Human traffickers use social media to lure job seekers to Cambodia
Human traffickers in Việt Nam are finding ever more inventive ways to lure potential victims overseas for exploitation. Through social media networks like Facebook or Zalo, they are offering well-paid jobs at casinos or online games in Cambodia, before springing their trap. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004569/human-traffickers-use-social-media-to-lure-job-seekers-to-cambodia/
Sihanoukville property owners in limbo as unfinished high-rises litter the city
In 2018, Kheav Sothanny leased his 600 square meters of land in central Sihanoukville to a Chinese investor to build a 14-storey condo. The contract offered him a rental fee of $20,000 a month. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/sihanoukville-property-owners-in-limbo-as-unfinished-high-rises-litter-the-city/
Kampot governor out after a mere 1.5 years
Kampot is due to have a new governor after just over a year and a half under current Governor Chan Chesda, according to a royal decree signed on Tuesday. The decree appoints Cheav Tay as the new governor, and indicates Chesda is to transfer to ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-governor-out-after-mere-15-years
Wildlife sanctuaries in Kratie, Battambang and Banteay Meanchey closed
Two protected wildlife sanctuaries – Snuol Wildlife Sanctuary in Kratie province and Roneam Daun Sam Wildlife Sanctuary in Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces – have been dissolved under a royal decree, with at least one conservationist on Sunday saying the move illustrated the government’s failure ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-sanctuaries-kratie-battambang-and-banteay-meanchey-closed
WHO expresses support for Cambodia’s plan for resumption of schools
The Royal Government’s plan to reopen schools in low-risk areas drew support from WHO representatives in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930898/who-expresses-support-for-cambodias-plan-for-resumption-of-schools/
Cambodia to set aside $700 million for continuation of COVID-19 interventions in 2022
The Royal Government plans to budget more than $700 million for the continuation of interventions against the effects of Covid 19 in 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50957425/cambodia-to-set-aside-700-million-for-continuation-of-covid-19-interventions-in-2022/
Traditional Khmer costumes showcased in Bangkok
The Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Thailand last weekend joined the 11th Celebration of Thai Silk Road to the World in Bangkok, with the showcase of Khmer traditional clothing style of Longvek period in the 16th century. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501085134/traditional-khmer-costumes-showcased-in-bangkok/
ERIA to boost cooperation with Cambodia
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) has pledged to continue strengthening and expanding its cooperation with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501516460/eria-to-boost-cooperation-with-cambodia/
Cambodian King appoints Hun Sen as Prime Minister for new five-year term
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday appointed incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen as the prime minister for the new five-year-term government after his ruling party won the July 28 election, according to a royal decree. “The Prime Minister of Cambodia has duties to prepare the members ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/23/c_132742559.htm
UNHRC releases documents on state of Cambodia
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has published three documents in preparation for a review next month on the situation in Cambodia. The UNHRC is set to review the human rights situation in the Kingdom on January 30 during the 32nd Universal Periodic Review (UPR), ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unhrc-releases-documents-state-cambodia
Cambodian police arrest student for Facebook threat to blow up deputy PM
A Cambodian University student, who was arrested by provincial police in Siem Reap after he threatened to kill Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng on social media, has confessed to the plot to throw a grenade at the government official during the school’s graduation ceremony, the ...
Khe Sonorng and Samean Yun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-threat-09292015132421.html
Compensation: City Hall eyes impact of ‘Sky Bridge’
A study commissioned by the government looking at the impact of the new Techo Sky Bridge project in Phnom Penh has found that 30 families are in line for compensation, as is the neighbouring University of Technology and tycoon Othman Hassan, a secretary of state ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-city-hall-eyes-impact-sky-bridge
Students demand to see internet law
More than 200 university students yesterday called on the government to publicly release the latest version of the controversial cybercrime law, amid fears it will lead to a clampdown on their currently unrestricted use of social media sites like Facebook. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/students-demand-see-internet-law
Hun Sen and Ban Ki-moon to co-chair World Summit 2022 in Seoul in February
The Universal Peace Federation and Cambodia have announced the upcoming World Summit 2022 (Summit for Peace on the Korean Peninsula), which brings together Keynote Speakers and participants from 157 nations to explore the prospects for peaceful reconciliation of the Korean Peninsula. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010873/hun-sen-and-ban-ki-moon-to-co-chair-world-summit-2022-in-seoul-in-february/
KOICA hands over seven vehicles to education ministry
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) handed over this morning seven vehicles to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS), under the project for establishment of the incubation system between university and industry in Cambodia and home-grown school feeding programme. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090865/koica-hands-over-seven-vehicles-to-education-ministry/
More Korean volunteers dispatched to Cambodia
KOICA Cambodia Office late last week dispatched another 14 members of project volunteers to Cambodia for the “Capacity Building Project for Cambodia National and Public Youth Centers” discovered by the KOICA and carrying out by Soon Chun Hyang University. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068978/more-korean-volunteers-dispatched-to-cambodia/
Restoration project of Central Terrace of Angkor Wat’s Causeway about 75 percent complete
The restoration project of a central terrace of Angkor Wat’s causeway, under the cooperation between the APSARA National Authority and Japan’s Sofia University, is now about 75 percent complete, said the APSARA National Authority in a news release this morning. ...
Top generals from Cambodia, Thailand meet to discuss border security
Enhancing cross-border security topped the agenda at a meeting between high ranking military officials from Cambodia and Thailand last week. Gen. Pol Saroeun, the Cambodian commander-in-chief, met with Gen. Thanchaiyan Srisuwan, head of the Thai military, on Friday at the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces headquarters in ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/top-generals-from-cambodia-thailand-meet-to-discuss-border-security/4453625.html
RCAF Denies Clearing Carbon-Trade Forest
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RACF) official in Oddar Meanchey province said he would be happy to meet with community forestry members who say that new military bases are threatening their plans to sell millions of dollars worth of carbon credits to foreign companies in ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rcaf-denies-clearing-carbon-trade-forest-21777/
King: Chea Sim to be acting head of state during his absence
The King His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni issued a Royal letter today to inform his people that he and his mother, Her Majesty Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, would be out of the country from tomorrow and Chea Sim, the President of the Senate, will serve as the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NjNlMDliYjdmZmV
