Court Charges Official With Corruption Over Pension Scandal
The Kompong Cham Provincial Court on Saturday charged the chief of Srei Santhor district’s social affairs office with corruption following his arrest by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday for withholding pensions and other bonuses from retired teachers, a court official said Tuesday. Provincial court deputy ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-official-with-corruption-over-pension-scandal-47381/
Diabetes on Rise Due to Unhealthy Lifestyles
More than 1,000 people marched to the Kompong Thom provincial referral hospital on Saturday to mark World Diabetes Day and raise awareness of the chronic disease, which affects 3 percent of Cambodians and is increasing due to changing diets. Saturday’s event was organized by Mopotsyo, a ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/diabetes-on-rise-due-to-unhealthy-lifestyles-47805/
(English) Moc Bai Border Gate Economic Zone
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Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/92035/moc-bai-border-gate-economic-zone.html
កម្មករដួលសន្លប់ទៀតហើយនៅរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរ សេនហ្ស៊ូ ក្នុងខណ្ឌពោធិ៍សែនជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ
កម្មករជាង១០០នាក់នៅឯរោងចក្រ កាត់ដេរ សេនហ្ស៊ូ ក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានដួលសន្លប់កាលពីម្សិលមិញ មួយថ្ងៃបន្ទាប់ពីមានការដួលសន្លប់យ៉ាងច្រើនដូចគ្នានេះដែរ នៅឯរោងចក្រដដែលនេះ។ កម្មការិនីដំបូងបាន ...
Matt Blomberg និង សេក ឧត្តម
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12825/
Rice Scheme Will Hurt Thais and Help Vietnam
Thailand–Consumers face prospect of high prices, low quality rice from Burma, Cambodia: TDRI. While consumers and taxpayers will suffer from the government’s controversial rice policy, Vietnam will substantially gain, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has warned. Ammar Siamwalla, a prominent economist, yesterday asked the ...
Gender gap in dispute
Cambodian women have less chance of being promoted to positions of power than women in any other East Asian country, a report by the NGO Social Watch International has found. But government officials have rejected the findings and maintained the number of females in Cambodia’s ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030754905/National-news/gender-gap-in-dispute.html
Real Wages in Garment Sector Fell Over 10 Years
Wages for Cambodian garment workers decreased by more than 20 percent in real terms between 2001 and 2011 despite the industry’s exponential increase in exports, which in 2012 were valued at more than $4 billion, according to a recent report by a U.S.-based workers advocacy ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wages-in-garment-sector-fell-22-over-10-years-34788/
Speaking in tongues: Young Cambodians learning foreign languages to improve economic opportunities
In the globalised world, being able to communicate in more than one language is becoming essential for many people seeking rewarding careers. Young Cambodians have taken this message to heart and are learning Cambodia is slowly moving up the development ladder but low-wage factory labour still ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/365365/speaking-in-tongues
(English) Cambodia copes with double-digit traffic growth
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Jennifer Meszaros
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2014-02-05/cambodia-copes-double-digit-traffic-growth
China is top dam builder, going where others won't
Up a sweeping jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia, Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot-) high dam over the protests of villagers and activists. Only Chinese companies are willing to tame the Tatay and other rivers of Koh Kong province, ...
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/12/18/2809176/china-is-top-dam-builder-going.html#storylink=rss
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
Education to Receive 20% Boost in 2014 Budget
The Education Ministry on Monday said it was in line for a near 20 percent hike from the government’s $3.52 billion draft budget for 2014, approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet on Friday, though other details of how money was to be allocated remained ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-to-receive-20-boost-in-2014-budget-46127/
(English) No clubs near schools, Council of Ministers says
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-clubs-near-schools-council-of-ministers-says-58464/
Socially-Responsible Factory to give better deals to workers
Construction is due to start shortly on a socially responsible sun-glass case and cleaning cloth factory in Siem Reap. Pactics produces 40 per cent of cases and cloths for the larget sun-glass factory in the world, Luxottica, which has brands including Ray Ban, Oakley and ...
Better Recovery for Construction and Real Estate Sector
2012 has been an impressive year for Cambodia’s economic resilience. Among the many sectors that had positively grown are the construction and property development [sic] and they are expected to be among the highest growth achievers in the current year as well. In 2012, the ...
Ethics Awards for Much Maligned Media
The first ever Annual Journalism Ethics Awards ceremony was held Wednesday in Phnom Penh, which conferred a total of 19 awards on five national newspapers and eight national television stations in recognition of their adherence to ethical journalism. The newspapers garnering awards in categories including balance ...
Phorn Bopha and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ethics-awards-for-much-maligned-media-49153/
Project Aims to Make Subsistence Farms Profitable
BATI DISTRICT, Takeo province – At a farming school here last week, 150 poor agricultural workers gathered to celebrate graduating a two-month training course. The new group of educators will now set out with their newly acquired skills to help transform the country’s poorest rural ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/project-aims-to-make-subsistence-farms-profitable-39081/
(English) Cambodian transgender activist Sou Sotheavy wins 2014 David Kato Vision & Voice Award
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LGBT Weekly News Staff
http://lgbtweekly.com/2014/02/12/cambodian-transgender-activist-sou-sotheavy-wins-2014-david-kato-vision-voice-award/
តម្លៃកៅស៊ូកម្ពុជាធ្លាក់ចុះខ្លាំងដោយសារឥទ្ធិពលពីផែនការនាំចេញកៅស៊ូរបស់ប្រទេសថៃ
អគ្គលេខាធិការនៃសមាគមសម្រាប់ការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍កៅស៊ូរបស់កម្ពុជាបានមានប្រសាសន៍កាលពីម្សិលមិញថា តម្លៃ ...
កង សុធា និង George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14491/
របាយការណ៍សមាគមធាងត្នោត ៖ ការបណ្តេញចេញដោយបង្ខំក្នុងទីក្រុងធ្វើឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋធ្លាក់ក្នុងវិបត្តិបំណុល
របាយការណ៍របស់អង្គការសមាគមធាងត្នោត (STT) បានបង្ហាញឱ្យឃើញថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ដែលត្រូវបានបណ្តេញចេញពីផ្ទះសម្បែងដោយបង្ខំនិងដោយគ្មានលំនៅឋានសមរម្យ កំពុងមានបញ្ហាបំណុល ខ្វះអាហារូបត្ថម្ភ ខណៈមានការរំខានដល់ការសិក្សារបស់កុមារ ហើយពួកគេអាចធ្លាក់ទៅក្នុងពលកម្មកុមារ។ ...
ផុន សុទ្ធីរ័ត្ន
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/stt-report-forced-evictions-in-phnom-penh-kandal-takeo-pushed-people-into-debt-crisis/