Irrawaddy Dolphin carcass found in Kratie city
Fishermen in Kratie province on Friday found the carcass of a female Irrawaddy dolphin, weighing nearly 200 kilograms, in Kratie city. A WWF statement on Friday said that its research team, in collaboration with provincial fisheries administration officials, estimated that the marine mammal was between ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50603276/irrawaddy-dolphin-carcass-found-in-kratie-city/
Increase in electricity production as rain hits Kingdom
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the Kingdom’s hydropower stations can now produce 600 out of 1,400 megawatts required to power the country due to rain during the past few days. Mr Hun Sen made the statement during an anniversary event commemorating World Red Cross ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50602093/increase-in-electricity-production-as-rain-hits-kingdom/
Cambodia: Farmers eager to grow organic veg over rice
Cambodian farmers are eager to cultivate organic vegetables rather than rice, as not only do vegetables command higher prices, but they are also quicker to grow. According to the World Bank, vegetables fetch an income of $1575 per hectare while it is $544 per hectare ...
Fresh Plaza Team
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/160852/Cambodia-Farmers-eager-to-grow-organic-veg-over-rice
Prime-time ban on foreign productions from new year
The directive banning the screening of foreign films during the prime-time slot at Cambodia-based television stations will move ahead and be more strictly enforced from January 1, according to the Information Ministry. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18953/prime-time-ban-on-foreign-productions-from-new-year/
Endangered turtle hatchlings released into Mekong
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) yesterday released 150 endangered Asian giant softshell turtles into the wild as part of a “community protection programme”, the organisation announced. Gathered from nests guarded by local communities, including former egg harvesters, the hatchlings were released into their natural habitat ...
Jovina Chua
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-turtle-hatchlings-released-mekong
Sesan residents brace for floods
The doors of the Lower Sesan II dam were closed on Saturday for a monthlong test run, forcing more than 100 families holding out in Stung Treng’s Srekor and Kbal Romea communes to prepare for floods. Since the doors’ closure on Saturday morning, water levels ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-residents-brace-floods
CPP wins Doung recount
After a full recount, the NEC said the results now stood at 2,611 votes to the CPP and 2,609 to the CNRP, handing the commune that was initially won by the opposition to the ruling party. The body said it deliberated on 141 invalid ballots, ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-wins-doung-recount
Angkor Wat voted world’s top tourist site
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat was yesterday named the world’s number one landmark in TripAdvisor’s 2017 Traveller’s Choice awards. The World Heritage site beat competition from the likes of India’s Taj Mahal, Peru’s Machu Picchu, and St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City to take the top spot. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38710/angkor-wat-voted-world---s-top-tourist-site/
Court orders strikers back to work
The Kandal Provincial Court ordered thousands of striking garment employees back to work for the second time yesterday, but they will continue fighting until their demands are met, a union president said. Workers at Ang Snuol district’s Tai Nan I, Tai Nan II and Camwell factorieshave ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070457188/National-news/court-orders-strikers-back.html
King’s role in talks up for debate
King Norodom Sihamoni would welcome a role as mediator in talks between the Cambodia National Rescue Party and Cambodian People’s Party, an adviser to the Royal family has said. Om Daravuth, an adviser to the office of Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, said that the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king%E2%80%99s-role-talks-debate
Election groups call for access to reform talks
More than two months after the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP agreed to discuss sweeping reform to the election system, civil society groups working on electoral reform in the country called Tuesday for more transparency in talks between the parties as they hammer out the ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-groups-call-for-access-to-reform-talks-69363/
Without new skills, Cambodian workers face challenges in ASEAN
With Asean integration growing closer, Cambodia’s workers will need new skills if they are to compete in an open region, labor experts say. Cambodia’s industry brings in billions of dollars for the economy and employs more than 600,000 workers, but it will not be able ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/without-new-skills-cambodian-workers-face-challenges-in-asean/2847736.html
Over 100 construction workers stage protest over missing wages
More than 100 workers at a construction site in Preah Sihanouk province’s Sihanoukville protested and demanded four month’s worth of missing wages. ...
Timber baron branches into fuel
Timber baron Try Pheap, who has previously been accused of running large-scale illegal timber operations in protected forest areas and making millions off the Kingdom’s natural resources, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday to launch a new business venture, PAPA Petroleum Co Ltd. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/timber-baron-branches-fuel
Ministry shares 2020 agri-export numbers
The Kingdom exported $4.037 billion in agricultural products in 2020, according to data from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800406/ministry-shares-2020-agri-export-numbers/
Cambodia successfully vaccinates one million people nationwide
As of 11 April 2021, Cambodia has vaccinated 1 million armed forces, civil servants, and civilians nationwide, according to a press release. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50837407/cambodia-successfully-vaccinates-one-million-people-nationwide/
Cambodia-South Korea trade reaches $635 million
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea surged 11.33 percent to $635.5 million during the first eight months of this year, as the two countries set to sign their free trade pact next month. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50942123/cambodia-south-korea-trade-reaches-635-million/
Cambodia, Russia pledge to boost military cooperation
Cambodia and Russia have pledged to further boost cooperation in all sectors, especially in the field of military after the COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50931896/cambodia-russia-pledge-to-boost-military-cooperation/
World heads into New Year facing Covid’s Omicron ‘tsunami’, Cambodia bracing but confident
Cambodia’s official daily new COVID case total (diagnosed by PCR test) indicate 14 more Omicron cases – bringing the total cases of the new variant to 48 and the COVID case total to 120,487 cases. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50998277/world-heads-into-new-year-facing-covids-omicron-tsunami-cambodia-bracing-but-confident/
Sharp drop in Molnupiravir use as infections get milder
There is a sharp drop in the use of Molnupiravir capsules to treat Covid-19 infection and instead people are thought to be using simple over-the-counter medicines to treat symptoms or similar conditions. Molnupiravir is also considered unaffordable by many. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060021/sharp-drop-in-molnupiravir-use-as-infections-get-milder/