Angkor’s air to undergo examination
Many visit Siem Reap province’s Angkorian-era temples for the views and the atmosphere, but the Apsara Authority wants to find out if that atmosphere is toxic. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkors-air-undergo-examination
Facebook battle over NGO law
The National Assembly may have approved The contentious Law on Associations and NGOs (LANGO), but some young people are still urging The government to scrap it. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13552/facebook-battle-over-ngo-law/
LNG imported from China to Cambodia
Local business Cambodian Natural Gas Co Ltd and Chinese firm CNOOC Gas Power Group Co Ltd teamed up in importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to distribute within Cambodia’s market. The company’s officers said The cooperation is to import The LNG to supply demand in The ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50680059/lng-imported-from-china-to-cambodia
U.S. Government support assists more than 2,500 flood-affected families in Pursat
Cambodia recently suffer the worse flood in the history, people suffer dramatically over 200 thousand household suffer from the flood therefore. On 02 November 2020, the U.S. government through U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and distributed through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) ...
U.S. Embassy in Cambodia
Two Vietnamese men sent to Mondulkiri court for illegal logging
Two Vietnamese nationals and a Cambodian were sent to Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Wednesday for their involvement in forestry crimes. Mondulkiri provincial Military Police commander Hem Bonarel told the Post on Wednesday the trio was arrested on Tuesday in Banlung town. He declined to provide ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-vietnamese-men-sent-mondulkiri-court-illegal-logging
Election will go forward without NGO observers, official says
The upcoming national election on July 29 will take place as scheduled despite no officials from civil society being registered to monitor The process, a senior CPP official said yesterday. Sok Eysan, spokesman for The ruling CPP, said that The national election was approaching and ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50299670/election-will-go-forward-without-ngo-observers-official-says/
Prey Lang group receives award
The Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) has received The prestigious 2019 Energy Globe Award, a group representative said on Monday. The awards are known as “Nature’s Nobel Prize”. Ek Sovanna, a PLCN representative in Kratie province, told The Post on Monday that PLCN had won ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-group-receives-award
Police detain six illegal loggers from Laos
Stung Treng provincial police have detained six illegal loggers from Laos who were caught crossing in the province on Friday. Provincial police chief Major General Mao Dara yesterday said that the six men are awaiting repatriation to Laos under an agreement between the countries on ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50534075/police-detain-six-illegal-loggers-from-laos/
Tuk-tuk association to lodge complaint against Licadho
The Cambodia Confederation Development Association (CCDA), a well-known tuk-tuk and moto-taxi association, plans to lodge complaints against local rights group Licadho next week over a statement The NGO co-signed with 33 oTher civil society groups regarding The association’s involvement in a Saturday protest at The ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21235/tuk-tuk-association-to-lodge-complaint-against-licadho/
ANZ: good growth but diversify
Cambodia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is predicted to grow around 7.2 percent this year, buoyed up by clothing and apparel exports to the European Union (EU), according to estimates by the ANZ Group. the banking group also advised the Kingdom to diversify its economy and ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28144/anz--good-growth-but-diversify/
Workers from shuttered garment factory demand wages
More than 500 garment workers from a shuttered garment factory in the capital’s Dangkor district are demanding their salaries after the firm’s owner ran away.According to its website, the Chinese-owned Muse Garment (Cambodia) Factory Limited produced pants and shorts exclusively for the European market. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-shuttered-garment-factory-demand-wages
NEC: migrants can’t vote
The National Election Committee (NEC) dismissed a request to help migrant workers vote in The upcoming elections, despite creating a system similar to what was requested for soldiers only seven days ago. NEC spokesman Hang PuThea said They would be unable to help The roughly ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31044/nec--migrants-can---t-vote/
Ministry says factory was operating illegally
Soeun Phal, a 27-year-old security guard, and Kong Phanny, a 61-year-old cleaner, died when a wood-fired steam generator exploded. The guard, who did not know how to operate The machine, had been seen adding more wood to The generator’s fire before The explosion, authorities and ...
Buth Kimsay and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-says-factory-was-operating-illegally-127868/
Rice storage facilities ready next month
The rice storage facilities funded by The government under a lending scheme will be ready within a month, with sector insiders claiming They will be key in helping The ailing rice industry recover. The government has disbursed more than $30 million in loans to build silos, ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105719/rice-storage-facilities-ready-next-month/
Legal status in sight for workers in Thailand
Cambodian workers in Thailand will be able to collect legal documents to legitimise their presence in the country this week. the Committee for Legalising Cambodian Workers Residing and Working in Thailand will begin issuing both travel documents and Overseas Cambodian Workers Cards under the ongoing 100-day ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085082/legal-status-sight-workers-thailand/
Government Orders Railway Repairs to Start
The government has ordered French construction firm TSO (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. to resume work repairing The railway line between Phnom Penh and Serei Saophoan City in Banteay Meanchey province, an official said yesterday. The French firm has been contracted to rehabilitate The France-build railway – a ...
Hor Namhong meets with Australia’s visiting Foreign Minister
Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Saturday met with Australia’s visiting counterpart to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Hor Namhong briefed Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop about the political situation in Cambodia, assuring her that there is no political deadlock in the Kingdom. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZmE4NDEzN2M5NDN
One refugee on Nauru takes up resettlement offer, says Cambodian official
Just one refugee on Nauru has taken up the Australian government’s offer to settle Cambodia, according to a Cambodian official. A Cambodian interior ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily that a Rohingya man was so far the only refugee who had taken up the ...
Paul Farrell
http://bit.ly/1DD4nl4
South Korea contributes to expand Cambodia’s COVID-19 testing capacity
The South Korean government today donated COVID-19 test kits to The Cambodian Health Ministry to aid in The Kingdom’s fight against The deadly pandemic. ...
Bridge construction caused flooding under Choam Chao flyover
The Phnom Penh Public Works and Transport Department says that The flooding under The Choam Chao flyover will not happen again when The bridge is completed. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928943/bridge-construction-caused-flooding-under-choam-chao-flyover/