Press release: Stung Sen was internationally recognized as a fifth Ramsar Site in Cambodia
<p>On 06 November 2018, Ministry of Environment issued a press release announcing to the public that Stung Sen, which is the tallest and pristine seasonally flooded freshwater swamp forest of the Tonle Sap Great Lake, has been designated as a Wetland of International Importance (also known ...p>
Ministry of Environment
Facing no opposition, Cambodia’s ruling party expects easy local election wins
<p>Cambodia’s ruling party is preparing for local elections to be held in May, but few Cambodians appear to be paying much attention to what has become largely a sideshow after the Cambodian people’s party banned the main opposition two years ago and handed their jobs ...p>
US Embassy: Chinese trade does not help like the West’s
<p>The US Embassy in phnom penh on Friday said relations between China and Cambodia did not create jobs or help industry when compared to the trade between the Kingdom and the US. “About 87 per cent of trade [with China] are Chinese imports, which do ...p>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-embassy-chinese-trade-does-not-help-wests
Sar Kheng concerned over laundering
<p>Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has expressed concerns that recent money laundering cases involving huge sums will see Cambodia placed on a global financial blacklist. He called on the authorities to crack down hard on the crime or the Kingdom would be “dead” as it ...p>
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-concerned-over-laundering
PM criticises EU during WTO meeting
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen has renewed accusations of double standards by the European Union over the possible suspension of the Kingdom’s Everything-but-arms trade status during his visit to Geneva. Mr Hun Sen is attending a three-day meeting on Aid for Trade Global Review in Switzerland and ...p>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50621146/pm-criticises-eu-during-wto-meeting/
Nearly 70 killed or hurt by UXOs this year
<p>Sixty-seven people were killed or injured by mines and unexploded ordnance during the past nine months and three weeks. The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority said that from January until October 17, there were 47 cases, 21 from landmines and 26 from UXOs. “So ...p>
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50652667/nearly-70-killed-or-hurt-by-uxos-this-year/
Press release on field inspection of illegal coastal land reclamation in Prek Treng beach
<p>On September 18, 2018, Ministry of Land Management, Urban planning and Construction issued a press release on field inspection of illegal coastal land reclamation in prek Treng beach, which located in Village 4, Otres Commune, Stung Hao District, preah Sihanouk province, for the land to ...p>
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Drop journalists’ ‘espionage’ charges, urges rights group
<p>Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement on Wednesday urging Cambodian authorities to drop espionage charges which it deemed politically motivated against two former Radio Free Asia (RFA) journalists and free them of court supervision. But Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin dismissed the statement ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drop-journalists-espionage-charges-urges-rights-group
Banh: The Khmer Rouge worse than sanctions and pressure Khmer Rouge
<p>Minister of National Defence Tea Banh said on Thursday that having sanctions and external pressure placed on Cambodia was not worse than life under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Tea Banh, who is also deputy prime minister, was speaking to military and ruling party officials ...p>
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/banh-khmer-rouge-worse-sanctions-and-pressure-khmer-rouge
Region probes social security
<p>Cambodia will host the biannual meeting of Mekong Delta labour ministers in two weeks’ time when they will discuss having a common social security net for workers. Labour Minister Ith Samheng said last week that he will meet with his counterparts from Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and ...p>
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50639646/region-probes-social-security/
Roads in 11 provinces damaged by floods
<p>Transport Minister Sun Chanthol on Sunday said that 46 roads in 11 provinces have been severely damaged by floods and the ministry will repair them after water recedes. He said a total of 60 kilometers of roads, including national ones, were involved and the ministry had ...p>
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50641781/roads-in-11-provinces-damaged-by-floods/
Press release on the launching of a mining concession areas for submitting a mineral exploration license
<p>On 26 February 2018, the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the launching of a mining concession areas for domestic and foreign mineral companies, who already registered properly in the Kingdom of Cambodia, to apply for ...p>
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Press release on the outcome of the 22th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM)
<p>On 24 January 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation published a press release on the outcome of the 22th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) which was held on 21 January 2019, in Brussels, Belgium. His Excellency prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Kingdom’s petrol prices up 20%
<p>Cambodia’s retail petrol price has increased more than 20 per cent during the first four months of this year due to rising costs on the international market, the monthly oil prices set by the Ministry of Commerce reveal. According to the price lists, which have ...p>
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-petrol-prices-20
Criminal Code to be used in brick kiln child labour cases
<p>The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has urged all relevant departments to use the Criminal Code to prosecute brick kiln owners who use child labour. And the owner of a Kandal facility at which a young girl lost her arm will be among the ...p>
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/criminal-code-be-used-brick-kiln-child-labour-cases
Growing numbers of Chinese workers drive up housing costs in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville
<p>A steady climb in the number of Chinese nationals moving to Cambodia’s Sihanoukville over the last two years has driven up housing costs in the southwestern coastal province, leaving many Cambodian workers struggling to make ends meet while property owners profit from the increase in ...p>
Richard Finney
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/housing-06182019160233.html
Press release on the exchange of notes and related documents on the extension of grant aid up to the maximum amount of two billion and seven hundred seventy seven million Japanese Yen
<p>On Thursday morning, 03 October 2019, H.E. Deputy prime Minister pRAK Sokhonn and H.E. MIKAMI Masahiro, Ambassador of Japan to Cambodia, will sign the Exchange of Notes and related documents on the extension of Grant Aid up to the maximum amount of two billion and ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Sesan firm promises to build schools, roads
<p>The Hydro power Lower Sesan II Company Ltd has agreed to build infrastructure for 70 ethnic Lao families in Srekor village who refused to relocate after the controversial Sesan II Dam project went online in Stung Treng province last September. The company said construction will ...p>
Oung Dane
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-firm-promises-build-schools-roads
Monitoring group blames rise in forest crimes on authorities turning blind eye
<p>A prominent forest monitoring group on Monday urged the government to combat illegal logging and poaching in the prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, which it claimed had seen a drastic increase in forestry crimes during the first five months of this year. The prey Lang Community ...p>
City Hall calls on public for proper waste disposal
<p>City Hall has instructed the public, including business owners, to dispose of garbage in a timely manner in accordance with the schedule set by authorities, as well as to pack dangerous waste in a red bag to aid garbage collectors. phnom penh Governor Khuong Sreng ...p>
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50614795/city-hall-calls-on-public-for-proper-waste-disposal/
