Phnom Penh memorial marks third anniversary of Thai activist’s abduction
Cambodian activists called for government accountability at events held on Sunday to mark the disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a Thai activist who was allegedly abducted in Phnom Penh in 2020. ...
Sovann Sreypich and Leila Goldstein
https://cambojanews.com/phnom-penh-memorial-marks-third-anniversary-of-thai-activists-abduction/
Cambodia forges ties with Antigua and Barbuda for mutual prosperity
In a diplomatic development on November 24, Antigua and Barbuda and Cambodia have embarked on a collaborative journey aimed at benefiting their respective populations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501400752/cambodia-forges-ties-with-antigua-and-barbuda-for-mutual-prosperity/
Capacity building program launched to enhance fisheries conservation in Cambodia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has partnered with the European Union (EU) to implement a capacity building program aimed at enhancing the management of fisheries in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501397394/capacity-building-program-launched-to-enhance-fisheries-conservation-in-cambodia/
‘Shortage of workforce afflicting hospitality industry’
The challenge of insufficient manpower was among the primary problems afflicting the hospitality industry in the Kingdom, a Tourism Ministry workshop under the Secretary of State of the ministry at a Phnom Penh hotel last week concluded. ...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501504410/shortage-of-workforce-afflicting-hospitality-industry/
Tina confirms increase in Cambodia’s dolphin population, now approximately 105
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina confirmed that the number of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Cambodia has increased, with the current population estimated at around 105. ...
Cambodia to attend Mekong-Lancang Foreign Ministers’Meeting this week
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation(MFAIC) Sok Chenda Sophea, will lead a delegation to take part in the 9th Mekong-Lancang Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Mai on Friday, at the invitation of his Thai counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501541209/cambodia-to-attend-mekong-lancang-foreign-ministersmeeting-this-week/
Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen defence economic partnership
The Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Economic Production Exhibition 2023 (VIDEX 2023) opened at the KohPich Exhibition and Convention Centre Phnom Penh, Cambodia on October 25. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382712/vietnam-cambodia-strengthen-defence-economic-partnership/
Korean businessmen keen on Cambodia’s investment environment
Cambodian Ambassador to Korea ChringBotumrangsay shared candid insights on the burgeoning bilateral relations, highlighting the economic synergy between the two nations at a business investment event on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501411620/korean-businessmen-keen-on-cambodias-investment-environment/
Cambodia’s economy is projected to grow by 6.3 percent in 2025
The Cambodian government has approved a draft budget of more than $9.3 billion for 2025, with economic growth projected at 6.3 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501581840/cambodias-economy-is-projected-to-grow-by-6-3-percent-in-2025/
Zoo fighting back from brink
A leopard appears healthy and strong as it paces the walls of its cage with a confident swagger and muffled growl that hints at its ferocity. It’s a welcome sight at Kampot province’s much-maligned Teuk Chhou zoo, which less than one year ago was struggling to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031355003/National-news/zoo-fighting-back-from-brink.html
Chinese Embassy Petitioners Sent Packing
Just hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao landed in Phnom Penh on Friday, a group of dismayed Koh Kong province villagers whose land is under threat from a sprawling Chinese tourism project were escorted onto a bus and sent back home before they were able ...
City poised for shopping mall boom
After spending $30 on clothes, Chan Pheavy sat down for lunch in the food court of Sorya Mall, plunking her shopping bags on the floor beside her. “It is very comfortable to do shopping here,” Pheavy, 25, who works for a commercial bank in Phnom ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/city-poised-shopping-mall-boom
Opposition Party Threatens Nationwide Labor Strikes
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday announced that his party could stage nationwide labor strikes in protest of disputed election results, and said the CNRP would begin an international campaign to make the CPP government a pariah state. “In the air is an idea of ...
Phorn Bopha and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/opposition-party-threatens-nationwide-labor-strikes-43403/
Challenging business for startups
The World Bank recently ranked Cambodia 184th out of 189 countries for ease of starting a business, but you wouldn’t have known it at Phnom Penh’s recent Startup Weekend. Pitches for Cambodia’s first commercial organic chicken farm and for an app to connect tuk-tuk drivers to ...
Justine Drennan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/challenging-business-startups
Government to Spend $13.7M on Appeal Courts
The government will spend a total of $13.7 million in the next three years to build new appeal courts outside of Phnom Penh along with free accommodation for judges and prosecutors across the country, according to the draft budget law for 2014, which is scheduled ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-to-spend-13-7m-on-appeal-courts-46853/
Unions Tell Garment Workers to Suspend Strike
Unions behind last week’s garment factory strikes said their members had largely gone back to work this week, although they have not ruled out resuming protests for a higher minimum wage later this month. Tens of thousands of workers went on strike starting on December 24 ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-tell-garment-workers-to-suspend-strike-50299/
Boeung Kak men battle on homefront
When the Supreme Court hears land-rights activist Yorm Bopha’s final appeal this morning, familiar cries for justice will come from Boeung Kak women on the streets outside. Much has been written about the housewives of Boeung Kak who have risen up against the government and developers ...
Shane Worrell and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kak-men-battle-homefront
Customs' taxing dilemma
Average Cambodians are to pay the price for stamping out corruption in the customs department. Prices for basic goods, such as food and clothing, rose recently after the department was ordered last week to clean up its act and apply the official tax rate, importers told ...
Daniel de Carteret and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-taxing-dilemma
Cambodian Opposition Leaders Go Into Hiding Amid Protest Crackdown
Cambodia’s opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha went into hiding Saturday as the government stepped up its crackdown on protests against Prime Minister Hun Sen following deadly violence. A day after police shot dead four people during workers’ protests for higher wages, the government ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/clampdown-01042014123656.html
CNRP tries to balance foreign powers
A heightened global profile for the opposition CNRP since last year’s disputed election has brought with it a new challenge: balancing multiple foreign relations. The party’s campaign to delegitimize the CPP government has taken on multiple faces over the past nine months as opposition leader Sam ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-tries-to-balance-foreign-powers-57074/