Pursat official arrested for falsified paperwork
<p>The head of the bidding office for Veal Veng district in pursat province was sent to pre-trial detention yesterday on allegations of falsifying paperwork for locals seeking land ownership documents. Heng Donin, pursat provincial Court spokesman, confirmed the detention and said district bidding chief prak ...p>
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-official-arrested-falsified-paperwork
Japan pledges $7.5 million for Cambodian elections despite legitimacy concerns
<p>Amid widespread international condemnation of Cambodia’s upcoming elections, Japan pledged an additional $7.5 million worth of equipment for the July polls this morning. The grant, signed by Foreign Affairs Minister prak Sokhonn and Japanese Ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi, will provide “ballot boxes as well as other ...p>
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-pledges-75-million-cambodian-elections-despite-legitimacy-concerns
UN experts say constitutional changes in Cambodia impinge on democracy
<p>On 20 February 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva has posted a news release to express the grave concern of their experts regarding the proposed changes to Cambodia’s Constitution which impose far-reaching limits on democracy a head ...p>
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Hun Sen, tax chief accuse US of lying about cuts to aid
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen and tax chief Kong Vibol accused the US of lying about cutting assistance to Cambodia, claiming that one of the programs on the chopping block hasn’t existed since 2016. In a speech to garment workers in the Sihanoukville SEZ on Saturday, ...p>
Mech Dara and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-tax-chief-accuse-us-lying-about-cuts-aid
Three tech-savvy women granted awards for innovation
<p>Three women have been granted awards for their contributions to the technology sector in Cambodia. Fat Si Em, a transport and planning manager at a telecomm company, won the ICT Engineer Award; Long Leakhena, a businesswoman, won the Woman ICT Entrepreneur award; and Chan penh ...p>
Malis Tum
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/three-tech-savvy-women-granted-awards-for-innovation/4287750.html
Australia’s ‘dance with dictators’: Country expected to stay mum on rights abuses with Asean leaders in town
<p>While calls from all corners have demanded Australia take Cambodia to task – not only for its political crackdown but also for prime Minister Hun Sen’s threats to beat up protesters on Australian soil – observers say any such confrontation is unlikely to materialise during ...p>
Workers to be informed of their labour rights
<p>The Labour Ministry will send more than 200 trainers to factories and relevant institutes to educate workers about labour rights. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Soeung Sarsochetta, secretary of state at the Labour Ministry, said 250 trainers from the Labour Ministry would go to factories, businesses ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114377/workers-to-be-informed-of-their-labour-rights/
Economy to grow by 7 percent in 2018: IMF
<p>According to the latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Cambodia economy will grow by 7 percent this year on the back of higher public spending and steady growth in construction and tourism. The IMF’s forecast is slightly higher than the figure released by the ...p>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114978/economy-to-grow-by-7-percent-in-2018-imf/
Rice fields destroyed by high waters in Prey Veng
<p>Some 1,000 hectares of rice fields in prey Veng province have been completely destroyed by flooding and thousands more are at risk elsewhere, according to Keo Vy, spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management. Vy said yesterday that the floods, caused by two weeks of ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-fields-destroyed-high-waters-prey-veng
NBC, CRF offer rice loan support
<p>In an effort to help small and medium-sized rice millers and exporters that are presently unable to provide suitable collateral to qualify for the government’s emergency $27 million rice loan, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has joined with the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) to ...p>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31307/nbc--crf-offer-rice-loan-support/
Internet freedom ranking slips
<p>Cambodia fell four spots in a 2016 ranking of internet freedom across the world released yesterday, with the organization behind it tying the drop to a spate of arrests for nothing more than Facebook posts and a much-maligned telecommunications law that critics say gives the ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32011/internet-freedom-ranking-slips/
Angkor Gold share restored
<p>Canadian exploration company Angkor Gold announced on Tuesday that it agreed to buy back all shares sold to investors in 2014, through its net smelter rights (NSR) scheme in the Kingdom’s first commercial underground gold mine in phum Syarung, in Rattanakiri’s O’Yadaw district – now ...p>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32628/angkor-gold-share-restored/
Surrogacy law to be drafted
<p>The government has appointed the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to draft a law to crack down on illegal activity surrounding the recently banned commercial surrogacy industry in Cambodia. Ministry spokeswoman Kheng Sam Vada confirmed the news, which was originally announced by government spokesperson and Minister of ...p>
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33120/surrogacy-law-to-be-drafted/
Government’s post service increases
<p>Cambodia post’s services grew this year, thanks to a rise in foreign investment in Cambodia, more overseas tourists, and the rising trend of online markets. Ork Bora, Cambodia post general director, said yesterday that the increase over all previous years was due to increased confidence of ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33441/government---s-post-service-increases/
Export licenses for Vietnam
<p>The Ministry of Commerce is calling for producers and exporters who have been dealing in dried tobacco leaves and milled rice to apply for licenses to export to Vietnam. Vietnam agreed to waive all duties on 300,000 tons of rice and 3,000 tons of dried tobacco ...p>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33863/export-licenses-for-vietnam/
Inauguration ceremony of the facilities at international border check-point between Cambodia-Lao
<p>On 10 January 2017, prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Hun Sen and His Excellency Thongloun SISOULITH, prime Minister of the Lao people’s Democratic Republic, have jointly presided over the inauguration ceremony of the facilities at international border check-point between Cambodia (Trapeang Kriel – ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Firmer prospects as rubber rebounds
<p>Cambodia’s beleaguered rubber industry looks set for a turnaround as international rubber prices continue their strong rebound. Local traders and industry officials said yesterday they were optimistic that rubber prices, which doubled during the course of 2016, would continue to rise as the global economy ...p>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firmer-prospects-rubber-rebounds
AirAsia to open Cambodia office
<p>AirAsia, the Malaysia-based low-cost airline, will soon have an office in Cambodia to boost the number of tourist arrivals to the kingdom. The airline’s office will open soon, said AirAsia CEO Anthony Fernandes, after holding a meeting with prime Minister Hun Sen in Switzerland on the ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34625/airasia-to-open-cambodia-office/
Labor Ministry lauds success
<p>The Labor Ministry found jobs for more than 210,000 people last year, 55 percent of which were for women and 40 percent were overseas. According to a Labor Ministry report on its annual congress obtained by Khmer Times yesterday, the ministry provided occupation services and found ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35620/labor-ministry-lauds-success/
Logger leaves timber business
<p>Try pheap, director general of the Try pheap Group and widely known for his extensive involvement in the kingdom’s timber trade, told a government news outlet yesterday that he has ended his involvement in the logging business and did not burn down a lumber warehouse ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35716/logger-leaves-timber-business/
