Cambodia, China to co-organize Spring Festival Night Show in Phnom Penh
The state-owned National Television of Cambodia (TVK) and China’s Yunnan TV station will jointly organized the 2015 Spring Festival Night Show on Feb. 10 in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, TVK’s director-general Kem Gunawadh said Monday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-china-to-co-organize-spring-festival-night-show-in-phnom-penh-8140
HIV patients in Cambodia’s Roka commune suffer thefts, fault police inaction
Villagers in remote western Cambodia who were infected with HIV/AIDS by an unauthorized medical worker have been hit by a wave of thefts of cows and other property, and some local residents say they police have been indifferent to their plight. ...
Hum Chamrouen
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/thieves-steal-from-HIV-victims-02042015155855.html
UN human rights envoy wants quick solution to montagnard situation in Cambodia
A United Nations human rights expert has called for a speedy solution to the situation of the Montagnards from Vietnam still hiding in the forests of northeastern Cambodia, after crossing the border to escape alleged persecution. About 13 of the 50 Montagnards—Christian indigenous people from ...
Ratha Visal
http://bit.ly/18FL4z8
Government of Cambodia seeks double rice exports to China in 2015-16
The government of Cambodia is planning to double rice exports to China in 2015-16 (May-April) to around 200,000 tons, local sources quoted the Ministry of Commerce spokesman as saying. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://bit.ly/1c7agRr
Company sells lucky iron fish, claims it reduced iron deficiency in Cambodia
Iron deficiency affects nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide. It is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world. In Cambodia, after 9 months of using the Lucky Iron Fish every day, researchers saw a 50 percent decrease in the incidence of clinical iron deficiency anemia, ...
Click2Houston.com News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Fy5seT
Chinese economic fugitive arrested, deported after hiding in Cambodia for 6 years
A Cambodian senior police officer confirmed Wednesday that Chinese economic fugitive Sun Xin, 46, and a former cashier of the Beijing municipal bureau of press, had worked in a factory in west Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province for six years before being arrested and sent back ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://bit.ly/1e4Rawv
Over 100 protest in support of families cut out of rail deal
More than 100 people protested Thursday outside Poipet City Hall in support of 50 families in Phsar Kandal commune who were passed over when the government offered compensation to residents who ceded land for a railway project that displaced some 4,000 families across the country. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-100-protest-in-support-of-families-cut-out-of-rail-deal-85462/
17 fake test-takers face up to six months in prison, fine
Seventeen people who were arrested last weekend in Phnom Penh during a Korean-language test could face six months in prison after being charged with impersonating prospective migrants hoping to work in South Korea, a police official said Thursday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/17-fake-test-takers-face-up-to-six-months-in-prison-fine-87249/
Cambodia's tax revenue up 38.5 pct in first half of 2015
The Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) reported Monday that it collected 707 million U.S. dollars in taxes during the first six months of this year, up 38.5 percent over the same period last year. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12961/cambodia-s-tax-revenue-up-38-5-pct-in-first-half-of-2015/
Vietnam's communist party chief addresses human rights in key U.S. trip
After a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama that was dogged by protests from Vietnamese exiles and expatriates, the head of Vietnam’s Communist Party said Wednesday that human rights were a top concern of the authoritarian, one-party country. ...
EAS officials meet in Cambodia to exchange views on regional security architecture
Officials from the East Asia Summit (EAS) countries met here Monday to exchange views on regional security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=293404
A delegation of American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong visits Cambodia
A delegation of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong led by its president Richard R. Vuylsteke has been on a visit to Cambodia to study the investment environment in the country, according to state news agency- AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/a-delegation-of-american-chamber-of-commerce-in-hong-kong-visits-cambodia-8826
Chinese companies face culture shock in countries that aren’t like China
Faced with slower growth at home and rising labor costs, Chinese entrepreneurs are seeking foreign markets as never before. But as they rush abroad, they are grappling for the first time with unruly trade unions, independent courts and meddlesome journalists. And for many, navigating the ...
Bus depots will move to city outskirts in bid to ease traffic
Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong held a meeting with the city’s bus companies Thursday to inform them that starting next year, their depots and pickup points must be located outside the city center as part of efforts to ease worsening traffic congestion. ...
Cambodian secretary of state of commerce chaired the CLMV meeting in Malaysia
The Seventh Cambodia – Lao PDR – Myanmar – Viet Nam (CLMV) Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EMM) was held on 25 August 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to ASEAN secretariat’s press release.The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State for Commerce, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-secretary-of-state-of-commerce-chaired-the-clmv-meeting-in-malaysia-8884
In 2nd year of stricter exam, only one report of cheating
There was one recorded case of cheating during this year’s grade 12 exam—held on Monday and Tuesday—down from about 20 last year, when the Education Ministry implemented sweeping reforms to stamp out bribes and cheats from the exam process, according to the education minister. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-2nd-year-of-stricter-exam-only-one-report-of-cheating-92792/
Rights group activists are detained for monitoring protests in Cambodia's Koh Kong
Seventeen members of a Cambodian rights group and environmental NGO were briefly detained by authorities in Cambodia’s southeastern Koh Kong province Wednesday as they observed protests calling for the release of three activists held for interfering with sand-dredging operations, sources said. ...
Den Ayuthea
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/onitoring-09022015170304.html
‘Blue-ear disease’ kills more than 1,000 pigs in Siem Reap
An outbreak of “blue-ear pig disease” has killed more than 1,000 pigs and caused nearly 3,000 to fall ill in two districts in Siem Reap province, officials said Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/blue-ear-disease-kills-more-than-1000-pigs-in-siem-reap-93558/
‘Blue-ear disease’ kills more than 1,000 pigs in Siem Reap
An outbreak of “blue-ear pig disease” has killed more than 1,000 pigs and caused nearly 3,000 to fall ill in two districts in Siem Reap province, officials said Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/blue-ear-disease-kills-more-than-1000-pigs-in-siem-reap-93558/
Big fall in petrol prices
Cambodia’s retail gasoline price has strongly declined for the first time because of the fall on the international market, according to the monthly oil prices set by the Ministry of Commerce revealed yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708398/big-fall-in-petrol-prices/