Apsara, government discuss demolition of homes
Hundreds of people could have their homes demolished by security forces in order to preserve Angkorian heritage following a meeting between the Apsara Authority and the Siem Reap provincial government on Friday. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-government-discuss-demolition-homes
Pawn shops face crackdown
Phnom Penh City Hall has set its sights on the many pawn shops in the city, ordering police to check that each shop has proper registration papers. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077494/pawn-shops-face-crackdown/
Double trove of wartime explosives unearthed
Hundreds of unexploded landmines and cluster munitions were found in Battambang and Kampong Cham provinces on Monday, according to an official from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078278/double-trove-wartime-explosives-unearthed/
Workers’ bonus fight
More than 500 garment workers in Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district on Friday protested and blocked a portion of Veng Sreng Boulevard to demand their annual bonus from 2010 to 2017. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093740/workers-bonus-fight/
Former NEC official fired from ministry
The Education Minister has issued a letter criticizing officials in its scientific research department for not ensuring their subordinates work regularly after firing former unionist and election official Rong Chhun for absenteeism. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106906/former-nec-official-fired-ministry/
Cambodian exports to US down
Cambodia’s total exports to the United States declined last year compared with 2015, due to uncertainties in the US presidential race and rising exports from Vietnam and new market player Myanmar. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35260/cambodian-exports-to-us-down/
World Bank aid for poor
The World Bank has approved provision of $20 million to help poor and vulnerable families in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh increase their income, build skills and construct small-scale community infrastructure. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35857/world-bank-aid-for-poor/
‘Grand corruption’ drives perceptions
Transparency International (TI) released their Global Corruption Barometer yesterday, revealing that in recent years, Cambodian citizens’ personal experience with corruption has gone down, while their perception of its prevalence has gone up. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grand-corruption-drives-perceptions
Pepper, palm sugar get Thai GI status
Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar have been awarded Geographical Indication (GI) status in Thailand, under efforts to prevent unscrupulous traders passing off versions of the Cambodian products. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36771/pepper--palm-sugar-get-thai-gi-status/
Residents fear bridge loss
Nearly 200 villagers from three communes in Stung Treng province protested yesterday at Sre Pok bridge to demand that authorities stop dismantling it when the Sesan dam sluice gate closes next month. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39858/residents-fear-bridge-loss/
South Korean firm to share tech expertise
The Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts and the South Korea-based firm Gwangju TechoPark will soon reach a deal on improving technology in Cambodia’s special economic zones. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39921/south-korean-firm-to-share-tech-expertise/
Newly elected commune chiefs, councilors taking office
Cambodia’s newly elected commune councilors and chiefs began taking office on Monday with vows to make good on election promises by improving local services and keeping in closer contact with constituents. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/newly-elected-commune-chiefs-councilors-taking-office-132106/
Government passes waste disposal plans to local authorities
Responsibility for cleaning garbage from neighborhoods will be put in the hands of district officials under new guidelines released on Tuesday as part of the government’s plan to decentralize waste disposal. ...
CNRP will propose changes to allow voting from abroad
Opposition lawmakers plan to submit proposed amendments to the national election law next week in order to allow Cambodians who work and live outside the country to register and vote from abroad. ...
Ben Sokhean and Brendan O’Byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-will-propose-changes-to-allow-voting-from-abroad-133284/
Tainted chicken seized at border
Over 1,500 kilograms of poor quality chicken bones and other tainted goods imported from Thailand have been seized and destroyed by Camcontrol officials in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang province this week. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077495/tainted-chicken-seized-border/
Requirements issued for agencies eyeing Japan
Recruitment agencies must meet 10 requirements and have no record of wrong-doing for the past five years in order to send Cambodian workers to Japan, according to the Ministry of Labour. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078971/requirements-issued-agencies-eyeing-japan/
English classes extended to Grade 6
The Education Ministry has decided to include English classes in the curriculum of primary schools from Grade four to six to ensure students have a foundation to continue learning at secondary school. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085108/english-classes-extended-grade-6/
Airport trains to be ready by April
The new railway line from the Phnom Penh train station to the airport will be launched before the Khmer New Year in April, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097577/airport-trains-ready-april/
City sewage plan mooted
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has finalised a sewage management master plan for Phnom Penh, which is in dire need of a wastewater treatment plant, officials said yesterday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-sewage-plan-mooted
Cambodia improves human development Index
Cambodia’s improvements on human development are the biggest in the region, but standards of living still lag behind neighboring nations, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) figures have shown. ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36740/cambodia-improves-human-development-index/