The total fixed investment of 13 countries involved in Cambodia fell at least $3.2 billion in mid-2009, about three quarters of its total value, according to official figures. Investment fell from $4.42 billion in mid-2008 to $1.22 billion for the same period this year, the Council for the Development of Cambodia reported. Officials say the [...]
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Duch Put Friends in Prison, Too
August 21st, 2009 
Cambodian News The Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch told a UN-backed court Thursday he had not spared friends in the murderous prison known as S-21, as they were considered “enemies†of the revolution. “I loved them, respected them, but I couldn’t go to see them,†Duch told the court, following the testimony of a civil party complainant [...]
Leading IT Company Investing in Cambodia’s Poor
August 21st, 2009 Cambodian News Cambodia has been slow in adopting the IT revolution, which has transformed much of East Asia. But a radical scheme is underway to give technical and skilled jobs to the country’s most disadvantaged and break the poverty cycle. Digital Divide Data (DDD) is a nongovernmental organization operating in Phnom Phenh. It provides career choices beyond [...]
Cambodia A/H1N1 flu case rises to 17
July 27th, 2009 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH, July 26 (Xinhua) — Cambodia’s confirmed A/H1N1 flucases have increased to 17 and the latest case is a 22-year-old Irish woman who traveled from Vietnam, health officials said here on Sunday. “So far, nobody has died in the country,” said Ly Sovan, deputydirector of the communicable disease control department. The latest person is [...]
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