Arbitrators Now Express Support for Exams
Having completed their exams trainee arbitrators have applauded them as fair and transparent. 33 of the 45 candidates have successfully passed the exams. In December 2010 Prime Minister Hun Sen signed an order requiring arbitrator candidates to take an exam, after the establishment of the ...
Japanese luxury chain to open hotel in capital
Japanese-owned Hotel Okura Co. Ltd. on Monday reached an agreement with TEHO Development Cambodia Pte. Ltd. – a subsidiary of Singapore-listed TEHO International – to develop and manage a luxury hotel in Phnom Penh as the company as part of its expansion in ASEAN, a ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21155/japanese-luxury-chain-to-open-hotel-in-capital/
Newly titled communities hope to protect more than just traditions
After three years of processing, two Phnong villages in northern Kratie province finally received community land titles on Saturday, the first to do so in Kratie province. Currently, there are two more villages with community land titles in Ratanakiri, and seven in Mondulkiri, making eleven ...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19402/newly-titled-communities-hope-to-protect-more-than-just-traditions/
Angkor Gold hits the jackpot
Angkor Gold Corp., a Canada-based mineral exploration company with operations in Cambodia, has completed its exploration and analysis of ground samples at its Koan Nheak site in Mondulkiri province. Around 31.8 grams per ton (g/t) of gold were found in the samples, according to a ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28560/angkor-gold-hits-the-jackpot/
Capital still struggling with waste
Phnom Penh deputy governor Ieng Aunny yesterday acknowledged that the capital continues to struggle with waste management despite recent decentralisation measures, laying the blame with districts’ and communes’ lack of awareness of their new responsibilities, as well as what he characterised as contractor CINTRI’s ongoing ...
Kong Meta and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-still-struggling-waste
Warning on Vietnamese pork
The public has been warned not to eat pork from Vietnam after an outbreak of a serious disease in pig farms across the border. The Agriculture Ministry’s department of animal health and production is enforcing additional precautionary measures to ensure contaminated pork from Vietnam does not ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36702/warning-on-vietnamese-pork/
ACU to tackle ghost workers
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will devote itself to cleaning ministries of ghost workers and absentee officials in the coming year, an official said yesterday. The announcement comes just two days after the National Anti-Corruption Council (NACC) encouraged it to do just that in an evaluation of ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-tackle-ghost-workers
Cambodian-Thai border crossing suspended
The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to temporarily suspend traffic through the Cambodian-Thai border, except for the transportation of goods and special cases. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50903680/cambodian-thai-border-crossing-suspended/
Cambodia’s Delta Variant infections cross 400
Cambodia’s total number of COVID-19 infected people identified to have been hit by the more severe and highly contagious Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2 strains is believed to have crossed 400. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913454/cambodias-delta-variant-infections-cross-400/
DPM Prak Sokhonn: Russian Embassy confirms Lavrov’s participation in forthcoming meetings in Cambodia
The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Phnom Penh has confirmed the participation of Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, in the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (55e AMM) and Related Meetings to be hosted by Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116163/dpm-prak-sokhonn-russian-embassy-confirms-lavrovs-participation-in-forthcoming-meetings-in-cambodia/
Six Loggers Repatriated From Thailand; 38 Facing Jail
Six Cambodians suspected of entering Thailand last month to log trees were released by Thai authorities yesterday and repatriated to Preah Vihear province, local officials said. ...
Sex slaves rescued from Japan
Cambodian and Japanese authorities have rescued seven Cambodian women forced into sexual slavery after being lured to Japan with the promise of restaurant jobs. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34419/sex-slaves-rescued-from-japan/
ASEAN talks South China Sea in Siem Reap
Chinese and ASEAN representatives are meeting in Siem Reap to begin hammering out a code of conduct for the highly contested South China Sea. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-talks-south-china-sea-siem-reap
Election law: NGOs object to nationality rule for NEC
Election watchdogs have called on the ruling and opposition parties to reconsider a restriction on dual nationals serving as members of the overhauled National Election Committee. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/election-law-ngos-object-nationality-rule-nec
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia hold conference to boost youth ties
A conference on youth cooperation among Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia opened in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Monday, drawing participation of representatives from the three neighboring countries. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141208/vietnam-laos-cambodia-hold-conference-boost-youth-ties
Low-ranking police, soldiers to see salary increases
Low-ranking police and soldiers will see their salaries increased before the start of Khmer New Year in mid-April, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Monday. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-ranking-police-soldiers-to-see-salary-increases-76041/
NGOs ordered to retract MFI report
The government yesterday ordered two NGOs to retract a critical report on the negative impacts of microloans after summoning their representatives for a meeting to defend their research. The report, published last month by Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut, featured seven case studies of abuse chosen ...
Khuon Narim
http://Khuon Narim
Fisheries exports surge over 52%
Cambodia exported a total of 2,092 tones of fisheries products in the first half of 2021, surging 52.47 per cent over the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/fisheries-exports-surge-over-52
Traffic accidents drop by 13 percent during first four months
During the first four months of this year, there were 1,011 cases of road accidents, a decline of 13 percent compared to the same period last year, according to Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501298294/traffic-accidents-drop-by-13-percent-during-first-four-months/
Obama unveils maritime plan for Southeast Asian nations
President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to help Asia-Pacific allies boost their maritime security as part of talks with leaders in the Philippine capital, Manila. The White House announced a package of up to $259 million in new aid over the course of two years, including ...
Mary Alice Salinas
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/obama-in-philippines-for-apec-summit/3061433.html