Ambassadors to double as CPP campaigners
Seven newly appointed Cambodian ambassadors have been officially charged with leading membership drives for the ruling CPP in the countries to which they have been assigned, a party spokesman said Friday. ...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambassadors-to-double-as-cpp-campaigners-85490/
New kind of gambling has locals concerned
A company organising homemade missile competitions for Thai gamblers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district has come under fire after the plastic rockets fell onto roofs and frightened villagers. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-kind-gambling-has-locals-concerned
FAO produces new guide to assess children working on farms
The Food and Agriculture Organisation has announced a new guide to assess child labour in agriculture and the impacts that various development programmes can have. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1LeZU0y
Farmers cry foul on excavation
Four families in Kandal province’s Muk Kampoul district have sued a local official who they accuse of colluding with a village chief to excavate their rice fields without their permission. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farmers-cry-foul-excavation
New Commerce Ministry website lacks facts
As the only finalist in its category at Thursday’s Cambodia Information and Communications Technology awards, the Commerce Ministry looks likely to take home first prize for its newly overhauled website. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-commerce-ministry-website-lacks-facts-86466/
After criticism, Ministry restores company database
Just days after a human rights group criticized the Commerce Ministry for stripping its newly revamped website of detailed information on businesses operating in Cambodia, the ministry restored its searchable database. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-criticism-ministry-restores
After arrest at Samsung supplier, Unionists freed
Nine union officials arrested during a protest outside an electronics factory in Takeo province Tuesday afternoon were released that night after being “educated” and agreeing to obey the law, police said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-arrest-at-samsung-supplier-unionists-freed-87130/
Road development protests on Koh Rong
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Governor Chhit Sokhon halted further construction work on Koh Rong this week following a protest by residents of Koh Tuich village, in the island’s most populated bay. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13023/road-development-protests-on-koh-rong/
Factory worker killed by exploding machine
An employee at a Phnom Penh garment finishing factory that supplies to clothing giant H&M was killed when shrapnel from a machine that exploded struck him in the head. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-worker-killed-exploding-machine
Minister calls for ban on chainsaw imports
A ban on the importation of chainsaws into Cambodia could be in the offing, after agriculture officials this week called for a nationwide crackdown on the illegal logging trade. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-calls-ban-chainsaw-imports
“we can’t be rich among millions of poor”
Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol warned students at the elite Royal School of Administration on Tuesday: “We cannot live on a rich island in the middle of a poor ocean.” ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13548/---we-can---t-be-rich-among-millions-of-poor---/
Soldiers monitor border-crossing Thai farmers
Thai farmers protected by armed Thai soldiers crossed the border in Banteay Meanchey province and spent Thursday plowing fields for rice cultivation, a military commander and district official said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-monitor-border-crossing-thai-farmers-89315/
Shipping deals turn the tide for Cambodian economy
New shipping agreements will soon be signed between companies in Cambodia and China that will see the Kingdom’s largest port continue its transformation into a regional hub, port officials say. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13852/shipping-deals-turn-the-tide-for-cambodian-economy/
Politician blamed for water woes
More than 70 families in Siem Reap province have lodged complaints against a politician who they accuse of siphoning water from the Kulen Mountains to irrigate his pepper plantation. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/politician-blamed-water-woes
Cambodia needs 2,400 computers to start computerized voter registration next year
The National Election Committee (NEC)’s spokesperson Hang Putea said Cambodia will start computerized-voter registration in March next year, but needs 2,400 computers. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-needs-2400-computers-to-start-computerized-voter-registration-next-year-8823
Bus crash near border kills 16
At least 16 were killed and another 23 injured yesterday when a bus careened off an embankment in the Dangkrek Mountains as its brakes and transmission failed, police said. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bus-crash-near-border-kills-16-0
Sam Rainsy finally returns
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived back in Cambodia yesterday after about a month’s absense, saying he will use “cold measures” to end tension with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. ...
Chea Vannak and James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14485/sam-rainsy-finally-returns/
Sweden grants Covid-19 relief funds to Cambodia
The Embassy of Sweden has announced a COVID-19 response package to financially support rural communities in Cambodia through tree planting activities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776808/sweden-grants-covid-19-relief-funds-to-cambodia/
Cambodia, U.S. praise bilateral cooperation against human trafficking
The Kingdom of Cambodia and the United States of America have lauded the fruitful outcomes of their bilateral cooperation in countering human trafficking. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50870772/cambodia-u-s-praise-bilateral-cooperation-against-human-trafficking/
World Bank pledges to support Cambodia’s sustainable agricultural development
The World Bank (WB) has pledged to continue promoting sustainable development of agriculture in Cambodia amid the threat of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50936585/world-bank-pledges-to-support-cambodias-sustainable-agricultural-development/