National TV director general not allowed to resign
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith didn’t allow director general of National Television of Kampuchea (KTV) to resign from his post and asked him to fulfill his duty as usual. Kim Kunwath wrote a resignation letter immediately after the KTV failed to broadcast live the Royal Ploughing ceremony ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YzNiYzRhNWMyM2M
Cambodia's tax revenue up 12 pct in first 5 months
Cambodia collected 444 million U. S. dollars in tax revenue during the first five months of the year, up 12 percent over the same period last year, said a press statement released by the General Department of Taxation on Wednesday. In May alone, the department ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-06/04/c_133384006.htm
Government says CNN described Angkor Wat as being in Thailand
Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism says CNN International described the Angkor Wat temple as being in Thailand in a posting on its Facebook page earlier this week. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTM5ODQzMjczOTQ
Cambodia's fisheries production rises 6.7 pct in 2013
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Ouk Rabun said Tuesday that Cambodia’s fisheries production rose 6.7 percent from a year earlier to 728,000 tonnes last year. Speaking at a National Fish Day ceremony at Kdol Reservoir in Peam commune in Samaki Meanchey district in Kampong Chhnang province, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDdkYzhiNTdlYzQ
Rights group slams Cambodian government over land dispute death
Try Chamroeun, a 19-year-old student, was planting soybeans on Sunday along with fellow villagers on a two-hectare (half-acre) plot in Preah Vihear province, when soldier Poeun Tash demanded that he stop, claiming the land belonged to his military boss, according to London-based environmental advocacy group ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/death-07312014185132.html
Cancer clinic still operating without license
A clinic claiming to cure cancer, diabetes and other serious illnesses through “detoxification” is operating without a license, five months after it opened illegally in Phnom Penh. The Immanuel Bicom True Healing Center in Chamkar Mon district came under scrutiny shortly after opening in early December ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cancer-clinic-still-operating-without-license-57875/
Pilot project to recruit Cambodian maids struggles to take off
A pilot project to recruit maids from Cambodia is struggling to take off as workers are turned off by high recruitment fees, and the fear of not being able to adapt to life here. Under a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) pilot scheme that began last August, ...
Caper to free official works
Military police in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district on Monday were duped into letting a detained immigration official walk free just hours after he was arrested for alleged involvement in the cross-border illegal timber trade, police said yesterday. District military police chief Sok Min said yesterday that ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/caper-free-official-works
Cambodian youths urged to help preserve culture
A national seminar on youth and cultural development was held here Monday with an aim to encourage young people to help safeguard, preserve and develop national culture, officials said. The two-day event brought together 700 participants, including culture officials, artists, archeologists, historians, and youths, said Culture ...
ASEAN-China Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-08/26/c_133585294.htm
Over 7,000 students abandon second exams: Spokesman
As Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is taking tough measure to curb cheating and bribery during examinations as part of its education reform, over 7,000 students have abandoned the second high school exams. The number can be the highest ever in the last 10 ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/over-7000-students-abandon-second-exams:-spokesman-7484
Senior ruling party member sees abuse of women and children as public health issue
Abuse of women and children should be considered a public health concern, National Assembly Legislation and Justice Commission chairman Pen Pannha said Sunday. “Discrimination is a serious violation of human rights since it affects the welfare of women, hindering their full participation in social activities. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/senior-ruling-party-member-sees-abuse-of-women-and-children-as-public-health-issue-7554
Starting a business in Cambodia is getting harder, report says
Almost every aspect of starting or operating a business in Cambodia is becoming more difficult, according to a World Bank report released Wednesday. “Starting a business in Cambodia requires 11 procedures, takes 101.0 days, costs 139.5 percent of income per capita and requires paid-in minimum ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/starting-a-business-in-cambodia-is-getting-harder-report-says-71343/
Expert urges gov’t to save site
An archaeologist is pleading the government to save an Angkorian-era canal before the work of brick makers completely erases the site. Built nearly 1,000 years ago, the 120-kilometre stone channel was used to transport building materials from a quarry to Angkor Wat, according to archaeologist Thuy ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/expert-urges-gov%E2%80%99t-save-site
Cambodia's youth leader pledges closer ties with China
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son Hun Many, who is also the president of the Union of Youth Federation, on Friday vowed to encourage youths to continue maintaining and deepening relations between Cambodia and China for mutual benefits. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141212/cambodias-youth-leader-pledges-closer-ties-china
Communities urge gov't to rescind ELCs
Representatives of communities across the country who have had their lives upturned by development projects yesterday called on the government to rescind the economic land concessions at the centre of their disputes. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/communities-urge-govt-rescind-elcs
ASEAN will emerge as new economic power: Malaysian PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday that further integration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will result in the emergence of a new economic power in the region. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/asean-will-emerge-as-new-economic-power:-malaysian-pm-8182
‘Scales are needed to stop road damage’
Following a directive by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation to improve their monitoring of overloaded vehicles, a ministry official said they will build more vehicle scales. ...
Sean Teehan and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/scales-are-needed-stop-road-damage
MEF sets target for tax revenue
The Cambodian government is aiming to increase its revenue collection to $3.78 billion for 2015, on the back of strong tax and customs income. A directive signed by Monaster of Economy and Finance Aun Porn Moniroth on Monday says $2.75 billion will be collected via current ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/mef-sets-target-tax-revenue
Illnesses blamed on cassava
Officials in Battambang and Pailin provinces yesterday pointed to local cassava producers as the cause Of water pollution there, which has killed fish and induced illness in families living along tainted streams. Nine Of the businesses in Pailin’s O’Tavao commune that produce the root vegetable are ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/illnesses-blamed-cassava
Cambodia has 514,278 business establishments: survey
Cambodia currently has approximately 514,278 business establishments, up 11 percent compared with 463,363 in 2011, according to the results of the intercensal economic survey released Monday. ...
ASEAN - China News Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-09/09/c_133630329.htm