Aging Prince Ranariddh calls on youth to support new party
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, 70, called on about 300 youth on Sunday to spread the word about his new Community of Royalist People Party, promising to create more jobs if his party comes to power in the next national election. At an event at Phnom Penh’s Sunway ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aging-prince-ranariddh-calls-on-youth-to-support-new-party-62101/
Many cooperation deals to be inked during Cambodian PM’s visit to Maldives
A number of documents on bilateral cooperation between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Maldives will be inked during the visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Maldives. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501220258/many-cooperation-deals-to-be-inked-during-cambodian-pms-visit-to-maldives/
Nearly $400 million earned by Cambodia in 10 months through rubber, rubber wood exports
In the first 10 months of 2022, from January to October, Cambodia earned more than $396 million from the export of rubber and rubber wood said the report of the General Department of Rubber. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501187462/nearly-400-million-earned-by-cambodia-in-10-months-through-rubber-rubber-wood-exports/
Hun Sen Says Land Program Proving a Success
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that the government had identified nearly 100,000 families who are now considered eligible for land titles, and that plans were in store to locate hundreds of thousands more in the coming month. Speaking at the inauguration of a new 128-km stretch of ...
US ambassador meets with Sar Kheng
Speaking to the press after the meeting at the Ministry of Interior, Murphy said he and Sar Kheng had also discussed areas of cooperation, including strengthening collaborations on wildlife crime, people trafficking, child protection and efforts to counter international criminal activities. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/us-ambassador-meets-sar-kheng
Overwork, Exhaustion to blame for mass fainting
About 50 workers at the M&V manufacturing factory in Kampong Chhnang province fainted yesterday morning due to overwork and exhaustion in the factory’s third fainting incident this year, officials said yesterday. Noun Sam Ol, Free Trade Union representative at M&V, said that the collapse of a ...
Cambodia kicks off national election
Since early morning Cambodian voters go to the polling stations to cast their ballots in the fifth parliamentary election. 9.67 million people were registered for this election, which is seen a tough completion between the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodia ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YzNiODU2N2I0Njk
Key Phnom Penh posting suggests Australia's asylum seeker deal with Cambodia is almost done
Australia has reportedly installed a key immigration bureaucrat in its Phnom Penh embassy as the government prepares to send up to 1000 asylum seekers in its care on Nauru to Cambodia. Greg Kelly, who formerly headed the detention operations division of the Immigration Department and managed ...
Ben Doherty and David Wroe
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/key-phnom-penh-posting-suggests-australias-asylum-seeker-deal-with-cambodia-is-almost-done-20140818-105htp.html
Sar Kheng urged to look into NSSF graft claims
Around 200 people, including medical staff, officials and locals from Prey Veng province’s Preah Sdech district, have submitted their petition to Minister of Interior Sar Kheng requesting legal action against Operational Health District of Preah Sdach director You Sy Le for allegedly embezzling National Social ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-urged-look-nssf-graft-claims
ACU receives 20K asset declarations
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said it had received nearly 20,000 declarations of assets and liabilities from officials across all ministries and provincial administrations in a period of just 10 days, from January 1 to 10. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-receives-20k-asset-declarations
Kingdom successfully hosts 40th ASEANAPOL Conference
Cambodia successfully hosted the 40th ASEAN National Police (ASEANAPOL) Conference and associated events over March 1-5, where member countries, dialogue partners and observers came together in a show of the “spirit of cooperation”. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-successfully-hosts-40th-aseanapol-conference
Taipei re-indict alleged human traffickers after more victims rescued from Cambodia
The leaders of two rings that allegedly lured 88 Taiwanese nationals to Cambodia and forced them to participate in scams have been indicted for a second time by Taipei prosecutors after 30 more of their victims were rescued and returned to Taiwan. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214477/taipei-re-indict-alleged-human-traffickers-after-more-victims-rescued-from-cambodia/
Manet prioritises local hiring for Kampong Thom dam projects
Prime Minister Hun Manet directed Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Thor Chetha to prioritise the recruitment of local residents for construction work on the Kampong Kor and Stung Slap dams in Kampong Thom province. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-prioritises-local-hiring-for-kampong-thom-dam-projects
Foreign minister to join Asean meeting
As one of 10 Asean foreign ministers, Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhon will travel to China for a two-day meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the foreign ministers of Asean, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry released on Saturday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26033/foreign-minister-to-join-asean-meeting/
Prime minister seeks $300 million from china for rice sector
In the latest effort to mitigate the impact of plummeting rice prices, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the government was seeking $300 million from China to boost the capacity of rice millers and provide funds to them for purchasing paddy from farmers. ...
Kuch Naren and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-seeks-300-million-china-rice-sector-118209/
Poverty causes trafficking to China, says report
A report published last week by the UN Action for Cooperation Against Trafficking in Persons (UN-ACT) says the main cause of human trafficking from Cambodia to China was a lack of jobs and low wages, forcing many young women to look at opportunities abroad. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29214/poverty-causes-trafficking-to-china--says-report/
Khmer New Year festival brings in more income
Angkor Sangkranta, Siem Reap’s largest cultural festival held over Khmer New Year, raked in a total income of $95 million on the back of 1.6 million domestic and international visitors, a 23 percent year-on-year increase, state news agency AKP said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/khmer-new-year-festival-brings-more-income
Digital advertising company targets local market
Havas Riverorchid, a leading advertising agency in Indochina, has officially launched its digital and social media brand to tap into the popularity of social media, the ever-rising use of mobile phones as well as digital innovation in the Cambodian market. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39869/digital-advertising-company-targets-local-market/
Cambodia takes the regional lead in HIV treatment effort
Cambodia has made significant progress in HIV treatment, taking the lead regionally by reaching 80 percent of those living with the virus and becoming one of only seven countries globally to reach target treatment goals, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-takes-the-regional-lead-in-hiv-treatment-effort-132751/
Mekong River Commission to revise dam guidelines
Hydropower developers and representatives of the Mekong River Commission member countries met last week for the last time before finalising guidelines to mitigate the negative impacts of dam construction on the Mekong River, though conservationists expressed doubts about whether such guidelines would make a difference. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-river-commission-revise-dam-guidelines