Floods in Cambodia claim 40n lives as rescue efforts intensify
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) reported that The ongoing flash floods have so far killed 40 people. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776800/floods-in-cambodia-claim-40n-lives-as-rescue-efforts-intensify/
Battambang deploys 50 additional border security forces to prevent citizens trying to hop border illegally
The 817th Border Guard Police Battalion deployed 50 troops along The border line to prevent citizens from attempting to enter or leave as well as prevent Thai nationals from attempting to cross over. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921112/battambang-deploys-50-additional-border-security-forces-to-prevent-citizens-trying-to-hop-border-illegally/
Observers say polls ‘inclusive, peaceful and transparent’
Giving a clean bill to the Fifth Commune Elections held on Sunday, both national and international observers from 75 organisations termed the polls as “inclusive, peaceful and transparent.” ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089096/observers-say-polls-inclusive-peaceful-and-transparent/
NEC unveils 2023 National Election calendar
The National Election Committee (NEC) unveiled calendar for The upcoming National Election 2023 yesterday. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501154592/nec-unveils-2023-national-election-calendar/
Cambodian banana exports may reach 500,000 tons in 2022
The Cambodian Banana Association Alliance held a symposium for member companies in Phnom Penh on August 6. More than 50 representatives from alliance member companies and guests from all sectors attended The event. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501130239/cambodian-banana-exports-may-reach-500000-tons-in-2022/
National Assembly approves draft green resources code
The National Assembly approved The Draft Environmental and Natural Resources Code to enhance conservation and development in Cambodia on Tuesday. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501300047/national-assembly-approves-draft-green-resources-code/
17 mega US firms keen to explore investment opportunities in Cambodia
Representatives from 17 mega firms from the United States have evinced interest in exploring investment opportunities in the Kingdom. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501447882/17-mega-us-firms-keen-to-explore-investment-opportunities-in-cambodia/
Apparel workers demand $14 vs $1 employer offer in wage negotiations
Negotiations surrounding the minimum wage for workers in the textile, apparel, footwear and travel goods sector have started, with employee representatives proposing a $14 increase while employer representatives put forward $1. ...
Thang Sinorn
https://kiripost.com/stories/apparel-workers-demand-14-vs-1-employer-offer-in-wage-negotiations
Mirach Energy Aims for Green Light to Start Drilling Cambodia Offshore D
The energy exploration and production company said in a statement on Tuesday that its associate company CPHL (Cambodia) has signed a drilling environmental impact assessment (EIA) contract with two environmental consulting firms The firms, The International Environmental Management Company Limited and SAWAC Consultants For Development Company ...
Four injured in roller coaster accident
Two teenagers and a couple in their twenties were injured in a roller coaster accident on Sunday at Chamkar Pring Amusement park in Sen Sok district, police said Monday. Keo Sothout, district police chief, said that a bolt on the ride came loose and sent two ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-injured-in-roller-coaster-accident-57652/
Acid attack claims life
A 20-year-old woman who suffered serious burns earlier this month after being doused with acid passed away on Saturday, marking the first reported acid-attack fatality in Cambodia since 2012. On March 6, security guard Meas Vanny was walking from her rented room to begin a shift ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/acid-attack-claims-life
Malaysian firm to build substation
Malaysian-based electrical power technology company Pestech International Bhd inked a contract to construct the $7.34 million 230/11kV Okvau Transmission Substation, leading Malaysian business publisher the Edge Media Group Pte Ltd reported on Thursday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/malaysian-firm-build-substation
PM calls out US again for bombs
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday used a speaking slot at a children’s rights conference to once again castigate the United States, urging the UN to “increase its volume” in condemning the US for dropping bombs that maimed and killed children. ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-out-us-again-bombs
Koh Rong land ‘belongs to firm’
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration spokesperson Kheang Phearum told The Post on Sunday that The 35ha being bulldozed by Royal Group Co Ltd in Koh Rong belongs to it after it was leased to it for 99 years by The government in 2008. ...
Think tank pushes ACMECS to establish rice association
The independent Phnom Penh-based think tank Asian Vision Institute on Monday called on The five inland ASEAN countries to consider setting up a regional rice-producing association to maintain food security in The region amid Covid-19. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/think-tank-pushes-acmecs-establish-rice-association
Oral sanctuary land grab thwarted
Kampong Speu provincial police and NGO ACNCIPO director Chea Hean stopped nearly 100 people from grabbing more than 200ha illegally in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary on Wednesday. the incident occurred at the Trapaing Thmea village in Oral district. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oral-sanctuary-land-grab-thwarted
CSX reviews first application for Growth Board IPO
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) is currently going over its first-ever initial public offering (IPO) eligibility review application for a company to list on its Growth Board since The secondary board was launched in 2015, its vice-chairman Ha Jong-weon told The Post on December 14. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/csx-reviews-first-application-growth-board-ipo
Papa John’s set to open 15 stores in Kingdom over next three years
US-based pizza chain Papa John’s International Inc on April 7 unveiled plans to open 15 new outlets in the Kingdom over the next three years. Papa John’s opened its flagship store in Phnom Penh late last month, the company said in a press release. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/papa-johns-set-open-15-stores-kingdom-over-next-three-years
Illegal fish nets kill adult male Irrawaddy dolphin in Kratie
Conservationists and communities in the Anlong Kampi Irrawaddy dolphin conservation area in Kratie province said that despite the ban on fishing and regular patrols, fishing offences in the area are still happening which they said is cause for alarm. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fish-nets-kill-adult-male-irrawaddy-dolphin-kratie
Trapped Pompadour green pigeons set free
Over 100 Pompadour green pigeons have been seized from wildlife traffickers and released back into the wild by Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary rangers and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Cambodia) after they were poached in the sanctuary in Sre Chhouk commune in Mondulkiri province’s Keo ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trapped-pompadour-green-pigeons-set-free