The Asia File by Ben Bland At the end of last year, I spent some time shadowing Beat Richner, the controversial Swiss doctor who has transformed children’s healthcare in Cambodia while managing to alienate almost the entire NGO/international health community.…
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UN provides over $6 mln to help Cambodia develop education
PHNOM PENH, March 12 (Xinhua) — The United Nations has granted 6,252,871 U.S. dollars for Cambodia to develop its education sector in 2009, said official news agency the Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Thursday. UN channeled the grant through its…
Low garment sales, poor tourism to hit Cambodia-IMF
PHNOM PENH, March 6 (Reuters) – A slowdown in garment exports and a drop in the number of tourists could cause Cambodia’s economy to shrink 0.5 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. That is a…
Cambodia: Children miss out on school because of corruption
From the UNHCR website: PHNOM PENH, 5 December 2008 (IRIN) – When Sok Sopheap could not pay his daily bribe, his secondary school teacher refused to let him attend class. The teacher demanded he stand for an hour by…
Crimes in Cambodia down 20% in 2008
PHNOM PENH, March 5 (Xinhua) — Crime occurrence dropped by 20 percent in 2008 over 2007, down to 8 an average day from 10, English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodia Daily reported Thursday, quoting official figures. There were altogether 2,881 crimes…
Indonesia to provide cultural scholarship for Cambodian students
PHNOM PENH, March 3 (Xinhua) — Indonesia will soon start to provide scholarship for Cambodian students in the fields of dance, cinematography and fine arts, said the official news agency AKP (Agence Kampuchea Presse) on Tuesday. Minister of Culture and…
Micro-lenders run reality check
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s microfinance sector is one of the fastest growing in the world. There’s just one snag: nobody knows if it actually helps the poor who receive the loans and whether its lending practices are sustainable. While…
U.S. provided $5.6 mln of aid to Cambodia in 2008
PHNOM PENH, March 4 (Xinhua) — U.S. altogether provided 5.6 million U.S. dollars of aid to Cambodia in 2008, Chinese-language newspaper the Jian Hua Daily on Wednesday quoted a senior official as saying. The amount of U.S. aid for Cambodia…
Retired king of Cambodia says battle with cancer going well
PHNOM PENH, March 3 (Xinhua) — Retired king of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk has reported that his battle with cancer is going well, said English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodia Daily on Tuesday. His treatment in Beijing, China, has successfully reduced the…
Thai Truck Driver Kills a Man in Siem Reap
Siem Reap Province: A 45-year-old man died immediately in a traffic accident after truck containing land hit him strongly in the back on Tuesday in Prei Chrok village, Puok district’s Prei Chrok commune. According to Puok district traffic police, the…