Government advisor sacked
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday sacked an advisor who had been previously convicted in 2010 on fraud charges, according to an Interior Ministry proclamation. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099384/government-advisor-sacked/
King signs promotion for 45 new generals
The King has signed off on another round of mass military promotions, elevating 45 officers to the rank of brigadier general, contributing to the rising total of at least 607 new generals in the last 10 months. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-signs-promotion-45-new-generals
China asked to buy more sugarcane from Cambodia
During a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen asked China to increase imports of Cambodian sugarcane. The officials met in Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101596/china-asked-buy-sugarcane-cambodia/
Vietnamese-funded market on border begins construction
Construction began yesterday on a $2 million Vietnamese-funded market located in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district, about 1 kilometre from the nearest border crossing between Cambodia and Vietnam. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-funded-market-border-begins-construction
World Democracy in Crisis, New Freedom House Report Says
The report, “Freedom in the World 2018”, released on January 16, found that 2017 was the 12th consecutive year of decline in freedom globally, with 71 of the 195 countries included in the report suffering declines, including Cambodia. ...
Freedom in the World
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/world-democracy-in-crisis-new-freedom-house-report-says/4210004.html
Tea Banh leads war of words
The Defence Minister has threatened to destroy Sam Rainsy’s Cambodia National Rescue Movement if it attempts to cause trouble in the country, while the Cambodian Nationality Party has called on people not to join the “illegal” group. General Tea Banh made the comments at the Defence ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103931/tea-banh-leads-war-of-words/
Few women in upper ranks
Cambodian women make up less than 3 percent of the military’s upper echelons, the ministries of defence and women’s affairs confirmed yesterday. Just 88 women hold ranks of one-star general and above, with one solitary woman ranked a four-star general and a deputy commander-in-chief of ...
Erin Handley and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/few-women-upper-ranks
Government raises retirement age for civil servants to 60
The Ministry of Civil Service released a letter on Thursday addressed to senior leaders of all institutions in the Kingdom announcing a change in the retirement age of civil servants. In compliance with Article 26 of the Law on Social Security Fund, civil servants, regardless ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-raises-retirement-age-civil-servants-60
Rise in traffic accidents despite safety efforts
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday said there were more than 3,400 traffic accidents in the Kingdom so far this year which killed 1,665 people and injured 5,212. Speaking at a World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims event on Koh Pich, Mr Kheng noted ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50663638/rise-in-traffic-accidents-despite-safety-efforts/
US companies urged to invest in Cambodia
Cambodia last week asked the United states to increase investments in the Kingdom, claiming that working conditions here have improved dramatically in recent years. The appeal was made by Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak in a meeting on Friday with US Ambassador Patrick Murphy. Mr Sorasak ...
Gov’t set to act on plastic waste
The government, civil societies and relevant partners have jointly committed to acting on the plastic waste crisis that is adversely affecting the environment, wildlife and public health. The joint commitment was made on Tuesday during the “Action Against Plastic Waste in Cambodia” forum in the ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-set-act-plastic-waste
Cambodian Opposition Leader Asks King to Intervene in Election Dispute
Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy has called on the country’s king to step in to resolve a political crisis over recent disputed polls as time runs out for legal challenges before officials announce final election results this weekend. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president made ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-09042013175946.html
Cham Prasidh’s wife anointed ‘oknha’
Tep Bopha Prasidh, a wealthy businesswoman and wife of Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh, has been anointed with the sought-after royal title of oknha. According to an August edition of the Royal Gazette, King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the new title on July 11. Roughly translated as tycoon, oknha is a ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cham-prasidh%E2%80%99s-wife-anointed-%E2%80%98oknha%E2%80%99
Cambodia PM attacked for praising notorius military unit
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has stirred disquiet after praising a military unit which has been heavily implicated in human rights abuses and political killings. The former Khmer Rouge commander – who has been premier for more than 25 years – gave a speech Monday thanking the troops of the notorius Brigade 70 for their ...
World Bulletin News Staff
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/146197/cambodia-pm-attacked-for-praising-notorius-military-unit
Cambodian opposition lawmakers threaten to walk out of parliament
Lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would consider boycotting parliament again if Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party continues to delay an agreement on electoral reform, according to CNRP deputy leader Kem Sokha. The two parties have reached a deadlock in talks on forging ...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/kem-sokha-11242014174200.html
Some fear political deal will hurt long-term democracy
A deal between the ruling party and opposition in July may have ended a yearlong political deadlock, but some rights workers now worry the compromises will not be worth the long-term costs to Cambodian democracy. But Ou Virak, chairman of the board at the Cambodian ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/some-fear-political-deal-will-hurt-long-term-democracy/2545890.html
Stunting in children down 7 percent since 2010, survey finds
The number of children in the country who are stunted—leaving them physically smaller and mentally weaker than their properly nourished peers—dropped by 7 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to a nationwide survey released Tuesday. ...
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stunting-in-children-down-7-percent-since-2010-survey-finds-79053/
Hun Sen forms group to oversee bodyguards
Prime Minister Hun Sen last week appointed 14 high-ranking officials to a working group that is now responsible for overseeing his bodyguard unit during all events that he and his wife attend, the unit’s commander said Thursday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-forms-group-to-oversee-bodyguards-79209/
Convicted dissident gets green light to register party
The Interior Ministry has given Cambodian dissident Sourn Serey Ratha permission to proceed with the registration of a political party despite the self-exiled government critic’s recent conviction in absentia for plotting an attack on the state. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/convicted-dissident-gets-green-light-to-register-party-79308/
Hun Sen slaps freeze on new gov’t positions, departments
Prime Minister Hun Sen last week issued a directive ordering all government bodies to hold off on new hires for the rest of the year except to fill existing positions being vacated, in an apparent bid to keep spending in line with the current state ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-slaps-freeze-on-new-govt-positions-departments-79340/