Preah Vihear land dispute families block tractors
Representatives of 40 families locked in a decade-old land dispute with a Chinese sugar company in Preah Vihear province blocked tractors from clearing land that the villagers say belongs to them, while 50 families in a separate land dispute in Koh Kong took their complaints ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-land-dispute-families-block-tractors
Activists: release Tep Vanny
Boeung Kak land activists have called on the government to release one of their most prominent representatives, Tep Vanny, who was charged with intentional violence related to a protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in 2013, a case reactivated after she was arrested during ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32959/activists--release-tep-vanny/
TTY to open $6m rice milling plant in 2013
Cambodian-owned TTY corporation will invest US$6 million in a rice milling plant in Kampong Speu province, company officials said yesterday. Heng Sarath, TTY deputy director, said the factory would be built on national road 6, and would mill 20 tonnes of rice per year. Construction is ...
Two people killed as mine collapses
Police officials said yesterday two people had died when a Mondulkiri gold mine collapsed on Saturday, but that neither of them worked for the mining company that owns it. Provincial police chief Nhem Vanny said two men aged 25 and 30, had died in a ...
Trio face forest-clearing charge
A married couple and another man were called before a judge yesterday after being charged with clearing protected forest in Koh Kong province’s Kandorl commune. Kry Deuy, his wife, Moeung Yan, and a man named Soun Sareth cleared about 16 hectares of state-protected forest to cultivate ...
Student says he crashed into ambassador’s wall to get help
A university student who was arrested in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over a string of drunken hit-and-runs in his Lexus SUV said Thursday that he decided to end his rampage by crashing into the U.S. ambassador’s residence because he had hoped embassy security guards would ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-says-he-crashed-into-ambassadors-wall-to-get-help-85440/
For labor leaders, Law on Unions remains a concern
Labor leaders say they are concerned that a number of unions would be shuttered if a new law to govern them is passed. Labor Minister Ith Samheng said the law will not “put pressure” on unions. “We take unions and other vocational organizations as our ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-labor-leaders-law-on-unions-remains-a-concern/2824664.html
Reservoir expected to increase agro-production
Preah Vihear authorities have been building a reservoir at a cost of over $100 million to supply water for agricultural rice crops during the dry season. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727189/reservoir-expected-to-increase-agro-production/
Truck owner to pay to reconstruct collapsed bridge
Police on Saturday tracked down the owner of an overloaded truck that caused a bridge to collapse last week in Kompong Cham province. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/truck-owner-to-pay-to-reconstruct-collapsed-bridge-80983/
Government allots $166 million for Sub-national health services
The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to transfer $166 million to municipal and provincial administrations to manage Their respective health service provision. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730864/government-allots-166-million-for-sub-national-health-services/
Massive forest clearing found in Koh Kong province
The Wildlife Alliance yesterday discovered over 200 hectares of mangrove forests within Koh Kong province’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary were illegally cleared. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720606/massive-forest-clearing-found-in-koh-kong-province/
Fifteen traffic fatalities during Pchum Ben
Fifteen people died and 62 were injured during the three days of Pchum Ben festival in traffic-related accidents, according to a report released on Saturday. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50764681/fifteen-traffic-fatalities-during-pchum-ben/
15,000 landmines and UXOs destroyed in first four months
Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) destroyed 15,348 landmines and UXOs in the first four months of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50866409/15000-landmines-and-uxos-destroyed-in-first-four-months/
Multilateralism for humanity – from a Cambodian perspective
This article aims to discuss what multilateralism should or should not be, and on the importance of multilateralism for humanity. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/opinion/multilateralism-humanity-cambodian-perspective
Cattle for agricultural production only 0.84% for farming practices
Farmers depending on cattle such as cows or buffaloes in Cambodia accounts for only 0.84% of farming practices, while the rest, are using machinery. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913320/cattle-for-agricultural-production-only-0-84-for-farming-practices/
China to continue demining aid grant
China will continue providing $2.5 million in grant aid to Cambodia to support mine clearance for the whole of next year. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898024/china-to-continue-demining-aid-grant/
Cambodia drafting railway development strategy
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is drafting a railway development strategy to revamp train transport economically and make it more efficient. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921009/cambodia-drafting-railway-development-strategy/
Gov’t, WHO urge vigilance as first Omicron community case found
Ministry of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) officials in Cambodia urge vigilance as the Kingdom’s first Omicron community case has been detected. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-who-urge-vigilance-first-omicron-community-case-found
Government spends $653 million for Cash Transfer Program
The Royal Government of Cambodia has spent approximately 2,613 billion Riel or equaling to $653 million for its cash transfer program to support those hit hard by COVID-19 crisis, according to Social Protection in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068056/government-spends-653-million-for-cash-transfer-program/
Lessons as out-going Indonesian Ambassador bids farewell to PM Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia received a farewell visit from Sudirman Haseng, the out-going Indonesian Ambassador to Cambodia recently. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232864/lessons-as-out-going-indonesian-ambassador-bids-farewell-to-pm-hun-sen/