Human trafficking up, spurred by migration
Human trafficking out of Cambodia is on the rise, according to an Interior Ministry report released on Thursday, and is being fueled by relaxed border controls and economic disparity in the region, according to a separate U.N. report. ...
Taylor O'Connell and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/human-trafficking-up-spurred-by-migration-109004/
Ministry warns of alcohol, food poisoning ahead of new year
The Ministry of Health has advised the Kingdom’s citizen’s to be wary of food and alcohol poisoning during the Khmer New Year celebrations, according to a joint press release between the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO) issued last week. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23244/ministry-warns-of-alcohol--food-poisoning-ahead-of-new-year/
Kingdom targeted by new malware
The Kingdom’s computer networks, including government servers, are reported to be the targets of a virus unique to Cambodia and deployed through spam emails and phishing campaigns, which lure victims with emails disguised as official communications, though officials yesterday maintained they were unaffected. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-targeted-new-malware
Rice millers balk at export fees
Numerous members of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), the body tasked with lobbying on the sectors behalf, have stopped paying membership dues and export fees, claiming that they cannot afford to as the industry continues to struggle with high production costs and regional export competition. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-millers-balk-export-fees
Visiting EU MPs have full agenda
A group of European Union parliamentarians will arrive in the Kingdom today to “study and research” the organisation of elections, the resolution of land disputes, democratic development and EU development projects, according to a statement issued by the National Assembly yesterday. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visiting-eu-mps-have-full-agenda
Assembly Secretary-General stonewalls over misspending
The secretary-general of the National Assembly, who has been accused of allowing gross misspending and nepotism in parliament, spent two hours Tuesday refusing to answer questions over allegations from lawmakers on the Assembly’s commission on finance and audits, according to the commission’s vice chairman. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-secretary-general-stonewalls-over-misspending-79456/
CPP keeps Funcinpec close, despite no seats
The former president and current party secretary of the struggling Funcinpec party, Nhek Bun Chhay, has been nominated as a government adviser – a position the government ranks equivalent to that of a deputy prime minister. Senior ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yeap said the ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-keeps-funcinpec-close-despite-no-seats
Thailandโs Amata eyes Cambodia
Thailand’s Amata Corporation Plc., which is the country’s largest listed conglomerate in the industrial estate sector, is keen to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Cambodia due to the Kingdom’s strategic geographical location in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. The plan was announced on Sunday ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30602/thailand---s-amata-eyes-cambodia/
Shifting economy feeds nationโs uncertain politics
The country is set to embark on local elections that promise to highlight the economic hardships faced by many Cambodians despite a sustained annual growth rate and continued poverty reduction, economic and political observers said this week. A report from Future Forum released on Tuesday ...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shifting-economy-feeds-nations-uncertain-politics-129465/
Union Plan Massive Demonstration in Phnom Penh
Four of Cambodia’s independent and opposition-aligned unions have informed the Phnom Penh municipality that they plan to gather 20,000 people on May 1 to march from Olympic Stadium to the National Assembly. ...
ADB boosts climate funds
The pool of climate finances available to Southeast Asia is set to expand following an announcement by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that it plans to double its climate funding to the region by 2020 – a move welcomed by the Cambodian government and climate ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adb-boosts-climate-funds
Customers call Metfone on promise
Winning text messages in hand, about 25 angry Metfone customers yesterday gathered at the telecom’s head office on Mao Tse Tung Boulevard to demand the new iPhones they were promised. Each of the customers had paid US$0.30 to enter a Metfone-sponsored contest and received a text ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120753193/Business/customers-call-metfone-on-promise.html
Interior Minister slams UNTAC
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has slammed the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) which organised the 1993 elections. He said there were irregularities under UNTAC’s supervision of the polls, and despite spending $2 billion to bring democracy and peace to the country, war still ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-slams-untac
Noy: ASEAN canโt let any country claim entire sea
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must not allow any country – “no matter how powerful” – to claim an entire sea as its own and use force and intimidation to send its message across, President Aquino told a gathering of regional leaders yesterday. ...
Aurea Calica
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/11/22/1524549/noy-asean-cant-let-any-country-claim-entire-sea
Tae Young strikers claim police abuse
Garment factory workers who set tyres ablaze during a strike on Friday claimed yesterday they were burned when police pushed them into their own fire. Snguon Vannary was one of several workers who said his feet had been burned when police broke up the strike at ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012100859149/National-news/strikers-claim-police-abuse.html
NEC introduces spokesmen ahead of elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) has announced the creation of a spokesperson team to communicate with the public and local and International news agencies as it prepares to hold the communes and general elections in 2022 and 2023, respectively. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-introduces-spokesmen-ahead-elections
South Korea promises military aid
South Korea pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation with the Kingdom yesterday and also agreed to provide military equipment as they had in the past with the donation of three ships to the Cambodian navy. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27972/south-korea-promises-military-aid/
Prospect of another Koh Kong dam raised
The government is forming an interministerial committee to review an application from a Chinese firm to build another hydropower dam in Koh Kong province, according to a spokesman from the Mines and Energy Ministry. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prospect-another-koh-kong-dam-raised
Kingdom, China establish co-op in six priority areas
Cambodia and China jointly agreed to develop a “diamond cooperation framework” with six priority areas: Political cooperation, production capacity and quality, agriculture, energy, security, and people-to people exchanges. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-china-establish-co-op-six-priority-areas
Japanese, Cambodian armies pledge closer cooperation
The armies of Cambodia and Japan vowed to improve their cooperation and will support each other through the regional framework to promote peace, stability and development, said the army commanders of the two countries. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japanese-cambodian-armies-pledge-closer-cooperation