Hospital founder seriously ill
Beat Richner, the founder and head of the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital and a Health Ministry adviser, is seriously ill and has resigned from his position as managing director. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37053/hospital-founder-seriously-ill/
CPP official quits district post to secure commune seat for ruling party
In a country known for its political patronage networks, volunteering for a demotion is rare. But Moeung Visalsok, 46, a ruling Cambodian People’s Party district council member in Kampong Chhnang province, is doing just that. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Commune elections 2017: CPP wins 70%
The Cambodian People’s Party won 70 percent of the country’s 1,646 commune councils at yesterday’s elections, according to unofficial results published by a government-aligned media outlet – a marked drop from the 97 percent it won in 2012 but one far smaller than the opposition ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-wins-70-communes-0
Child labour identified in Siem Reap
The National Committee for Counter Trafficking’s (NCCT) six-month report, released on Monday, identified two cases of child labour in brick-making factories in siem Reap, though officials and a rights group monitor said the use of such labour had decreased in the province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-labour-identified-siem-reap
Prime Minister vows to keep children’s hospitals running
Prime Minister Hun sen ordered the government to draw up a plan to fund the country’s popular Kantha Bopha children’s hospitals on Monday, four months after the long-serving director of the foundation that runs them resigned. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-vows-to-keep-childrens-hospitals-running-2-132837/
China to help modernize military, defense minister says
Chinese aid and expertise—and perhaps some fighter jets—will help modernize Cambodia’s military, Defense Minister Tea Banh said on Monday as navy vessels from China and the U.s. paid courtesy calls to Cambodia’s ports. speaking after his return from the 7th Xiangshan Forum, a regional security summit ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-help-modernize-military-defense-minister-says-119421/
Post-Khmer Rouge PM dies
Pen Sovann, Cambodia&rSquo;S firSt prime miniSter after the VietnameSe invaSion in January 1979 that Swept the Khmer Rouge from power and a Serving oppoSition member of parliament, paSSed away at hiS home in Takeo province&rSquo;S Duan Keo town on Saturday evening aged 80. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31437/post-khmer-rouge-pm-dies/
Encryption aid deal inked
Vietnam inked a deal with Cambodia on Friday to provide more than half a million dollars’ worth of training in encryption coding, prompting some to question the wisdom of accepting foreign help to protect state secrets. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/encryption-aid-deal-inked
PM praises China after trip
Prime Minister Hun sen returned from a three-day trip to China yesterday, all but confirming in a statement what observers have long theorised: that Cambodia now sees China’s backing as a bulwark against Western criticisms over its rights record. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-praises-china-after-trip
The State of Human Security in Cambodia
Violence in Cambodia has escalated in recent months with Prime Minister Hun sen’s attempts to quash competition ahead of the upcoming elections on July 29, 2018. security and surveillance measures have been strengthened, media outlets have been closed down, protests have been met with violence and mass ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pascale Hunt
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/the-state-of-human-security-in-cambodia/
Sick children swamp hospital
As flood victims surge to the capital to receive medical treatment, doctors at Phnom Penh’s Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital say they’ve never seen such overcrowding. Parents holding their sick children and infants line the perimeter of the complex, spending up to seven hours crouched on hot ss='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sick-children-swamp-hospital
Hun Sen admits leading until age 90 unlikely
Breaking from a history of boasting about the potential longevity of his tenure as Cambodia’s leader, Prime Minister Hun sen said Tuesday that he would likely have to retire sometime before he turns 90. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-admits-leading-until-age-90-unlikely-79049/
Hopes low as Cambodia begins world cup quest
With thousands of fans expected to fill the stands at Phnom Penh’s Old stadium Thursday afternoon to watch Cambodia kick off its improbable bid to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in a match against Macau, coach Lee Tae-hoon isn’t sure his side is ready. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hopes-low-as-cambodia-begins-world-cup-quest-79540/
Factory says not responsible for protesting workers’ injuries
A lawyer for a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur senchey district, where four women were injured last week when a truck driver slammed into a group of protesters, said Monday the factory was not responsible because the workers had thrown themselves in front of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-says-not-responsible-for-protesting-workers-injuries-86892/
Singapore’s government breaks months of silence over sand scandal
Breaking months of silence over accusations that it imported tens of millions of tons of smuggled sand, singapore’s government on Monday distanced itself from any wrongdoing, a response an environmental NGO leader deemed “full of lies” and “devoid of any meaning.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/singapores-govt-breaks-months-of-silence-over-sand-scandal-123541/
Rosewood exports down
In the first nine months of 2015, exports of Cambodian rosewood to China – the Kingdom’s largest market for the protected species – have declined by as much as 95 per cent compared with the same period last year, data released by NGO Forest Trends ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rosewood-exports-down
Norway continues to support demining activities in Cambodia
The Government of Norway through Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) confirmed its commitment to continue supporting Cambodia’s mine clearance efforts by providing $5 million for the next four years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730943/norway-continues-to-support-demining-activities-in-cambodia/
Kep’s tourism marketing plan on its way
Tourism marketing plan 2020-2024 is on its way to transform the coastal Kep province into an attractive high-end leisure destination in Cambodia. The optimism was floated following a meeting held in the provincial city yesterday to review the long-term marketing plan chaired by som Piseth, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750089/keps-tourism-marketing-plan-on-its-way/
Water authority asks for responsible consumption this ongoing dry season
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) haS called on reSidentS in the city centre to uSe water reSponSibly in order to enable clean water to reach citizenS living on the outSkirtS of the city who are plagued by low water preSSure iSSueS that can SS='cambodia-color'>...
Profits flow in for PPWSA in 2020
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA), in itS annual diScloSure document releaSed on TueSday, reported a pre-tax profit of approximately $29.68 million for 2020. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50820070/profits-flow-in-for-ppwsa-in-2020/