An online clothes seller was questioned in court and accused by police of committing pornography crimes on Thursday, after posting photos of herself in supposedly revealing attire on the same day that she was “educated” not to do so by authorities.
About 160 rice merchants rioted this week over a car park tripling rates from $1.25 to $3.75, burning tires, destroying benches and damaging the parking lot’s property, local officials said.
Based on interviews with 30 workers and vendors on Sihanoukville beaches, VOD found that the city’s economic transformation has left some locals struggling to adapt.
A gas explosion in the early afternoon on Monday sparked a huge fire at a Phnom Penh factory that burned for 12 hours before being finally put out, razing the building to the ground and putting about 600 employees jobs in jeopardy.
Rice exports to China have overtaken shipments to Europe this year after the E.U. imposed tariffs in January to protect its rice growers.
Officially designated “oknha” — tycoons who have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the government — who are also in the military will be asked to choose to be either oknha or soldier, Defense Minister Tea Banh said.
A new state-owned bank with an initial investment of $100 million will be established to provide low-interest loans to small businesses and address what an industry association calls a capital shortage in the sector, the Industry Ministry said.
The World Bank has warned of the economic risks of Cambodia losing preferential trade access to the European Union, and urged the government to be ready with measures to mitigate the potential shocks to the economy.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has rescinded business tycoon Kith Meng’s 30-year concession to exclusively operate Cambodia’s railways.
Top business representatives including Kith Meng and Bretton Sciaroni raised corruption, electricity prices and the potential loss of European markets for export as the most pressing concerns for Cambodian businesses during the high-level Government-Private Sector Forum with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday.
Cambodia could see negative growth this year — for the first time since 1994 — due to the pandemic-spurred economic crisis, the World Bank projected on Friday, estimating even more severe hits to the nation’s key industries than it did two months ago.
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