NEC releases official voter list
The National Election Committee has released the official voter list for July’s general election, containing nearly 85 percent of eligible voters. The voter list contains 8,380,217 names out of 9,882,746 eligible voters, or 84.8 percent of those aged 18 and over. There will be 22,967 polling stations ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50104215/nec-releases-official-voter-list/
Cambodia, Azerbaijan ink deal on diplomat visa waiver
Cambodia and Azerbaijan have signed a visa exemption agreement for diplomatic passport holders, paving the way for further enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two countries. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-azerbaijan-ink-deal-diplomat-visa-waiver
Did Clinton Draw Parallel With China in Discussing US Aid?
Outlining America’s position on territorial disputes between Asean members and China over the South China Sea, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday also expressed views on a matter a little closer to home: the benefits Cambodia gains from U.S. development assistance. Speaking to reporters ...
Traffic woes vex Phnom Penh governor
Phnom Penh’s municipal governor yesterday called on citizens to start obeying traffic laws and using the city’s fledgling public-transportation system as he addressed widespread discontent with traffic issues. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-woes-vex-phnom-penh-governor
NagaCorp sits out South Korean casino offering
NagaCorp, the Hong Kong stock exchange-listed parent company of NagaWorld, is not bidding for a South Korean casino permit, the company said in a filing to the exchange. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-sits-out-south-korean-casino-offering
Government deflects blame over lack of human rights committee
Officials from the government’s Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) yesterday appeared to lay the blame for the delayed establishment of an independent rights body at the feet of civil society. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-deflects-blame-over-lack-human-rights-committee
Temple restoration gets US cash
The United States has provided $350,000 to the World Monuments Fund for the fifth phase of the conservation of Phnom Bakheng temple in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095896/temple-restoration-gets-us-cash/
Two cops, others face drug-trafficking charge
Four people – including two police officers – were tried at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly selling a small amount of methamphetamines to an undercover police officer earlier this year. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-cops-others-face-drug-trafficking-charge
Cambodia exports 50 percent more raw cashew nuts in first semester
Cambodia exported more than 545,000 tonnes of raw cashew nut in the first semester of 2024, an increase of 50 percent compared to the same period in 2023, said a report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) on Wednesday. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521384/cambodia-exports-50-percent-more-raw-cashew-nuts-in-first-semester/
Cambodia-Laos MoU on GI
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Laos’ Ministry of Science and Technology last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the protection of trademarks and geographical indications (GI). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29639/cambodia-laos-mou-on-gi/
US crime repatriations on hold
Cambodian heritage criminals convicted in the US will no longer be deported to the kingdom pending the revision of the repatriation agreement between the two countries, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said today. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37779/us-crime-repatriations-on-hold/
Government threatens land rights protesters with legal action
The Commerce Ministry has threatened to take unspecified legal “measures” against anyone joining a protest against a sugarcane plantation who does not have a personal claim in the dispute. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-threatens-land-rights-protesters-with-legal-action-127079/
Evictees demand land within their communities
About 50 protesters, mainly from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities, demonstrated Wednesday morning outside City Hall to demand that governor Pa Socheatvong help them stay within their eviction-hit communities. ...
Mech Dara and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/evictees-demand-land-within-their-communities-76911/
'Morality' clause still worries rights group
A coalition of women’s groups have lashed out at Malaysia for continuing to endorse a “public morality” clause in the draft ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights. They claim the clause is subjective and discriminates against women and sexual minorities and should be ditched. Currently being drafted by ...
Cambodia commits to Anti-Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Cambodia has strongly affirmed its opposition to weapons of mass destruction, WMD, through two new draft laws approved on Friday, May 15. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50724112/cambodia-commits-to-anti-financing-of-proliferation-of-weapons-of-mass-destruction/
WHO lauds successful efforts to reduce malaria in Kingdom
The World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Cambodia Li Ailan has lauded the progress made to combat malaria in the Kingdom. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771118/who-lauds-successful-efforts-to-reduce-malaria-in-kingdom/
Death toll rises to 16 as floods continue in Kingdom
Flash floods killed another five people in the Kingdom while more provinces continue to face challenges caused by heavy rain. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50772528/death-toll-rises-to-16-as-floods-continue-in-kingdom/
Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam up 443% in first three months
Cambodia exported $ 1.47 billion worth of products to Vietnam in the first quarter of 2021, a dramatic increase of 443% from the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853469/cambodias-exports-to-vietnam-up-443-in-first-three-months/
Conservation Agriculture Service with a Fee (CASF) project to place private sector as player in agriculture development
The Minister of Agriculture stated that the CASF project aims to enable the private sector to play a role in the development of conservation agriculture in accordance with the principles of agroecology. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50899880/conservation-agriculture-service-with-a-fee-casf-project-to-place-private-sector-as-player-in-agriculture-development/
National Assembly to host ASEP-11 in November
Cambodia’s National Assembly will host the 11th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP-11) to be held in mid-November 2021 – one of the official side-events of the 13th ASEM Summit. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914850/national-assembly-to-host-asep-11-in-november/