Indonesia, Philippines Skip Civil Society Meeting
Some of Southeast Asia’s most acute problems were left unmentioned yesterday when government-sanctioned civil society groups met with Asean leaders at the regional bloc’s summit in Phnom Penh. NGOs from eight of the 10 Asean states attended the meeting, but the Indonesian delegation pulled out, complaining ...
New travel app praised by tourism sector, ministry
The Kingdom’s software development sector is being seen as an increasingly important player in the country’s move to strengthen its tourism industry and provide visitors with the latest conveniences. Stephane Combre, a developer at To Do in Cambodia, said that the firm’s platform, launched in ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-travel-app-praised-tourism-sector-ministry
Sar Kheng concerned over laundering
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has expressed concerns that recent money laundering cases involving huge sums will see Cambodia placed on a global financial blacklist. He called on the authorities to crack down hard on the crime or the Kingdom would be “dead” as it ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-concerned-over-laundering
Banh: The Khmer Rouge worse than sanctions and pressure Khmer Rouge
Minister of National Defence Tea Banh said on Thursday that having sanctions and external pressure placed on Cambodia was not worse than life under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Tea Banh, who is also deputy prime minister, was speaking to military and ruling party officials ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/banh-khmer-rouge-worse-sanctions-and-pressure-khmer-rouge
Cambodia must recognise urgency of developing skilled workforce
The structural economic issues facing the Kingdom will need greater institutional collaboration, according to Vongsey Vissoth, Permanent Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, who sees a lack of economic diversification and competitiveness as key issues to overcome. ...
Gerald Flynn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50658956/cambodia-must-recognise-urgency-of-developing-skilled-workforce/
Farmers and workers carry on as Chinese transplants drive up land prices
The rural southwestern province of Koh Kong, previously off the international community’s radar screen, has drawn the global spotlight. That’s because a massive runway stretching approximately 3,200 meters appeared suddenly at a resort being developed by a Chinese company in this otherwise out-of-the-way province, about a ...
Tomoya Onishi
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Cambodia-s-China-built-runway-irks-US-but-locals-have-other-concerns
Phnom Penh Int’l Airport wins award as passenger traffic soars
The Phnom Penh International Airport has been awarded Best Asia Pacific Regional Airport 2019 for its sustained high growth in passenger traffic in recent years. The award was presented by the Capa Centre for Aviation (Capa) – a world-leading and trusted organisation that provides market intelligence ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-intl-airport-wins-award-passenger-traffic-soars
US-based opposition group to protest Hun Sen in New York
The leader of a U.S.-based group that helped finance the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s 2013 election campaign said Tuesday that it would protest against Prime Minister Hun Sen during his weekend trip to the U.N. in New York by rekindling the opposition party’s “Hun Sen ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-based-opposition-group-to-protest-hun-sen-in-new-york-95153/
Acleda widens capital channel to South Korea
A new draft agreement between the largest banks in Cambodia and South Korea aims at facilitating the flow of money transfers between the two countries, making it easier for companies that import Korean goods to settle their invoices and for migrant Cambodian workers to send ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-widens-capital-channel-south-korea
More protest over land disputes
Nearly 100 people in land disputes with powerful officials and investment companies in Tbong Khmum and Kratie provinces gathered at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction yesterday afternoon to urge the ministry to expedite a land dispute resolution for them. Chan Yong, a ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29084/more-protest-over-land-disputes/
Cops, protesters clash in Bavet
The border town of Bavet in Svay Rieng province was again roiled by unrest and alleged violence yesterday after police used fire hoses to disperse a crowd of striking garment workers, arresting 58 of them in the morning only to release them in the afternoon.About ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-protesters-clash-bavet
Parallel imports in Cambodia
Parallel imports—that is, genuine, noncounterfeit products imported into a country without permission of the intellectual property owner—are a systemic problem in Cambodia. Imported from neighboring countries without the authorization of legitimate manufacturers, parallel imports are sold on the “grey market” at prices which can be ...
Tilleke & Gibbins
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=817150f3-c0b7-4053-a49b-dbb1ec51354c
Villagers seek help in land disputes
Almost 80 people representing 305 families involved in land disputes in Phnom Penh and Takeo provinces yesterday gathered at the Ministry of Land Management to ask the ministry to expedite the resolution of their disputes and provide them with legal land titles. A group of 50 ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28916/villagers-seek-help-in-land-disputes/
New approach to actively detect TB cases in Cambodia
Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major health problem in Cambodia. Natalie Lorent, PhD student at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) and the University of Antwerp (UA), conducted her research in the slums of Phnom Penh, where tuberculosis (TB) wreaks havoc. Lorent and her team ...
News Medical Staff
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20151005/New-approach-to-actively-detect-TB-cases-in-Cambodia.aspx
Kingdom's mine targets ‘out of reach’
Cambodia is likely to come under scrutiny as parties to the UN’s anti-landmine convention gather in Geneva this week, with a recent report saying the Kingdom is unlikely to hit its mine clearance targets, even under an already-extended deadline.The 14th meeting of states parties to ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-mine-targets-out-reach
Elephants get love and care in Cambodia, with tourists' help
The trip to the hills of eastern Cambodia had all the makings of a luxurious getaway: delicious fresh fruit fed by hand, a dip in a refreshingly cold watering hole and a relaxing massage. at the Mondulkiri Project, it’s not the people who call the ...
Kristi Eaton
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory/elephants-love-care-cambodia-tourists-35653275
Survivor: war ends but suffering remains
Forty-six-year-old Phon Chet, who lost his left leg to cluster bombs 14 years ago, sits with other impaired people at a rehabilitation center in Kampong Cham province during a media tour on Thursday. Due to unexploded ordnance left over from the civil war in the 1970s, ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27872/survivor--war-ends-but-suffering-remains/
Bassaka puts the blame on CAMS
The government has asked the company that manages airports in Cambodia to explain why, according to airline Bassaka Air, it demanded $240 from the carrier for helping a disabled passenger board one of its aircraft.Bassaka Air, which found itself at the centre of a media ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bassaka-puts-blame-cams
PM urges US to drop tariffs
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged policymakers in Washington to expand its preferential treatment of goods imported from least-developed countries (LDCs) including Cambodia by increasing the amount of goods permitted duty- and quota-free access to the US market.“Cambodia would like to request that the US provide ...
Cam McGrath and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-urges-us-drop-tariffs