Ministry outlines procedures for businesses hiring foreigners
The Labor Ministry released a statement Monday with a list of procedures all businesses in Cambodia that hire foreign workers must follow in order to comply with the country’s long-standing Labor Law. According to Monday’s statement, which was signed by Labor Minister Ith Sam ...
Maid agreement looms
Under an agreement with Malaysia, Cambodian migrant workers will be allowed to hold on to their passports and copies of their contracts but will be banned from any “political activities”, according to a draft version of the document obtained by the Post. The memorandum of understanding ...
Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-agreement-looms
Hun Sen: Kingdom’s economy to grow 7.1%
Cambodia’s economic growth is projected at 7.1 per cent this year or about $24 billion thanks to the good performance of the industrial sector that is creating strong domestic revenue. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Cambodia University of Specialties on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-kingdoms-economy-grow-71
Personalised number plates arrive
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced that motorists can apply for personalised number plates for their vehicles from Tuesday. It is launching the service in a bid to modernise number plates and to make it easier for officials to manage the collection of ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/personalised-number-plates-arrive
Child abuse costs Kingdom: study
Violence against children cost Cambodia approximately $168 million in 2013, or just over 1 per cent of GDP, according to a new report from the government and UNICEF that explores the economic impacts of physical abuse.Titled The economic burden of health consequences of violence against ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-abuse-costs-kingdom-study
Cambodian Start-up Competes With India in Natural Hair Market
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — For an Internet start-up, Arjuni faces more challenges than usual. The e-commerce site that sells hair extensions operates out of a five-story building here that lacks elevators and, sometimes, power. Employees typically have to travel to remote villages by motorbike or foot ...
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/in-cambodia-a-start-up-uses-the-internet-to-sell-hair/
Ministries unclear over who needs work permits
About three weeks after the interior and labor ministries announced a crackdown on foreigners without work permits, officials this week could provide few answers on how expatriates can comply with the country’s labor regulations. According to the 1997 Labor Law, all foreigners working in Cambodia are ...
Chris Mueller and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministries-unclear-over-who-needs-work-permits-76262/
PPWSA stock to list today
Investors, along with the next two companies expected to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, will watch carefully this morning the action on the country’s first initial public offering, nine months after the CSX officially opened. After a book-building process that was 17 times over-subscribed, Phnom Penh ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041855632/Business/ppwsa-stock-floats-today.html
Thai firm says Xayaburi project has begun
The controversial Xayaburi hydro-electric dam project in northern Laos may have already begun, despite countries, including Cambodia, requesting further studies to assess possible negative effects on Lower Mekong communities.Thai development firm Ch.Karnchang said it was due to begin building the dam on March 15 after finalising a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041955661/National-news/worrying-dam-claims.html
Boeung Kak duo's release sparks hope
One of the two Boeung Kak lake residents released on bail from Prey Sar prison on Friday is prepared to be a witness in the appeal trial of the 13 women convicted and sent to jail last month – but only if he is invited ...
Joint statement: Suspension on loan repayments and interest accrual to help Cambodian borrowers
On 06 April 2021, Cambodian Youth Network and civil society groups issued a joint statement requesting the Royal Government to directly introduce measures to all microfinance institutions (MFI) and banks to suspend all loan repayments and interest accrual for at least three months in order ...
Cambodian Youth Network
The ASEAN parties against corruption (ASEAN-PAC) will convene its 17th secretariat meeting via video conference
On 14 September 2021, the Anti-Corruption Unit issued a press release on the ASEAN parties against corruption (ASEAN-PAC) will convene its 17th secretariat meeting via video conference.H.E. Dr. orn Panhha representing the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will be participating in the 17th Secretariat Meeting of the ...
Anti-Corruption Unit
Joint press release: Rare birds population show signs of increase
On 11 January 2023, World Wide Fund for nature Cambodia has posted a joint press release on rare birds population show signs of increase on their official website. According to the press, in 2022, for the fourth year in a row, the census counts show higher ...
World Wide Fund for nature Cambodia
Wild capture commercial fishing and natural fisheries
![](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Fishes-in-Tonle-Sap-Lake-150x150.jpg)
The fishes on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. Photo by llee Wu, taken on 10 September 2010. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0The 2006 Fisheries Law classifies fishing activity into three broad categories: family or subsistence, small-scale and commercial.Commercial fishing is allowed only in the open season ...
Forest Falls in Ratanakkiri to the Tune of Chainsaws, Trucks
LUMPHAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, Ratanakkiri Province – From behind the corrugated metal walls of Daun Penh Agrico’s wood depot, the raspy buzz of a chainsaw rattled through the surrounding forest on Monday afternoon. As the chainsaw revved and cut, a heavy-duty truck packed full of long, sawn ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forest-falls-in-ratanakkiri-to-the-tune-of-chainsaws-and-trucks-49134/
Cambodia to return to former glory
Kuala Lumpur (The star /ANN) — A country once torn apart by war is emerging as a key investment destination for small and medium enterprises. It was once home to a great civilization. In the 12th century, the Khmer empire was South-East Asia’s largest. Angkor was ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDRhOTI5NzA0Y2E
Hun Sen Asks UN Envoy to Help End Cambodia’s Political Crisis
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on a U.N. special envoy to press the country’s opposition to rejoin parliament and negotiate an end to the country’s political stalemate since disputed July elections, an official said Wednesday. Hun Sen met with U.N. special envoy for human ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/intervention-01152014162154.html
Parliament
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Upon the reinstatement of the second monarchy in 1993, Cambodian citizens are the master of their destiny and sources of all power. With the introduction of the liberal democracy in the Kingdom, all Cambodians at their 18 years or over, except where it is prescribed ...
Civil society
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The launch event of a project improving the delivery of public services through ICT in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by the ODC team, taken on 28 June 2017. Licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0.Civil society, representing the interests of ordinary citizens, is the part of ...
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people
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According to the Kingdom of Cambodia’s 2019 general population census, the total Cambodian population is 15,552,211 (51.31% of females).39 By 2021, the population increased to 16,589,023.40 Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and other minorities also live in the country. Indigenous ethnic groups known as “Khmer Loeu” live ...