Cambodia ready to exit LDC status
Cambodia is well-prepared to minimise economic risks when it graduates from its Least Developed Countries status, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce on May 7. Four LDCs – Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh and Nepal – met at a virtual workshop last week ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-ready-exit-ldc-status
Flood relief efforts continue in Kampong Speu province
Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Thor Chetha and Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang conducted an inspection of the flood-affected area in Kong Pisei district’s Snam Krapoeu commune. They also distributed humanitarian aid from the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) provincial branch to 120 affected ...
Kim Yutharo
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-relief-efforts-continue-kampong-speu-province
UN & Cambodia partner up to advance inclusive agricultural growth
An International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) delegation to the Kingdom of Cambodia led by Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President of the Strategy and Knowledge Department, and Reehana Raza, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, met key officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen, to discuss ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234140/un-cambodia-partner-up-to-advance-inclusive-agricultural-growth/
Cambodia bets big on renewable energy projects
Last month, the government has approved five renewable energy projects totalling 520 MW to increase power supply to the national grid. The latest to hit the energy circuit is Royal Group of Companies that sealed the deal with Panna Energy, Samaiden Energy and Management Venture ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501282026/cambodia-bets-big-on-renewable-energy-projects/
3,000 saplings planted in Mondulkiri in effort to ‘undo deforestation’
In a spirited effort to revitalise a crime-ravaged landscape, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia – alongside USAID Morodok Baitang, the Mondulkiri provincial environment department and Keo Seima district authorities – embarked on a rejuvenating mission on June 19. They began the resurrection of the Sre ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/3000-saplings-planted-mondulkiri-effort-undo-deforestation
New Siem Reap airport to facilitate more direct flights
The Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI) is set to begin its operation on October 16 and the new airport can receive huge aircraft from the United States and Europe, facilitating direct flights for international tourists visiting the Kingdom of Wonder, a press release by ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501327204/new-siem-reap-airport-to-facilitate-more-direct-flights/
Cambodia, U.S. pledge to further enhance mutually beneficial cooperation
SokChendaSophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, engaged here on Dec. 14 in a friendly discussion with H.E. Ms. Melissa A. Brown, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, during the latter’s working visit to the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501407468/cambodia-u-s-pledge-to-further-enhance-mutually-beneficial-cooperation/
Drainage System Planned For Boeng Kak Lake
About 70 residents from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake met with Daun Penh district governor Sok Sambath yesterday to discuss the first phase of a new drainage system around the lake area that will protect against floods, a villager and municipal official said. ...
Ex-Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha to remain in jail before trial: Appeal Court
Former Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha is to remain in jail while awaiting his trial after the Appeal Court on Tuesday (Mar 27) upheld the decision of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to extend his pre-trial detention by an additional six months. ...
Senate approves law on citizenship
The Senate on Monday approved a controversial set of laws on citizenship, claiming the draft would improve the process by which foreigners applied for Cambodian citizenship. However, watchdogs and social media users criticised the move, saying it would make gaining citizenship too easy. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-approves-law-citizenship
Gov’t mocks Human Rights Watch over appeal for journalists’ release
The rights group, HRW, had called for the release of Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin, two Radio Free Asia reporters who were jailed on treason charges for allegedly continuing to work for RFA after it had left the country under government pressure. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/government-mocks-human-rights-watch-over-appeal-for-journalists-release/4396640.html
Civil society groups slam gov’t web-monitor group
Some 116 organisations and associations have urged Cambodian officials to dismantle the new inter-ministry working group that was recently set up to monitor social networking sites, claiming it is an “abuse on the rights and freedom of expression via the internet”. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-society-groups-slam-govt-web-monitor-group
Assembly passes amendment to Political Party Law Article 45
The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved a proposed amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties in a move that could pave the way for former senior opposition leaders banned for five years to return to the political stage. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/assembly-passes-amendment-political-party-law-article-45
Tariff-free through EU loophole?
Cambodians may be able to market rice in the EU tariff-free if they sell the semi-processed grain to European millers instead of finished products to end consumers, as the former is still subject to a zero tax rate, said an exporter. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tariff-free-through-eu-loophole
Forest crime ‘rife’ at Prey Lang
A Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) member in Thmea commune, in Preah Vihear province’s Chey Sen district, on Sunday claimed that authorities are unable to stamp out forest crime in the nature reserve, instances of which have been occurring for months. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-crime-rife-prey-lang
Report: Sihanoukville crimes increase 25%
Crimes in Preah Sihanouk province rose by 21 cases to 105 last year compared to 84 in 2017 – a 25% increase – said a report revealed at the closing ceremony of the annual achievement and goal setting by Preah Sihanouk provincial police on Wednesday. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-sihanoukville-crimes-increase-25
Exports to US see 26% growth
Exports to the US grew 26 per cent in the first half of this year, despite tensions over the Kingdom’s July 29 national elections. This stands in stark contrast to last year when export growth to the US was in single digits. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-us-see-26-growth
Officials in on illegal timber to VN, claim forest guardians
Forest activists in Ratanakkiri province’s O’yadav district said on Thursday that a group of Cambodian and Vietnamese traders are colluding with officials and transporting timber from their community forest to Vietnam after they had illegally felled trees there early this month. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-illegal-timber-vn-claim-forest-guardians
Charcoal exports banned
Charcoal traders have complained about the high cost of “service payments” required to export to Thailand via Banteay Meanchey province’s Boeung Trakuon border crossing, forcing some to stop operating. Meanwhile, Forestry Administration officials recently imposed a blanket ban on all charcoal exports. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/charcoal-exports-banned
Vehicles, money given to wildlife activist Ben Devis
The Cambodian Red Cross has donated a car, two scooters and cash to activist Ben Devis and the Tabos community as an incentive for participating in the protection of the natural resources in Preah Vihear province’s Phnom Thnout-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50573203/vehicles-money-given-to-wildlife-activist-ben-devis/