Low-skilled workers left behind as job markets go online
Despite recent growth in online job postings, low-skilled workers in Cambodia are largely being omitted from the shifting market, leaving them with few avenues to find opportunities around the country, industry experts said. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-skilled-workers-left-behind-as-job-markets-go-online-130368/
Solar plant poised to boost grid
Singapore-based Sunseap’s solar farm, the country’s first renewable power facility which has a contract to feed 10MW to the national grid, is set to start generating in August, officials say. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39540/solar-plant-poised-to-boost-grid/
Supreme court orders eco-activist’s appeal to be reheard
Environmental activist Ven Vorn has been given a second chance to have an illegal logging conviction overturned after the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his case sent back to the Appeal Court for review. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/supreme-court-orders-eco-activists-appeal-to-be-reheard-132169/
Busts on human trafficking double
Operations against human trafficking networks increased by a whopping 127 percent compared to the same period in 2016, according to a six-month report released yesterday by the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT). ...
Kong Meta and Martin de Bourmont
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/busts-human-trafficking-double
Vanny maintains innocence
Jailed activist Tep Vanny yesterday maintained her innocence and called on the judge to overturn her conviction in a hearing at the Appeal Court yesterday, as about 80 protesters demonstrated for her release outside. ...
Niem Chheng and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vanny-maintains-innocence
Tourist boats add tax on to tickets
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities have ordered all tourist boat operators ferrying passengers to islands to add an additional $2 to each ticket for state coffers to help develop the coastlands and protect the environment. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077283/tourist-boats-add-tax-tickets/
Angkor Park residents fear being evicted
As the Apsara Authority knocked down seven illegal structures in the Angkor Archeological Park yesterday, other residents expressed confusion over why they were first granted permission to build homes but are now being evicted. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077722/angkor-park-residents-fear-evicted/
Political commentators, NGO slam Cambodia’s electoral reform deal
Cambodian political commentators and a civil society group have criticized a deal between the ruling and opposition parties which finalized a draft national electoral reform law, as being nontransparent and only serving the two parties themselves. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/draft-electoral-reform-law-deal-reached-03022015165113.html
Workers at South Korean firm strike over demotions
More than 40 employees at a South Korean firm in Phnom Penh continued a two-week-old strike Tuesday over their demotions earlier in the month and have started to protest, the workers and company said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/workers-at-south-korean-firm-strike-over-demotions-82347/
Two injured in shooting in sand-dredging dispute
Police said Thursday that a land dispute in Kampot province’s Toek Chhou district was likely the motive for a drive-by shooting in the district on Wednesday that left two men with multiple gunshot wounds. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-injured-in-shooting-in-sand-dredging-dispute-85897/
CPP lashes out at NGOs as draft law moves forward
Warnings from civil society groups that they will urge citizens to vote against any politician who supports the draft law on associations and NGOs have drawn a stern rebuke from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. ...
Ros Chanveasna and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12955/cpp-lashes-out-at-ngos-as-draft-law-moves-forward/
ASEAN Concerned About S. China Sea Dispute
Land reclamation in the South China Sea has “increased tensions” in the region, according to Southeast Asian foreign ministers, who wrangled for days about how to word their annual communique. ...
Steve Herman
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/asean-south-china-sea-dispute/2905315.html
Cambodia Asks ADB to Continue Supporting TVET
Cambodia has asked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to continue its support to further boost the country’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50952914/cambodia-asks-adb-to-continue-supporting-tvet/
Cambodia, Czech Republic discuss TVET cooperation
Cambodia and the Czech Republic have discussed to further promote the cooperation on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046603/cambodia-czech-republic-discuss-tvet-cooperation/
Electricity subsidy to boost manufacturing
Cambodia’s upcoming cut in electricity costs will likely lower manufacturing and operation costs for the export-reliant nation, delivering a boost to the business sector while potentially attracting more foreign investment, top executives said. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50561137/electricity-subsidy-to-boost-manufacturing/
Officials meet with JICA over Phnom Penh water management
Phnom Penh municipal officials on Monday met with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency to discuss a water treatment project in Dangkor district aimed at providing clean water and improving the city’s water management system. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505354/officials-meet-with-jica-over-phnom-penh-water-management/
Cambodia launches campaign to end child labor in brick industry
Cambodia has launched a campaign to end child labor in the brick industry by 2020, a move industry observers cautiously welcome while expressing doubts the goal will be achieved, and calling for more structural changes. ...
Leonie Kijewski
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-launches-campaign-to-end-child-labor-in-brick-industry/5074617.html
Kratie celebrates Dolphin Day
The Kratie provincial administration and technical departments, The WorldWide Fund for Nature (WWF) Cambodia and a private company will mark International Freshwater Dolphin Day for three days from Friday to Sunday in Kratie town. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-celebrates-dolphin-day
Chinese Ambassador: EU Should Not Mix Politics,Trade in Cambodia
China’s Ambassador in Phnom Penh says the European Union should not mix politics with trade as it mulls withdrawing Cambodia’s vital preferential single market access in response to the country’s autocratic backslide. ...
David Boyle
https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-ambassador-eu-should-not-mix-politics-trade-in-cambodia/4489291.html
China says foreigners should not interfere in Cambodia after election
Foreigners should not interfere in Cambodia’s internal affairs, the Chinese government’s top diplomat told his Cambodian counterpart, following an election in the Southeast Asian nation that critics said was neither free nor fair. ...