Japan's Dai-ichi Life to open office in Cambodia
Dai-ichi Life Insurance will become the first Japanese life insurer to establish a presence in Cambodia, setting up a representative’s office in the capital Phnom Penh this month. ...
Nikkei
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Japan-s-Dai-ichi-Life-to-open-office-in-Cambodia
NGO backs crackdown on logging, wants more
The Indigenous Peoples and Forestry Network (IPFN) yesterday released a statement praising The government’s ongoing purported crackdown on illegal logging, but saying far more needs to be done. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-backs-crackdown-logging-wants-more
Empowering women in Cambodia’s farming sector
Cambodian women play an important role in the agricultural sector, especially as the nation’s economic conditions continue to force many men to seek work overseas, according to experts. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/empowering-women-in-cambodia-farming-sector/3232287.html
Montagnard refugees set their course for Philippines
More than a dozen Montagnard refugees are set to depart from Cambodia for the Philippines today, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/montagnard-refugees-set-their-course-philippines
Pressure on hearings in Vietnam voter link complaints
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday changed its procedure for resolving complaints that allege some registered voters are Vietnamese by holding brief, private hearings to speed up The process. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34548/pressure-on-hearings-in-vietnam-voter-link-complaints/
King calls for forest protection
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday oversaw a tree planting ceremony in Kandal province to mark the 27th Arbor Day, pleading for all citizens to protect the country’s forests. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40129/king-calls-for-forest-protection/
Election campaigners told to watch tongues
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng has urged political parties, politicians and activists to refrain from making controversial comments in the run-up to the commune elections. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37237/election-campaigners-told-to-watch-tongues/
Almost 100 workers faint in Koh Kong factory
Almost 100 workers at the KKN factory in the special economic zone in Koh Kong province’s Mondul Sima district fainted on Tuesday morning while working. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103780/almost-100-workers-faint-in-koh-kong-factory/
Pension scheme set for launch
A pension scheme for people working in the private sector will be launched later this year, according to an official from the National Social Security Fund. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36750/pension-scheme-set-for-launch/
More set to leave Borei Keila
Two more families have accepted compensation to leave the Borei Keila area to make room for development, as the long-running land dispute creeps ever closer to an end. ...
Kuoch Masy and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-set-leave-borei-keila
Physicians protest against office sale
Some 100 physicians from the Phnom Penh Municipal Referral Hospital staged a protest on Tuesday after their superiors planned to sell the current hospital building. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MmQ5YWRkMDViNTM
Hun Sen pushes rice export to Brunei
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that he would like to see the stronger economic and trade cooperation between Cambodia and Brunei. And Cambodia want to increase the rice export to Brunei. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OGVjODA2M2I1MDM
PPSEZ to get clinic
A private clinic aiming to provide medical care to factory workers in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (SEZ) will open this month, the health centre’s managing director said yesterday. ...
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ppsez-get-clinic
PM Prayut heads to Cambodia on October 30-31
The Thai prime minister would be holding talks with his Cambodian counterpart today to strengThen bilateral relations between both nations in order to be prepared for The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). ...
National News Bureau of Thailand News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNPOL5710300010005
Ambassadors to double as CPP campaigners
Seven newly appointed Cambodian ambassadors have been officially charged with leading membership drives for the ruling CPP in the countries to which they have been assigned, a party spokesman said Friday. ...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambassadors-to-double-as-cpp-campaigners-85490/
FAO produces new guide to assess children working on farms
The Food and Agriculture Organisation has announced a new guide to assess child labour in agriculture and The impacts that various development programmes can have. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1LeZU0y
Premier finally speaks out on Chhouk Bandith
Breaking his long silence on the case, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on police to bring to justice the former Bavet town governor and convicted gunman Chhouk Bandith. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/premier-finally-speaks-out-chhouk-bandith
Banteay Meanchey aiming for more Japanese investment
Banteay Meanchey Governor has requested the Japanese-Cambodian Association to attract Japanese investors to do business in the province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501017879/banteay-meanchey-aiming-for-more-japanese-investment/
Talks on for Cambodian tablet
Mobile payment company Wing was in talks on partnering with a US technology firm that plans to assemble Android tablets in Cambodia, in what could be another step away from the country’s staple manufactured good – garments. Although a final partnership agreement had yet to made ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050355945/Business/talks-on-for-cambodian-tablet.html
Bunong seek assistance over suspected land grabs
The Bunong ethnic community in Mondulkiri province’s Bou Sra commune on Friday sought Pich Chreada district hall’s assistance to probe several land plots located within The Phnom Nam Lear Wildlife Sanctuary that They suspect have been grabbed for private ownership. However, officials said that should ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bunong-seek-assistance-over-suspected-land-grabs