Ongoing challenges in Kingdom's efforts to end domestic violence
Slow action from courts and police, a dire lack of mental health counselling and sparse government funding were named as ongoing challenges in Cambodia’s quest to eliminate violence against women at a conference yesterday. ...
Erin Handley and Chin Sreyleap
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ongoing-challenges-kingdoms-efforts-end-domestic-violence
Justice ministry praises UN rapporteur
Justice Ministry spokesman Chin Malin sang the praises of UN Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith on Saturday, following a report in the Post on Friday that she had lost the confidence of many in the human rights community. ...
Oil meeting in Siem Reap
The 42nd Asean Council on Petroleum members’ meeting will be held in Siem Reap next month, a senior government official told Khmer Times. The meeting, which will include representatives from the national petroleum companies of the nine other Asean members, plus Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28903/oil-meeting-in-siem-reap/
Cambodia limits broadcasts of foreign films to promote national culture
The Cambodian government moved on Friday to sharply restrict the airing of foreign movies on television, calling the move a necessary step to encourage the work of local filmmakers and promote national culture. ...
Oum Raingsy and Samean Yun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/films-09252015155002.html
City meets with Cintri to draft new waste disposal contract
Phnom Penh municipal authorities met on Wednesday with the city’s embattled trash-collection company, Cintri, to draft a new contract, according to a statement posted to City Hall’s Facebook page. ...
Fifth refugee from Australia’s Nauru camps enters Cambodia
Officials with the Interior Ministry and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday that a fifth person from Australia’s refugee camps on Nauru had arrived in Cambodia, but declined to provide any details. ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fifth%E2%80%88refugee-from-australias-nauru-camps-enters-cambodia-101376/
Master plan for coastal revival nearing approval
The draft Coastal Master Plan is likely to get approval from the Ministry of Tourism and other ministries in the middle of this year, while Otres Beach has been selected by the ministry as the template ensuring bays and beaches are environmentally friendly in order ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19667/master-plan-for-coastal-revival-nearing-approval/
Kingdom’s road infrastructure pressured by increased car sales
Rising incomes are driving the growth of new and used car sales in the Kingdom, putting pressure on the Kingdom’s limited road infrastructure, an industry specialist said yesterday. ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-road-infrastructure-pressured-increased-car-sales
Roadside builders told to back off by ministry
The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation in an announcement yesterday warned that action would be taken against those who illegally construct on the shoulders of, or fill in canals along, National Road 4 between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/roadside-builders-told-back-ministry
NGO notes uptick in gov’t ‘threats’ against online posters
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights released a public notice on Monday noting a “substantial increase” in the number of people being charged for making anti-government or anti-Hun Sen comments in social media. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-notes-uptick-govt-threats-against-online-posters
SIM sales stagnate as internet use soars
Mobile SIM card sales slowed to a crawl in 2015 while the number of new subscribers using mobile internet services leaped by 30 per cent, according to a Ministry of Telecommunications factsheet. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sim-sales-stagnate-internet-use-soars
Revised rubber export tax scheme criticised
Rubber producers said yesterday the government’s decision to amend the export tax scheme on natural rubber fell short of expectations and would do little to stem the losses of farmers as rubber prices hover near a six-year low. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revised-rubber-export-tax-scheme-criticised
Women’s day bike ride blocked by police, security guards
More than 200 activists attempting to cycle from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to the National Assembly in Phnom Penh to mark International Women’s Day were penned in by authorities Tuesday morning after pedaling less than 100 meters. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109648-109648/
Sesame exports on the rise, official says
The Kingdom exported 9,379.29 tons of sesame last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, with Vietnam buying the lion’s share. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22796/sesame-exports-on-the-rise--official-says/
Korea Gives $13 mil for Flood Project
Korea will provide a $13.3 million concessional loan to renovate the Stung Siem Reap Phase II flood mitigation project after a deal signed yesterday between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Korea Export and Import Bank. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23335/korea-gives--13-mil--for-flood-project/
Hun Sen says peace trumps free expression
A day after the ruling party filed a defamation complaint against one of the country’s most prominent political commentators, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday defended limitations on freedom of speech as being necessary for peace and stability. ...
Taylor O'Connell and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-peace-trumps-free-expression-111805/
ACU to send officials to S. Korea to investigate ambassador case
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will send officials to South Korea next month to further investigate the case of former ambassador Suth Dina, who was arrested and detained at Prey Sar prison early last month on corruption charges. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24813/acu-to-send-officials-to-s--korea-to-investigate-ambassador-case/
Logistics committee to be established
To help improve the logistics sector, the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation has announced it will set up the Logistics Committee, which will work to improve the flow of goods in the Kingdom. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24801/logistics-committee-to-be-established/
Phone subscriptions exceed 21 million mark
The total number of telephone subscriptions in Cambodia surpassed the 21-million mark earlier this year ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phone-subscriptions-exceed-21-million-mark