By 2020, $9 billion needed for road funding: report
Cambodia needs $9 billion to be invested into 850 kilometres of roadways by 2020, according to a study by Henan Provincial Communications Planning Survey and Design institute. From the Chinese province of Henan, officials from the state-owned engineering institute went to great lengths yesterday to explain ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/2020-9-billion-needed-road-funding-report
After deal, unions expect support
News of an end to a year-long political deadlock has labour union leaders believing the opposition party can bring their interests to parliament, but a lack of follow-through could cost the Cambodia National Rescue Party vital support from one of its key interest groups. Different union ...
Sean Teehan, Mom Kunthear and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/after-deal-unions-expect-support
S Korean farming industry slammed
Long considered the friendlier and less exploitative option for overseas Cambodian migrants, South Korea is now being slammed by Amnesty international for a number of abuses afflicting its migrant-dominated agriculture sector. The 20,000 foreign workers fuelling South Korea’s farming industry regularly encounter intimidation, violence, excessive working ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/s-korean-farming-industry-slammed
Cambodia says increased networks with ASEAN, China key to boosting economy
Cambodia sees the development of physical networks between itself and other Southeast Asian nations and China as key to boosting its economy and achieving closer regional ties, government officials said recently. Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek said Cambodia has well-developed overland roads to connect the country ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/12-10/146092.shtml
Bunong seek assistance over suspected land grabs
The Bunong ethnic community in Mondulkiri province’s Bou Sra commune on Friday sought Pich Chreada district hall’s assistance to probe several land plots located within the Phnom Nam Lear Wildlife Sanctuary that they suspect have been grabbed for private ownership. However, officials said that should ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bunong-seek-assistance-over-suspected-land-grabs
Ministry slams deforestation report
The Ministry of Environment on Tuesday slammed a report by a local organisation which claimed the Prey Lang forest has lost 40,000ha in the last 18 years. Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra called the report by the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) “politically motivated” ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-slams-deforestation-report
Jica seeks to turn PP, towns into smart cities
Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica) representatives have sought support from Siem Reap’s Apsara National Authority (ANA) to transform the ancient capital Into a smart city. The call was made In February last year after the government approved three cities to joIn the Asean Smart Cities ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jica-seeks-turn-pp-towns-smart-cities
Okvau gold project funding to add $51M
Australian-listed mining firm Emerald Resources NL on Monday announced plans to raise A$75 million (US$51 million) in funds for its Mondulkiri-based Okvau gold project with two placements of 1.875 billion new shares. The first is an unconditional placement for approximately A$30.5 million and the second ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/okvau-gold-project-funding-add-51m
Foreign Ministry notes challenges to foreign policy
The Foreign Affairs Ministry said yesterday that Cambodia’s foreign policy faces huge challenges from foreign interference under the pretext of human rights, the South China Sea dispute and the trade war between the US and China. in its annual report, the ministry noted that the ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50685785/foreign-ministry-notes-challenges-to-foreign-policy
Ministry: EBA decision ‘politically driven’
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation has reacted to the European Commission’s (EC) decision to partially suspend the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, saying it did not reflect the reality in Cambodia. An analyst also said the suspension would not make the Cambodian ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/ministry-eba-decision-politically-driven
Ministry: Take private schools, exams online
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron on Monday advised private academic institutions to adopt online teaching to provide students with the opportunity to continue their studies. For students in grades nine and 12 who have to take examinations, the ministry will allow ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-take-private-schools-exams-online
Wildlife Alliance patrol uncovers dead muntjac, illegal equipment
NGO Wildlife Alliance said the carcass of a red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) was found by Thmor Roung station rangers in Koh Kong province during a recent three-day patrol. During the patrol, the rangers released six wild chickens into the jungle and seized a mini-tractor carrying illegal ...
Energy conservation and cost-cutting measures
As the majority of the population opts to stay home during the pandemic, the domestic demand for energy has been running high. Data from the Mines and Energy Ministry stated as of last year, around 2.68 million households, or approximately 75 percent of the country’s ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722001/energy-conservation-and-cost-cutting-measures/
PM nixes ban on dual-national party leaders
In his latest abrupt policy backtrackIng, Prime MInister Hun Sen used a speech on Thursday to rescInd a recently announced plan to ban dual nationals from leadIng political parties—an effort that had ostensibly been aimed at the self-exiled opposition leader Sam RaInsy. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/104769-104769/
Three refugees met with delegation, minister says
Three of the refugees Australia is holding at a detention center on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru agreed to meet with Cambodian officials who traveled there last week to assess the possibility of resettling some of the asylum seekers in Cambodia, interior Minister ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-refugees-met-with-delegation-minister-says-76512/
New committee created to protect Koh Kong Krao
Prime Minister Hun Sen has created a committee tasked with monitoring Koh Kong SEZ Co Ltd’s development of Koh Kong Krao island in Koh Kong province’s Koh Kapi commune. The Council of Ministers first announced the development project on June 14, 2019, according to Hun ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-committee-created-protect-koh-kong-krao
US, Australia funding flows for Cambodia’s COVID-19 response
The United States, through the US Agency for International Development, yesterday committed a $1.5 million aid to the MInistry of Health to help In the KIngdom’s efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. The donation is the latest COVID-19 assistance from the US, with its ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718117/us-australia-funding-flows-for-cambodias-covid-19-response/
Law on Construction expected to prevent structural failures
Kep provincial governor Ken Satha yesterday blamed the lack of a construction law for the deadly building collapse in Kep city earlier this year, which took the lives of 36 people, including children, and injured 23 others. His statement came amid continued demands for justice ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720136/law-on-construction-expected-to-prevent-structural-failures/
CNRP picks union law team
The opposition has selected five of its members to join a bipartisan committee to examine the draft trade union law, a step the ruling party has not yet made amid murkiness about when the group will actually meet.The law has come under fire from independent ...
Charles Rollet and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-picks-union-law-team
Announcement to all relevant stakeholders on 2020 voter list check and voter registration
On 03 October 2020, the National Election Committee (NEC) issued an announcement to all stakeholders on 2020 voter list check and registration. In this announcement, the National Election Committee (NEC) has set out the do’s and don’ts for all stakeholders durIng the 2020 voter list ...
National Election Committee