Chronic disease rise sparks health alert
Senior MiniStry of Health officialS and health expertS have warned an increaSe in non-communicable diSeaSeS iS poSing a threat to public health and the nation&rSquo;S development. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077326/chronic-disease-rise-sparks-health-alert/
Increase not enough: CLC
The Cambodian Labour Confederation said garment workers need a monthly wage of $224 to survive, a steep rise from Prime Minister Hun sen’s proposed increase to $168. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079942/increase-not-enough-clc/
Changes ahead for Sihanoukville
The government is planning to build a massive economic zone in Preah sihanouk province to accommodate up to 10,000 factories similar to Thailand’s eastern economic corridor. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097894/changes-ahead-sihanoukville/
Families file complaint about bulldozed houses
Seventeen villagerS from Banteay Meanchey province&rSquo;S O&rSquo;Chrou diStrict filed a complaint yeSterday with the rightS group Adhoc after their homeS were allegedly unlawfully bulldozed in June laSt year. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia bourse to get second IPO in April
Taiwanese garment factory Grand Twins International will be the second company to go public on Cambodia’s fledgling stock exchange, the securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (sECC) confirmed yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-bourse-get-second-ipo-april
Hun Sen to visit Bangladesh next week
Prime Minister Hun sen will lead a delegation to visit the People’s Republic of Bangladesh next week, according to a statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ODgxYjhiYjdiOTc
CPP, CNRP to discuss public forum preparation next week
Members of the CPP and CNRP’s Joint Committee for Election Reform will meet on Monday next week to resume election reform talk, according to senior official of ruling CPP. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MWFkZTFhYTYyMjY
Four children injured by UXO blast near school
Four children were injured, two of them seriously, after playing with unexploded ordnance (UXO) near their school in siem Reap province’s Chi Kreng district on Tuesday, police said Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Saing Soenthrith and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-children-injured-by-uxo-blast-near-school-80835/
About 230,000 Cambodians visit Vietnam in seven months: Report
229,307 Cambodian people visited Vietnam for tourism and medical checkups from January to July, 2014, according to Vietnam National Tourism Administration’s website. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTg4OGE5NjhiNDg
Cambodia spends 30 mln USD on disaster control last year
Cambodia had spent approximately 30 million U.s. dollars on disaster control in 2014, Nhim Vanda, the first vice-president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150305/cambodia-spends-30-mln-usd-disaster-control-last-year
High number of migrant workers create political, economic challenges
There are now more than 1 million estimated Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. This could be a threat to Cambodia’s economy and politics in the future, an analyst says. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/high-number-of-migrant-workers-create-political-economic-challenges/2667562.html
Coder challenges male dominance in IT
Suy Channe, at 34 yearS of age, iS becoming a familiar face in Cambodia&rSquo;S IT Sector aS a female coder and regional leader at Innovation Lab SEA (InSTEDD). SS='cambodia-color'>...
Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12588/coder-challenges-male-dominance-in-it/
Monitors discuss elections
A group of electoral monitoring NGOs under the banner of the Electoral Reform Alliance yesterday gathered to express their concern over current regulations that govern Cambodia’s voter registration process. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitors-discuss-elections
Gov’t finishes sub-decree listing traffic fines
The government has finished drafting a sub-decree that lays out the fines that will be levied against violators of the country’s new Land Traffic Law, officials said Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-finishes-sub-decree-listing-traffic-fines-87545/
Ministry of tourism website hacked by “Teenageworms”
A Nepalese group of hackers calling themselves “TeenageWorms” hacked into the website of Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism Thursday, changing the title of the site’s URL in Google search. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13038/ministry-of-tourism-website-hacked-by----teenageworms---/
Gov’t grants funding for special olympic team
The Cambodian government has granted $20,000 to the national special Olympics team, for travel and competition at this year’s games in Los Angeles later this month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/govt-grants-funding-for-special-olympic-team/2865153.html
FTU boss to sit out meet
The president of the Free Trade Union is slated to boycott this morning’s final meeting to discuss the trade union law, held at the Ministry of Labour. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ftu-boss-sit-out-meet
Migrants rounded up
Nearly 30 Nigerian nationals and one Filipino were arrested in Phnom Penh’s Por sen Chey district yesterday after being found to be living in the Kingdom unlawfully. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-rounded
Illegal logging at Areng continues with lack of action by local authorities
Areng, an ecotourism site in Koh Kong’s Thmor Bang district, is being threatened by logging. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/illegal-logging-at-areng-continues-with-lack-of-action-by-local-authorities/
Gov’t Launches Body in Effort to Up Rice Exports
The Ministry of Commerce is setting up a National Confederation for Rice Exporters to achieve Prime Minister Hun sen’s target of exporting 1 million tons of milled rice by 2015. ss='cambodia-color'>...