Cambodia vows to not harbor activisits
Cambodia never offered sanctuary for red-shirt members or those fleeing arrest in Thailand, Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Banh said Tuesday. Gen Tea Banh said Cambodian law does not allow any movement from other countries to hold political activities in the country. The whereabouts of red-shirt members ...
Wassana Nanuam
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/423079/cambodia-not-house-anti-coup-activists
Plan for airport faces resistance
Talks between officials in Preah Vihear province and local villagers whose land is in the way of a proposed domestic airport hit some turbulence on Tuesday, as homeowners bristled over the various forms of compensation being offered. ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-airport-faces-resistance
NGOs firm against draft law before meeting with lawmakers
NGOs remained united Tuesday in their staunch opposition to a draft law that would force all non-government groups in the country to register with the state, but were split on whether to take up the ruling CPP on its offer for an 11th-hour consultation ahead ...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-firm-against-draft-law-before-meeting-with-lawmakers-87533/
YA Somary
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Finance and Administration ManagerSomary is the Finance and Administration Manager at ODC, where she collaborates closely with the Executive Director to produce financial reports for donors, the Management Team, Board members, Ministries of Interior, Ministry of Economic and Finance, and the Accounting and Auditing Regulator ...
Rights committee in UPR review
The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) led a delegation to participate in the 32nd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, for the third time, it said in a press release issued on Friday. It said Cambodia had already submitted documents last ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-committee-upr-review
Huawei opens ICT training centre in Cambodia
China’s Huawei and Cambodia’s National Institute of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology (NIPTICT) have opened a Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy (HAINA) in the country. Huawei has now extended its HAINA program to more than 130 universities worldwide. ...
Cellular News Staff
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/Technology/68360.php
Expert says Mekong pollution will harm ASEAN citizens
Professor of the University of Leeds, UK, Mr. Chheang Vannarith, said that ASEAN citizens, 60 million people directly affected by the conflict environmental Mekong River and ASEAN countries need to cooperate with each other to solve this problem so that the rich and poor gap ...
Health Ministry and WHO sign 5-year plan
The Ministry of Health and the WHO on Friday signed a new five-year plan that will seek to address communicable and non-communicable diseases, advance universal health care, strengthen capability to respond to new emerging diseases and increase collaborations and partnerships, a ministry official said yesterday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-and-who-sign-5-year-plan
Sihanoukville port announces bookbuild and IPO date
The state-owned enterprise that operates Cambodia’s only deep-sea port officially announced that it will launch its six-day bookbuild and public roadshow starting next Tuesday with an expected initial public offering (IPO) on the Kingdom’s stock market set for May 31, the company’s sole underwriter said ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-port-announces-bookbuild-and-ipo-date
E-commerce slowed by government: report
The key ingredients for e-commerce adoption are in place in Cambodia but many specific measures need to be addressed by both the private and public sector before the Kingdom can tap into the huge opportunities offered by a digital economy, according to a new report ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/e-commerce-slowed-government-report
Khun Sear Land Dispute to Be Settled: Lawyer
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court again delayed the trial of a woman whose family is locked in a land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear on Wednesday, this time at the request of her lawyer, who is advising the family to give up their five-year battle ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/khun-sear-land-dispute-to-be-settled-lawyer-80753/
Khun Sear land dispute to be settled: lawyer
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court again delayed the trial of a woman whose family is locked in a land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear on Wednesday, this time at the request of her lawyer, who is advising the family to give up their five-year battle ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/khun-sear-land-dispute-to-be-settled-lawyer-80753/
World Bank project advances despite occupying indigenous burial grounds
Indigenous Bunong people from Roya Leu village offered rice wine and pork to a shrine, asking forest spirits to protect their land from the World Bank. ...
Andrew Califf, Sovann Sreypich, and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/world-bank-project-advances-despite-occupying-indigenous-burial-grounds/
Reflections from Eight Months with the ODC Library
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Author: Greg Bem, ODC Library and Information Management SpecialistThe time has come to reflect on my experience working with ODC. As the library specialist, I have seen quite a bit of activity since I arrived last September. From releasing updated pages in Khmer, to unleashing ...
Gov’t warns citizens to respect King online
The government yesterday warned citizens to respect King Norodom Sihamoni in social media commentary. The warning then backpedals, acknowledging the government recognises the rights of expression and freedom of the press outlined in the constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ...
Meas Sokchea and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-warns-citizens-respect-king-online
Student says he crashed into ambassador’s wall to get help
A university student who was arrested in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over a string of drunken hit-and-runs in his Lexus SUV said Thursday that he decided to end his rampage by crashing into the U.S. ambassador’s residence because he had hoped embassy security guards would ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-says-he-crashed-into-ambassadors-wall-to-get-help-85440/
Old hearing aids add to quality of life
ROSEBUD audiologist Fallon Arnold is about to head off on a two-week volunteer placement for All Ears Cambodia, based in the capital, Phnom Penh.The organisation offers a range of hearing health services to those afflicted with hearing loss or ear-health problems, such as infections. ...
Stephen Taylor
http://mpnews.com.au/2015/10/13/old-hearing-aids-add-to-quality-of-life/
Fourth IPO kicks off roadshow
Phnom Penh SEZ Plc, which operates the country’s busiest industrial park, launched its IPO public roadshow yesterday, pitching its solid track record and growth potential to prospective investors that it hopes will sink up to $11.6 million into the company’s initial public offering on the ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fourth-ipo-kicks-roadshow
Rein in credit, warns IMF
In light of global predictions of a slowdown in economic markets, led largely by China’s slackening growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday offered Cambodia advice on short and longer term measures to help maintain growth. It also warned that the country’s rapid credit growth ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31763/rein-in-credit--warns-imf/
Slow election count raises eyebrows
The National Election Committee (NEC) continued on Tuesday to say slow internet and blurry photographs were to blame for delays in publishing election results for 344 remaining communes, with its spokesman offering no timeline for when the public could expect complete results. Some parties and ...
Van Roeun and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/slow-election-count-raises-eyebrows-131066/