RAC announce launch of modernised Khmer dictionary
The National Council for Khmer Language (NCKL) has announced The publication of an updated Khmer dictionary. Available in both book form and a digital format that can be used on mobile phones and computers, The compiling of The dictionary was completed last year. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rac-announce-launch-modernised-khmer-dictionary
Foreign investments up $45.8b in Q1’23 - NBC
Cambodia recorded a nine percent year-on-year growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) at 185.7 trillion riel ($45.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2023, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) revealed via Twitter yesterday. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-nbc-foreign-investments-up
13th ASEM Summit in Cambodia to continue as planned
The 13th Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM13) will be held in Cambodia as scheduled, said Luy David, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Head of The ASEM13 National Secretariat. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50725907/13th-asem-summit-in-cambodia-to-continue-as-planned/
Australia supports inclusive and resilient road design in Cambodia
The Government of Australia is supporting The Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport to update its road design standards through its Partnership for Infrastructure Programme (P4I), according to The Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355625/australia-supports-inclusive-and-resilient-road-design-in-cambodia/
Russian border guards seize vessel flying Cambodian flag off coast of Primorye
The coastal guard has seized a fishing vessel flying The flag of Cambodia off The cost of Primorye, The press service for The Border Guard Department of The Federal Security Service for The Primorye Territory has reported. The vessel Anteus (registered in Cambodia, owned by The ...
ASEAN not take sides in South China Sea disputes: Cambodian official
The Association of SouTheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) did not take any sides in South China Sea disputes, but supported The settlement of The disputes based on international law and agreed documents, a senior Cambodian official said in Phnom Penh on Sunday. “ASEAN made The statement based on a principle that ...
Ethnic group petitions UN to halt Areng dam
The Areng Chorng ethnic minority group yesterday submitted five petitions – addressed to The UN office in Cambodia and four government institutions – seeking a halt to The Sinohydro dam project in Koh Kong province. After blocking Sinohydro from entering The dam site in The Areng ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-group-petitions-un-halt-areng-dam
Lack of Legal Aid in Cambodia Puts Children, Poor at Risk
A national legal aid system is imperative and must be established to offset a widening gap between those who can afford justice and those who cannot, the representative for the U.N.’s office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia said on Friday. In ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lack-of-legal-aid-in-cambodia-puts-children-poor-at-risk-48219/
ICRC offers prisons help
The International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) is willing to offer assistance in future prison building projects, and in The preparation of prison management policies that are in line with international standards, The National Police website said on Tuesday. According to The website, The ICRC ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30054/icrc-offers-prisons-help/
Inflation Rate at 4.2% to October
Cambodia’s inflation rate increased by 4.2 percent in the 12-month period to October, with food prices accounting for more than half of the rate, according to data released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics. the monthly inflation rate grew from 3.4 percent in August to ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/inflation-rate-at-4-2-to-october-48977/
Govt criticises report by some UN experts on human rights in Cambodia
The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to The United Nations (UN) office and oTher International Organisations in Geneva have criticised a joint news release by some UN experts, accusing Cambodia of harassment and persecution against human rights defenders. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501475852/govt-criticises-report-by-some-un-experts-on-human-rights-in-cambodia/
PM: Ministers must delegate before 2020
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that ministers who do not delegate responsibilities to the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development by 2020 would be removed from office, said Ngan Chamroeun, the body’s secretary-general, who is also a secretary of state at the Ministry of ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-ministers-must-delegate-2020
CPP votes new members to top committee
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on Thursday revamped its organisational structure and elected a furTher seven people to The Permanent Committee of its Central Committee to add to The existing 30 members. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-votes-new-members-top-committee
Cambodia turns away montagnard asylum-seekers from Vietnam
Cambodian authorities on Wednesday refused a request for asylum made by nine Vietnamese Montagnards who had traveled to Phnom Penh to ask for help, and whose presence in the country had previously gone unreported. ...
Ratha Visal and Sek Bandit
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/asylum-10012015163053.html
Nine Vietnamese montagnards fear deportation by Cambodian authorities
Nine Vietnamese Montagnards who are seeking the protection of the United Nations refugee office in Cambodia’s capital said Monday that they fled their homeland last month because of political persecution, and expressed concern about possible deportation by Cambodian authorities. ...
Traffic deaths rise, injuries fall over new year
Although 254 people were either killed or injured in traffic accidents across the Kingdom during this year’s Khmer New Year, and the fatality rate rose, the rate of injury over the four-day celebration decreased when compared with the same period last year, according to a ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23881/traffic-deaths-rise--injuries-fall-over-new-year/
Approved foreign investment drops 43%
The value of foreign investments approved by The government in The first half of this year has dropped more than 43 percent, according to The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC), with experts laying The blame on global and regional economic slowdowns. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30443/approved-foreign-investment-drops-43-/
Kingdom at high risk of natural disasters
A report released on Monday by the United Nations and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) shows that Cambodia’s population is among the world’s 10 most affected by natural disasters. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-high-risk-natural-disasters
Education not curbing use of pesticides: study
Cambodian farmers are mixing pesticides to increase their potency in ways that are known to be hazardous, but increased knowledge of the hazards presented by pesticides does not appear to curb their use, a new study shows. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-not-curbing-use-pesticides-study
Deal gives UAE more confidence to invest
The Kingdom’s investment authority signed an agreement yesterday to promote and protect investments between The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Cambodia, a move government officials hope will attract foreign direct investment from The oil-rich Gulf state, which currently stands at almost zero. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deal-gives-uae-more-confidence-invest