'Disappointed' donors still await government meeting
Government Palace, the imposing gray headquarters of the Cambodia Development Council next to Wat Phnom, should be buzzing this morning with the country’s top foreign diplomats and government officials discussing aid and reform. Instead, with the government’s decision to indefinitely postpone this year’s Cambodian Development Cooperation ...
Rice exporter turns to Cambodia
Capital Rice Ltd, thailand’s third-largest rice exporter, is shifting some of its business to Cambodia as the thai market shrinks because of government intervention that has diverted grain into state stockpiles or made it too expensive to ship. “We have built a medium-sized milling house in ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/332629/disillusioned-rice-exporter-turns-to-cambodia
Southeast Asian Rice Exporters Eye Cartel to Boost Prices
Southeast Asia’s rice-exporting nations are in talks to create a formal alliance aimed at boosting prices and increasing export revenues, a move that could cause tensions with rice-importing nations. An alliance of thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar will aim to share information and cooperate ...
Companies to face court for illegal logging, land clearing
In what’s believed to be an unprecedented move, the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has ordered two companies holding economic land concessions to face court questioning on accusations of illegal logging and land clearing. Deputy prosecutor Ros Saram said he summonsed Vietnamese-owned Company 72 last week and will ...
Illegal Logging a Challenge for Carbon Trading
A Ministry of Agriculture official said yesterday he was aware of allegations of illegal logging by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers within protected community forests in Oddar Meanchey province and was looking into it. “I am following this case, but I haven’t received their petition yet,” ...
Released Protester Urges for Release of the Boeng Kak 13
Sao Saroeun, a Phnom Penh resident arrested last month for demonstrating against CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin’s Boeng Kak real estate project and released on bail last week, urged the courts to release 13 women still being detained at Prey Sar prison yesterday. the 13 women were ...
'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 ...
Hun Sen Takes Aim at US During Speech
Addressing the killing of 14-year-old Heng Chantha for the first time since she was shot dead last month by government security forces, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered his condolences before declaring that the killing of the teenager was not as serious as the U.S. bombing ...
Heng Samrin urges opposition to negotiate, join parliament
National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin has urged the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to negotiate with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), and join the government’s parliamentary sessions. the appeal was made after the National Assembly kicked off its session on thursday to elect the ...
The Cambodia News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NGZkZjc2MTdhNGI
Clinic aids families cut off by flooding
Families driven from their homes in Banteay Meanchey province by flooding can now receive nearby healthcare, after a clinic opened near an evacuation area over the weekend. the makeshift clinic, set up by the provincial government, makes available medicine and care to about 100 families living ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clinic-aids-families-cut-flooding
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
Health Ministry to Shut Down Cancer Clinic
The MinisTry of HealTh said Thursday iT would shuT down a Phnom Penh healTh cenTer ThaT claims To cure diseases such as cancer and diabeTes wiTh The help of deToxifying machines, according To officials. Immanuel Bicom True Healing CenTer in Chamkar Mon disTricT did noT have ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/health-ministry-to-shut-down-cancer-clinic-48726/
H&M may raise prices to pay workers
Clothing giant H&M is considering raising retail prices and passing the buck onto the consumer to help pay higher wages to garment workers in poor countries. there won’t be any price increases in the short-term, but it “might be a possibility” in the future, Helena Helmersson, ...
Daniel de Carteret and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hm-may-raise-prices-pay-workers
(English) Tourism revenues increase but taxes remain flat
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Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-revenues-increase-taxes-remain-flat
(English) Cambodia’s workers falling behind in skills, jobs
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Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodias-workers-falling-behind-in-skills-jobs/1940536.html
(English) For villagers losing land, Hun Sen is last resort
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Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-villagers-losing-land-hun-sen-is-last-resort-62200/
(English) Rainsy says CNRP could end Assembly Boycott Friday
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Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-says-cnrp-could-end-assembly-boycott-friday-56266/
(English) Thais mandate migrant worker health checks
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Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-mandate-migrant-worker-health-checks
Earning money and making a difference
Social enterprise may be more than just a buzzword if last Saturday’s attendance at Cambodia’s second-ever conference on the matter was anything to judge by. the 350 person-plus crowd of attendees consisted predominately of Cambodians, for whom doing business appears to be about more than merely ...
ក្រុមការងារអូឌីស៊ីបានចូលរួមព្រឹត្តិការណ៍បារខែមអង្គរ
បារខែមអង្គរ ឆ្នាំ២០១៧នេះ បានប្រព្រឹត្តទៅនៅថ្ងៃទី ០៩-១០ ខែកញ្ញា នៅសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ បៀលប្រាយក្នុងខេត្ត សៀមរាប។ គោលបំណងនៃកម្មវិធីនេះ គឺដើម្បីជម្រុញឱ្យយុវជនកម្ពុជាមានឱកាសជួបជាមួយវាគ្មិននានា ចែករំលែកពីបទពិសោធន៍ ...