How poverty pushes many Cambodians abroad
Sitting with downcast eyes and the rough hands of hard labor, Thin Seangly stands as a warning for thousands of other impoverished Cambodians who want to seek better jobs and wages overseas. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1I0tXTj
Interview: Cambodian politicians, scholar hail CPC for leading China to peace, prosperity
Cambodian politicians and an academic have hailed the Communist Party of China (CPC) for leading China to peace, stability and prosperity as the party marks its 94th founding anniversary on Wednesday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6600911/2015/07/01/interview-cambodian-politicians-scholar-hail-cpc-leading-china-peace
Vaccination of adolescents in Cambodia against COVID-19 remains a challenge
Vaccination of adolescents have hit a snag and a roadblock as vaccination numbers and percentage has stagnated at the 98+ percentage since Pchum Ben Holidays. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50969651/vaccination-of-adolescents-in-cambodia-against-covid-19-remains-a-challenge/
Victims Describe Deadly Clash at Monivong Bridge
Victims of the violent clashes that broke out between security forces and stone-throwing youths in Phnom Penh on Sunday night recounted the event Monday, with some saying they sustained injuries while battling against riot police and others saying they were simply unfortunate commuters trapped in ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/victims-describe-deadly-clash-at-monivong-bridge-42503/
CNRP Decries NEC’s Use of Unsealed Voter Documents
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Sunday publicly released official election documents from Kratie province after receiving orders to investigate allegations of electoral fraud, though a substantial amount of the evidence was unsealed, raising fears the documents had been tampered with. After receiving orders from the ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-decries-necs-use-of-unsealed-voter-documents-40766/
Administration
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Cambodia’s sub-national administration consists of three tiers: capital city/province, municipality/district and sangkat/commune. Phnom Penh is the capital, and there are 24 provinces, 159 districts (including 26 municipalities and 12 khans), 1406 communes and 227 sangkats. ...
PMs ‘committed’ to settling border row
Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith have called on the French government to supply maps and other related documents to settle a border dispute, as they expressed their commitment to ending the spat. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-committed-settling-border-row
Provinces combating dengue outbreak
With four people having now died from dengue fever in Kratie and Ratanakkiri, three of whom were children, the provincial health departments are spraying and distributing insecticide to target the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provinces-combating-dengue-outbreak
CE meets with Cambodian Prime Minister
The Chief Executive met with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia on Monday at the Santa Sancha Palace. Chui Sai On and Hun Sen exchanged views on how to strengthen cooperation between Macau and Cambodia. ...
Macau Daily Times News Staff
http://macaudailytimes.com.mo/ce-meets-with-cambodian-prime-minister.html
Government will start chipping away at protected areas
Between 2009 and 2012, the Ministry of Environment went on nationwide leasing spree, signing over vast swaths of the country’s nominally protected areas to private companies for rubber plantations and other agribusiness ventures. ...
Zsombor Peter and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-will-start-chipping-away-at-protected-areas-113127/
PM Calls for Peace on Korean Peninsula
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on North Korea to respect the decisions made by the UN Security Council and called for the resumption of six-party talks to maintain peace and stability on the Korea Peninsula. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28472/pm-calls-for-peace-on-korean-peninsula/
Fair aims to firm up trade with Vietnam
A five-day trade fair for Vietnamese products kicked off on Koh Pich in Phnom Penh yesterday, coming on the heels of recent government figures that show declines in bilateral trade and investment between Cambodia and Vietnam. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fair-aims-firm-trade-vietnam
Ranariddh, Sokha differ over party merger reports
At events marking the third anniversary of King Norodom Sihanouk’s death Thursday, deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha and Prince Norodom Ranariddh provided differing opinions about reports suggesting that the CNRP and Funcinpec are considering a merger. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ranariddh-kem-sokha-differ-over-party-merger-reports-97336/
New web series invokes Cambodian pride
As Cambodia’s Facebook generation turns to the internet for their news about the Kingdom, a public relations and communications agency is seeking to capture the group’s attention by highlighting various people and their Cambodian pride. ...
Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22551/new-web-series-invokes-cambodian-pride/
‘Advice’ for judiciary questioned
A transparency advocate yesterday cautiously greeted a plan for consultation between judges, prosecutors and Justice Ministry officials handling land dispute and other controversial cases, though an international lawyer said it could compromise judicial independence. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/advice-judiciary-questioned
China, Thailand tourist arrivals start rising
The number of tourist arrivals from China and Thailand rose in the first six months of the year while arrivals from Vietnam, South Korea and Laos dropped, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28092/china--thailand-tourist-arrivals-start-rising/
Cash influx a band-aid for failing rice sector
As the government scrambles to buoy a rice sector suffering from crashing paddy prices and fierce international competition, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday lauded the government officials and “generous businesspeople” who heeded calls for emergency funds. ...
Janelle Retka and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cash-influx-band-aid-failing-rice-sector-118340/
Gold tower owner seeks to resolve claims, move on
Gold Tower 42 owner Yon Woo Cambodia is calling on creditors, buyers and lessees of the project to lodge any claims by May 12 to clear outstanding issues and pave the way for moving the development forward. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24375/gold-tower-owner-seeks-to-resolve-claims--move-on/
Justice ministry to join committee to settle strikes
Officials at the Ministry of Justice will join members of the Labor Ministry, local authorities, police and provincial governors on the Committee for the Settlement of Strikes and Demonstrations after a union leader requested they be included. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25283/justice-ministry-to-join-committee-to-settle-strikes/
Party general secretary advocates close defence ties with Cambodia
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong urged Viet Nam and Cambodia’s defence ministries to strengthen their co-operation at a reception on Saturday for Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/279796/party-general-secretary-advocates-close-defence-ties-with-cambodia.html