Cambodia inches up ‘corruption perceptions index’
Cambodia ranks 150 of 180 countries in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2022, an improvement over 2021, when the country ranked 157th. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230310/cambodia-inches-up-corruption-perceptions-index/
Cambodia Retains Its Reputation for Corruption
Cambodia continues to rank among the most corrupt countries in the world and much needs to be done to enforce the Anti-Corruption Law and investigate allegations of corruption, Transparency International (T.I.) Cambodia said yesterday. According to T.I.’s 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Cambodia ranked 157th among ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-retains-its-reputation-for-corruption-6475/
Go Digital Asean initiative to empower MSME’s
The ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the Asia Foundation has formally announced the Go Digital ASEAN initiative. Supported by a $3.3 million grant from Google, the initiative is designed to equip 200,000 people – of which 60 percent will be ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50737853/go-digital-asean-initiative-to-empower-msmes/
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Hun Sen Hands More Four-Star Promotions to 6 Police Chiefs
In case the 29 officers Prime Minister Hun Sen promoted on January 30 to four-star general were not enough, six Interior Ministry police chiefs were also promoted to the same top rank late last month. A January 22 royal decree, obtained Wednesday, elevated the six lieutenant ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-hands-more-four-star-promotions-to-6-police-chiefs-51541/
English skills lagging behind global trend
A global index on English language proficiency has cast Cambodia against the international trend of improving standards, with the Kingdom ranking 69th of 70 countries and territories surveyed and the lowest among 16 Asian participants.Released this week, the annual English Proficiency Index, the world’s largest ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/english-skills-lagging-behind-global-trend
Myanmar, Cambodia seek investors for rice business
Two Southeast Asian countries not particularly known for large agricultural exports, Myanmar and Cambodia, have both declared that they want to participate in the global rice business by intensifying rice farming and milling across their respective countries with the help of foreign investors, including from ...
Arno Maierbrugger
http://www.gulf-times.com/eco.-bus.%20news/256/details/426906/myanmar,-cambodia-seek-investors-for-rice-business
Gov’t slams NGO over 2019 corruption report
The government on Thursday slammed a report that described the Kingdom as highly corrupt. Government spokesperson Phay Siphan dismissed the latest Transparency International (TI) report as “just an advertisement of NGOs to promote their own interests”. Released on Thursday, the report puts Cambodia near the bottom ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-slams-ngo-over-2019-corruption-report
Economic freedom low: report
Economic freedom in Cambodia worsened over the past year, according to the latest report from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in the US. Cambodia is ranked 108 out of 178 countries surveyed, with an overall score of 57.4, a 1.1-point dip from ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/economic-freedom-low-report
Business bribery is rife: report
Cambodia has again ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world with the release of global anti-bribery association TRACE’s bribery risk index. According to the index, titled the TRACE Matrix and released on November 11, Cambodia is the fifth most at risk country ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/business-bribery-rife-report
Cambodia among most deforested countries
Cambodia has one of the world’s highest rates of deforestation, ranking ninth among 180 countries in terms of forest loss during the past decade, according to a new study, which said that economic land concessions and illegal logging were the primary cause for the demise ...
Cambodia's turf war
After 28 years in the capital, eating like “a king” and enjoying the perks one receives as the son of high-ranking CPP officials, Sophal’s* move to the countryside was as jarring as it was eye-opening. Until the day in June when he traded his designer threads ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122460443/National/cambodia-s-turf-war.html
Cambodia ‘ripe’ for money laundering
Cambodia is ripe for money-laundering and terrorist financing activities due to rampant corruption, banking-sector secrecy and an overall lack of financial transparency, a governance institute says in a report released this week. The Switzerland-based Basel Institute on Governance has ranked Cambodia the third “highest-risk” country out of 144 ...
Research reveals Ratanakiri leads in child marriages
A study has revealed that Ratanakiri province ranks first for girls being married before the age of 18, while Takeo province ranked last out of nine target provinces, with authorities pledging to eliminate child, early and forced marriages. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/research-reveals-ratanakiri-leads-in-child-marriages
Study finds Cambodia most vulnerable to climate change
US credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has ranked Cambodia’s economy and creditworthiness as the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Of 116 nations measured by S&P as part of a vulnerability index published last month – with a number 1 ranking being the ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/study-finds-cambodia-most-vulnerable-climate-change
Ministry facing teacher shortage
Less than a week away from the start of the new school year, the government is short on teachers. Every year, the government struggles to recruit enough instructors to keep pace with enrollment rates and replace those who have retired, left teaching or passed away. The ...
Laignee Barron and Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-facing-teacher-shortage
After arrests, environment NGO defends tactics
When Sam Samnang’s son decided to join the ranks of environmental NGO Mother Nature, she knew he was in for trouble. ...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-arrests-environment-ngo-defends-tactics-92525/
National police force hires more than 4,500 officer
The National Police has hired more than 4,500 new officials into its ranks, according to a sub-decree dated Wednesday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-police-force-hires-more-than-4500-officer-108298/
Japan caregiver centre to train young recruits
Japan’s swelling ranks of elderly citizens could soon be receiving care from Cambodians if one NGO’s plan comes to fruition. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-caregiver-centre-train-young-recruits
Police charge major with dealing meth in Battambang
A Ministry of Defence staffer with the rank of major was arrested on Tuesday, allegedly while dealing drugs in Battambang’s Kamrieng district. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-charge-major-dealing-meth-battambang