Brit brands target local market
MORE UK-based brands were looking to set up shop in Cambodia, Britain’s ambassador to Cambodia, Mark Gooding, said yesterday. Gooding said at Costa Coffee’s official opening in Phnom Penh he was pleased by the arrival of the international chain, the largest coffee brand in the UK, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030161680/Business/brit-brands-target-local-market.html
Cambodian Land Rights Activist's Bail Plea Rejected
The Cambodian Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a jailed land rights activist’s appeal to be released on bail, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the whole case smacked of political interference and should be thrown out. “I am having heart, respiratory, and stomach ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-03272013191716.html
Cambodia Drops on US Global Human Trafficking Ranking
The U.S. has downgraded Cambodia in its latest global Trafficking in Persons Report for showing no discernable improvements in its efforts to combat human trafficking over the past year, the country’s first demotion in five years. The 2013 report cites an increase in the number ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-drops-on-us-global-human-trafficking-ranking-31423/
Koh Kong cashes in on conservation
Koh Kong province’s mangrove forests have changed from being a source of charcoal to serving tourists who help to protect their biodiversity. The forests have now become a popular destination for Cambodian tourists. Yem Yan, Peam Krasorb commune chief in Koh Kong, said gradually visitors ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051465588/Business/koh-kong-cashes-in-on-conservation.html
Subedi Urges Passage of Laws on Judiciary
U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi met with a senior official at the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday and reiterated a call for new legislation to be passed on governing Cambodia’s judiciary. “He did not ask us much on anything new, but he did ask for ...
US investors cite corruption as major issue
Though U.S.-owned businesses in Cambodia are optimistic of the country’s economy, its appeal as an investment destination lags behind most of its neighbors due to the perception of endemic corruption, a new survey of 475 senior U.S. business executives in Asean shows. The 2013-14 ASEAN Business ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-investors-cite-corruption-as-major-issue-40520/
More Bunong, Kouy, and Kroeung people have graduated from the university and returned to support their communities
Ms. Somart Sokhaii is Bunong. She is among a few indigenous people to have succeeded in her higher education with a bachelor’s degree in Laws. ...
Non-Government Groups Take Stock of the Country’s Rights Records
The government’s abuse of land rights and indigenous minorities were among the top concerns raised Tuesday by non-governmental groups at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Cambodia’s progress toward achieving a long list of U.N. human rights recommendations. As part of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/non-government-groups-take-stock-of-countrys-rights-record-21113/
Thai PM's Cambodia Visit May Restore Mutual Trust, Investment
PHNOM PENH–Cambodian analysts believe that the visit of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to Cambodia on Thursday this week could restore mutual trust and trade and investment relations between the two countries. “From my point of view, the meeting of the two PMs will probably focus ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-09/14/c_131138587.htm
Australia-donated Pfizer vaccines arrive in Cambodia, to be dispatched to front line states with Thailand
Cambodia last evening received 783,000 out of the over 2.35 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine committed by the Government and people of Australia to the Government and people of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50995548/australia-donated-pfizer-vaccines-arrive-in-cambodia-to-be-dispatched-to-front-line-states-with-thailand/
ASEAN envoy briefs UNSC on Myanmar state of affairs
Foreign minister Prak Sokhonn, who also serves as the ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar, voiced optimism on May 27 that his second trip to the predominantly Buddhist country in June would produce positive outcomes and that he would be able to meet with a broader ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asean-envoy-briefs-unsc-myanmar-state-affairs
US’ regional assistant state secretary set to visit Cambodia, Laos
The US assistant state secretary in charge of the East Asia and Pacific region is set to travel to Cambodia and Laos from May 1-7 to discuss bilateral relations and next month’s ASEAN-US Special Summit, according to the US state department on April 29. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-regional-assistant-state-secretary-set-visit-cambodia-laos
CSOs say that people in some capitals and provinces still face land issues under state development projects
Civil society organizations and community representatives from some capitals and provinces say that people are still facing problems with land, houses and have not yet received proper compensation due to the development without studying the impact in advance and the authorities continue to monitor and threaten ...
PM offers VOD staff jobs at state organizations
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday offered VOD staff to work in the government after the media organization had its license revoked on Monday. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pm-offers-vod-staff-jobs-at-state-organizations
China offers scholarships to 62 Cambodian students
Sixty-two Cambodian students have gotten annual scholarships for their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in various universities in China, according to Chinese News Agency (Xinhua). ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/china-offers-scholarships-to-62-cambodian-students-8789
New policy to combat corruption in schools
The Education Ministry will reconfigure how it ranks high school graduates seeking placement at state universities as part of its campaign to promote accountability in the school system, Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron announced on Friday. Delivering closing remarks at the Education Ministry’s annual meeting, Mr. ...
Kuch Naren and Emily Wilkins
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-policy-to-combat-corruption-in-schools-54886/
Factory Dining Hall Collapses in Phnom Penh; 23 injured
The dining hall of a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district that supplies clothes to U.S. brand Gap collapsed into a pond Monday, injuring more than 20 workers who were eating lunch, workers and officials said. The hall, which is part of Top World Garment ...
No fake license plates found at military police headquarters
The first two days of a new crackdown on the improper use of military license plates have focused on vehicles parked at the National Military Police Headquarters in Phnom Penh, a spokesman said Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-fake-license-plates-found-at-military-police-headquarters-98521/
PM puts fake Hun Sen FB accounts on notice
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday took to the unruly world of social media in an effort to impose some order, at least where his own name is concerned. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-puts-fake-hun-sen-fb-accounts-notice
Sting targeting ancient statue dealers winds up with fakes
Police in Kompong Thom province on Monday arrested three men in a sting targeting sellers of looted, ancient statues, only to find that seven statues seized in the operation were in fact worthless copies of Buddhist artifacts, officials said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sting-targeting-ancient-statue-dealers-winds-up-with-fakes-104117/