Banteay Meanchey governor, five others sued for manslaughter, torture
Three of five land dispute victims, representing 150 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Slakram commune, on Tuesday sued provincial governor Um Reatrey and five others for manslaughter, and the use of intentional violence against them while they were detained for protesting outside the provincial hall ...
Government formulates new policy on urban waste management
The government is formulating a new policy on urban garbage collection to strengthen waste management and protect the environment better. Neth Pheaktra, Environment Ministry spokesman, said at a press conference yesterday the policy is being formulated following termination of Cintri (Cambodia) Ltd’s licence to collect ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50684363/government-formulates-new-policy-on-urban-waste-management
Press release on the Exchange of Notes on the extension of Japanese Government’s Official Development Assistance (ODA)
On 24 March 2020, at the Peace Palace, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, presided over the signing ceremony of the Exchange of Notes on the extension of Japanese Government’s Official Development Assistance (ODA), which was ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press Release: Greater democracy focus in development cooperation with Cambodia
On 12 June 2020, the Embassy of Sweden in Cambodia issued a press release informing that Sweden’s bilateral strategy for Cambodia will be phased out to end by 1 July 2021. The Swedish Government decided yesterday to focus development cooperation with Cambodia on initiatives for ...
Embassy of Sweden in Cambodia
CNRP mulls Rainsy’s next move
Speculation continues over if and when Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy will return to Cambodia, where he now faces a two-year prison term, as grassroots opposition members yesterday expressed “disappointment” at their leader’s continued absence.CNRP officials will meet today in Phnom Penh to ...
Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-mulls-rainsys-next-move
Soldiers confirmed dead
Three Cambodian peacekeepers have been confirmed dead in Central African Republic, a day after they went missing following an attack on their convoy by a Christian militant group. The three men, Mao Eng, 37, Seang Norin, 35, and Mom Tola, 31, were shot to death and ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/soldiers-confirmed-dead
NGOs under close watch for bias
The Ministry of Interior yesterday warned human rights groups that they are being closely watched for alleged bias towards the opposition CNRP, in a startling move targeting some of the country’s most prominent local NGOs. Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Khieu Sopheak confirmed yesterday that ...
Andrew Nachemson and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-under-close-watch-bias
Rainsy stands by Namhong accusation
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday repeated allegations that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong was responsible for collaborating with his Khmer Rouge captors at the Boeung Trabek prison camp between 1975 and 1979, leading to the murder and torture of numerous inmates.Rainsy, who is in the Philippines, ...
Meas Sokchea, Taing Vida and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-stands-namhong-accusation
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Legal aid providers”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Legal aid providers”. This bilingual new topic page give the overviews of the legal aid bodies in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as law and regulations, daily news and publications.=>Please click here to go ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes new map layer on Water supplier license
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s water supplier license coverage in two languages, Khmer and English. With this new resource, the maps illustrate the information of the location where the licenses have been granted at the commune level as well ...
Snaring may spawn diseases
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in Southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. Its July 9 report entitled Silence of the Snares: Southeast Asia’s ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/snaring-may-spawn-diseases
MoH strengthens contact tracing measures to break the chain of transmission
The exponential growth of infected people related to the February 20 Community Incident is a call for rigorous at-scale physical-distancing measures and strict compliance to the Ministry of Health’s Standard Operating Procedures of wearing a facemask, washing hands frequently and seeking medical help if showing ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50823263/moh-strengthens-contact-tracing-measures-to-break-the-chain-of-transmission/
Press Release of the Ministry of Health on the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Cambodia
On 09 February 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release on the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Cambodia. In this announcement, there is a clear division of the number of vaccines to be provided to 189,500 volunteers. According to the announcement, ...
Ministry of Health
Announcement on the death of COVID-19 on three Cambodian people
On 29 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of COVID-19 on three Cambodian people, a 23-year-old woman died at the Cambodia-China Friendship Hospital Preah Kosomak, a 46-year-old woman died at Tbong Khmum Provincial Health Department, and a 64-year-old man ...
Ministry of Health
The Royal Government has authorized the National Committee for Coastal Management to implement a project to improve the mud beach into a 2,700-meter height public beach from crab market to mangrove forests located in Phum Thmei, Prey Thum, Krong Keb, Kep Province.
On 13 August 2021, National Committee for Coastal Area Management issued a press release on authorization by the Royal Government to implement a project to improve the mud beach into a 2,700-meter height public beach from crab market to mangrove forests located in Phum Thmei, ...
National Committee for Coastal Area Management
National Social Security Fund signed an agreement with the bank contained in this notice
On 24 February 2022, the National Social Security Fund issued a notification on the National Social Security Fund signed an agreement with the bank contained in this notice.National Social Security Fund is honor to inform ladies and gentlemen, directors or owners of all enterprises and ...
National Social Security Fund
Open Development Cambodia updates dataset on a profile page on “Fisheries resource management information"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates dataset on a profile page on “Fisheries resource management information”. This profile page is updated its data from 160 to 347 inland and marine community fisheries. This bilingual profile page covers the map and summary of community fisheries in Cambodia.=>Please click here ...
Cambodia: six Southeast Asian journalist organizations collaborate to safeguard of press freedom
On 12 December 2022, CamboJA released a press release on Cambodia: six Southeast Asian journalist organizations collaborate to safeguard of press freedom.Six organizations from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Timor Leste formed a regional collaboration as a joint response to the deteriorating press freedom ...
CamboJA
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Australian aid”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Australian aid”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Australian aid to Cambodia, together with related content such as development cooperation and aid, refugees settlement, response to COVID-19 in Cambodia, and relevant publications.=> ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Tourism"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Tourism”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of tourism sector in Cambodia, together with related contents such as Ecotourism and Communities-Based Ecotourism in Cambodia, tourism in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges ...