Minister called over SR statues
The National Assembly’s Seventh Commission is to summon the minister of cult and religion for questioning regarding “illegal” religious statues erected last week and subsequently destroyed by authorities in Siem Reap’s Svay Leu district. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-called-over-sr-statues/
New draft of NGO law ‘much worse’ than the last, CCC says
An NGO umbrella group says it has seen a new, leaked copy of a controversial draft law that aims to regulate the country’s hundreds of non-government organizations—and that the latest version marks a significant step backward. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-draft-of-ngo-law-much-worse-than-the-last-ccc-says-85208/
Say Chhum replaces Chea Sim as senate president
A day after the death of CPP President Chea Sim, Say Chhum, the ruling party’s secretary-general, was on Tuesday appointed to succeed him as the president of the Senate, while preparations began for the June 19 national day of mourning for the late figurehead. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/say-chhum-replaces-chea-sim-as-senate-president-85275/
UN to review documents relating to Meas Muth
The U.N. plans to “review” a slew of newly declassified documents that show that judicial police ignored an arrest warrant for Khmer Rouge navy commander and accused war criminal Meas Muth, according to the U.N.’s special expert on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of ...
Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-to-review-documents-relating-to-meas-muth-86199/
Police seek official, VN nationals over mine
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province are searching for four Vietnamese nationals and a local official who were discovered to be operating an illegal gold mine in an area allotted to an Australian exploration firm. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-seek-official-vn-nationals-over-mine
Gov’t gets plaudits for drop in underage sex workers
The International Justice Mission (IJM) yesterday lauded Cambodia’s progress in tackling the child sex trade but stressed more needed to be done, including authorising police to use undercover investigation techniques. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/govt-gets-plaudits-drop-underage-sex-workers
Dengue numbers swelling, says ministry
With cases in the past six months more than doubled compared to last year, the Ministry of Health is urging Cambodians to exercise caution as the Kingdom builds toward an expected periodic dengue outbreak. ...
Sen David and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-numbers-swelling-says-ministry
Minister on artefacts mission
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong will embark on an official visit to Thailand this month to attend a ceremony at which Thai officials will return 16 ancient Cambodian artefacts recovered from smugglers. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-artefacts-mission
Migrants get reprieve
Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand have been granted an extension until March 2016 to register and remain in the country legally, following an official visit to Thailand from Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-get-reprieve
ASEAN urged to harmonise low carbon path to Paris
Environmental groups in Southeast Asia are urging governments of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to present a united and ambitious climate action plan for the upcoming climate conference in Paris this December. ...
Medilyn Manibo
http://www.eco-business.com/news/asean-urged-to-harmonise-low-carbon-path-to-paris/
Eurocham pushes for construction rules
The European Chamber of Commerce on Monday signed an agreement with the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to help it come up with development standards to increase investment in the Kingdom. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13748/eurocham-pushes-for-construction-rules/
Museum puts spotlight on women
The National Museum in Phnom Penh has launched a new exhibition called “Photovoice of Cambodian Women in the Past, at Present, and in the Future.” ...
Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14316/museum-puts-spotlight-on-women/
Single rice brand stirs the pot
The Agriculture Ministry and the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) are at odds over the branding of Cambodia’s premium jasmine rice that would help differentiate it from similar varieties sold by Thailand.The CRF is working on a new brand name that it hopes will help distinguish ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-rice-brand-stirs-pot
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
Gov’t rejects WB’s report
A World Bank report released last month shows that as of 2011-2012 only 7.9 per cent of Cambodia’s arable land was irrigated, with the a Ministry of Water Resources official contesting these numbers as old data and that irrigated land figures were higher than reported. ...
Kun Kourchettana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-rejects-wbs-report
Ministry reports damage from droughts and floods
Floods and droughts destroyed some 67,000ha of paddy fields in the Kingdom last year, resulting in minimal declines to yields and land available for cultivation, the Ministry of Agriculture reported on Monday. Ministry spokesman Srey Vuthy joined a government press unit briefing on Monday to ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-reports-damage-droughts-and-floods
Garment, footwear, and travel goods exports valued at $9.3 billion
Cambodia exported garments, footwear and travel goods worth $9.35 billion in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692028/garment-footwear-and-travel-goods-exports-valued-at-9-3-billion
Push for more toilets on track
An official from the Ministry of Rural Development said on Monday that as of last year, 80 per cent of Cambodians had toilets to use and 65 per cent had access to clean drinking water. The Kingdom aims for all Cambodians to have access to clean ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/push-more-toilets-track
No more stamp duty on homes sold under $70k
The government has decided to exempt the 4 percent stamp tax on all residential properties valued less than $70,000 until January to contribute to sustaining the country’s economic growth. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695071/no-more-stamp-duty-on-homes-sold-under-70k
Labour Ministry urges implementation of suspension of employment contracts
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Friday issued a call for the implementation of the suspension of employment contracts for all garment and textile factories in the Kingdom affected by the shortage of raw materials, resulting from Covid-19. ...