Cambodia arrests 11 in China dam protest
Authorities in western Cambodia have detained 11 activists after they tried to stop further studies for a planned Chinese-built dam. About 30 local villagers and environmental activists in the Areng Valley went to the area Monday to protect barricades they had erected earlier this year to ...
Kimseng Men
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-arrests-11-in-china-dam-protest/2450828.html
Value chain in decline: WTO
Cambodia is one of only two economies worldwide to have declined in global value chain (GVC) participation since 1995, according to the World Trade Organization’s latest study. The WTO’s World Trade Report 2014, released Monday, shows Cambodia’s overall percentage of GVC participation – one country’s contribution ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/value-chain-decline-wto
Chinese book fair attracts scores of Cambodian students
Throngs of Cambodian students from various Chinese schools flocked to see the fifth edition of a Chinese book fair on Monday, seeking reading books which are helpful to their studies. Held at the Peace Book Center in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, the three-day ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-10/28/c_133748039.htm
Public announcement on a denial of Phnom Penh Post's claims
Electricity of Cambodia denied the unrealistic claims in the article titled “Derailed dam angers EdC boss”, which was published on 11 March 2015, by The Phnom Penh Post due to the fact that the Areng hydropower project was completely withdrawn from the feasibility study after the ...
Electricity of Cambodia (EdC)
Political clout against litter
Cambodia’s Environment Minister Say Samal is a hybrid package. On one hand, he comes from a politically powerful family. This Saturday, his father, Say Chhum, is to be elected co-vice president of the ruling party. On the other hand, the 35-year-old Minister represents Cambodia’s rising, ...
James Brooke and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12350/political-clout-against-litter/
Hun Sen orders probe into land dispute cases
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the relevant authorities to probe four land-related cases following a series of complaints from the Khmer Rise Party (KRP), which studied them. Four letters, signed by members of the Council of Ministers and its secretary of state Hing Thoraksy on ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-orders-probe-land-dispute-cases
Kingdom aims to leapfrog technical skills
The president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) met leaders of Japanese artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics firm Qibi Tech Co Ltd to study the possibility of enhancing cooperation in the Kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742459/kingdom-aims-to-leapfrog-technical-skills/
Government to investigate illegal Mondulkiri land grabs
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng issued a directive on Thursday establishing an inter-ministerial working group to study illegal forest land occupation and encroachment of protected areas in Mondulkiri province. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-investigate-illegal-mondulkiri-land-grabs
Cambodia sets up working group to develop strategy to take advantage of free trade agreement with China, Korea
The Ministry of Commerce has set up a working group to study and collect input from stakeholders and the private sector to develop strategies to maximize the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement, of which Cambodia is a signatory. This was said by Pan Sorasak, ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50966127/cambodia-sets-up-working-group-to-develop-strategy-to-take-advantage-of-free-trade-agreement-with-china-korea/
Iran invited to survey oil, gas in Cambodia
Cambodia has invited Iran to examine the feasibility of developing the Kingdom’s existing oil blocks and requested that the republic conduct further oil and gas exploration studies. ...
The Nation Thailand's staff
https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40012676
Cambodia to form diplomatic ties with Cook Islands
Cambodia and Cook Islands will establish their diplomatic relations as their foreign ministers will conduct a joint study to determine a framework to build the diplomatic ties. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357785/cambodia-to-form-diplomatic-ties-with-cook-islands/
AIP planning tours of ‘safe worker transport’ factories
The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) plans to lead study tours of factories and schools that have implemented guidelines for safe transport options. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aip-planning-tours-safe-worker-transport-factories
Japan university holds online fair for students from ASEAN members
Okayama University, one of Japan’s top public universities, is holding an online “Study in Japan 2023” fair for Cambodians who wish to pursue their tertiary education. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-university-holds-online-fair-students-asean-members
Interior Ministry plans blacklist for drunk drivers
The Ministry of Interior is studying the possibility of creating a database or blacklist to record those who drive while intoxicated and cause traffic accidents resulting in injuries or deaths. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428669/interior-ministry-plans-blacklist-for-drunk-drivers/
Joint statement: Lack of a rigorous transboundary impact study of Sanakham put Mekong River at risk
On 24 November 2020, Eleven Non-Governmental Organizations in Cambodia issued a joint statement on the proposed Sanakham hydropower project on the Mekong mainstream in Laos concerning the transboundary impact on lower countries. This joint statement was issued in parallel with MRC who has been organizing ...
NGO Forum on Cambodia
Joint statement of Cambodia Microfinance Association and Association of Banks in Cambodia on the German government-funded study
On 16 September 2022, the Association of Banks in Cambodia and Cambodia Microfinance Association issue a joint statement on a study entitled “Micro” Finance in Cambodia: Development, Challenges, and Recommendations commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). ...
Cambodia Microfinance Association
Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
Carbon credits on table with Germany
Cambodia has asked Germany to buy some of the Kingdom’s carbon credits earned from preserving its natural resources. Interior Minister Sar Kheng made the request during a visit to Germany which concluded yesterday, a ministry statement noted. It said Cambodia requested Germany to study the possibility, ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50646972/carbon-credits-on-table-with-germany/
Students get exam results
As many as 75,059 students or 66.21 per cent passed this year’s high school examinations. The figure is 2.37 per cent higher than last year, a Ministry of Education announcement said on Sunday. The ministry said this year, the number students who received either an ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-get-exam-results
Tourists are unknowingly contributing to Cambodia’s rising number of orphanages
Almost 75 percent of kids in the country’s orphanages are there because their families can’t afford to keep them at home. In 2011, UNICEF released a study saying that the number of orphanages in Cambodia had increased by 75 percent in the previous six years, ...
Logan Connor
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/11/03/cambodias-orphanages