Cambodia: A rising star with a falling reputation?
Cambodia’s reputation as a standard-bearer for apparel workers’ rights is wearing thin – and yet the country is a rising star when it comes to attracting foreign investment and increasing exports. There are many reasons to deter brands and retailers from sourcing clothing in Cambodia. The Kingdom ...
http://www.just-style.com/analysis/a-rising-star-with-a-falling-reputation_id117944.aspx
Pushing the ELC envelope
Three companies accused of illegal logging in Ratanakkiri province are in possession of a combined 30,000 hectares of economic land concessions (ELCs) that are likely illegal because they are owned by the same parent firm. Hoang Anh Andong Meas, Hoang Anh Lumphat and Hoang Anh Ouyadav ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050365405/National/pushing-the-elc-envelope.html
PM calls for more improvement of higher education quality
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged relevant institutions, especially the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) to further enhance the quality of higher education, particularly the doctorate degree. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501299546/pm-calls-for-more-improvement-of-higher-education-quality/
Hot weather, dry season looms as agriculture ministry calls for more climate-resilient crops
The temperature in Cambodia is expected to rise starting February to early May, with highs of 41 degrees Celsius, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said, urging the public, especially those in rural areas, to use water sparingly. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/hot-weather-dry-season-looms-as-agriculture-ministry-calls-for-more-climate-resilient-crops/
Economic Census Sheds Light on Businesses
The Ministry of Planning yesterday released the preliminary results of the 2011 economic census, which found that Cambodia has a total of 503,008 businesses nationwide, of which nearly 20 percent are based in Phnom Penh. The census, which began on March 1 and was financed ...
Despite Land Loss, Minorities Back Status Quo
Romam Gvin could be described as a counterintuitive voter. Intuition might lead you to believe that Mr. Gvin blames the government for the loss of his land to the Vietnamese rubber company that now owns everything for as far as the eye can see here in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/despite-land-loss-minorities-back-status-quo-34786/
Wife of jailed senator in line for his job
Senators will tomorrow discuss the appointment of opposition candidate Kun Lum Ang as a replacement for her imprisoned husband Hong Sok Hour. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39768/wife-of-jailed-senator-in-line-for-his-job/
Gov’t officials to discuss senator’s arrest
Officials from the Council of Ministers and the Justice Ministry will meet today to discuss the arrest of former opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour. ...
Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14645/gov---t-officials-to-discuss-senator---s-arrest/
Cambodian School Educates New Generation of Social Workers
Cambodia has some 3,000 registered non-profit groups. Some work on highly sensitive issues such as violence against women and human trafficking. But there are few Cambodians formally trained for such work. That is now changing with the country’s first university-level degree program for social workers. When ...
Koh Kong authorities look for land grabbers
A technical working group in Koh Kong province is inspecting state land in Sre Ambel district’s Chroy Svay and Boeung Preav communes on suspicions of illegal land grabbing in the biodiversity corridor and multi-use areas. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-authorities-look-land-grabbers
Koh Kong ‘plastic-free’ campaign underway
Koh Kong provincial authorities have chosen four key locations where they will erect billboards explaining the idea of “Plastic-free Zones” to educate the public on the prevention and reduction of plastic use. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-plastic-free-campaign-underway
Koh Kong suspends visits to eco-tourist sites due to rains
The Governor of Koh Kong province, Mithona Phouthorng, called on all tourists to suspend travel to remote eco-tourism sites due to the dangers presented by sudden changes in the weather. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501337912/koh-kong-suspends-visits-to-eco-tourist-sites-due-to-rains/
Protest leads to second chance on nat’l exams
Amid strict reforms to guard against rampant cheating on the high-stakes national exam, education officials yesterday showed surprising leniency towards underperforming grade 12 students. In a notice released yesterday, the Ministry of Education instructed upper secondary schools to hold re-examinations for grade 12 students who failed ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protest-leads-second-chance-nat%E2%80%99l-exams
NGO observers to get window into cheating
In case cramming for an exam that determines high school graduation and college placement wasn’t stressful enough, grade 12 test-takers will now have to do so under the scrutiny of independent observers tasked with manning every exam-room window. As part of a slew of reforms to ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-observers-get-window-cheating
B Kak Firm Seeks Bauxite in Mondolkiri
Bauxite reserves in Mondolkiri province abandoned by Australian mining form BHP Billiton in 2009 are now being explored by China’s Mongolia Erdos Hongjun Holding Group, the same firm that is behind the controversial development of Boeng Kak lake in Phnom Penh. Kong Pisith, director of ...
Kith Meng re-elected
PROMINENT businessman Kith Meng was re-elected unopposed yesterday as president of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce. Kith Meng, the only contender who declared his candidacy for the three-year mandate, received support from all 11 candidates eligible to stand. Kith Meng, who is also chairman and chief ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080950932/Business/kith-meng-re-elected.html
Government Defends Chinese Dams
Following a dam breach in Pursat province, ruling CPP lawmakers yesterday defended the government’s primary plan to tackle its energy crisis by contracting Chinese companies to build hydropower dams on the country’s rivers. A section of concrete tunnel at the Stung Atai dam in Pursat province ...
Government Has 13 Payment Guarantees for Energy Projects
A CPP lawmaker said yesterday the government has signed 13 payment guarantees to companies constructing coal-fired power plants and hydropower dams in the country, a move that an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official reiterated was risky for the country’s fiscal future. CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-has-13-payment-guarantees-for-energy-projects-11377/
Cambodia sells more, buys less
Trade between Thailand and Cambodia went off in a wild divergence in the first quarter of this year. Exports from Cambodia rose 19% to US$102 million (2.9 billion baht) year-on-year, while Thailand’s imports recorded a 4% decline to $1 billion, the Phnom Penh Post reported on ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351002/strong-baht-sends-thai-exports-to-cambodia-down
Troubled Village Embroiled In New Land Disputes
A year after a massive military raid here that left a 14-year old girl dead and hundreds of families evicted, there remains little sign of the original land dispute that turned this rural village into a hotbed of agitation. But a new firm and a government-issued ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/troubled-village-embroiled-in-new-land-disputes-25184/