Cambodia's city port sees 20 pct rise in shipment in 9 months
<p>Cargo shipment entering and leaving Cambodia through the phnom penh Autonomous port increased by 20 percent in the first nine months of 2013 thanks to growing business activities, according to port’s data released on Saturday.
During the January-September period this year, the kingdom’s second largest port ...p>
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/818818.shtml#.UmSot_nTxe8
Legal actions to be taken against protest leaders: Interior Ministry
<p>Ministry of Interior warned that legal measures would be taken against those who would hold protests, defying a ban imposed by the government.
The warning was made yesterday after the leaders of nine labor unions insisted that they would hold protests, which are scheduled for January ...p>
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NTdmZGU2OGFmMmR
Cambodian human rights group asks Thailand to end killing Cambodian civilians
<p>A Cambodian human rights group today asked the caretaker government of Thailand to end executions of Cambodia civilians after 15 Cambodians were shot dead this month.
In its statement released today, The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its deep concern regarding the continued arbitrary ...p>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MTRjY2Q1MjFiYjk
Traffic accidents kill 1900 people in 2013
<p>More than 1900 people were killed in 4300 cases of accidents in 2013, which showed higher figures than the year 2012. This requires urgent attention by commuters, and officers in charge.
The figures were made known at a training course on 20-21 January 2014, which was ...p>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=OWQxYjhlMWU2MGZ
Press release on the result of the Council of Ministers’ plenary session held on August 15, 2014
<p>On August 15, 2014 at 8:30 AM a plenary session of the Council of Ministers was held at the peace palace under the patronage of Samdech Akeak Moha Senapedei Deikcho Hun Sen, the prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia in the fifth mandate to ...p>
Office of the Council of Ministers
KrisEnergy formally takes over as operator of Cambodia's offshore Block A
<p>Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd. (KrisEnergy or the Company), an independent upstream oil and gas company, referred to the announcement dated Aug. 11 in relation to the acquisition of the entire issued and paid up share capital of Chevron Overseas petroleum (Cambodia) Limited (COpCL) and announces the ...p>
Rigzone News Staff
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/135266/KrisEnergy_Formally_Takes_Over_as_Operator_of_Cambodias_Offshore_Block_A
Press release on the meeting of tax revenue on September 2014
<p>10 October 2014, 08:30 a.m. – General Department of Taxation conducted a meeting on tax fiscal review on September 2014, under the presidency of H.E. Kong Vibol, a governmental delegation in charge of General Department of Taxation and the participation of the deputy head of General Department of ...p>
General Department of Taxation
Pilot project to boost nutrition for Cambodian garment workers
<p>A study by the International Labor Organization, the U.N.’s labor body, shows most Cambodian garment workers do not eat enough nutritious food and that, as a result, many are anemic and even underweight. Now, a pilot project will feed workers at five factories a free ...p>
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/pilot-project-to-boost-nutrition-for-cambodian-garment-workers/2483260.html
82 get HIV in remote Khmer village
<p>Cambodian health authorities on Tuesday said more than 80 people – including children and the elderly – who tested positive for HIV/AIDS in a single remote village may have been infected by contaminated needles.
Hundreds of panicked residents of the village in Battambang province in the ...p>
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/450227/82-infected-with-hiv-aids-in-one-remote-cambodian-village
Factory wages remain a potential flashpoint for workers
<p>Sok Ren lives in a tiny room in a rented house in phnom penh. She has not been home in two years, having decided to leave a child behind and find work in the city’s garment sector. Unions say workers need at least $177 ...p>
Visitors vanish from Asia’s most visited site, Angkor Wat
<p>As dawn breaks, the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom – but for once there are no tourists jostling on its steps to capture Cambodia’s most famous sunrise. ...p>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700155/visitors-vanish-from-asias-most-visited-site-angkor-wat
Increasing safety for female journalists
<p>A project to improve the safety of women journalists is slated to start this month after a study revealed an increasing number of women in the media experience violence ...p>
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-increasing-safety-for-female-journalists
SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
<p>The 2030 Agenda was developed to reflect that “the international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty (). However, inequality still persists and large disparities remain in access to health and education services and other assets”. 1Although the number of people ...p>
Forest protection
<p>Deforestation has always been a problem in Cambodia since the 1970s, and it has aggravated inthe last decade. Some protected areas have been deforested. Between 2001 and 2018, Cambodia had lost 557,000 hectares (11.7%) of forest cover in protected areas.27 This loss has had an ...p>
Women in development
<p>Dr. Tan Reasmey, researcher and lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. photo taken from the USAID Asia on August 18, 2016. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Relevant national policy frameworksFrom the perspective of the government as ...p>
Commune/Sangkat budget
<p>Joint Accountability Action plan (JAAp) meeting in Andoung pou commune, Romeas Haek district, Svay Rieng province. photo by Open Development Cambodia Team, taken on 26 June 2018. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0The budget of khan/municipality and commune/sangkat administrations is included under the budget of the ...p>
Run Ta Ek residents hope for jobs from the new govt
<p>FacebookTwitterEmailShareFormer squatters who agreed to leave the Angkor Archaeological park area for relocation to the Run Ta Ek development site in Siem Reap province want to see the new government help to create jobs because the location is new and far from the urban area ...p>
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332639/run-ta-ek-residents-hope-for-jobs-from-the-new-govt/
National government
<p>Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. According to the 1993 Constitution, although he is the head of state, the king has very limited powers compared to the prime minister, the head of the government. Unlike the 1947 Constitution, power does not come from the king but ...p>
Ministry of Women's Affairs
<p>Ministry of Women’s Affairs. photo taken from the Ministry’s Facebook page, taken on 17 September 2016.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. NS/RKM/0197/22, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs was formally established on 24 January 1996. The Ministry became the Ministry of Women and Veteran’s Affairs under the Royal ...p>
Outcomes of the working visit of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia to Turkey
<p>From 20-22 October 2018, prime Minister Hun Sen, paid a working visit to the Republic of Turkey at the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Turkey. During his stay in Istanbul, Mister prime Minister paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Bainali Yildirim, ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
