Top brass of RCAF told to get on social media
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces commander-in-chief Pol Saroeun yesterday told hundreds of the Kingdom’s top military brass to be more like Prime Minister Hun Sen and join the information age via smartphones and social media. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/top-brass-rcaf-told-get-social-media
Bosch says sales rising on growth of economy
Bosch Cambodia, a supplier of power tools and automotive parts, announced yesterday that its sales revenue grew by 22 per cent in 2015, driven largely by a greater number of construction and automotive projects in the Kingdom. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bosch-says-sales-rising-growth-economy
Cambodia-Australia affordable houses venture
Cam Top Property Group, from Cambodia, and Australia-based Cate Group have come together to jointly invest $25 million in an affordable housing project that will be launched next week for low middle- and middle-income Cambodians. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31605/cambodia-australia-affordable-houses-venture/
PM calls CNRP a ‘terrorist network’
Prime Minister Hun Sen branded the opposition party a “terrorist network” yesterday, while vowing to “cut the arms and legs” of the alleged operation and its purported attempt at “colour revolution” after the disputed 2013 national election. ...
Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-cnrp-terrorist-network
Kingdom sees drop in natural disaster deaths
An annual National Committee for Disaster Management report shows that natural disasters have killed at least 103 people, injured 120 people, and affected 2,000 families while also damaging thousands of houses, crops and infrastructure this year. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098124/kingdom-sees-drop-natural-disaster-deaths/
PM: Stop violence against women
The prime minister has urged government ministries and public institutions to speed up work on an action plan to prevent violence against women and children, calling for education on the issue to start from an early age. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36282/pm--stop-violence-against-women/
Donors silent as CPP plots party-busting legislation
The National Assembly will vote on Monday on landmark legislation giving the government unprecedented new powers to suspend and dissolve its political rivals, and with barely a note of concern from the democracies helping bankroll the country. ...
Ben Sokhean and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/donors-silent-as-cpp-plots-party-busting-legislation-125228/
Timber stash seized in wildlife sanctuary
Ratanakkiri provincial authorities have seized hundreds of logs and three trucks full of wood from the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary and are investigating the possible involvement of a nearby rubber plantation, officials said on Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/timber-stash-seized-in-wildlife-sanctuary-125414/
Strikers back at table
Workers from SL Garment factories and union representatives held their second round of talks at the Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday as strikes at the Levi’s, Gap and H&M suppliers continued for the 12 day straight. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052556386/National-news/strikers-back-at-table.html
Cambodia's youth leader pledges closer ties with China
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youngest son Hun Many, who is also the president of the Union of Youth Federation, on Friday vowed to encourage youths to continue maintaining and deepening relations between Cambodia and China for mutual benefits. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141212/cambodias-youth-leader-pledges-closer-ties-china
CPP, CNRP groups in ‘lightning oath’ swearing competition
Some 200 members of a CPP-aligned youth group knelt down at a riverside shrine in Phnom Penh on Sunday and swore an oath of loyalty to the ruling party, the Cambodian Red Cross and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-cnrp-groups-in-lightning-oath-swearing-competition-86077/
Activists detained over unsanctioned march
Three environmentalists and a rights worker were detained yesterday for more than two hours and blocked from delivering a petition to the National Assembly calling on the government to order sand-dredging operations in Koh Kong province to cease. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-detained-over-unsanctioned-march
Traffic police accuse top officials of graft
A group of Phnom Penh traffic police have filed a damning complaint to Anti-Corruption Unit President Om Yentieng, accusing their bosses of skimming their pay, promoting friends and relatives, and striking deals with private transport companies. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-police-accuse-top-officials-graft
No end to illegal border crossing by Cambodians despite pandemic
The pandemic and its subsequent effect on the livelihood of Cambodians, pushed some people in the country to attempt to drastic measures to support themselves and their family. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50950140/no-end-to-illegal-border-crossing-by-cambodians-despite-pandemic/
Constitutional Council Pivotal in Election Stalemate
Since the July 28 national election, the two parties that took seats in the National Assembly can agree on very little. The ruling CPP claims it won 68 seats to the opposition’s 55, giving it a majority in the 123-seat National Assembly, while the opposition CNRP ...
Simon Lewis and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/constitutional-council-pivotal-in-election-stalemate-38528/
In Siem Reap, Rainsy Again Calls for Hun Sen to Step Down
SIEM REAP CITY – Opposition leader Sam Rainsy was greeted Tuesday by 15,000 supporters and a small dust storm at the CNRP’s first post-election rally in Siem Reap, where he once again called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stand down. Arriving on a scheduled flight ...
Alex Willemyns and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-siem-reap-rainsy-again-calls-for-hun-sen-to-step-down-49065/
Outcomes of the inaugural ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit
On 21 October 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of International Cooperation posted a press release on the outcomes of the inaugural ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit on their official website.According to the announcement, The first-ever historic Summit of heads of state and government of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Anti-Counterfeit Drug Campaign to Launch Monday
The US Embassy and the Ministry of Health will launch a national public awareness campaign Monday highlighting the dangers of counterfeit drugs, embassy and ministry officials said yesterday. “We want to focus on being able to raise awareness because it is known that using counterfeit ...
IMF Report Cites Key Economic Reforms
Despite an economic forecast of 6.5 percent growth for Cambodia this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a report released Monday that the government must continue to develop infrastructure, increase public revenues and practice fiscal safeguarding in order to sustain growth in the ...
Cambodia's International Reserves Increase to Nearly $3 Billion
According to the statement from the national bank of Cambodia (NBC), the country’s international reserves increased by 2.912 million US dollars so far this year with guaranteeing to import for four months. “For the management of the international reserves, we have implemented the policy with ...