Forest patrol murder suspects charged with illegal logging
Six men suspected of involvement in the weekend murder of a local police officer and a forest ranger in Preah Vihear province were charged Wednesday with illegal logging, while authorities continue to search for evidence linking them to the double homicide, a court official said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forest-patrol-murder-suspects-charged-with-illegal-logging-100060/
Health Ministry warns of bird flu
The Ministry of Health yesterday warned people to be aware of the new avian influenza strain H7N9, which has spread to poultry in China and neighbouring countries. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074793/health-ministry-warns-bird-flu/
Another search for VN soldiers’ remains in Cambodia
Military Zone 9 said it was co-operating with Cambodian localities in searching for the remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who died during wars in Cambodia. ...
Viet Nam News Team
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/294553/another-search-for-vn-soldiers-remains-in-cambodia.html
Switzerland and Sweden give $4.5M for youth project
Sweden and Switzerland will contribute $4.5 million in funds to support BBC Media Action in establishing the Klanhan9 SPACE project which promotes youth participation in the community. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/switzerland-and-sweden-give-45m-youth-project
Activist arrest in Preah Vihear
A couple was arrested in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district yesterday morning after the woman in the pair – a local land activist – protested against being moved from the area to make way for a local infrastructure project. Military police, forestry police and other ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-arrest-preah-vihear
Hun Sen calls for more US support
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for continued support from the US for ASEAN in the fight against Covid-19 in order to help the bloc “build back better” during the post-pandemic socio-economic recovery period. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-calls-more-us-support
Borei Keila suit filed
Seven people from the capital’s Borei Keila community allegedly injured by baton-wielding security forces last month, a pregnant woman among them, filed a lawsuit against Prampi Makara district authorities yesterday. The seven were among a group of dozens of families violently removed from a building on ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/borei-keila-suit-filed
ACU arrests reporters and construction worker
The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday arrested two reporters and a construction worker in Kampot City for their alleged role in extorting a deputy provincial governor, officials and a colleague of one of the suspects said Sunday. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-arrests-reporters-and-construction-worker-67990/
City route goes solar
Two solar-powered buses will soon be put to the test on Phnom Penh’s bus line 1, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday. The test buses will operate from 6am to 6pm, saving enough energy to run more than four hours at nighttime along the route, ...
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/city-route-goes-solar
One-stop commodity distribution center
Cambodia is seeking a loan from China to set up a common commodity distribution hub for exporters and importers to reduce production and logistics costs and raise the competitiveness of manufactured and agricultural products in the region. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25666/one-stop-commodity-distribution-center/
Plot thickens for evictees
Scores of families in Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community tore down a corrugated metal fence and took up temporary residence in developer Phan Imex’s unfinished Building 9 as anger over smaller-than-promised relocation plots boiled over yesterday morning. The occupation began after local and municipal authorities came ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plot-thickens-evictees
Cambodia factories snub workers arrested in January strikes
While the smoke has long cleared on January’s violent garment strikes, for many of the 23 workers and unionists arrested and tried on charges widely considered to be baseless, the ordeal is far from over. Nine months after security forces used deadly violence to end strikes ...
Alice Cuddy, Chhay Channyda & Mom Kunthear
http://www.ucanews.com/news/cambodia-factories-snub-workers-arrested-in-january-strikes/72213
Spotlight: ASEAN, including Cambodia, hugely benefit from BRI: Cambodian experts
The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including Cambodia are greatly benefiting from the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Cambodian experts said here on Thursday. Kin Phea, director-general of the International Relations Institute Cambodia (IRIC), an arm of the Royal Academy ...
Nguon Sovan and Mao Pengfei
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/08/c_138293910.htm
PM: Workers must train for Industry 4.0
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the Kingdom’s workforce to seek more technical training and strengthen their skills if they are to avoid job losses resulting from the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Hun Sen said the fourth industrial revolution is like a double-edged sword that will ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-workers-must-train-industry-40
20 more certified nat’l standards to be adopted
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation’s National Standards Council (NSC) has approved 20 more certified international standards to be adopted nationally. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/20-more-certified-natl-standards-be-adopted
No signs of H7N9 flu, MERS coronavirus identified in Cambodia: health official
Cambodia has not seen any case of H7N9 bird flu virus and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, a senior health official said Monday. Speaking at a seminar on the awareness of H7N9 and MERS coronavirus, Dr. Ly Sovann, director of the health ministry’s communicable ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-06/23/c_133430670.htm
Cambodia improves in WEF global competitiveness ranking
Cambodia, which has shed its status of ‘Sick man of Asia’ is becoming more competitive economically, and the world is starting to notice it. The 2019 Global Competitiveness Report, which was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Oct 8, ranked Cambodia 106th out of ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50650070/cambodia-improves-in-wef-global-competitiveness-ranking/
Tourism digital literacy training programme eyes Industry 4.0
Digital literacy will play an important role in supporting the recovery of Cambodian tourism from the Covid-19 crisis and leveraging the potential of new technologies to reorganise and develop the ecosystem around Industry 4.0, and strengthen the sustainability and competitive edge of the sector. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-digital-literacy-training-programme-eyes-industry-40
Infrastructure overhaul coming to Sihanoukville
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has highlighted three urgent measures to solve infrastructure woes in Preah Sihanouk province, which is facing challenges amid rapid development. The ministry highlighted measures focusing on roads and drainage systems in the province following a meeting with the Cooperation Committee ...
Sok Nalik
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50638481/infrastructure-overhaul-coming-to-sihanoukville/
China ASEN Expo starts on Friday
Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh and 100 Cambodian companies are set to represent the Kingdom at the 9th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, China, which starts tomorrow, according to officials. The expo will include representatives from all 10 ASEAN countries and China itself. Cambodian officials will seek ...