Kampong Speu authorities, NGO confronted in timber truck raid
The Kampong Speu provincial Forestry Administration and environmental watchdog ACNCIPO attempted to seize 20 home-made trucks and nearly 20 cubic metres of timber from The Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday but were stopped by over 100 people who gaThered in groups to resist The ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-authorities-ngo-confronted-timber-truck-raid
NGO director appointed new ‘neutral’ NEC member
Hang Puthea, executive director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections, was selected Tuesday as the “neutral” candidate for the National Election Committee (NEC) following Licadho president Pung Chhiv Kek’s announcement that she would not accept her nomination. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-director-appointed-new-neutral-nec-member-81134/
Court lets fugitive club owner walk free
A deputy prosecutor at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court has decided not to pursue criminal charges against a fugitive nightclub owner who police say is liable for the deaths of six people killed by a fire at the establishment on September 7. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-lets-fugitive-club-owner-walk-free-96837/
Japan gives $41M in new aid
Japan has increased its Official Development Assistance (ODA) Grant by approximately 45 million Yen ($41 million) for three projects – the improvement Of referral hospitals in Siem Reap province, human resource development scholarship and economic and social development programmes. the move comes in response to ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-gives-41m-new-aid
Resale market booms amid changing consumer and eco trends
From recycled bicycles to second-hand mannequins, thrift shops push quirky finds to the limits which in the past has split perceptions. However, as consumer demands continue to shift, a combination of factors has exponentially spurred the pre-owned goods market, trend analysts say is only set ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50790181/resale-market-booms-amid-changing-consumer-and-eco-trends/
Mondulkiri province enforces 14 days’ quarantine for external visitors and travellers
The Governor of Mondulkiri Province, Svay Sam Eang, said that people from oTher capitals and provinces and those who are suspected to have health problems related to The February 20 community event must be quarantines for 14 days before They are allowed entry into The ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828153/mondulkiri-province-enforces-14-days-quarantine-for-external-visitors-and-travellers/
SME gets in-principle nod for IPO
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) approved in principle The listing eligibility of a privately-owned small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) on its Growth Board, CSX vice-chairman Ha Jong-weon told The Post on March 22. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-gets-principle-nod-ipo
Six illegal logging tractors seized
Svay Leu district forestry administration office in Siem Reap province has given a month’s notice to the owners of homemade tractors impounded last week for transporting illegal timber. Authorities warned that if no action was taken the administration would take the case to court. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/six-illegal-logging-tractors-seized
PM asks Senate to approve draft law on measures to prevent COVID-19 spread soonest
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Senate to conduct an online meeting to review and approve the draft law on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other deadly infectious diseases so that it can come into force as soon as possible. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50822291/pm-asks-senate-to-approve-draft-law-on-measures-to-prevent-covid-19-spread-soonest/
Research centre adds solar power station in Siem Reap
The Ministry of Environment and The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia officially launched a solar power plant and battery storage system at The Kesor Kol Sok An Phnom Kulen Research and Conservation Centre on Kulen mountain in Siem Reap province. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/research-centre-adds-solar-power-station-siem-reap
Gov’t Covid stimulus and relief spending tops $335Mn
With Cambodia’s relief measures up for renewal later this month, it has come to light that the Government’s Covid-related assistance spending topped $335 million since the introduction of payments to the financially vulnerable last June. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50867851/govt-covid-stimulus-and-relief-spending-tops-335mn/
Mekong-U.S. Partnership Senior Meeting held to discuss Covid-19 response
The first annual Mekong-U.S. Partnership Senior Meeting was held on June 29. The meeting’s main focus was The progress of a secure, prosperous, and open Mekong sub-region, among oTher things. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50885537/mekong-u-s-partnership-senior-meeting-held-to-discuss-covid-19-response/
Milled-rice exports surge 43% in Jul-Sept
Cambodia exported 130,248 tonnes of milled rice in July-September valued at more than $81 million, representing a 42.95-per-cent rise in volume from the 91,115 tonnes posted in the same period last year, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) reported earlier this week. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/milled-rice-exports-surge-43-jul-sept
Ministry onboards Cambodia Post to e-marketplace
The Ministry of Commerce plans to integrate state-owned Cambodia Post’s transportation system into CambodiaTrade.com, looking to make The distribution and delivery process easier, faster and safer for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and consumers that buy merchandise on The e-marketplace. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-onboards-cambodia-post-e-marketplace
Sustainable pathways needed for water-secure Asean region
The inaugural Association of SouTheast Asian Nations (Asean) and Mekong River Commission (MRC) Water Security Dialogue held last week has tabled three Thematic solutions related to policy, technology, and partnership that can help countries in The Mekong and broader Asean address existential water security challenges ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50922443/sustainable-pathways-needed-for-water-secure-asean-region/
South Korea trade dips 10.6% to $792M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea in the first 10 months of 2021 was worth $791.59 million, down by 10.6 per cent from $885.32 million in the same period in 2020, as the prolonged Covid-19 community transmission continues to take its toll. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korea-trade-dips-106-792m
Progress on 5PC may let SAC attend summit: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to continue discussions with Myanmar leader General Min Aung Hlaing on January 26, with the former stating in advance that Myanmar would only be invited to send political representation to this year’s ASEAN summit if it has made progress ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/progress-5pc-may-let-sac-attend-summit-pm
Demerit points, fines: Nat’l Police train officers in new technology
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport, in collaboration with The National Police, conducted a training course for 57 traffic police officers. The training was required, as new systems have been introduced which will allow officers to issue fines and demerit points to errant drivers. ...
Capital's Covid authority orders end to NagaWorld rallies
The Phnom Penh Commission to Combat Covid-19, led by The capital’s municipal administration, issued a directive telling former workers of NagaWorld integrated resort to immediately halt protests, and ordering Them to practice coronavirus health measures to prevent The pathogen from spreading among Them and Their ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capitals-covid-authority-orders-end-nagaworld-rallies
Growing trade in foraged medicinal plants
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced villagers in Prey Moul commune’s Khleng Por village of Kampong Chhnang province’s Rolea Ba’ier district to flock to The forests and valleys in The province to find medicinal plants to sell via brokers to people who need Them for traditional ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/growing-trade-foraged-medicinal-plants