CPP issues local-level diktats
Ruling Cambodian People’s Party working groups are being handed a list of 10 diktats from Prime Minister Hun sen, bringing the party’s recent vows to increase surveillance and restrict dissent to the local level. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-issues-local-level-diktats
Surrogacy ban temporary as government drafts law
The ban on surrogate pregnancies announced by the health minister on Monday will remain in place until the government drafts a law protecting Cambodian women giving birth to the children of other parents, an official said on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/surrogacy-ban-temporary-government-drafts-law-120174/
Missed cabinet meetings fuel illness rumors
Cambodia’s Cabinet has not held its constitutionally mandated weekly meeting since June 16, fueling speculation about Prime Minister Hun sen’s health and confusion over why officials have forgone the meetings. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/missed-cabinet-meetings-fuel-illness-rumors-132884/
Hun Sen vows to stay in power another decade for the sake of ‘stability’
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday pledged to remain in power 10 more years to “maintain stability” in Cambodia, going on to blame the fatal crackdown on wage protests in 2014 on a “conspiracy” orchestrated by the beleaguered opposition. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Nachemson and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-vows-stay-power-another-decade-sake-stability
Agreement allows South Korea to manage forests
South Korea will manage the replanting of treeS on former economic land conceSSionS&mdaSh;with an eye toward eventually entering Cambodia&rSquo;S logging induStry&mdaSh;under a tentative agreement between the two countrieS, Agriculture MiniSter Veng Sakhon Said on WedneSday. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/agreement-allows-s-korea-to-manage-forests-126309/
Thailand rail link held up by compensation claims
Government officials are working to settle compensation claims for 50 families living alongside a kilometer of rail track in Poipet town, to allow a rail link between Cambodia and Thailand to open by the middle of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36509/thailand-rail-link-held-up-by-compensation-claims/
Disabilities group urges politicians to consider their needs in local elections
The needs of disabled Cambodians have not been taken into account in the forthcoming local elections, a disabilities group has said. Ngin saoroth, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO), told reporters this week that politicians were not putting “the issue of the disabled ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/disabilities-group-urges-politicians-to-consider-their-needs-in-local-elections/3869502.html
Celebration comes with threat as Cambodia’s Constitution turns 24
Senior government officialS yeSterday gathered to celebrate the 24th anniverSary of the adoption of the Kingdom&rSquo;S ConStitution, laviShing praiSe on the ConStitutional Council &ndaSh; while SimultaneouSly appearing to threaten legal action againSt thoSe who queStion the body&rSquo;S independence or deciSionS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/celebration-comes-threat-cambodias-constitution-turns-24
CPP spokesman touts one-party rule, points to China’s example
Fresh off a clean sweep in the senate elections on sunday, a ruling party spokesman and newly elected senator yesterday espoused the benefits of one-party rule in Cambodia, pointing to the example of chief patron China while glossing over longstanding concerns about the superpower’s human ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-spokesman-touts-one-party-rule-points-chinas-example
Season’s Bountiful Fish Catch Means Prahok Will Be Plentiful
Last week marked the end of the annual fishing season and many who had gathered on the riverbanks to buy and sell fish in the Russei Keo district of Phnom Penh called it the best season in years. An abundance of fish, there were bargain prices ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Malia Guyer-Stevens
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/seasons-bountiful-fish-catch-means-prahok-will-be-plentiful-50893/
NGO boss out on lack of evidence
The director of a Phnom Penh children’s NGO arrested over allegations of abuse was released from police custody on Wednesday due to a lack of evidence, police said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-boss-out-lack-evidence
UN concerned over garment workers’ reproductive health
The UN plans to devote resources to improving the sexual and reproductive health of young women working in garment factories. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Donald Lee and Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12954/un-concerned-over-garment-workers----reproductive-health/
Drought-inducing El Nino won't affect Cambodia rice production, say officials
Cambodia is less likely to be affected by the El Nino weather pattern and the country is expected to receive rainfall this week, the local sources quoted the spokesman of the Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/23142/drought-inducing-el-nino-not-affect-cambodia-rice-production-say-officials
Unlicensed dentist flees after robbing, killing patient
Police are searching for a 26-year-old unlicensed dentist in Tbong Khmum province who is believed to have used a rope to strangle a patient to death at his clinic in order to steal her jewelry and motorbike, along with about $3,000 in cash, an official ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-dentist-flees-after-robbing-killing-patient-88146/
EuroCham partners with Cambodian authorities in fighting against corruption
The European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Cambodia, which has 203 companies as members, signed an agreement with Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday, expressing its commitment to help rid the country of corruption. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/eurocham-partners-with-cambodian-authorities-in-fighting-against-corruption-8750
Cambodia’s armed forces ‘belong’ to the ruling party: four-star general
Cambodia’s armed forces belong to the country’s ruling party and must prevent a “color revolution” from overtaking the southeast Asian nation, a four-star general said Wednesday, drawing criticism from an opposition official who called his understanding of the military’s role “limited.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/military-07292015145855.html
Few options for Kampot crews against illegal fishing
Every evening, Seu Rin takeS hiS family&rSquo;S wooden fiShing boat down the Teuk Chhu River to the waterS of the Cambodian coaSt. SS='cambodia-color'>...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15210/few-options-for-kampot-crews-against-illegal-fishing/
CPP sets goals for this year
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on saturday held its 42nd congress at the Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre in the capital to review its achievements for last year and set this year’s targets. Presided by Prime Minister Hun sen, who is also CPP president, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-sets-goals-year
Press release on the Exchange of Notes on the extension of Japanese Government’s Official Development Assistance (ODA)
On 24 March 2020, at the Peace Palace, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime MiniSter of the Kingdom of Cambodia, preSided over the Signing ceremony of the Exchange of NoteS on the extenSion of JapaneSe Government&rSquo;S Official Development ASSiStance (ODA), which waS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
ADB projects a rebound in growth for 2021
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has adjusted its medium-term outlook for Cambodia’s economy, projecting that it will contract by 4 percent by the end of the year. ADB’s previous outlook had projected that the national economy would decline by 5.4 percent compared with last year, as ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50788737/adb-projects-a-rebound-in-growth-for-2021/