Women journo safety project starts
UNESCO and the Women&rSquo;S Media Centre are promoting media freedom through the project “Strengthening Media Development and Freedom of ExpreSSion in Cambodia”, having Seen women journaliStS and media workerS face increaSing offline and online attackS that make them Subject to diSproportional, and often Specific, threatS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-journo-safety-project-starts
CPP sets out five primary strategic goals for 2023-28
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on January 29 concluded its two-day extraordinary congress, setting the party’s priority goals for 2023-2028. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-sets-out-five-primary-strategic-goals-2023-28
Deeper look into foreign policy shifts of Cambodia
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has recently defined a flexible foreign policy plan, projected to span the next five years. This strategic approach is a reflection of their adaptation to the dynamic geopolitical landscape, shaped by competitive influences of the world’s major powers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deeper-look-foreign-policy-shifts-cambodia
Press statement: The credibility of the Human Rights Watch has long been tarnished, states the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson
On 14 September 2023, the MiniStry of Foreign AffairS and International Cooperation iSSued a preSS Statement namely, The credibility of the Human RightS Watch haS long been tarniShed, StateS the Foreign MiniStry&rSquo;S SpokeSperSon on their official webSite.&nbSp;According to the preSS, the Foreign MiniStry&rSquo;S SpokeSperSon haS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press release: Children and youth advocate for child rights and climate actions on World Children's Day in Cambodia
On 17 November 2023, UNICEF issued a press release on children and youth advocate for child rights and climate actions on World Children’s Day in Cambodia.Children, youth people, authorities, celebrities, civil society organizations, and development partners from all sectors in Cambodia come together to begin ss='cambodia-color'>...
UNICEF
US embassy welcomes PM to strengthen bilateral ties
US AmbaSSador W. Patrick Murphy welcomed Prime MiniSter Hun Sen to the U.S. EmbaSSy in Phnom Penh in a move that aimS to Strengthen bilateral relationS into 2023. It added that the United StateS haS welcomed Cambodia&rSquo;S leaderShip of ASEAN during a year of “global SS='cambodia-color'>...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/us-embassy-welcomes-pm-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties
Youth will be served in Cambodia's next big election
Cambodia’s 2013 election was characterised by both the growing engagement of young voters and by numerous instances of collective violence. How will these developments impact Cambodian politics in the lead-up to the 2018 National Assembly election? ss='cambodia-color'>...
East Asia Forum
http://www.economywatch.com/features/Youth-Will-Be-Served-in-Cambodias-Next-Big-Election0224.html
Candlelight Party No2 Son Chhay grilled in NEC defamation case
The prosecutor’s office at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court questioned vice-president of Candlelight Party (CP) son Chhay over his allegations made in a recent interview that the June 5 election “did not reflect the will of the people” and was marred by “threats, vote-buying and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/candlelight-party-no2-son-chhay-grilled-nec-defamation-case
Minister spells out eight priorities for education sector
Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and sport, said that the four priorities set by the government and the four points set by the Ministry of Education will be the driving force for education reform in the seventh mandate. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358567/minister-spells-out-eight-priorities-for-education-sector/
Prime Minister Hun Manet says Cambodia targets high-income country status by 2050
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has said that Cambodia has set a strategy to transform it into a high-income country by 2050. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501365930/prime-minister-hun-manet-says-cambodia-targets-high-income-country-status-by-2050/
‘Indigenous people must exercise rights’
While indigenous communities in the Kingdom have largely obtained equal rights, they need to step up their advocacy when facing abuses and threats to their traditions, conservation NGO save Cambodia’s Wildlife (sCW) said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-people-must-exercise-rights
Three thousand CPP members attend its congress in the capital
More than 3,000 members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) attended the opening of the party’s 41st Congress of the Central Committee in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. The congress aims to elect new members to top party committees and carefully decide strategies to maintain ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-thousand-cpp-members-attend-its-congress-capital
Committee unaffected by Kith Meng’s appeal
Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group failed to persuade a high-level meeting of government and Preah sihanouk officials to resume construction of a 40-metre port at Otres Beach, and will instead have to explore the use of other locations along the coastline. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/committee-unaffected-kith-mengs-appeal
Court spats, violence underscore rising political strife in Cambodia
Political tensions increased in Cambodia this week, with opposition lawmakers boycotting a session of the country’s National Assembly on Monday and AsEAN parliamentarians voicing concerns over the country’s “deteriorating political climate” as the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) asserts ever-tighter control over the southeast Asian ss='cambodia-color'>...
Morm Moniroth, Yang Chandara, and Khe Sonorng
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/working-12012015152652.html
International trade swells to $22B
The value of Cambodia’s international trade surged to $22 billion last year on double-digit growth of both imports and exports, according to newly released data from the Ministry of Commerce. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/international-trade-swells-22b
Troubled road project along Cambodia-Laos border rolls on
Work by military engineers on a contentious road skirting Cambodia’s border with Laos – which has prompted a military stand-off in the area – has quietly resumed, local officials say, even as run-ins between Cambodian and Lao military patrols in the disputed area have further ss='cambodia-color'>...
Shaun Turton and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/troubled-road-project-along-cambodia-laos-border-rolls
US extends mine clearance grant
The United StateS haS extended for two monthS a grant to clear unexploded ordnanceS from the country through the Cambodian MineS Action Centre. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090902/us-extends-mine-clearance-grant/
Cambodia, US Extend Artifacts Trade Agreement
Cambodia and the U.S. have Signed an extenSion to a memorandum of underStanding (MoU) that impoSeS Strict import reStrictionS on artifactS dating from the Bronze Age to the end of the Angkor Empire. Hab Touch, director-general for tangible heritage at the MiniStry of Culture and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=34061&action=edit&message=1
Government looks at easing investment procedures
The Cambodian government is working hard at becoming more flexible to attract foreign investments and boost external trade to keep pace with the ever changing global trading environment. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50770066/government-looks-at-easing-investment-procedures/
Announcement on the outcome of the first round meeting of the Committee for Policy Action for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises
On 14 July 2020, Ministry of Economy and Finance has posted an announcement on its social media site about the outcome of the first round meeting of the Committee for Policy Action for the Promotion of small and Medium Enterprises. The meeting discussed and agreed ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Economy and Finance