Hun Sen lays out party’s platform
Caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday credited liberating Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge as among the reasons why people will vote for his ruling Cambodian People Party (CPP) in the July 29 national elections. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-lays-out-partys-platform
First banana shipment to China confirmed
Longmate Agriculture Co has announced that it will conduct a test shipment of bananas to the Chinese market next month, which will be followed by the company’s first official shipment to China in February. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564243/first-banana-shipment-to-china-confirmed/
Villagers not poisoned by cyanide: Mines Minister
Mines Minister Suy Sem has dismissed a claim by Industry Minister Cham Prasidh, who said that villagers in Kratie province were poisoned and killed by cyanide-tainted water due to run-off from gold mines. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50492555/villagers-not-poisoned-by-cyanide-mines-minister/
Forest activists call for seizure of assets from corrupt officials
Civil society and forest protection activists on Monday called for officials in the government and armed forces guilty of corruption and exploiting state property to be removed from their positions and have their assets frozen. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-activists-call-seizure-assets-corrupt-officials
Cambodia declines invitation to join regional rubber cartel
Cambodia has declined to join the world’s largest rubber production group, the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), because there is no benefit in doing so now, a senior official and an industry executive say. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16627/cambodia-declines-invitation-to-join-regional-rubber-cartel/
Teachers seek action against principal
Representatives of a large group of secondary school teachers in Kandal province who complained about the allegedly corrupt behaviour of their boss spoke out about the failure of authorities to act on their concerns yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-seek-action-against-principal
1.6 million foreign tourist visited Angkor temples for the first ten months of 2015
Over 1.6 million foreign tourists visited Angkor temples for the first ten months of 2015– an increase compared to the same period in the previous year, States News Agency reported. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/16-million-foreign-tourist-visited-angkor-temples-for-the-first-ten-months-of-2015-9068
Vietnamese tourists released after drone flies near palace
Three Vietnamese tourists were briefly detained on Saturday for flying a drone over the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, a week after a Hong Kong national was similarly arrested and released without charge for the same offense. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnamese-tourists-released-after-drone-flies-near-palace-100359/
NGOs call for amendment to nation’s domestic violence law
A decade after the country’s domestic violence (DV) law was passed, the government continues to fail victims of abuse, a coalition of NGOs said in a statement released Friday, calling for the law to be amended. ...
Aria Danaparamita
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-call-for-amendment-to-nations-domestic-violence-law-102905/
Gold mine license suspended again
A Vietnamese-owned gold mine in Battambang province’s Phnom Prek district failed to acquire an operating license from the Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday after failing to meet their guidelines, according to officials. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26377/gold-mine-license-suspended-again/
Demand grows for organic rice
As the demand for organic rice in European and United States markets keeps growing, many local rice millers and exporters are moving quickly and signing contract farming deals to supply them with the premium product. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27204/demand-grows-for-organic-rice/
Light railway raised yet again at JICA meet
Plans for a light railway system in Phnom Penh were discussed at a meeting between Public Works and Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol and Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) regional director-general Yasushi Tanaka on Friday. ...
Jack Davies and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/light-railway-raised-yet-again-jica-meet
Ministry of Information to establish E-archive next year
Cambodia’s Ministry of Information is planning to create an e-archive in early 2016 with an estimated cost of some US$5 million, according to the State News Agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/ministry-of-information-to-establish-e-archive-next-year-9046
Four women come home after being trafficked
Four women are on their way back to cambodia after being forced to work under brutal conditions in malaysia, the foreign ministry said yesterday. The four had fled their workplace and sought help from the cambodian embassy. ...
Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17252/four-women-come-home-after-being-trafficked/
Law on animal health at the finish line
A draft law seven years in the making to regulate and standardize the Kingdom’s animal health regulations is on the verge of reaching parliament after getting approval from the Council of Ministers on Friday. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17607/law-on-animal-health-at-the-finish-line/
Monitoring of airport carbon footprints begins
As airline passenger numbers in the country rocket, Cambodia has taken its first step toward greener air travel by earning the initial level of accreditation from a body that monitors the carbon footprint of airports. ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitoring-airport-carbon-footprints-begins
Opposition casts doubt on NEC leadership, staff
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday appointed Tep Nytha to another term as secretary general, in a selection process that civil society and opposition party members have criticized as fraudulent and closed from public scrutiny. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21786/opposition-casts-doubt-on-nec-leadership--staff/
MFI summit to mark decade of growth
The National Bank of Cambodia is hosting the National Summit on the Development of the Microfinance Sector in Cambodia next month, marking a decade since the government announced that 2006 was the “Year of Microfinance.” ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21836/mfi-summit-to-mark-decade-of-growth/
Health budget boost planned to help poor
With the costs of health care on the rise, Health Minister Mam Bun Heng yesterday revealed plans to increase public health funding in order to provide greater medical coverage for those unable to afford it. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-budget-boost-planned-help-poor
Twin tower construction to begin this year
Construction of the $2 billion, 133-story twin tower skyscrapers planned to rise opposite NagaWorld will start in the middle of this year, an official who helped design the project told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22617/twin-tower-construction-to-begin-this-year/