Overseas Cambodian workers send home over 1 bln USD per year
Cambodia’s Labor Minister Ith samheng said Wednesday that overseas Cambodian workers had remitted more than 1 billion U.s. dollars to their families in Cambodia a year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
hanyang
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/17/c_135106074.htm
Major Thai lender Kasikornbank to open first Cambodia branch
Kasikornbank, Thailand’s fourth-largest lender by assets, plans to open its first branch in Phnom Penh by August, according to a report from Nikkei Asian Review. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21765/major-thai-lender-kasikornbank-to-open-first-cambodia-branch/
Minimum wage talks scheduled
The Ministry of Labor has instructed employers and unions in the country’s crucial garment sector to begin preparations for the next round of minimum wage negotiations. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minimum-wage-talks-scheduled-113638/
Gov’t halts building of Koh Rong island port
A Sihanoukville provincial coaStal working group haS ordered tycoon Kith Meng&rSquo;S Royal Group to Stop building a port on Koh Rong, Saying the development waS illegal. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-halts-building-koh-rong-island-port
Workers demand better conditions
More than 7,000 workers from the Can sports shoe factory protested outside their workplace in Kampong Chhnang’s samaky Meanchey district yesterday, demanding better working conditions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26958/workers-demand-better-conditions/
CNRP to oppose lifting of members’ immunity
The opposition plans to attend the National Assembly’s standing Committee meeting today to debate the lifting of immunity for two of its lawmakers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-oppose-lifting-members-immunity
Capital taps private firm to manage its lighting
Phnom Penh Municipality has reached a deal with PPDEC, a previously little known company, to privatise the capital’s public lighting system, a city official said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capital-taps-private-firm-manage-its-lighting
CNRP official arrested in ‘fight’
A Cambodia National Rescue Party council member from Banteay Meanchey’s Thma Puok district has been arrested on suspicion of attacking a food vendor, officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-official-arrested-fight
Gov't touts internet record despite telecom bill concerns
Government officials defended the Kingdom’s record on internet freedom yesterday, despite concerns that recent and proposed legislation could curtail the rights of those speaking out online. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-touts-internet-record-despite-telecom-bill-concerns
Road project ‘mishandled’
A seven-year, multimillion-dollar road rehabilitation project was rated “less than successful” in a report last week by the Asian Development Bank’s Independent Evaluation Department. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-project-mishandled
Ex-dream land workers demand severance
About 50 former employees of the recently shuttered Dream Land amusement park in Phnom Penh protested outside the park’s grounds on Monday to demand severance pay. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-dream-land-workers-demand-severance-109889/
Crude palm oil exports increase
Cambodia’s exports of crude palm oil have increased, though the price has declined in line with falling global prices, according to an official and a producer. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22860/crude-palm-oil-exports-increase/
Timber truck seized in Kratie
A police squad working with government officials in Kratie province stopped a truck loaded full of luxury wood in Chet Borei’s Changkrang village on saturday afternoon. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27871/timber-truck-seized-in-kratie/
Hun Sen receives an honorary degree, bringing total up to 12
Prime Minister Hun sen was awarded an honorary doctorate in “transformational leadership” by Malaysia’s Limkokwing University on Wednesday, adding to his extensive list of honorary degrees. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-receives-an-honorary-degree-bringing-total-up-to-12-93802/
CCTV network goes live in capital: police
Some 200 Surveillance cameraS inStalled at Phnom Penh&rSquo;S traffic lightS were Switched on for the firSt time yeSterday, the National Police and MiniStry of Interior announced. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cctv-network-goes-live-capital-police
NGO to draft graft-busting strategy for politicians
The director of Transparency International Cambodia on Friday called for all political parties to incorporate anti-corruption measures into their platforms before next year’s commune elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21680/ngo-to-draft-graft-busting-strategy-for-politicians9/
Provincial governors set to retire
The government is preparing for the retirement of eight provincial governors, Interior Minister sar Kheng announced at an event to commemorate International Women’s Day on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provincial-governors-set-retire
World bank loans prompt credibility questions
The World Bank’s decision earlier this month to resume lending to Cambodia after a five-year moratorium has drawn criticism from development experts. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/world-bank-loans-prompt-credibility-questions/3347308.html
Measles case confirmed in capital
The Kingdom’s most recent case of measles involves a one-year-old child in Phnom Penh, marking the virus’ third appearance in the country this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25737/measles-case-confirmed-in-capital/
Japan confirms NEC funding
Japan will continue funding the National Election Committee (NEC) ahead of the upcoming commune and national elections, despite growing international concern over Cambodia’s deteriorating political climate. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26900/japan-confirms-nec-funding/