Youths rush into social and enviromental activism
Young Cambodians are becoming increasingly engaged in social issues, with many university students volunteering for causes they consider important for national development, student leaders and youth organizers say. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13336/youths-rush-into-social-and-enviromental-activism/
Government responds to UN human rights concerns
Government officials on Monday hit back at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) criticisms expressed ahead of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled for next month. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/government-responds-un-human-rights-concerns
The highs and lows of needle exchanges
Drug abuse is a widespread issue with few universal solutions. But one NGO’s methods of dealing with the problem are putting it at odds with the local community. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15041/the-highs-and-lows-of-needle-exchanges/
Student questioned over Facebook comment
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday questioned a university student who was arrested last month after he called for a “color revolution” in a Facebook post, his lawyer said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-questioned-over-facebook-comment-94349/
Hun Sen chides Suu Kyi on Rohingya, Greece’s Tsipras on hasty campaign promises
Prime Minister Hun Sen broke his avowed silence on Myanmar’s “Rohingya issue” to make a political point – and fresh election promises – at a university graduation ceremony yesterday. ...
Ben Sokhean and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-chides-suu-kyi-rohingya-greeces-tsipras-hasty-campaign-promises
Wonder of the aquatic world under threat from plans for Mekong dams
Scientists warn that plans to build dams across Tonlé Sap, south-east Asia’s greatest lake, could be an ecological timebomb threatening the food security of millions. In a few months’ time, monsoon rains will more than quadruple the size of Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap, south-east Asia’s greatest lake ...
Investment law, FTA to boost Cambodia-Korea ties: envoys
South Korean ambassador to Cambodia Park Heung-kyeong is highly optimistic that the new Cambodian investment law and free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries would be important factors in enhancing bilateral trade and encouraging more direct investment flows from South Korea to the ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-law-fta-boost-cambodia-korea-ties-envoys
Press release on the decision to lift the travel restriction for travelers from 10 African countries
On 08 February 2022, the Ministry of Health has posted a press release on the decision to lift the travel restriction for travelers from 10 African countries.The 10 countries include Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Angola and Zambia. Following the travel ...
Ministry of Health
Startup Promises a Future for Former Boeng Kak Residents
In mid-August, on day seven of production at the Coco Khmer social enterprise, the team experienced a setback. Temperatures in the fermenting room must remain between 35 and 40 degrees to produce the organization’s virgin coconut oil, but the temperature on that rainy day refused to ...
Devon Geary and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/startup-promises-a-future-for-former-boeng-kak-residents-41532/
LG Brand Shop to open Saturday
South Korea’s LG Electronics said the grand opening of its new outlet on Monivong Boulevard would take place on Saturday. ...
Chinese corners opened in Cambodia to boost language learning
The Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia on Tuesday launched Chinese Corners at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the Royal University of Fine Arts. ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2015/07-15/173177.shtml
South Korean investors eye automotive expansion
South Korean investors have shown a strong interest in expanding their investment in the automotive sector, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-investors-eye-automotive-expansion
South Korean investors eye automotive expansion
South Korean investors have shown a strong interest in expanding their investment in the automotive sector, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-investors-eye-automotive-expansion
Better Recovery for Construction and Real Estate Sector
2012 has been an impressive year for Cambodia’s economic resilience. Among the many sectors that had positively grown are the construction and property development [sic] and they are expected to be among the highest growth achievers in the current year as well. In 2012, the ...
Entrepreneurship to be taught in the classroom
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron has unveiled a plan to add coursework on entrepreneurship to the school and university curricula starting in the next academic year, state news agency AKP said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/entrepreneurship-be-taught-classroom
Credit Bureau targets students with workshops
Hoping to increase university students’ knowledge of Cambodia’s credit reporting system, the Credit Bureau of Cambodia (CBC) on Tuesday launched a series of workshops in Phnom Penh aimed at boosting financial literacy. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/credit-bureau-targets-students-with-workshops-95981/
Joint project on agri-tech launches in Mondulkiri
The Centre for Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition (CE SAIN) – a joint development effort by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Royal University of Agriculture, Kansas State University in the US and the US government’s USAID development agency – inaugurated ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/joint-project-agri-tech-launches-mondulkiri
‘Positive impact’: Prey Lang forest app wins award
Danish researcher Ida Theilade has been bestowed the University of Copenhagen’s Innovation Award 2018 for inventing a smartphone app that can prevent illegal logging and preserve forest resources in the Prey Lang forest. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/positive-impact-prey-lang-forest-app-wins-award
PM announces plan for social security system
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced that the government has plans to have a functioning social security system operational in the country by 2025, including universal health care, unemployment insurance and old-aged pensions. ...
Touch Sokha and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-announces-plan-social-security-system
Angkor air set to swoop into Seoul
Cambodia’s flagship carrier Angkor Air will commence services to South Korea, with regular flights between Phnom Penh and Seoul from April 17. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21904/angkor-air-set-to-swoop-into-seoul/