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Hun Sen talks poverty
Prime Minister Hun Sen has outlined Cambodia’s strategy for tackling poverty in a keynote speech to a United Nations forum in Beijing marking the 2015 International Day for Eradication of Poverty. The premier lauded the 1 billion people brought out of poverty worldwide since 1990, noting ...
Chinese arrivals to Cambodia to jump to 2M by 2020
Cambodian tourism authorities are formulating strategies to carve a larger share out of the Chinese outbound tourism market and have set a target of drawing over 700,000 Chinese visitors this year, and up to 2 million a year by 2020. Rising incomes have transformed China into ...
Cambodia's garment unions weigh protests
Garment workers unions unhappy with next year’s recently announced $140 minimum wage for the sector will meet this week to determine whether or not to hold demonstrations to protest the disappointingly low figure. The unions were pushing for $160 a month when the government announced the ...
Carbon credit schemes, concessions slashed
The Ministry of Environment has cancelled seven carbon credit schemes and reduced the leases of six economic land concessions as part of an ongoing reform effort, according to a 16 October announcement. Keep reading ...
Cambodian official facing trial over Facebook post
A Cambodian Information Ministry official has been charged with defamation over a Facebook post accusing a CPP senator of being the mistress of a military general, and has been summoned to trial on 19 October. According to the 5 October summons, Prum San, deputy director of ...
Refugees from Nauru move out of Phnom Penh villa
The first group of refugees to arrive in Cambodia as part of a controversial deal the government struck with Australia a year ago have moved out of their temporary accommodations in Phnom Penh, the Australian government said on 15 October. Keep reading ...
Cambodian activist wins 'Children's Nobel Prize'
A Cambodian activist who has championed the rights of poor children to get an education was named winner of the World’s Children’s Prize, sometimes called the “Children’s Nobel Prize”. Keep reading ...
Port gets green light to list on Cambodian stock exchange
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia has given the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port preliminary approval to make an initial public offering on the country’s fledgling bourse, which the state-run firm expects to join in early December. Should it succeed, the port will be only the ...
Cambodian Minister, South Korean official meet over aid, university
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong met with South Korea’s deputy minister for political affairs on 14 October to offer his gratitude for a $35 million university that South Korea has pledged to build in Cambodia, an official said. Keep reading ...
Anti-Corruption Unit says no evidence for Bavet checkpoint graft claims
Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has been unable to find evidence corroborating claims that a Health Ministry official has been demanding bribes to allow vehicles to cross the Bavet International Checkpoint in Svay Rieng province, it said in a report obtained on 13 October. Dated 9 October and ...
