Cambodia’s inflation up over 5% in February
Prices in Cambodia rose 5.4 per cent year-on-year in February, as fuel costs continued to push inflation higher, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics released yesterday. Foodstuffs, however, saw declines following demand that was driven by Chinese New Year, though paddy prices were lass='cambodia-color'>...
Rainsy announces ‘official’ election boycott
Opposition figure Sam Rainsy formally called for a boycott of this year’s national election in the name of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party on Saturday, though some former senior party leaders challenged his authority to speak on behalf of the opposition. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-announces-official-election-boycott
US Senator holds talks on ‘strengthening cooperation’
Washington State Senator Doug Ericksen and delegates held talks in Phnom Penh with Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhon on Wednesday aimed at strengthening cooperation between Cambodia and the United States. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-senator-holds-talks-strengthening-cooperation
Students to learn financial literacy
Cambodian students from grade 1 to 12 will begin studying basic financial skills starting in the 2019 academic year as the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is now finalising the curriculum. NBC director-general Chea Serey said Thursday that the new curriculum would help boost the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/students-learn-financial-literacy
Commander accused of corruption
A National Military Police taskforce has opened a corruption investigation against Brigadier General Kong Saokun, Preah Vihear provincial military police commander, who is suspected of funnelling about $20,000 from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/536087/commander-accused-of-corruption/
Calls for mangrove protection
Mangroves and wetland areas in four coastal provinces are being illegally cleared and filled in order to grab land and build homes for private ownership, said a letter from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries dated November 19. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-mangrove-protection
Illegal reclamation carries on
Despite numerous cases of illegal landfilling coming to light and an order from Prime Minister Hun Sen to put a stop to it, authorities are seemingly powerless to halt illegal beach developments in Preah Sihanouk province. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-reclamation-carries
Education Ministry urges the Kingdom’s youth to volunteer
The value of volunteering work is underestimated by Cambodia’s youth, according to Sean Borat, secretary of state at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS). More than 33 per cent of Cambodians are aged between 15 and 30 years old. However, only a small lass='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-urges-kingdoms-youth-volunteer
O’Touk area development ‘a concern’
Civil society organisations monitoring land disputes in Preah Sihanouk province continue to voice concerns over the environmental impact of developing public land after permission was granted to reclaim a site in the O’Touk area to build a boat terminal. Sok Sokhom, the director of the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/otouk-area-development-concern
Interior Ministry releases dossier of evidence outlining alleged KNLF bombing 'plot'
The Ministry of Interior released a 14-page dossier of purported evidence against self-exiled political dissident Sam Serey on Wednesday, and government mouthpiece Fresh News leaked audio recordings of alleged associates seeking to buttress Prime Minister Hun Sen’s accusation that Serey was plotting a Khmer New lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-releases-dossier-evidence-outlining-alleged-knlf-bombing-plot
Election will go forward without NGO observers, official says
The upcoming national election on July 29 will take place as scheduled despite no officials from civil society being registered to monitor the process, a senior CPP official said yesterday. Sok Eysan, spokesman for the ruling CPP, said that the national election was approaching and lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50299670/election-will-go-forward-without-ngo-observers-official-says/
Angkor Wat named as the top landmark for the second year
Travel website TripAdvisor has named Cambodia’s ancient wonder Angkor Wat as the top landmark in the world for the second year running in their Travelers’ Choice Award 2018, an achievement Cambodian tourism operators expect will attract more tourists to the Kingdom. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-wat-named-top-landmark-second-year
International law perspective on protection of human rights in Cambodia
History was created by the European Parliament on September 13. For the time since the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission known as UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia), the Parliament passed a 13-point resolution aimed at according tougher actions against Cambodia and its rulers similar lass='cambodia-color'>...
Awathey Ek
http://www.atimes.com/international-law-perspective-on-protection-of-human-rights-in-cambodia/
Preah Sihanouk authorities to bulldoze illegal jetty
The Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities will demolish an illegal jetty being constructed along the Sihanoukville coastline in commune 1 after the owner refused an order to dismantle it. Preah Sihanouk provincial hall spokesperson Or Saroeun told The Post on Tuesday that the authorities previously issued lass='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-authorities-bulldoze-illegal-jetty
Concerns over Koh Rong Samloem petrol station
Community representatives and civil society groups have hit out at plans for a petrol station on Preah Sihanouk province’s Koh Rong Samloem, expressing concern at the environmental impact the project will have on the tourist hotspot. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/concerns-over-koh-rong-samloem-petrol-station
Two held encroachment case
Two men who allegedly led some 30 villagers to illegally grab and clear forest land within the Ream National Park for private ownership were detained by the Preah Sihanouk provincial authority on Saturday. Neth Pheaktra, secretary of state and spokesperson of the Ministry of Environment, lass='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-held-encroachment-case
National Police set to sign MoU with FBI in US
The National Police and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation will sign an MoU to create a joint taskforce to combat terrorism and cross-border crimes, National Police spokesman lieutenant General Chhay Kim Khoeun said. National Police chief General Neth Savoeun and a delegation yesterday flew lass='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50593945/national-police-set-to-sign-mou-with-fbi-in-us/
Environmental specialists prep two temple sites
Environmental specialists are currently clearing the forest surrounding two recently discovered temples and preparing a road leading to them, Ratanakkiri provincial Department of Environment director Phon Khemerin said. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environmental-specialists-prep-two-temple-sites
UN concerned over political crackdown
UN human rights experts have expressed concern about what they call an escalating trend of silencing political opinion, saying the government has used criminal law to deny former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members’ the rights to expression and to hold gatherings. However, senior government lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/un-concerned-over-political-crackdown
Rubbish Youths collect 10K cigarette butts at Sihanoukville beach
The “Rubbish Youths” have picked up nearly 10,000 cigarette butts from Sihanoukville’s Ochheuteal Beach over the past two weekends, after launching a campaign to collect one million butts from Cambodia’s coastal areas to keep the beaches clean. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubbish-youths-collect-10k-cigarette-butts-sihanoukville-beach