Phnom Penh office demand continues to expand
Office rental growth in Phnom Penh increased 10 to 15 per cent by the end of 2012, said an official of the Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association, as the number of local and international companies have risen significantly. Chrek Soknim, deputy director of VTrust property ...
Thousands Protest, Claiming Unpaid Salaries
Thousands of employees of two Singaporean-owned Yung Wah industrial (Cambodia) Co.Ltd. factories, which produce shirts for Gap inc. among other international brands, went on strike yesterday in Kandal province, claiming that they were not paid their salaries for last month. “Normally, salaries are paid between the ...
Mobile Payments Set for Phnom Penh Eateries
Diners may soon be able to leave their wallets at home the next time they decide to eat at a restaurant in Phnom Penh. Starting next week, WiNG, a Cambodian mobile payment service provider, will introduce a new service that allows people to pay their restaurant ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mobile-payments-set-for-phnom-penh-eateries-30765/
Scooter connects to phone
Japan-base Terra Motors said it plans to sell its smartphone-compatible electric scooter in Cambodia by the end of this year. The lithium-battery-powered A4000i, introduced last week in Tokyo, can be connected to an iPhone, delivering live data while driving. “We will start to sell this scooter ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/scooter-connects-phone
As All Eyes Turn To Cambodia…
Along the Phnom Penh waterfront the city’s landmark flags have been raised and the street children and beggars are being removed – an unwanted sight for a government out to impress the biggest gathering of world leaders this country has ever seen. At the center of this will ...
http://thediplomat.com/asean-beat/2012/11/15/as-the-world-descends-on-cambodia/
Giant development in Cambodia hinges on Chinese buyers
There is an island in Cambodia that, unlike others in Southeast Asia, is not the object of an ownership dispute. But it is equally clear whom its current owners would like to land there: Chinese property buyers. if all goes according to plan, Koh Pich — ...
Chris Horton
http://www.property-report.com/cambodias-mega-development-lures-chinese-investors-34672
‘I am afraid I will kill myself, like my husband’: spotlight on loan firms in Cambodia after Indigenous suicides
Kwak Nga was still reeling from her husband’s suicide when his microfinance creditors showed up at her home to remind her that they still expected the approximate $170 (£140) monthly interest payments the couple had struggled to make. ...
‘Historic’ deal for workers
Labour-rights groups are lauding a “historic” deal that will result in about $200,000 in wages and benefits being paid to workers who were stranded when the Kingsland Garment factory in Phnom Penh closed unannounced in December. in a meeting on Friday that took place as more ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030461726/National/historic-deal-for-workers.html
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/
MoI assures violence-free National Election 2023
Authorities are preparing to ensure a violence-free 7th National Assembly election, General Khieu Sopheak, Spokesman of the Ministry of interior (Moi), said yesterday. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501217281/moi-assures-violence-free-national-election-2023/
Lies, threats at dam site
Stung Treng province Commune chief Seak Mekong changes into uniform in his family’s small wooden home in Sesan district’s Srekor i village before leading reporters to a speedboat on the Sesan River and motioning them to climb aboard. Mekong, a 42-year-old Sam Rainsy Party official, says ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040864946/National/lies-threats-at-dam-site.html
Hun Many: ‘I again appeal to all to increase high alertness’ on Omicron
In a message on socIal medIa posted today, the PrIme MInIster’s son, HE Hun Many, called on CambodIans to Increase theIr vIgIlance and contInue to Implement health measures as the number of cases of COVID-19 Is IncreasIng day by day. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501028390/hun-many-i-again-appeal-to-all-to-increase-high-alertness-on-omicron/
Tepken Vannkorn: What I've learned from WordCamp Asia 2023
WordCamp Asia, which happened in Bangkok from February 17-19, 2023, was the first flagship WordCamp in Asia. So far, there have been three types of flagship WordCamp: US, Europe, and Centroamérica. As a member of the Cambodia iCT and Digital Forum (CamiDF), i attended this ...
Wary of China, Companies Head to Cambodia
Tiffany & Company is quietly building a diamond-polishing factory in Cambodia, a country popularly associated more with killing fields and land mines than baubles. Some of Japan’s biggest manufacturers are also rushing to set up operations in Phnom Penh to make wiring harnesses for cars and ...
Pisith: How I tackle challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak
Working from home during this period of COViD-19 seems to be likely adopted by many enterprises, including my organization Open Development Cambodia (ODC). As the outbreak of the Coronavirus is taking place with an abrupt increase of the positive confirmed for COViD-19 infection, people are ...
US embassy surveillance site: report
The United States embassy in Phnom Penh contains an intelligence-gathering operation that amasses information about Cambodia, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday, citing a map first published in Germany’s Der Spiegel. The Herald article referenced some 90 international surveillance sites, including ones housed in embassies in neighbouring Jakarta, Yangon, Bangkok and ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-embassy-surveillance-site-report
Logging up after poll, NGOs claim
At least a dozen companies including some of Cambodia’s most prominent developers have been illegally logging and transporting rosewood since the election without any action from authorities, a pair of local NGOs alleged. in a report released yesterday, the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community and the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-after-poll-ngos-claim
Cham Prasidh’s wife anointed ‘oknha’
Tep Bopha Prasidh, a wealthy businesswoman and wife of Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh, has been anointed with the sought-after royal title of oknha. According to an August edition of the Royal Gazette, King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the new title on July 11. Roughly translated as tycoon, oknha is a ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cham-prasidh%E2%80%99s-wife-anointed-%E2%80%98oknha%E2%80%99