Samrin’s hometown technically in Vietnam
National Assembly President Heng samrin’s native village is, as map lines go, technically inside of Vietnam, the head of Cambodia’s Royal Academy said at a recent press conference. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/samrins-hometown-technically-vietnam
Official exchange rate launched for yuan, riel
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the People’s Bank of China in the autonomous Guangxi region of southern China have launched an official yuan-riel exchange rate that allows businesses and individuals to conduct trade settlement activities without using the Us dollar as an intermediary ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/official-exchange-rate-launched-yuan-riel
National Assembly passes lèse majesté law, limits to freedom of association
The National Assembly unanimously passed amendments to the Constitution and Criminal Code Wednesday that will impose restrictions on political rights and make it illegal to disrespect the King – changes that observers called a “disaster” for civil liberties in the Kingdom. In a full plenary session, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Leonie Kijewski and Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/national-assembly-passes-lese-majeste-law-limits-freedom-association
New iPad to Be Released In Cambodia on Friday
Two months after it was unveiled and released in the U.s., Apple Inc.’s newest version of the iPad will be released Friday in Cambodia, according to the website of the California-based technology giant. Though suppliers of the iPad in Cambodia were tightlipped yesterday on the number ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pilot project to recruit Cambodian maids struggles to take off
A pilot project to recruit maids from Cambodia is struggling to take off as workers are turned off by high recruitment fees, and the fear of not being able to adapt to life here. Under a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) pilot scheme that began last August, ss='cambodia-color'>...
History lesson: Minister tells US mayor of VN invasion
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong yesterday took a visit by Lowell, Massachusetts, Mayor Rodney Elliott to offer an impromptu history lesson, he said at a press conference yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/history-lesson-minister-tells-us-mayor-vn-invasion
City hall shuts down rally against consumption of dog meat
A planned demonstration against the consumption of dog meat was shut down before it could begin in Phnom Penh on sunday after city authorities said the group did not have permission to gather. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-shuts-down-rally-against-consumption-of-dog-meat-81445/
Cambodia reduces hunger, meeting UN goal
The portion of the Cambodian population that is undernourished has been reduced by half since 1990, meeting a U.N. Millennium Development Goal ahead of the deadline at the end of the year, according to a report released Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-reduces-hunger-meeting-un-goal-84583/
Enforcement of traffic law to begin with speeding
Implementation of the new Land Traffic Law that was passed in December will officially begin on January 1, an official said Monday, with police focusing on the leading causes of traffic accidents, starting with speeding. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/enforcement-of-traffic-law-to-begin-with-speeding-89659/
Farmers try to cash in on cashews
Cambodian farmers want to grow more cashews in response to rising prices. But lack of information and resources is holding them back. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13835/farmers-try-to-cash-in-on-cashews/
State of the art high school to serve former scavengers
The Education Ministry on Tuesday oversaw the groundbreaking of a $4 million high school that will be built on land that was once the municipal dump in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/state-of-the-art-high-school-to-serve-former-scavengers-92538/
Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation over the comments made by H.E Mr. W. Patrick Murphy, U.S Ambassador with regards to the on-going trial of Kem Sokha
On 13 March 2020, the ministry of Foreign Affair and Cooperation has posted a statement in response to the comment made by U.s Ambassador to Cambodia, H.E Mr. W. Patrick Murphy with regard to the on going trail of Kem sokha. According to the statement, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affair
Crime level ‘critical’ in Cambodia: US
A spike in violent crime over the past year has seen Cambodia receive a “critical” rating in a report outlining the potential dangers for U.s. Embassy staff operating in the country. The Cambodia 2015 Crime and safety Report, which was compiled by the U.s. Bureau of ss='cambodia-color'>...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/crime-level-critical-in-cambodia-us-81312/
Fraud at malaria centre: Global Fund report uncovers ‘systematic’ double billing, nepotism
A report by the Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has confirmed evidence of corruption and nepotism at Cambodia’s National Malaria Centre (CNM), first revealed by The Post last year, calling the centre’s oversight “dysfunctional and unauditable”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fraud-malaria-centre-global-fund-report-uncovers-systematic-double-billing-nepotism
Ford plant may go online ‘early April’
Construction of RMA (Cambodia) Plc’s vehicle assembly plant is 100 per cent complete and installation of the facilities and equipment is nearing the 70 per cent mark, with all signs indicating that production could begin in early April, according to the locally-listed firm’s CEO Ngorn ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ford-plant-may-go-online-early-april
U.S. Embassy in Cambodia launches $25 million Inclusive Primary Education Activity (IPEA) programme
A new $25 million U.S. government-funded education program that will improve the reading and learning experience for Cambodian primary Schoolchildren waS launched in Phnom Penh yeSterday at an event jointly preSided over by Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, MiniSter of Education, Youth and SportS; U.S. AmbaSSador SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046575/u-s-embassy-in-cambodia-launches-25-million-inclusive-primary-education-activity-ipea-programme/
In commune campaign, formerly imprisoned activist Kung Raiya hits familiar challenges
The activist Kung Raiya, already imprisoned twice on charges related to his politics, is resolute about his decision to stand as a candidate in opposition to a CPP commune chief who flipped his party allegiance after the 2017 election. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Kheang Sokmean
https://cambojanews.com/in-commune-campaign-formerly-imprisoned-activist-kung-raiya-hits-familiar-challenges/
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
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