PM nixes ban on dual-national party leaders
In his latest abrupt policy backtracking, Prime Minister Hun Sen used a speech on Thursday to rescind a recently announced plan to ban dual nationals from leading political parties—an effort that had ostensibly been aimed at the self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/104769-104769/
Teaching young women digital literacy
SHE Investments, a social enterprise to support women micro-small entrepreneurs (MSMEs) is joining as a Cambodian partner for Youth Business International’s Rapid Response Recovery Programme, funded by Google.org, to support women entrepreneurs to build digital literacy skills to enable them to recover and rebuild from ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50739209/teaching-young-women-digital-literacy/
Naga 3 pushed back till Sept 2029
Hong Kong-listed casino operator and developer NagaCorp Ltd, known for its flagship NagaWorld integrated resort in Phnom Penh, on June 4 announced that it has moved the $3.5 billion Naga 3 project’s planned completion date from September 30, 2025 to exactly four years later, in ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/naga-3-pushed-back-till-sept-2029
Thailand boosting rubber exports a concern
Rubber growers and exporters have expressed concern that prices will continue to fall as Thailand seeks to boost its natural rubber exports, industry insider Men Sopheak said. In March, the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), which comprises Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, agreed to reduce rubber ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thailand-boosting-rubber-exports-concern
CBC wins consumer credit reporting award
Independent financial information provider Credit Bureau (Cambodia) Co Ltd (CBC) scooped an award for “Excellence in Consumer Credit Reporting”, CBC said in a January 5 press release. UK-based “reputed international business magazine” Global Business Outlook (GBO) honoured the locally-owned CBC for its “exceptional performance” in Cambodia’s ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cbc-wins-consumer-credit-reporting-award
NatureLife employing tech to conserve wildlife
NatureLife Cambodia, a national conservation organisation, documented 29 bird species, including six globally endangered ones, and one mammal species. The documentation was made by its community members utilising SMART, a smartphone application for patrolling community protected areas. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/naturelife-employing-tech-conserve-wildlife
UN, EU supporting SMEs involved in fisheries in Cambodia via Capfish-Capture program
Capfish-Capture, a project organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is giving technical and financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia’s fishing industry to promote compliance with international food safety standards, allow SMEs to upgrade their machinery, connect SMEs with microfinance ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501287791/un-eu-supporting-smes-involved-in-fisheries-in-cambodia-via-capfish-capture-program/
Calls for tighter regulations to end drunk driving
Calls are being made for tighter restrictions on alcohol advertising and tougher punishments for drunk drivers after four people were left dead and another four injured in the latest fatal smash to plague Cambodia’s roads. ...
Chhim PichBormey
https://kiripost.com/stories/calls-for-tighter-regulations-to-end-drunk-driving
Concern over pollution as Yeak Loum Lake’s water changes colour
The water in Yeak Loum Lake, a main norTheastern tourism site in Ratanakiri province, has changed its colour. . ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50816841/concern-over-pollution-as-yeak-loum-lakes-water-changes-colour/
Tourists flock to amazing Angkor Botanical Garden
More and more tourists have flocked into Angkor Botanical Garden in Siem Reap province after the official inauguration last week. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081095/tourists-flock-to-amazing-angkor-botanical-garden/
Vietnam increasing Cambodia’s electricity supply by 400MW
Vietnam will increase its electricity supply to Cambodia to 400 megawatts or more to boost the Kingdom’s economy and to help prevent blackouts or power shortages from occurring. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501530165/vietnam-increasing-cambodias-electricity-supply-by-400mw/
Transparency International: Cambodia’s budget process lacks transparency and regulation
Cambodia’s budgetary process lacks transparency and sufficient regulation, according to a publication this month from the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) Cambodia. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/transparency-international-cambodias-budget-process-lacks-transparency-and-regulation/
Garment workers request for water mist fans as rising temperatures affect health and productivity
Garment workers in Phnom Penh and Kandal, Takeo and Kampong Chhnang provinces have asked their companies to install water mist fans in the factory amid rising temperatures. ...
Runn Sreydeth and Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/garment-workers-request-for-water-mist-fans-as-rising-temperatures-affect-health-and-productivity/
World Bank extends $79.5M to improve education quality and access in Cambodia
The World Bank approved an additional $79.5 million to enhance education quality and access in Cambodia. ...
Ly Rosslan
https://cambojanews.com/world-bank-extends-79-5m-to-improve-education-quality-and-access-in-cambodia/
Court Warns Kem Sokha to Cease ‘Political Activity’
A Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge on Wednesday rejected the prosecution’s request that former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha be rearrested for allegedly violating his bail conditions. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/court-warns-kem-sokha-to-cease-political-activity/
Thailand frees six Cambodian refugees six months after detention at Paris Peace Agreement training
Six refugees who were arrested during a Paris Peace Agreements (PPA) training on December 29 last year and detained at the Suan Plu Immigration Detention Center in Thailand were released from mid-June to June 25. ...
Seoung Nimol and Tep Suokeany
https://cambojanews.com/thailand-frees-six-cambodian-refugees-six-months-after-detention-at-paris-peace-agreement-training/
Government kicks off pension scheme for private sector
The government has launched a social security pension fund aimed at providing retirement benefits to private sector employees, in a move applauded by civil society groups and workers. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/government-kicks-off-pension-scheme-for-private-sector/
Prime minister orders armed forces to shoot down drones along Vietnam border
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered troops stationed along the border with Vietnam to start “shooting down” unidentified drones flying into Cambodia’s territory, in a Tuesday Facebook Live post. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-minister-orders-armed-forces-to-shoot-down-drones-along-vietnam-border/
Opposition party members beaten and slashed in multiple assaults, NGO reports
A Candlelight Party youth organizer in Phnom Penh was buying a coffee on April 6 when two men in black sped towards him on a motorbike and pulled out a metal baton, striking him on the shoulder. ...
Phon Sotthyroth and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/opposition-party-members-beaten-and-slashed-in-multiple-assaults-ngo-reports/
PM Hun Manet aborts coal power plant project in Botum Sakor district
The new government has abandoned plans to build a $1.5 billion 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, deciding instead to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant. ...
Pok Ponlue and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/pm-hun-manet-aborts-coal-power-plant-project-in-botum-sakor-district/
