Daily news from E-KHMER.COM http://news.e-khmer.com 2015-11-20T17:59:42+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com http://news.e-khmer.com/images/logo.png text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62963 KT&G (President Min Young-min) sets out on volunteer activities abroad by dispatching local volunteers comprised of university students. Of 40 volunteers dispatched ... text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62962 The government of Cambodia has collected a total of US$12 million in taxes from gaming activities in the first six months of 2015, a 20 percent increase over the ... text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62961 At 617ft, Cambodia’s first true skyscraper dominates Phnom Penh’s skyline. Its gleaming veneer can be seen from almost anywhere in the city, looming over the ... text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62960 POLITICS. Vietnam rejects rumor of deploying weapons to border with Cambodia Tuoi Tre News. Updated : 07/17/2015 13:51 GMT 7 text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62959 CAMBODIA PRESS-UN expert urges Senate to reject NGO law - Cambodia DailyDaily MailU.N. human rights expert Maina Kiai on Thursday urged Cambodia's Senate not to pass a controversial NGO law that the National Assembly approved this week, warning that the legislation could have "disastrous" effects, Cambodia Daily reported, citing a ... text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62958 TTR WeeklyCall for visa-free travelTTR WeeklyPHNOM PENH, 17 July 2015: Cambodia's tourism industry wants to be more competitive claiming the easiest way is to offer visa exemptions for top visiting countries. The subject has now become urgent after Vietnam decided to grant visa exemptions to ... text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62957 ILO says Cambodia's garment & footwear sector growingFibre2fashion.comCambodia's garment and footwear sector has continued to perform solidly, with exports growing by 10.6 per cent over the year to the first quarter of 2015, according to the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) new bulletin on Cambodia's garment and ...and more » text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62956 Interview: Japan's controversial security bills threat to security in Asia ...Shanghai Daily (subscription)PHNOM PENH, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Scholars in Cambodia have expressed fears that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe-initiated security bills that have been opposed by most Japanese citizens will cause insecurity, fear, and distrust among countries in ...and more » text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62955 Daily BeastRatting Out Cambodian Land MinesDaily BeastCambodia still has an estimated six million land mines buried mainly in the northwest region around Battambang, where White Crocodile is set. But the land mine problem is not just confined to Cambodia. It is a huge global issue that 20 years ago, Diana ...and more » text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62954 Cambodia repatriates 12 MontagnardsucanewsSince October, well over 100 Montagnards — an indigenous group from Vietnam's Central Highlands — have fled to Cambodia citing religious and political persecution. So far, just 13 have been granted refugee status, while dozens have been deported, and ...and more » text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62953 Telegraph.co.ukCambodian Prime Minister condemns drunken attack on tv actressTelegraph.co.ukFootage of the violence in Phnom Penh in the early hours of 2 July, captured by the restaurant's security cameras, shows the intoxicated Sok Bun dragging the famous Cambodian actress and TV personality known as Sasa off a couch, throwing her to the ...and more » text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62952 Planting of 10000 trees in Northern Thailand and inside Angkor Park, Cambodia ...Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) (registration) (blog)(1888PressRelease) In S.E, Asia, native jungles have been subject to huge levels of deforestation and degradation over the past decades. Some native tree species have been reduced dramatically and wildlife is endangered by these forest reductions. text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62951 Cambodia grants work cards to 25000 foreigners in six monthsShanghai Daily (subscription)Cambodia grants work cards to 25,000 foreigners in six months. Jul 17,2015. PHNOM PENH, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Labor granted about 25,000 work permits to foreigners in the first six months of 2015, about 5,000 more than the total of ... text/html 2015-07-17T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62950 The GuardianInside Phnom Penh's empty new skyscraper: 'This is only for excellencies'The GuardianThe Vattanac Capital tower – the tallest building in one of the world's poorest countries – has an occupancy rate below 30%. Customers at its high-end boutiques are likely to be 'excellencies', members of Cambodia's ultra-rich elite of business tycoons ... text/html 2015-07-16T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62881 To detect the mines, rats are being trained on an inactive landmine field in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Read more at Daily Bhaskar text/html 2015-07-16T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62880 15 July 2015 – United Nations human rights expert Maina Kiai today urged Cambodia to reject a draft law that would allow authorities to shut down and criminalize ... text/html 2015-07-16T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62879 The latest status report by the International Labour Organisation's Better Factories Cambodia (ILO-BFC) programme, produced in June and published last week, found ... text/html 2015-07-16T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62878 The slow road to Angkor: a five-day cycling holiday from Thailand to the ancient wonders of Cambodia text/html 2015-07-16T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62877 PHNOM PENH, 16 July 2015: Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism has awarded star-ratings to 26 hotels according to information reported in the ministry’s ... text/html 2015-07-16T07:00:00+01:00 http://news.e-khmer.com/index.php?task=comment&action=view&lang=en&newsid=62876 The Belgian NGO APOPO has found another solution to sniffing out land mines and explosives leftover from Cambodia's civil war -- rats.