Education system out of its depth
When Sim Sok Toeur, 32, returned from Study in AuStralia laSt April, he did So with a viSion for Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Skyline. For Sok Toeur, a ScholarShip to Study overSeaS granted him a better quality of education than waS poSSible in Cambodia &ndaSh; even though SS='cambodia-color'>...
Maria Wirth
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-system-out-its-depth
Cambodia bets on Saemaeul movement to spur rural reform
With agriculture still the mainstay of its economy, Cambodia is seeking to reform rural communities in partnership with Korea to shore up residents’ livelihoods and boost grain exports. The southeast Asian country is seeking to follow in the footsteps of the “saemaeul Undong,” or New Community ss='cambodia-color'>...
Shin Hyon-hee
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141109000243
Fees too high: AirAsia CEO
While AirAsia, one of the world’s largest low-cost airline, is gearing toward an expansion in the region, the company’s chief executive said that serving Cambodia was expensive due to high airport fees. Airport charges are high and restrictive, as are over-flight fees, compared to other countries in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rail cars en route to Kingdom
The Royal Group subsidiary, which in 2010 won a 30-year concession to operate and upgrade the Kingdom’s rail network, began running a new service in mid-April from the capital’s city centre to Phnom Penh International Airport. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rail-cars-en-route-kingdom
Villagers vow to ‘sacrifice lives’
Some 100 ethnic Banong villagerS from Sre Hoy commune&rSquo;S Chhul and Chhong Pang villageS in Mondulkiri province&rSquo;S Koh Nhek diStrict proteSted on TueSday after Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary officialS allegedly uprooted wooden poStS uSed to demarcate their anceStral burial SiteS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-vow-sacrifice-lives
Rubbish Youths collect 10K cigarette butts at Sihanoukville beach
The “Rubbish Youths” have picked up nearly 10,000 cigarette butts from sihanoukville’s Ochheuteal Beach over the past two weekends, after launching a campaign to collect one million butts from Cambodia’s coastal areas to keep the beaches clean. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubbish-youths-collect-10k-cigarette-butts-sihanoukville-beach
Unpaid workers planning procession
Workers at the First Gawon Apparel factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district are planning a procession to many different institutions as well as Prime Minister Hun sen’s house next week to request intervention in a dispute over wages. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303356/unpaid-workers-planning-procession/
Kandal rally enters second day
A protest by more than 100 of 300 Prestige Garment Co garment workers in front of their factory in Kandal province’s Kandal stung district’s Tbeng commune, the result of their representative being dismissed, entered its second day on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-rally-enters-second-day
Minister urges graduates to continue studies and be ‘skilful intellectuals’
Minister of Education, Youth and sport Hang Chuon Naron on Thursday encouraged recent graduates to continue their studies and become “skilful intellectuals”. The minister’s remarks were made during the Limkokwing University graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
CNRP lawmakers set to retake seats in NA
The CNRP yesterday announced its lawmakers will attend Wednesday’s plenary session at the National Assembly, ending the party’s almost two-month boycott that began after the brutal beating of two of its lawmakers outside parliament by pro-government protesters. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-lawmakers-set-retake-seats-na
Bridge broken by illegal load
Kampot’s Ta Reach bridge was severely damaged by a truck overloaded with illegal luxury timber over the weekend, prompting a manhunt for the truck’s driver, who was apparently on his way to Vietnam at the time of the accident. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26038/bridge-broken-by-illegal-load/
CNRP lawmaker says use of larger maps unconstitutional
Opposition CNRP lawmaker Um sam An on Tuesday criticized Prime Minister Hun sen’s admission last week that the CPP government has not been using the maps that are mandated by the Constitution for its demarcation of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmaker-says-use-of-larger-maps-unconstitutional-94341/
Cambodian Premier wants to build closer ties with foreign diplomats
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun sen is willing to build closer relations between the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC)’s senior officials and foreign diplomats accredited to the country, according to the state News Angcy-AKP. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-premier-wants-to-build-closer-ties-with-foreign-diplomats-9047
Prime minister warns ‘bad officials’ over building violations
Days after City Hall ordered NagaWorld casino to halt its expansion because it was damaging Phnom Penh’s beauty, Prime Minister Hun sen on sunday warned “bad officials” to stop allowing construction projects to damage the country’s aesthetic allure. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-warns-bad-officials-over-building-violations-99703/
Garment workers protest firing of lead Unionists
More than 300 garment workers at the shui Yat factory in Kompong speu province’s Chbar Mon City entered a second day of strikes on Monday over the firing of two leaders of the factory’s chapter of the Free Trade Union (FTU). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-workers-protest-firing-of-lead-unionists-101208/
Opposition lawmakers to boycott Assembly
The opposition CNRP’s 55 lawmakers will boycott this morning’s sitting of the National Assembly and all future sessions until the ruling CPP guarantees their safety and returns to a spirit of parliamentary cooperation, opposition leader sam Rainsy said on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-lawmakers-to-boycott-assembly-101443/
Workers in the dark on controversial draft union law
With the National Assembly set to vote on whether to adopt the controversial trade union law on Monday, the majority of Cambodia’s industrial workers remain unaware of the crossroads at which Cambodia’s employers and workers stand. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga, Sen David and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-dark-controversial-draft-union-law
Japanese capital flooding in to Cambodia
Total Japanese investment in Cambodia under the Kingdom’s qualified investment project (QIP) scheme surged tenfold during the first half of the year, driven by Japan’s improved economy and a hefty capital injection by one of its biggest retail giants. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-capital-flooding-cambodia
Prison chiefs shuffled; PJ prison to relocate
The Interior Ministry on Thursday reassigned the directors of three of the country’s prisons during a ceremony at Phnom Penh City Hall, where it was also announced that the city’s minimum-security PJ Prison would itself be relocated. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prison-chiefs-shuffled-pj-prison-to-relocate-103863/
Ethnic community rejects mineral exploration
Exploration company Angkor Gold Corp is working with NGOs to educate residents of Pate commune’s Plang village in Ratanakiri’s Ou Ya Dav district after villagers refused to give the company permission to explore for gold on their land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25519/ethnic-community-rejects-mineral-exploration/