US investors look into tourism opportunities in Cambodia
US investors are eyeing opportunities in Cambodia’s tourism sector, while the number of US visitors in the country remained low and is declining, said the Ministry of Tourism. Data from the Ministry of Tourism said US visitors who travelled to the Kingdom accounted for only 3.7 ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-investors-look-tourism-opportunities-cambodia
Office space growing as more firms set up shop in Phnom Penh
The supply of second-tier office space has increased during the first half of 2012 as the number of new firms in Phnom Penh city continues to grow, according to real estate experts. A study by Asia Real Estate Cambodia (ARC) found that office space in the “grade B” category now stands at ...
One dead, seven hurt after lightning strikes
A fisherman and his brother were struck by lightning on Sunday – one of them fatally – while six others were injured in storms, local police said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-dead-seven-hurt-after-lightning-strikes
Sihanoukville governor slams construction gate
Preah Sihanouk town authorities on Wednesday ordered the dismantling of a construction site gate that was encroaching upon public land and a canal in Boun commune. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106111/sihanoukville-governor-slams-construction-gate/
India-Cambodia rubber venture
India plans to produce latex concentrate for the manufacture of specialised products with high tensile strength and resilience from fresh latex collected in Cambodian rubber plantations. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39783/india-cambodia-rubber-venture/
CCHR calls for transgender rights
Marking the sixth annual International Transgender Day of Visibility yesterday, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) called on the government to protect transgender people and end discrimination. ...
Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cchr-calls-transgender-rights
Phnom Penh authorities take stern administrative measures against COVID-19 surge
Phnom Penh municipal authorities are taking stern administrative measures to combat and prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904390/phnom-penh-authorities-take-stern-administrative-measures-against-covid-19-surge/
Svay Rieng dredging destroying farmland
Dredging operations are causing whole sections of farmland along Svay Rieng’s Toek Vel River to collapse, villagers said in a petition thumb printed by more than 300 affected families. Ros Mov, a chief of Romeas Hek Samiky Land Community, said yesterday 389 families from four ...
PM: Programme to recover Vietnam War missing back on
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced the resumption of the MIA programme to recover the remains of American service personnel missing after action on Cambodian soil during the Vietnam War. The programme was suspended for more than a year after the US government imposed visa ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-programme-recover-vietnam-war-missing-back
Governor seeks World Bank’s help to tackle waste woes
Due to the rapid growth of the Kingdom’s coastal city of Sihanoukville, the amount of rubbish being produced daily has skyrocketed from just 100 to 200 tonnes per day in 2015 to a staggering 1,000 tonnes today, prompting Preah Sihanouk’s governor to request World Bank ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50649191/governor-seeks-world-banks-help-to-tackle-waste-woes/
Garment workers' strikes pay off
The determination of 3,000 garment factory workers in Kampong Chhnang province’s M&V factory has finally paid off. Workers will return to the factory floor today after management finally agreed to their four-point list of demands yesterday, after initially refusing to budge. Noun Sam Ol, deputy president of ...
NGOs urge CNRP to end parliamentary boycott
The Committee for Free and Fair Election in Cambodia (Comfrel) urged the 55 lawmakers of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to join the National Assembly in order to reform the National Election Committee (NEC). “Lawmakers of CNRP have to join the National Assembly, or there ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZDQ3MDg2ZWQxMTR
Int'l conference on Cambodia-China ties held in Cambodia
The 4th International Conference on the Cambodia-China diplomatic relations during the lifetime of late Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk was held here on Wednesday, aiming to remember the achievements he had made in building Cambodia-China ties, officials said. The two-day forum, organized by the Confucius Institute at ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141217/intl-conference-cambodia-china-ties-held-cambodia
Election NGOs to begin testing new voter registration system
Testing of a computerized voter registration system will begin next month in the hopes of addressing flaws in the current system, which remains susceptible to election fraud, a coalition of NGOs working to promote democracy in the country announced Thursday. The Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) has ...
Khuon Narim and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-ngos-to-begin-testing-new-voter-registration-system-74513/
Cambodia scores low on global giving index
A study released by the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation puts Cambodia close to the bottom of the world in terms of the charity of its citizens, despite Southeast Asia being cited as the world’s strongest performing sub-region. According to the World Giving Index, which ranks countries ...
Charles Rollet
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-scores-low-global-giving-index
Child sex trade on decline: org
A new study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) has asserted that Cambodia’s child sex trade – long a hot-button issue that has for years drawn international attention – has been reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous size. A statement from IJM that accompanied ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-sex-trade-decline-org
Cambodia stresses the need to deepen solidarity for robust socioeconomic recovery
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Chair of the 7th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit urged for the deepening of solidarity so as to ensure robust socioeconomic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50932665/cambodia-stresses-the-need-to-deepen-solidarity-for-robust-socioeconomic-recovery/
Illegal supplements torched by the tonne
Siem Reap Provincial Health Department officials have confiscated and destroyed more than one tonne of 70 types of unregistered health supplements while the Ministry of Health has warned the public to be aware of supplements without approval from the ministry. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-supplements-torched-tonne
Bun Rany calls for further investment in midwifery
President of the Cambodian Red Cross Bun Rany released a statement ahead of International Day of the Midwife on May 5, calling for continued investment in midwifery, to ensure the present and future health of the Cambodian people. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bun-rany-calls-further-investment-midwifery
Cambodia’s top diplomat to visit Japan this week
Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will lead a delegation to pay an official Working Visit to Japan from January 21 to 24, at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Hayashi Yoshimasa. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501223142/cambodias-top-diplomat-to-visit-japan-this-week/