National Assembly ratifies two border agreements with Vietnam
The National Assembly today ratified the 1985 supplementary treaty and 2005 agreement on border demarcation between Cambodia and Vietnam to foster good relations and maintain peace along borders of the two nations. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50656984/national-assembly-ratifies-two-border-agreements-with-vietnam/
Cambodian government mulls response to European Union report on EBA suspension
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Koy Kuong said the government will attempt to address all the points of concern raised by the European Union but refrained from divulging any details. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian-government-mulls-response-to-european-union-report-on-eba-suspension-/5165555.html
PM condemns attack
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday condemned the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly on Monday, before then insisting the violence was wholly unrelated to the pro-ruling party rally from which its perpetrators emerged.In a rare televised address to the nation, the ...
Chhay Channyda, Meas Sokchea and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-condemns-attack
'Room for improvement' in land dispute resolution process
Cambodia continues to lack an effective way to resolve land disputes, which remain a major destroyer of livelihoods for many families, according to a study released by the NGO Forum yesterday.The study examines 26 sample villages in Battambang, Kampong Speu, Pursat and Kampong Chhnang provinces, ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/room-improvement-land-dispute-resolution-process
Grenade attack injures three people in Phnom Penh
At least three people were injured in a grenade attack on Street 163 in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Keng Kang III commune at about 7:40pm yesterday evening, police said. The victims did not appear to be the intended targets of the grenade, which was tossed under a ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya, Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grenade-attack-injures-three-people-phnom-penh
Hun Sen: rights organisation CCHR will not be shut down
In an unexpected turn, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Saturday that the outspoken Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) will not be shut down, despite accusing the local NGO last week of serving foreign interests. In an article posted to government mouthpiece Fresh News, the ...
Leonie Kijewski and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-rights-organisation-cchr-will-not-be-shut-down
China to provide 100 Cambodian children with free heart surgery in 3 years
China will provide 100 Cambodian children who have congenital heart disease with free surgery in three years in a program called “China-Cambodia Love Heart Journey.” The program was inaugurated on Jan 11 by visiting Premier Li Keqiang and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen ...
Mu Xuequan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/11/c_136888925.htm
‘Little’ campaigning done for Senate polls
The National Election Committee said yesterday that three political parties standing for next week’s Senate election have done very little campaigning, while NGOs said it was a consequence of the main opposition party being dissolved. According to an NEC press release, the three parties that have ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109501/little-campaigning-done-senate-polls/
Draft Lango amendments on the table
The Interior Ministry is due to hold a meeting with representatives of local and foreign NGOs next week in a bid to review and give feedback over draft amendments to the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665345/draft-lango-amendments-on-the-table/
Mekong countries vow drug action
Countries along the Mekong River have vowed to increase co-operation in cracking down on and preventing drug trafficking from the Golden Triangle area and the import of chemical substances for drug production. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-countries-vow-drug-action
Phnom Penh sees rise in shipments in 2012
Container traffic through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 7.5 percent in the first eight months of this year compared to the sme period last year, according to port figures. In the January through August period, the port received 57,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, up ...
Government Defends Chinese Dams
Following a dam breach in Pursat province, ruling CPP lawmakers yesterday defended the government’s primary plan to tackle its energy crisis by contracting Chinese companies to build hydropower dams on the country’s rivers. A section of concrete tunnel at the Stung Atai dam in Pursat province ...
Two Killed in Brawl at Thai Seafood Factory
A Cambodian man and a Burmese man were killed on Monday in a mass brawl that broke out between hundreds of migrant workers at a seafood factory in Thailand, a worker and a government official said yesterday. Fighting allegedly broke out between workers at Siam International ...
Cambodia to get its first garment training institute
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has inked an agreement with French international development agency – Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), for obtaining a loan of US$ 3.5 million to set up [sic] first garment training institute in the country. As per the agreement the ...
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=118660
Luxury Wood Seized in Ratanakiri Road Block
About 30 metres of luxury timber were seized in Ratanakirri province on Sunday after national and provincial military police set up a road block near the border with Vietnam, according to police officials. The high-end lumber was being smuggled over a dirt road in Lumphat ...
Union leader brings backup
More than 20 union members and workers at a factory in Kandal province rallied around a union leader yesterday, fearing that he would be arrested after police called him in for questioning. Lor Sopheak, national secretary-general of the Khmer Workers Power Co-operation Union [KWPCU] and an ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051756215/National-news/union-leader-brings-backup.html
Trust govt, PM tells protesters
Prime Minister Hun Sen has told villagers they should not to protest in land disputes but rather seek help from authorities following a spate of violent crackdowns on demonstrations. The premier said protests affect public order and claimed they sometimes become violent in a statement signed ...
Factories Lend Travel Money to Ensure Garment Workers Vote
Often vilified for paying low wages in less than optimum work environments, Cambodia’s garment factory owners got into the swing Of the commune elections this week, with many companies providing loans to help their workers travel home to vote. With about 400,000 employees, the garment industry’s ...
Siem Reap International Airport records 340,000 passengers in January, South Korea stands first row
PHNOM PENH: the Siem reap international airport announced today that it gained 340,000 passengers for January and the South Korean passengers stand first class. “This is first time in its history, [sic] the statement said. It adds: barely a month after crossing the 2-millionth passenger milestone, ...
Singapore's TA Corporation eyes China & Cambodia
Singapore-listed property and construction group TA Corporation has managed to post stellar increase in earnings in the first half of this year, despite the government’s property cooling measures TA Corporation is also aiming for further growth overseas through joint ventures in China and Cambodia “China has big ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1231696/1/.html