Gov’t called upon to stamp out child labor
The government must make more of an effort to not only eradicate child labor, but also its underlying causes, and ensure that children attend school, local rights group Licadho said Thursday. In a statement released ahead of World Day Against Child Labor, the group said the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-called-upon-to-stamp-out-child-labor-61337/
Anti-Vietnam protesters bring a petition to foreign embassies
As scheduled, Khmer Krom citizens gathered Monday in front of French embassy in order to present their petition which asks the VN embassy’s spokesman to apologize for his comment over Khmer Kampuchea Krom territory. some 500 students, monks, and citizens were led by leaders of Federation ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MWJmZWVhMzZkNzc
LOLC Group acquires 60 pct stake in Cambodian Microfinance Company for USD 20.3 Mn
Sri Lanka&rSquo;S Lanka Orix LeaSing Company acquired a 60 percent Stake in Thaneakea Phum Cambodia (TPC) a microfinance company in Cambodia, for 20.3 million US dollarS, identifying the immenSe potential in emerging economieS of the South EaSt ASian region the company Said in a media SS='cambodia-color'>...
Lanka Business Online News Staff
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/news/lolc-group-acquires-60-pct-stake-in-cambodian-microfinance-company-for-usd-20.3-mn/1806143502
Call for Thailand and Cambodia to address migration
The Thai and Cambodian governments need to reform migration policies to prevent a repeat of June’s exodus that saw up to 300,000 Cambodians leave Thailand, migrant groups said Tuesday. Workers from neighboring Cambodia fled Thailand following the May 22 military coup amid widespread rumors that the army ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.turkishpress.com/news/415247/
Montagnards seek Cambodia asylum
Thirteen hill tribespeople known as “Montagnards” have left their jungle hideout in Cambodia and will apply for asylum after crossing from Vietnam to flee persecution, it was announced sunday. The minority group had for more than seven weeks sought refuge in the jungle in Cambodia’s northeastern ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manila Standard Today News Staff
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/12/21/montagnards-seek-cambodia-asylum/
Hun Sen blasts opposition ahead of Jan. 7 holiday
The Jan. 7 holiday marking the 1979 ouster of the Khmer Rouge is most often celebrated by supporters of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. On Monday Prime Minister Hun sen lashed out at the opposition, saying their lack of support for the day meant they ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-blasts-opposition-ahead-of-january-seven-holiday/2586202.html
Ministry attempts to explain its interference in Sen Sok dispute
Representatives of 163 families embroiled in a long-running land dispute in Phnom Penh’s sen sok district met with officials from the Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday to ask why the ministry issued a letter last week requesting that the Phnom Penh Municipal Court hold off on ss='cambodia-color'>...
P Vihear families call on gov’t to stop logger
After almost five years of alleged illegal logging in Preah Vihear province’s Preah Rokar community forest by a local businessman, more than 100 villagers yesterday petitioned the provincial authorities to shut down his handicrafts company. The villagers say that the woodworking operation, owned by businessman sar ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/p-vihear-families-call-govt-stop-logger
Flooding delays school term across country
The start of the school year has been delayed for a month due to flooding that has affected many of the country’s schools this month, the Ministry of Education said sunday. Ros salin, spokesman and cabinet chief for the ministry, said that the school year will ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/flooding-delays-school-term-across-country-66711/
Prime Minister says test scores warning to students
Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday said the pass rate of 25 percent in last month’s grade 12 national exam served as a warning that students could no longer pay their way through school and urged students who failed the exam to embrace their second ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-says-test-scores-warning-to-students-67414/
Businesses must pay property tax by October
Businesses registered in Cambodia have until the end of the month to pay their annual property tax to the country’s General Department of Taxation (GDT). According to the GDT, business owners must pay by september 30 to avoid being fined. ss='cambodia-color'>...
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/businesses-must-pay-property-tax-by-october-67827/
Round two: Thousands sign up for final re-test
More than 68,000 grade 12 students have signed up for a second and final shot at the high stakes national exam next Monday, the Ministry of Education, Youth and sport reported. That’s all of the students who failed – and most who failed to show ss='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/round-two-thousands-sign-final-re-test
Rights group claims continued harassment in Oddar Meanchey
NGO workers interviewing evictees in Oddar Meanchey province said police pulled their car over without cause on saturday and tried to seize one of their cameras, the third reported case of authorities in the area harassing the group’s staff in the past month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-group-claims-continued-harassment-in-oddar-meanchey-69650/
Cambodian children more vulnerable under Asean integration, report warns
Rights workers fear for the safety of Cambodia’s vulnerable children once Asean joins in an economic community next year. Children could also face more risk from economic pulls, experts warn. That includes families sending their children to work in other countries, where they will be ss='cambodia-color'>...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-children-more-vulnerable-under-asean-integration-report-warns/2489920.html
Thai hospital inaugurated in Cambodia
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday inaugurated a Thai-funded hospital, which targets middle- and high-class patients. The 50-million-U.s. dollar Royal Phnom Penh Hospital is a tertiary care hospital managed by Bangkok Dusit Medical services Public Company, Chairman of the Bangkok Dusit Medical services Prasert Prasatthong ss='cambodia-color'>...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=253219
Excavation worries
Twenty families living in stung Treng province’s Thala Barivat district have recently filed complaints to authorities demanding compensation from a Chinese firm, which allegedly plans to excavate their farmlands in search of marble. The villagers from the Chamkar Leu commune sent a total of seven complaints ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/excavation-worries
New CSX tools aim to lure traders
Trading on Cambodia’s fledgling stock market will become easier after the bourse announced two new tools aimed at improving usability and access to the exchange platform. A January 14 statement released by the Cambodian securities Exchange (CsX) said two new trading methods, “continuous trading” and “trading ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-csx-tools-aim-lure-traders
Rice federation votes, approves export fee
The newly formed Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) voted Monday to require its members pay an export fee of $0.50 per metric ton of long-grain white rice and $1 per ton of fragrant rice in order to raise money for educating farmers and marketing Cambodian rice ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/rice-federation-votes-approves-export-fee-77253/
Montagnards ‘missing’
Four of the 36 Jarai Montagnards deported last month have “disappeared” from their village in Vietnam’s central highlands, prompting fears among villagers that they may have been detained by the authorities. The group of 36 Montagnards was deported on the night of February 24 after attempting ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/montagnards-missing
Obama gone, but education challenges remain
Following the fanfare surrounding the visit of First Lady Michelle Obama over the weekend, life in siem Reap returned to normal this week. Many here say they were not aware of the first lady’s visit, and some said even though they were, they aren’t sure ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1BksB3k