Travel: A visit to a Cambodian pepper plantation (+video)
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Kâmpôt :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-19 04:18:09 -0700 | political-news
Our oldest son, Roswell, was asking our tuktuk driver how much longer we'd be bouncing along this potholed dirt road somewhere in Cambodia . In Khmer (pronounced k'MAI,), you address any male older than you as bong: it means older...
Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers in Cambodia
Source: Truthdig
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-17 11:51:07 -0700 | political-news
May 17, 2013 Two people are dead after part of the concrete roof of a factory that manufactures Asics shoes in Cambodia collapsed on workers, officials say...Occurring weeks after the collapse of an eight-story garment factory in Bangladesh that killed more than...
Cambodia, China promote education cooperation through exhibition
Source: Chinadaily
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-17 02:06:08 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Fourteen well-known universities in China put on display their educational products at the three-day event held at Asia-Euro University in Phnom Penh. "The exhibition is to promote the quality of Chinese higher education and to attract more Cambodian students to...
Ceiling collapses at shoe facto...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-16 19:07:32 -0700 | travel-news
Ceiling collapses at shoe factory in Cambodia, two killed Friday, 17 May 2013 Kampong Speu: A ceiling collapse at a Cambodian shoe factory killed two workers yesterday, spurring a government vow to inspect all garment plants amid heightened safety fears...
Betagro plans 50 stores in Bangkok; targets schools, hospitals
Source: The Nation
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-16 10:49:35 -0700 | business-news
Vasit Taepaisitphongse, executive vice president and chief operating officer, said yesterday that the company's 100 shops serve as wholesale distribution outlets for fresh chicken meat and pork, sausages and other food products produced by Betagro. The latest is boiled pig's...
Factory making Asics trainers collapses in Cambodia killing at least two and injuring seven
Source: Mail Online UK
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-16 05:05:02 -0700 | business-news
This isnt the fault of the workers or the manufactures and companies who use these places to make their products cheaply this is the fault of the greedy factory bosses who are using substandard buildings to operate their companies. Perhaps...
Ceiling Collapse at Cambodian Shoe Factory Kills 2
Source: Newyork Times
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-16 12:09:36 -0700 | disasters-news
Thomas Cristofoletti for The New York Times The soles of shoes that were being produced at the factory. Ken Loo, the secretary general of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, said that steel beams holding up a concrete-floored storage area...
Cambodian shoe factory accident kills 2, injures 6
Source: Arizona Republic
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-16 08:40:31 -0700 | business-news
Part of a shoe factory in Cambodia has collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building...Officer Khem Pannara says at least 6 people were injured at a factory south of Phnom Penh early Thursday. He said it was unclear...
Cambodia Presses U.S. Museums to Return Antiquities
Source: International Herald Tribune
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-15 15:18:21 -0700 | political-news
Museums to Relinquish Antiquities Tang Chhin Sothy/Agence France-Presse Getty Images Prasat Chen temple, which may be the home of some statues being returned to Cambodia and others in legal limbo. Published: May 15, 2013 Buoyed by the Metropolitan Museum of...
Pesticide sickens Cambodian wedding party
Source: United Press International
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-15 05:30:32 -0700 | political-news
Approximately 50 children and more than a dozen adults were hospitalized in Cambodia after eating food contaminated by pesticides at a wedding, officials said. Samrong town police Gov. Noun Eth said the group became sick when they ate food that...
Angelina Jolie: How She's Emerged as Hollywood's Biggest Role Model
Source: E! Online
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-15 04:55:06 -0700 | entertainment-news
Pitt's significant other has done humanitarian efforts in all parts of the globe in various ways. Goodwill Ambassador , Jolie went on field missions to refugee camps in over 30 countries, including Lebanon, Darfur, Sudan and Congo. After over a...
Why Your City Needs a Strong Startup Scene
Source: Forbes
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-14 06:08:37 -0700 | business-news
Small World , one of Phnom Penh's only incubators, has two startups in it: a robotics firm and a marketing firm. It is an egg of the entrepreneurial community that will soon be born in Cambodia's booming capital. Rithy Thul,...
Partner killer denied parole
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-14 10:21:49 -0700 | political-news
A man convicted of killing two women he once loved and stabbing a third partner in the throat has been denied parole. Malcolm Francis, 64, is now nearing the end of a 12-year jail term at Rimutaka Prison for the...
Indofarma to produce albumin locally next year
Source: The Jakarta Post
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-13 21:19:15 -0700 | health-news
Until now, albumin in Indonesia has come from abroad although demand for the product continues to increase, according to Indofarma president director Elfiano Rizaldi. Albumin consumption can reach about Rp 100 billion [US$10.27 million] a year, he said in Jakarta...
Rota volunteers learn from Cambodia trip
Source: Qatar English Daily
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-05-13 18:51:54 -0700 | political-news
It was a life changing experience for the female volunteers who recently returned from a trip to Cambodia organised by Reach Out To Asia (Rota)...I must let people know about the important work Rota is doing to create a better...
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