Media Groups Call On ‘Political Elite’ to Protect Reporters
More than a dozen journalism and human rights groups have called on Cambodia’s political forces to protect journalists and guarantee citizens’ access to an open and unobstructed press during the current political unrest. In a statement released Wednesday, the Cambodian Center for Independent Media, along with ...
Lindsey Peterson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/media-groups-call-on-political-elite-to-protect-reporters-45436/
Agriculture needs more loans, irrigation systems, experts say
Accessing low-interest loans for rice cultivation is a challenge because the industry in Cambodia is dependant upon rainfall and not irrigation and is thus more risky, experts said last week. In a meeting on the private sector development in the rice sector, Lim Heng, vice president ...
Petrol prices squeeze domestic consumers
Soaring prices for gasoline and goods have hurt some Cambodian consumers, causing what economists have said was a drop in the living standard of the Kingdom’s lower-income population. Gasoline traded at 5,300 riel per litre in Phnom Penh yesterday, an increase of about 12 percent ...
Low Funds May Have Led to CPI Suspension
An official at the Ministry of Planning said yesterday that a lack of funds may be to blame fo the Ministry of Finance and Economy suspending the publication of June’s consumer price index. Sam Saroeun, deputy director of the statistics department at the Ministry of ...
Two Months In, Demand for Coastal Flights Low
SIHANOUKVILLE – Two months after Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) began operating flights between Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, demand for the route is not covering the national carrier’s costs, with planes running at little over half their capacity, an official at the airline said. CAA decided to ...
Cambodia at low risk of debt distress: IMF
Cambodia’s external public debt is well within acceptable limits, but remains vulnerable to financial shocks such as export slowdowns or exchange rate fluctuations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest assessment of the Kingdom’s economy. ...
Cam McGrath and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-low-risk-debt-distress-imf
Agriculture minister to ban low-grade imported meat
The Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries has announced a ban on all imported low-grade meat from neighboring countries as part of a national reform of the Kingdom’s meat industry. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24621/agriculture-minister-to-ban-low-grade-imported-meat/
Helmet use for children low despite traffic law
Research by the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIPF) found helmet use by child motorbike passengers was still low in January despite the government’s much-touted Traffic Law, with observers blaming poor enforcement. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/helmet-use-children-low-despite-traffic-law
Low reservoir levels in Siem Reap affecting thousands
More than 1,000 families in Siem Reap province are facing clean water shortages as the water level at Baray Teuk Thla reservoir has fallen for the first time in several years due to the especially harsh drought conditions confronting the Kingdom in recent months. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/low-reservoir-levels-siem-reap-affecting-thousands
Cambodia gets low marks in ‘human capital’ report
A recent report by the World Economic Forum underscored the Kingdom’s poor performance in educating and training its citizens in order to develop a competitive workforce and put their skills to productive use, ranking it for the first time in its annual review as the ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-gets-low-marks-human-capital-report
NGO: Low voter registration result of political climate
The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia yesterday asked the National Election Committee and government to stabilise the current political climate to increase voter registration ahead of next year’s national election. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085345/ngo-low-voter-registration-result-political-climate/
H&M under fire for low Cambodia wages
H&M workers in Cambodia are only paid 3 kronor ($0.45) an hour, forcing many into debt to feed their families, according to a report on the TV4 documentary Kalla Fakta (The Cold Facts) Many textile workers therefore borrow money for food, leading to considerable debts with ...
Low pay fuels anger among Cambodia's garment workers
As night falls thousands of weary workers stream from textile factories that fan out across Phnom Penh’s outskirts. The clothing industry’s desire for cheap labour having created an abundance of jobs but as the number of international clothes companies tapping into Cambodia’s workforce grows, so does ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1259888/1/.html
Low-ranking police, soldiers to see salary increases
Low-ranking police and soldiers will see their salaries increased before the start of Khmer New Year in mid-April, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Monday. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-ranking-police-soldiers-to-see-salary-increases-76041/
Hopes low as Cambodia begins world cup quest
With thousands of fans expected to fill the stands at Phnom Penh’s Old Stadium Thursday afternoon to watch Cambodia kick off its improbable bid to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in a match against Macau, coach Lee Tae-hoon isn’t sure his side is ready. ...
Ouch Sony and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hopes-low-as-cambodia-begins-world-cup-quest-79540/
Garment factories say low productivity should temper raise
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia on Monday urged unions to moderate their demands in current negotiations over next year’s minimum wage for the garment industry, given the low productivity of Cambodian workers and their many paid days off compared with competing countries. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-factories-say-low-productivity-should-temper-raise-90608/
Trade with Vietnam increases
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and neighbouring Vietnam rose more than 10 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, data from the Vietnam Embassy in Phnom Penh showed. Officials said cross-border trade facilitation by both countries significantly contributed to the growth. But they said ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050965501/Business/trade-with-vietnam-increases-2013.html
Cambodia's economy to grow by 7.2 pct in 2013, stronger in 2014: ADB
Cambodia’s economic growth is forecast at 7.2 percent in 2013, picking up to 7.5 percent next year as recovery in Europe and the United States takes hold, according to the Asian Development Bank’s annual economic outlook released on Tuesday. The United States and Europe are the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-04/09/c_132295116.htm
Cambodia's lifeline threatened as Mekong recedes to historic low
As world leaders meet in New York from Monday to discuss the global challenge of climate change, thousands of kilometres away people in Cambodia are grappling with dramatic changes to the country’s ecosystem, including the lowest water levels in the crucially-important Mekong River ever recorded. The United Nations ...
Andrew Nachemson
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/cambodia-lifeline-threatened-mekong-recedes-historic-190920072518567.html
Unruffled by EBA withdrawal, PM seeks ‘low interest’ loans
After meeting with the European Commission, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he had expected that Cambodia would one day lose its access to the bloc’s “Everything But Arms” (EBA) preferential trade agreement and had “already requested low interest” loans from China, Japan, South Korea and ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unruffled-eba-withdrawal-pm-seeks-low-interest-loans