Construction and upgrading of 148 km of National Road No. 48 to Koh Kong to cost more than $78 million
Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, yesterday presided over the signing ceremony of a contract for the construction and upgrading of National Road 48 under concessional financing from the Republic of Korea. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921656/construction-and-upgrading-of-148-km-of-national-road-no-48-to-koh-kong-to-cost-more-than-78-million/
Rainsy calls Assembly meeting ‘communist’
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy, along with the rest of his party, condemned the opening of the National Assembly yesterday, saying in a speech delivered in Siem Reap that the action violated the constitution and had reverted the country to “communist” rule. Even as rumours swirled about ...
May Titthara, Meas Sokchea and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-calls-assembly-meeting-%E2%80%98communist%E2%80%99
Private Ship Registry Did Not Monitor Compliance
The privately-operated International Ship Registry of Cambodia (ISROC), a South Korea-based company that owns the rights to register foreign vessels under the Cambodian flag, told ship owners last year that it was not monitoring their observance of international maritime laws, and that it was their ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/private-ship-registry-did-not-monitor-compliance-48532/
Japan provides USD 692,522 for physical education project and food and nutrition security project
On 27th December 2018, Japanese government has agreed to provide USD 692,522 in total for two Japanese organizations under the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects: USD 396,033 for Heart of Gold to implement “Project on Developing 4-year University of Physical Education Course at National ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Gov’t urged to protect resources
Some 70 NGO representatives, forest activists and university students signed an open letter urging the government to find ways to prevent and combat forestry crimes more effectively. In their petition released on Saturday, the group said they had been observing the government’s clampdowns over the ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-urged-protect-resources
PM wants more registered voters
As Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to citizens who have not yet registered to vote to do so, the Thai Labor Ministry announced last week it would allow Cambodians who are legally working in Thailand to return for voter registration. At a graduation ceremony for students ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30311/pm-wants-more-registered-voters/
New map illustrates election results
The Australian National University has posted a map of the results of last month’s elections on its website showing the different levels of popular support for the ruling and opposition parties in all provinces. Colum Graham, a PhD candidate at the ANU College of Asia and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZjIzZGRmOWM0ZjN
Ministry halts business ed licences
Aiming to address a skills mismatch in the Cambodian economy, the government has put a hold on new licences for higher education courses in the fields of business and finance. In response to a growing need for science and engineering skills, as well as trade-qualified workers, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-halts-business-ed-licences
Ministry allows holding of exit exams in school premises
The Ministry of Education today allowed university students to sit for a two-days exit examination at school premises after a three-month-long closure, which was imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742345/ministry-allows-holding-of-exit-exams-in-school-premises/
Higher education set to reopen
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on September 27 announced its decision to permit universities across the country to reopen as recommended by Prime Minister Hun Sen, though no timeframe has been set. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/higher-education-set-reopen
Ministry inks MoU for digital OS
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sala, a modern school operating system, on “Going-Digital for Education” with the support of eighteen public and private universities. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-inks-mou-digital-os
ANA, Canadian team excavating temple’s platform east of Bayon
The Angkor Vihara Project of Canada’s University of Toronto is excavating an old temple in the Angkor Thom complex, some 200m east of the 12th-century Bayon, in collaboration with APSARA National Authority (ANA), according to the latter. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-canadian-team-excavating-temples-platform-east-bayon
VENG Seang Hai
Managing EditorVENG Seang Hai has joined Open Development Cambodia (ODC) since 2023 in the role of Managing Editor, providing both operational and technical assistance to the Executive Editor/Editor-in-Chief and to the ODC team as a whole. He works closely together with ODC’s Editors team to ...
Newly protected areas to span 1.5M hectares
The government has declared almost 1.5 million hectares as protected areas in a bid to enhance the sustainability of the ecology system and reduce the impact of climate change, according to a sub-decree signed on Thursday. The so-called Biodiversity Conservation Corridors cover a total of more ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/newly-protected-areas-span-15m-hectares
Killer in Chut Wutty Case Walks Free Six Months Later
Rann Boroth, the only man convicted in the double killing six months ago of the country’s leading environmental activist, Chut Wutty, and military police officer, walked free from prison on Friday after the Koh Kong Provincial Court issued an order for his release. On October ...
Meters mean 'money down drain'
The sole provider of water and electricity in Koh Kong province’s Khemerak Phumin town, LYP group, was demanding that all rental buildings install water meters at exorbitant rates for the region, residents said yesterday. Building managers sent intervention papers to provincial governor Bun Leut on July ...
Boeung Kak rep infighting gets its day in court
Six Boeung Kak village representatives will appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court accused of threatening to kill their one-time representative Ly Mom, who was spoke on their behalf from 2007 until last year. Although no charges have been laid, Ly Mom is demanding $10,000 from each ...
Killer in Chut Wutty Case Could Be Free Within Days
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday convicted a private security guard of accidentally killing the military police officer who allegedly shot dead the country’s most prominent environmental activist, Chut Wutty, and sentenced him to two years in prison. The presiding judge, Kham Sophary, then immediately suspended ...
Minister meets NGOs over ongoing UDG dispute
Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Thursday met with U.N. and NGO representatives to discuss the ongoing dispute between the powerful Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) and villagers in Koh Kong province who say they were kicked off their land and had their shelters torched. In ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-meets-ngos-over-ongoing-udg-dispute-64952/