'Gender Cafe' Offers Women a Place to Express Themselves
Busy juggling jobs, children, and housework, Cambodian women do not have the time, or platforms, to discuss bigger women-related issues like abuse, migration and forced eviction. And that is why a new initiative, called “Gender Cafe,” aims to change that by giving local women a ...
Officials Draft Sub-Decree to Develop the Silk Sector
Officials at the Ministry of Commerce met on Friday to draft a sub-decree for the promotion and development of the Cambodian silk sector, but industry experts say the draft does not do enough for the local products used in the production of silk. The main ...
Going black before going green
HIDDEN in the labyrinth of Stung Meanchey province’s factories, the Sustainable Green Fuel Enterprise (SGFE) found a cleaner way to produce charcoal: from coconut shells and industry leftovers. It is still one of the principal sources of energy for cooking in urban areas. Chief Executive Carlo ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030661774/Business/going-black-before-going-green.html
NagaCorp To Build Underground Retail Center In Phnom Penh
Nagacorp will build an underground road and retail space linking its casino complex in Phnom Penh to nearby Koh Pich, according to the announcement released by City Hall yesterday. The underground road, which will be 23 meters wide and 447 meters long, will connect to National ...
Cambodia's Economic Growth Expects To Be 7% In 2012
“Cambodia’s economic growth will stand about 7 per cent this year,” director general of National Bank of Cambodia His Excellency Chea Chanto said. He adds: “Cambodia is trying to diversify its economies to boost the growth.” At the same time, the report from World Bank said: ...
Eviction Protest Held Outside Donor Meeting
Anti-eviction activists from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak and Borei Keila neighborhoods, dressed as white doves, protested yesterday in front of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, where the country’s donors were meeting with top government officials to discuss the country’s reform targets. Donning paper helmets ...
Siamese Rosewood Elevated to Protected Status
Siamese Rosewood, which is illegally logged and exported from Cambodia in large quantities, will be protected internally as a threatened species following a decision taken in Bangkok yesterday. A meeting of the 177 countries party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...
Mekong Dams Could Be a Threat to Cambodia’s Food Security
The construction of two hydroelectric dams proposed for the Mekong River would lead to steep declines in the availability of fish-an essential source of protein for Cambodians- potentially threatening food security, according to a new report by the fisheries administration. The study by the administration’s Inland Fisheries ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-could-be-threat-to-cambodias-food-security-32202/
Initial Mapping For Communal Titles Underway in Mondolkiri
Initial mapping of three ethnic minority Banong communities in Mondolkiri province got underway yesterday, a critical step in their plans to gain much coveted communal titles to their ancestral land. Established by the 2001 Land Law, communal land titles were designed specifically to protect the ancestral ...
Funcinpec joins call for probe
Royalist party Funcinpec has joined the opposition in calling for international involvement in an investigation into election irregularities. “I have issued a request to ask for the creation of an independent committee to investigate the irregularities,” Funcinpec secretary-general Nhek Bun Chhay said. While the party failed to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funcinpec-joins-call-probe
Homeowners petition ADB
The occupants of 90 Phnom Penh households whose homes were partially or completely dismantled to make way for the Railway Rehabilitation Project partly funded by the ADB have demanded the bank offer them fair compensation. In a letter submitted to the Inter-Ministerial Resettlement Committee, the ADB, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165738/National/homeowners-petition-adb.html
Cambodia, next powerhouse for Asean investors
The success Qatar’s Ooredoo had with being issued a mobile phone licence in Myanmar is an encouraging development for Middle East investors who are looking into the possibility of entering a venture or opening a business in Southeast Asia. Let’s take a look at Cambodia. ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/business/191/details/359376/cambodia,-next-powerhouse-for-asean-investors
Cambodia's oil imports down 5.6 pct in first half of 2013
Cambodia has imported 871,000 tons of petroleum in the first six months of the year, a 5.6 percent decline compared with the 922,800 tons at the same period last year, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. During the January-June period this year, the ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-08/26/c_132664169.htm
Chinese tourists warned of expensive counterfeits in Siem Reap
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) — Chinese Tourism companies have warned their citizens visiting Siem Reap province NOt to buy gifts or souvenirs from vendors for fear of expensive counterfeit products. A tourist guide in Ankor Wat, Siem Reap said that this happens a lot because ...
The Cambodia Herald Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MzFkMGQwMzM1YmM
US Ambassador Advises More Labor Skills as Asean Integrates
US Ambassador William Todd on Thursday urged the Cambodian government to strengthen the skills of its laborers, in order to meet the needs of an integrated Asean in 2015. The 10 Southeast Asian countries that comprise Asean are all moving toward an integrated economic block, which ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-ambassador-advises-more-labor-skills-as-asean-integrates/1785729.html
Cambodia's oil imports down 5.6 pct in first half of 2013
Cambodia has imported 871,000 tons of petroleum in the first six months of the year, a 5.6 percent decline compared with the 922,800 tons at the same period last year, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. During the January-June period this year, the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-08/26/c_132664169.htm
ក្រុមហ៊ុនទូរស័ព្ទទាំង ៩ គ្រោងបង្កើតសមាគមប្រតិបត្តិករទូរគមនាគមន៍
យោងតាមសេចក្ដីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានកាលពីម្សិលមិញទទួលបានពីនិយតករទូរគមនាគមន៍កម្ពុជា (TRC) ប្រតិបត្តិករសេវាទូរស័ព្ទ ៩ របស់កម្ពុជាគ្រោងនឹងបង្កើតស្ថាប័នឯករាជ្យមួយដើម្បីពិភាក្សាអំពី បញ្ហានៅក្នុងឧស្សាហកម្មនេះ។ សេចក្ដីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានបានឲ្យដឹងថា ការបង្កើតសមាគមប្រតិបត្តិករទូរគមនាគមន៍កម្ពុជា ឬហៅកាត់ថា ATC ត្រូវបាន ...
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា និង EDDIE MORTON
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/business/business/108165-2013-12-20-03-55-13
គម្រោងសាងសង់មន្ទីរពេទ្យជប៉ុនដែលត្រូវចំណាយទឹកប្រាក់៣៥លានដុល្លារ
យោងតាមបុគ្គលិកមួយរូបដែលធ្វើការនៅក្នុងក្រុមហ៊ុនជប៉ុនដែលទទួលបន្ទុកការអនុវត្តគម្រោងសាងសង់មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលថែទាំសុខភាពកម្រិតស្តង់ដារអន្តរជាតិក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ បានឲ្យដឹងថាគម្រោងនេះត្រូវបានរំពឹងថា នឹងចាប់ផ្តើមអនុវត្តក្នុងខែមេសា ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9439/
(English) Adhoc concerned by deaths related to domestic violence
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...
Denise Hruby and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adhoc-concerned-by-deaths-related-to-domestic-violence-51886/
KOICA ផ្តល់ $២,៥ លានអភិវឌ្ឍផ្សារមូលបត្រកម្ពុជា
រដ្ឋាភិបាលសាធារណរដ្ឋកូរ៉េខាងត្បួងតាមរយៈទីភ្នាក់ងារសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិកូរ៉េ (KOICA) បានផ្តល់ហិរញ្ញប្បទានឥតសំណងចំនួន២,៥ លានដុល្លារអាមេរិក ដល់កម្ពុជាសម្រាប់អភិវឌ្ឍទីផ្សារមូលបត្រនៅកម្ពុជា និងធ្វើការទាក់ទាញក្រុមហ៊ុនឯកជនឲ្យធ្វើការបោះផ្សាយមូល ...
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា
http://www.postkhmer.com/business/business/111038-koica-