UN Millennium Goal for education remains elusive
Cambodia has made some progress in improving its education system in line with its 2015 UN Millennium Goals, but dropout rates remain high, due to endemic poverty and corruption. Universal literacy and 9th-grade education were the second-highest goal in the development plan, whose progress Cambodia will ...
Men Kimseng
http://bit.ly/1EHV8Go
Cambodia and Japan appreciate good cooperation in landmine clearance
Cambodia and Japan have appreciated their good bilateral cooperation, mainly in the field of mine clearance. The appreciation was made during a visit by a group of students from Chuo University, Japan led by Professor Hanatani Atsushi to the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) ‘s ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147262/cambodia-and-japan-appreciate-good-cooperation-in-landmine-clearance/
Cambodian elephant with a prosthetic leg visited by UK team
Academics and students from the University of Salford have returned from an outreach trip to Cambodia where they met with a number of prosthetic users, including an elephant. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501228752/cambodian-elephant-with-a-prosthetic-leg-visited-by-salford-team/
Petitions piling up for King
Pressure on King Norodom Sihamoni to delay today’s planned opening of the National Assembly ratcheted up a few notches over the weekend as the Royal Palace received two rounds of petitions allegedly representing close to 500,000 citizens requesting more time for party negotiations. The Cambodia National ...
May Titthara and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/petitions-piling-king
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
His Excellency Saleumxay KOMMASITH, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, will lead a delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia and to attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat)
On 13 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency Saleumxay KOMMASITH, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, will lead a delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press release on the provision of health care through the health equity fund system for individuals working in the informal economy tourism services
On 12 June 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release on the provision of health care through the health equity fund system for individuals working in the informal economy tourism services.The Royal Government has decided to provide health care through the health ...
The Royal Government of Cambodia
Companies given right to develop wildlife land
The Cambodian government has reclassified 12,000 hectares of wildlife sanctuary to make way for agro-industry concessions for three companies, according to the royal book issued on March 19. The land has been cut from the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary, the largest protected area in Cambodia, which ...
War declared on illegal weapons
Sao Sokha, the commander-in-chief of the military police, has ordered his units to crack down on illegal gun ownership, pledging to resign his post if he is unable to reduce the prevalence of arms. Speaking at the Royal Gendarmerie’s annual meeting on Monday, he ordered ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22082/war-declared-on-illegal-weapons/
King orders redrawing of Phnom Penh boundaries
King Norodom Sihamoni ordered last week that the Phnom Penh boundaries be expanded to include portions from neighboring Kandal province in a bid to improve the city’s development. In a royal decree dated November 11, but only released on November 21, King Sihamoni ordered the government ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32686/king-orders-redrawing-of-phnom-penh-boundaries/
Hun Sen leaves for Laos
Prime Minister Hun Sen left on Thursday for two-day visit to Laos. The delegation accompanying Hun Sen included Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Cabinet Minister Sok An and other members of the Royal Government. A number of agreements will be signed during his visit. The Ministry of Foreign ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTNkNGI3NTlhNmY
Cambodian opposition's 55 lawmakers swear into parliament after 10-month boycott
All fifty-five politicians from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) took their oaths as parliamentarians on Tuesday afternoon after boycotting the parliament for ten months against disputed election results in July last year. CNRP president Sam Rainsy led the group to a swearing-in ceremony, which ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=233629
Cambodian opposition ends yearlong political boycott
Fifty-five opposition politicians were sworn in to the Cambodian parliament Tuesday, ending a yearlong boycott in protest of what they called massive vote rigging by the party of longtime ruler Hun Sen. The swearing-in of Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy and his colleagues took ...
Carol J. Williams
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-cambodia-opposition-ends-boycott-20140805-story.html
King orders new appeal court staff appointments
King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a royal decree ordering the appointment of 18 judges across the three newly established regional Appeal Courts. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-orders-new-appeal-court-staff-appointments
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Cambodia’s tax revenue continues to rise, touching $5.3 billion
The Royal Government of Cambodia collected $5.3 billion as tax and customs revenues in 2020, although the Kingdom’s economy is being hit by the COVID-19 crisis. ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50798745/despite-covid-19-pandemic-cambodias-tax-revenue-continues-to-rise-touching-5-3-billion/
Lt. Gen. Hun Manet: Attempts to overthrow and insult the King are unforgivable
Commander of the Royal Cambodian Army, Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, throw his support behind the recommendation of Prime Minister Hun Sen and urged the troops to safeguard the monarchy of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50998415/lt-gen-hun-manet-attempts-to-overthrow-and-insult-the-king-are-unforgivable/
One Tonne aerial bomb found in river near Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel
Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) found an unexploded aerial bomb form the civil war era in the 1970s. The explosive device was uncovered by an excavator removing sediment from the river in Tonle Boun Muk near the Sokha Hotel in Phnom Penh and in front ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070584/one-tonne-aerial-bomb-found-in-river-near-sokha-phnom-penh-hotel/
Cambodian new government to uphold “One China Policy”
The new Royal Government of Cambodia will maintain the country’s irreversible stance to support the “One China Policy” and non-interference in China’s internal affairs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342008/cambodian-new-government-to-uphold-one-china-policy/
PM announces $100 million from the government to boost Cambodia’s agricultural sector
Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, announced that the Royal Government has prepared a budget of $100 million to help improve the agricultural sector for farmers in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351107/pm-announces-100-million-from-the-government-to-boost-cambodias-agricultural-sector/
France to continue close dialogue with Cambodia
President of the French Republic H.E. Emmanuel Macron has expressed his willingness to continue working closely with the new Royal Government of Cambodia led by Dr. Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501364823/france-to-continue-close-dialogue-with-cambodia/