Construction project approvals up, but locals aren't reaping the rewards
The government announced a more than 20 percent increase in approved construction projects last year over the year before, but not all the benefits of the booming industry are being passed on to Cambodian workers and property buyers, according to industry insiders. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-project-approvals-locals-arent-reaping-rewards
Soggy forecast for rice farmers
Extreme weather attributed to the tail-end of an El Niño event continues to wreak havoc on the nation’s agricultural sector, with more than 20,000 hectares of rice fields damaged so far this year, a government agricultural expert said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/soggy-forecast-rice-farmers
Teachers’ wage rally blocked
On the same day that Prime Minister Hun Sen gave a speech touting salary increases for teachers ahead of next year’s national election, about 20 Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) members were blocked from having a peaceful demonstration seeking just that. ...
Ben Sokhean, Yon Sineat and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-wage-rally-blocked
Court to Question SEZ Shooting Witnesses Today
The Svay Rieng Provincial Court is scheduled to question two witnesses today over the shooting of three workers at a special economic zone (SEZ) on Feb. 20, investigating Judge Pech Chhoeut said yesterday. “We will question two more witnesses on Thursday,” Judge Chhoeut said. ...
Striking workers call for Phnom Penh court to revoke order
About 20 representatives for more than 2,000 striking workers—accused by the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia of damaging the industry’s reputation—marched to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday asking it to revoke an injunction ordering them back to work. ...
Factory worker gets life for fatal acid attack
A 40-year-old garment worker was sentenced to life in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for killing a 20-year-old woman by dousing her with acid after she learned her husband had been having an affair with the victim. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-worker-gets-life-for-fatal-acid-attack-92371/
Prak Sokhon, ASEAN Chair’s special envoy to visit Myanmar this month, dates fixed
ASEAN Chair’s special envoy, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon is scheduled to pay his first visit to Myanmar on March 20-23. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501034976/prak-sokhon-asean-chairs-special-envoy-to-visit-myanmar-this-month-dates-fixed/
Preah Vihear villagers petition PM over razing
Around 20 people representing 250 villagers from Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district petitioned Prime Minister Hun Sen for a solution to the razing of their village in 2012, which was done under instructions from current provincial CPP lawmaker Suos Yara and local officials. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-villagers-petition-pm-over-razing
Parties deny they exist for purpose of adding legitimacy to elections
Several of the 20 political parties registered to contest in the July 29 national elections denied on Thursday that they were “created” purely to add legitimacy to the polls and stave off criticisms against Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). ...
Meas Sokchea and Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-deny-they-exist-purpose-adding-legitimacy-elections
Golden Dragon military exercises end with bang
Amid a hail of 20,000 bullets, the thud of eight helicopters, a hostage rescue demonstration and choreographed martial arts performances, the joint Chinese-Cambodian Golden Dragon military exercises concluded yesterday as officials from both sides praised the expanding relationship between the two countries. ...
Ben Sokhean and Daphne Chen
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/golden-dragon-military-exercises-end-bang
Cambodia's Hun Sen Calls Parties on Ballot Real Opposition
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen denied on Tuesday that 20 small and little-known political parties registered to compete in July 29 national elections were created by his ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to provide an illusion of political opposition in the coming polls. ...
Richard Finney
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/parties-05222018161010.html
Unions, GMAC at the table
Employer representatives and trade unions sat down across from each other for the first time yesterday for head-to-head negotiations over next year’s garment sector minimum wage, with factory owners reluctantly offering a small $2 increase to their earlier proposal of $144.20. ...
Lay Samean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-gmac-table
Prime minister sends out rice wine warning
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called for people to be more careful with what they ingest, as the death toll from rice wine poisoning in the past week rose to 20 with another death in Kratie province and two others reported dead in remote ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-sends-out-rice-wine-warning-103025/
New film on the garbage dump kids
To mark 20 years of the work of NGO Pour un Sourie d’Enfant (PSE), a new film about the founders was premiered at the Chaktomouk Hall on Phnom Penh’s riverside on Friday evening when Queen Mother Norodom Monineath was the guest of honor. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29610/new-film-on--the-garbage--dump-kids/
Asean-China talks set for Cambodia
Cambodia will host the 20th Asean-China meeting aimed at boosting further discussions on the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) which could lead to finalizing the framework of the Code of Conduct (COC). ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36998/asean-china-talks-set-for-cambodia/
Teacher training video released
The Education Ministry has produced a short video and posted it to its YouTube channel to help teachers educate students in grades one to three. The video, which runs less than 20 minutes, shows methods of teaching Khmer literature, mathematics and other subjects. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101660/teacher-training-video-released/
Only 23 rapes recorded in Phnom Penh last year in crime spike
Police tallied only 23 rapes in Phnom Penh last year despite an overall spike of 20 percent in criminal cases, prompting experts to caution that the data posted on the Cambodian National Police website provided only a partial picture of the city’s crimes. ...
Buth Kimsay and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/only-23-rapes-recorded-in-phnom-penh-last-year-in-crime-spike-123666/
Police seek Cham leader for maids sent to Saudi
Anti-human trafficking police are seeking the arrest of prominent Cham Muslim community leader and former Social Affairs Ministry official Ahmad Yahya for sending roughly 20 women to Saudi Arabia to work as maids more than a decade ago, after arresting his nephew last week. ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-seek-cham-leader-maids-sent-saudi
More education funds urged
A group of NGOs from the education sector yesterday urged the government to boost education spending to at least 20 percent of the country’s budget – a benchmark the Ministry of Education had hoped, and failed, to hit last year under its strategic plan. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-education-funds-urged
Dry port, warehouse unveiled at Kandal SEZ
A $20 million dry port and bonded warehouse within the Sovannaphum special economic zone (SEZ) in Kandal province is slated to open by October of this year ahead of the full completion of the 214-hectare zone by 2020, a senior management official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/dry-port-warehouse-unveiled-kandal-sez