Shinzo Abe, a 41-year-old man arrested on suspicion of shooting, has confessed to being the shooter. And the shooting was due to his “dissatisfaction” with the former Japanese prime minister. According to a broadcast by NHK, one of Japan’s major public media, a little while ago. The source said that the 41-year-old man who shot Shinzo Abe on Friday morning, …
Why is Cambodia an ‘Asian Tiger of the 21st Century’?
With an average annual growth rate of 7.7 per cent for the economy between 1998 and 2019, Cambodia is one of the fastest-growing countries in the world and easily the new ‘Asian Tiger of the 21st Century,’ said Anthony Galliano, President of the American Chamber of Commerce and Group CEO of Cambodian Investment Management Holdings, yesterday. Making a presentation on …
Gender Equality Concepts
Gender Equality Concepts Term Definition Gender Refers to the socially constructed expectations, beliefs, norms attributed to girls, women, boys and men which are learnt from families and friends in the home, school, the community, workplace as well as the media, religion and the government. They vary from place to place and change over time. Gender stereotypes These are socially constructed …
Why is Cambodia in debt with $9 billion?
Cambodia’s outstanding external debt reached more than $9.18 billion as of the first half of 2021 and is expected to reach more than $10 billion by the year’s end, an increase from $8.8 billion at the end of 2020. The draft law on national budget management in 2022, presented on August 17 by the Ministry of Economic and Finance, shows …
The future of tourism in Cambodia
The hospitality and tourism industry has been hammered by the restrictions of Covid-19. Khmer Times’ Gareth Johnson spoke with Sivlin Chhay, president of the Cambodia Association of Travel Agents (CATA) as it copes with its biggest crisis since it was born in 1996. That year, the association brought tourist agencies of all sizes across the Kingdom together under one banner, …