Child labor is draining the Kingdom’s brainpower and adversely affecting 750,000 of its children. Roughly 1.5 million Cambodian children are “economically active”, according to Veng Heang, director of the child labour department at the Ministry of Labor. Permitted and non-permitted work. This means they contribute to the economy in some way through either “permitted” or [...]
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23 Feb
Cambodia: Top Ten incoming tourist countries 2011.
Cambodia closed 2011 with 2.88 million international tourists, a substantial increase of 14.9% over 2010. During 2011, neighboring Vietnam was the top contributor with 614,090 trips up 19.4% compared to 2010. Thailand ranked at eighth supplied 116,758 tourists down 21%. By region and market share, Asia Pacific supplied as much as 73.1% or 2,106,601 trips [...]
21 Feb
Cambodia: Three textile workers shot at PUMA factory.
Three textile workers were shot and wounded on Monday when an unidentified man opened fire on protesters in Svay Rieng province. Rights officials and witnesses said protesters were demanding a pay raise when they clashed with police and factory security guards. The workers were demanding better work conditions and an increase in pay. Workers on [...]
20 Feb
Thailand: Valentine’s Bombing – Don’t rush to judgement.
After last week’s explosions in Bangkok, India and Georgia, it’s important to take an objective look at the evidence as the story unfolds rather than putting blind faith into the anti-Iran spin from Washington and Tel Aviv. Although the anti-Iran campaign is in full swing, major holes are emerging in the story spun so far. [...]
18 Feb
Cambodia: The declining service of state-run hospitals.
Health care professionals bear a tremendous amount of responsibility and stress. Most of the time, they work with a high volume of sick patients. It is their sworn duty to serve those suffering from illness. However, medical ethics is still a hot issue surrounding public hospitals across the Kingdom. Some doctors ignore, or fail to [...]
18 Feb
US: The .0000063 % Election 2012.
The .0000063% Election How the Politics of the Super Rich Became American Politics By Ari Berman At a time when it’s become a cliché to say that Occupy Wall Street has changed the nation’s political conversation — drawing long overdue attention to the struggles of the 99% — electoral politics and the 2012 presidential election [...]
17 Feb
Cambodia: 2.88 million visitors in 2011, up 15%.
Cambodia received 2.88 million visitors in 2011, up 15 percent from a year earlier, a senior official said, forecasting a further increase this year. “We expect that the tourism sector will also increase 5.7 percent this year”. As part of its effort to become a more attractive destination, Cambodia plans to launch its first [...]
16 Feb
Sihanoukville: Low demand for flight service.
Two month after Cambodia Angkor Air began operating between Siem Reap and coastal Sihanoukville, demand is not yet covering the national carrier”s cost. The airline is running its planes currently at around half of their capacity. Although it is still the high season in Cambodian tourism, the deployed 67-seater ATR-72 airplanes are half empty. The [...]
