NEC signed memo with ministries on vote security
Minister of interior Sar Kheng commended authorities at all levels for their joint efforts in strengthening security, public order and social safety which create a favourable environment for the upcoming commune elections scheduled for June 5. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-signed-memo-ministries-vote-security
Cambodia, Oz to bolster trade, investment
Cambodia and Australia have reaffirmed their commitment to further boosting trade, investment and cooperation, especially on post-Covid recovery initiatives in all areas, according to the Ministry of Commerce on March 11. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-oz-bolster-trade-investment
Koh Kong mackerel season closes
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration has informed all fishermen to end fishing for mackerel in the Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary from December 1 to March 31. ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-mackerel-season-closes
Hun Sen Orders Anticorruption Education for Students
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday issued a statement ordering that anti-graft education be incorporated into the national schooling system as part of a wider effort to stamp out corruption in the country. The statement, released in the lead-up to international Anti-Corruption Day, which falls today, ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-orders-anticorruption-education-for-students-48830/
Cambodia agrees to support Malaysia’s proposed Asean Peacekeeping Force
Cambodia has agreed to support Malaysia’s proposed establishment of an Asean Peacekeeping Force, comprising of personnel from all 10 Asean member states to serve the United Nations. ...
M. Kumar
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/02/23/Asean-Hisham-Peackeeping/
Ending poverty a big issue
The public has spoken and among their top priorities for spearheading sustainable development in Cambodia are eradicating poverty, administering quality education and achieving peace and justice, according to a new survey published by NGO World Vision. The survey takes focus on 2030’s UN Sustainable Development Goals ...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31539/ending-poverty-a-big-issue/
Cambodian opposition's 55 lawmakers to swear into parliament on Tuesday
The Cambodian opposition’s 55 lawmakers-elect will be sworn in at the parliament on Tuesday afternoon, ending a 10-month long boycott of the parliament over disputed election results in July last year. “All the opposition lawmakers-elect, led by Sam Rainsy, president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-08/04/c_133529984.htm
Failing to sew up support
Cambodian stockbrokers yesterday admitted to a disappointing level of investor interest in Grand Twins international’s (GTI) initial public offering. Garment industry unrest, distrust in the private sector and a lack of liquidity in the market were all said to be discouraging investors from buying into the ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/failing-sew-support
A big thumbs-down
A Phnom Penh municipal official said yesterday that they would investigate mounting complaints that authorities have been forcing the capital’s residents to thumbprint letters supporting the preliminary election results and promising not to join demonstrations. Residents in Daun Penh and Tuol Kork districts told the Post ...
Stay-at-home strike a bust as workers return to factories
The vast majority of the country’s 600,000-strong garment factory workforce appeared to be back on the job Monday despite a call from unions to continue a stay-at-home strike until Tuesday. Eight unions had spent weeks urging workers to stay home after the Khmer New Year from ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stay-at-home-strike-a-bust-as-workers-return-to-factories-56888/
Gambling ban driving Chinese nationals away
Tens of thousands of Chinese nationals are reportedly leaving the Kingdom following a government ban on online gambling intended to reduce the number of crimes committed by foreigners. On August 18, Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive banning all online and arcade gambling in the ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50641757/gambling-ban-driving-chinese-nationals-away/
Chamber of commerce expands
A new sub-decree to allow the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce to represent the business sector overseas, will come into force next year after Prime Minister Hun Sen signs the draft into law soon, according to a Commerce Ministry official. Soeng Sophary, the ministry’s spokesperson, said the ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33044/chamber-of-commerce-expands/
Protesters want Mekong dams stopped
About 20 environmental activists called on the government to stop all new dam projects on the Mekong River to protect fish stocks and communities slated to be affected by construction. The appeal was made by the group as they gathered in front of the parliament building ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31433/protesters-want-mekong-dams-stopped/
Expansion of Int’l Airports to Double Capacity
Cambodia Airports will invest $100 million next year to expand the size of its airports in Siem Reap City and Phnom Penh and double the number of passengers that can pass through its two main hubs in the country, an official airport operator said yesterday. Emmanuel ...
Evicted Kratie Families Petition Hun Sen for Help
Fifteen villagers representing 18 families from Kratie province involved in an ongoing dispute with the Sovan Vuthy Rubber Company yesterday submitted a petition to the Ministry of Land Management calling for intervention after the company allegedly cleared their farmland. The families say they have lived ...
New map illustrates election results
The Australian National University has posted a map of the results of last month’s elections on its website showing the different levels of popular support for the ruling and opposition parties in all provinces. Colum Graham, a PhD candidate at the ANU College of Asia and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZjIzZGRmOWM0ZjN
Sam Rainsy contacts Sar Kheng for talks
The opposition party leader Sam Rainsy sent an open letter Tuesday to interior Minister Sar Kheng to resume talks between the two parties to break the current political deadlock. “I would like to inform all observers that today [Tuesday] I contacted Deputy Prime Minister and interior ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YmUwMzNhNGQxMGM
Cambodia must boost agricultural output, says Prime Minister Hun Sen
The prime minister has urged all stake holders involved in the agricultural sector in the country to boost and promote the vital agricultural sector as it will provide food for the country’s people as well as enable exports. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/710823/cambodia-must-boost-agricultural-output-says-prime-minister-hun-sen/
Climate change a threat to development: NCDM
Officials have called for climate change-related issues to be taken into account in all future development planning, noting that Cambodia remains vulnerable to an increase in natural disasters caused by climate change. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/climate-change-threat-development-ncdm
Gov’t warns on renting of border land
The Interior MInistry has ordered all governors of border provInces to watch land that is beIng rented to people from neighborIng countries for farmIng, amid ongoIng border disputes. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16969/gov---t-warns-on-renting-of-border-land/