
Khuon Narim and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reported-rape-cases-up-in-2015-108884/
Drug busts up in 2015: ministry
The Interior MInistry yesterday called for BeijIng’s cooperation In tacklIng a rIng of ChInese methamphetamIne traffickers operatIng In Cambodia, one day after an annual Interior MInistry report announced that the number of drug busts In 2015 had more than doubled compared to 2014. ...
Kong Meta and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-busts-2015-ministry
Off-the-job training in hospitality
The courses are free of charge for at-risk youth between the ages of 17 and 23, who also receive a $25 monthly stipend. ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/job-training-hospitality
‘Hitler of Stung Meanchey’ weighs in
Amid a staunch defence of the performance of a newly formed illegal logging committee’s recent crackdown and remarks on concerns over gun control, National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha took time out to address his now infamous year-old comments on Adolf Hitler yesterday at the ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-underplayed-krts-00201-report
Henan in lead for airport expressway
In a letter to Prime MInister Hun Sen, government mInisters have recommended a ChInese-owned company take the reIns of the multi-million dollar Phnom Penh airport expressway, amid ongoIng frustrations from residents who may be impacted by the development. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/henan-lead-airport-expressway
Twelve illegal loggers arrested in Mondulkiri
Twelve loggers were arrested on Saturday while harvesting timber illegally inside the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in Pich Chreada’s Pou Chrey commune, according to a local media report. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24166/twelve-illegal-loggers-arrested-in-mondulkiri/
Nearly 30 Cambodians arrested in Thailand
Twenty-eight Cambodian nationals were arrested last week by Thai authorities for illegally crossing the border into Khlong Yai district, according to a Bangkok Post story on Saturday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24434/nearly-30-cambodians-arrested-in-thailand/
Official interrogated in mosque road case
During a closed-door session at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, Muslim community leader Ahmad Yahya denied defaming fellow community leader Othsman Hassan. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-interrogated-mosque-road-case
UXO found in three different provinces
Dozens of pieces of unexploded ordnance and hundreds of AK-47 bullets have been found on farmland in three provinces in recent days and handed over for disposal, according to local authorities yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-found-three-different-provinces
Constitutional Council sees in new members
Three newcomers officially took up their positions at the Constitutional Council yesterday, the body announced. Im Chhun Lim, former minister of land management, officially began his tenure as head of the council after being appointed by the Supreme Council of Magistracy and voted chief by ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/constitutional-council-sees-new-members
Timor's help in draft oil law
Timor-Leste’s fledgling economy depends on oil and gas production and Cambodia is seeking assistance from Asia’s youngest nation to help develop its draft petroleum law which is expected to be adopted into legislation by the Council of Ministers next year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27533/timor-s-help-in-draft-oil-law/