Danielle Keeton-Olsen
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Ministry Orders Hardware, Software Companies to Register
The Telecommunications Ministry has begun disseminating information about a new requirement for technology companies to register for a license with the ministry. → Read More
Volunteer Cleanups to Receive Boost From Website, Contest
The Tourism Ministry will introduce a website and contest—currently dubbed Mr. Clean City—later this month to better coordinate volunteer cleanup projects, but organizers worry the waste they collect won’t reach a proper disposal site. → Read More
Trash Is the Attraction in Bar, Hotel Featuring Street Art
On his way home from work in Siem Reap province several years ago, Riem Monisilong started choking and wheezing from a neighbor’s garbage fire. That was the last straw for the 35-year-old artist, who goes by Silong. → Read More
Bad Times to Good
From being down on his luck as a conned and homeless traveler, Shuhei Murakami now celebrates the good times two turbulent years later → Read More
Activists Raise Voices Online
Though the Adhoc 5 cannot protest from behind bars, the #FreeThe5KH campaign has tried to keep their voices alive throughout 365 days of detention. → Read More
NGOs Petition for Larger Education Budget
More than a dozen NGOs from the education sector are calling for the government to set aside a greater slice of the national budget -- at least 20 percent -- to spend on education in the coming years. → Read More
Japan Wants to Open Consular Office in Siem Reap
The Japanese government plans to establish a new diplomatic office in Siem Reap City to accommodate more Japanese nationals traveling to the tourism area, according to an embassy official. → Read More
Phnom Penh Hosts Expanded Sangkran Celebration for New Year
For the last five years, Phnom Penh’s Khmer New Year celebrations have been somewhat overshadowed by the Sangkranta extravaganza in Siem Reap, which attracts visitors from all over the world. → Read More
Phnom Penh Hosts Expanded Sangkran Celebration for New Year
For the last five years, Phnom Penh’s Khmer New Year celebrations have been somewhat overshadowed by the Sangkranta extravaganza in Siem Reap, which attracts visitors from all over the world. → Read More
Chosen by Angel for Bumper Crop, Banana Prices Rise for New Year
Khmer New Year could bring a fruitful financial harvest for sellers of bananas—this year’s divinely selected crop—but some vendors say their sales have not yet ripened. → Read More
Digital Payment Apps Face Hurdles to Success in Cambodia
Despite a growing lineup of digital payment apps in the country and predictions of a cashless society within 10 years, experts say major hurdles remain before such a system can catch on and become sustainable in Cambodia. → Read More
Uber Steers Closer to Cambodia With Meeting
Representatives of ride-for-hire app Uber met with a government minister this week, the second ministerial meeting in Cambodia for the U.S.-based firm this year. → Read More
Reported Incoming French Ambassador Has Connections to Vietnam
The president of France has selected Eva Nguyen Binh, an official at the French Embassy in Hanoi and wife of the French ambassador to Vietnam, as its next ambassador to Cambodia, two media outlets have reported. → Read More
Genocide Archive Gets $5.8M to Expand Scope
The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) has received a $5.8 million contribution from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to help it operate for another 20 years and expand its educational services beyond the Khmer Rouge genocide to document other human rights offenses in the region. → Read More
‘B-Boys’ From Different Worlds Hit the Dance Floor Together
Breakdancing is usually defined by the battle—dancers trying to outdo each other with new and better moves. But the dueling breakdancers in a new dance show premiering in Phnom Penh this weekend measure what they can learn from, and teach, each other. → Read More
First Women’s Aussie Rules Footy Team Triumphs in Spirit
When the Cambodian Apsaras’ newest recruit lobbed a lopsided kick laughably far from the goal, one of the players, Koun Sreylak, stopped by to correct her form. → Read More
Inspired by Recycling in Japan, Sculptor Turns Waste Into Art
In his new exhibit, “Waterworks,” which he created using rubbish collected off the streets, artist Phe Sophon seeks to communicate the impact of waste on the environment and what it means for the residents of Phnom Penh. → Read More
Elephant Electrocuted by High-Tension Line in Herd’s Path
An elephant was electrocuted by a high-power electric line early on Wednesday in a village in Preah Sihanouk province frequented by the animals, according to provincial authorities. → Read More
Cambodia’s Largest MFIs Eye Future as Commercial Banks
Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution, Prasac, underwent a shuffle in shareholders this week as part of a multimillion dollar deal with one goal in mind: to transform into a licensed commercial bank. → Read More
Sri Lankan Firm Buys Majority Ownership of Largest MFI
A Sri Lankan conglomerate has acquired majority ownership of Prasac, Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution (MFI), for $186 million, according to an announcement on Friday. → Read More