More than 140 unexploded mortar rounds found at Pursat school
A farmer preparing a plot of land for a vegetable garden found a cache of unexploded 60mm mortar rounds from the 1970s on the campus of a secondary school in Pursat province’s Kandieng district over the weekend. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-140-unexploded-mortar-rounds-found-pursat-school
Agriculture Ministry working on forming commune agricultural coordinators across the country
Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina received visiting Dr Christoph Hoffmann, Member of the German Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://Agriculture Ministry working on forming commune agricultural coordinators across the country
School enrollment for early learners remains low
To encourage an uptick in early learning, parents are being encouraged to send their three- to five-year-olds to kindergarten to give their educational journey in a life a positive head start. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/school-enrollment-for-early-learners-remains-low
US gives $56 mln to support Kingdom
The US government has provided a total of $56 million to support Cambodia’s social and economy development programme in 2020, including $18 million to promote the Kingdom’s agriculture sector, according to a joint statement. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50738964/us-gives-56-mln-to-support-kingdom/
Schools ready to open, fear post-COVID-19 crisis
After almost a month of school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, private schools are now getting ready to open soon. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50797803/schools-ready-to-open-fear-post-covid-19-crisis/
Government meeting designs blueprint for schools to reopen
Cambodia’s education sector met for a high-level discussion with the government to forge a path forward for the re-opening of schools. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50880795/government-meeting-designs-blueprint-for-schools-to-reopen/
Prime minister diagnoses NGOs with ‘main character syndrome’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday chided a group of NGOs who boycotted a seminar on a pair of proposed election laws, saying the groups suffered from “main character syndrome.” ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-diagnoses-ngos-with-main-character-syndrome-79458/
Youth forum discusses ‘responsible’ social media use
More than 100 young people gathered yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of social media in Cambodia.At the youth forum, which focused on “Politics in the Digital Age”, youths, monks, politicians and NGO leaders spoke about the increasing importance of social ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-forum-discusses-responsible-social-media-use
5% more women in commune polls
Hang Puthea, National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman, on Monday said that 17 political parties have fielded a total of 86,042 candidates, among them 27,813 are females, equivalent to about 32 percent. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071987/5-more-women-in-commune-polls/
UN urges school reopenings
The UN in Cambodia has encouraged the government to prioritise school reopening as soon as possible to avoid further declines in human capital development. ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/un-urges-school-reopenings
Ministry trains 700 educators weekly to boost online learning
Since the end of September, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has trained 3,292 teachers from secondary resource schools and network schools on how to manage distance learning to run online classes in a high-quality and efficient manner. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-trains-700-educators-weekly-boost-online-learning
Cambodia urges Australian to strengthen economic ties
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told his Australian counterpart Bob Carr Monday that the two countries should strengthen their economic and business ties. ”Political and diplomatic relations between the two countries are good but economic and business relations should be equally good,” he said after the meeting. ...
School feeding supports marginalised students, promotes local food products
While benefiting about 300,000 students across Cambodia, the school feeding programme (SFP) has also transformed into an effective mechanism to promote locally supplied food products. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501518072/school-feeding-supports-marginalised-students-promotes-local-food-products/
NGOs call on the government to restore human rights in Cambodia
Amid a visit by the Special Rapporteur to Cambodia, non-governmental organizations have asked the government to improve human rights conditions in the country, where freedom of expression and political rights continue to be undermined, along with the abuse of political opponents and the shutting down ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/ngos-call-on-the-government-to-restore-human-rights-in-cambodia/
Free school meals programme approved
Officials have given the green light to a scheme that will provide free meals in schools after a pilot programme increased the attendance and nutrition Of over 113,000 students. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/free-school-meals-programme-approved
Acleda to be listed on CSX
Locally-owned Acleda Bank Plc will become the first commercial bank to be listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). It received an official letter to this effect from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on November 26, which allows it to proceed with its plans for ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-be-listed-csx
Cambodia is systematically squashing all forms of dissent
“THE logical approach now”, reckons Naly Pilorge of LICADHO, a Cambodian human-rights watchdog, “would be to continue attacking.” She is talking about a crackdown on all forms of political dissent launched in August by Hun Sen, who has been prime minister for 32 years and ...
The Economist
https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21732850-unions-ngos-and-environmental-activists-are-all-feeling-squeeze-cambodia-systematically
Koreans eyeing bank IPO
Korean investors are looking forward to investing in the local stock market as it prepares to welcome Acleda Bank Plc into its main board. With Acleda Bank, one of the largest banks in the Kingdom, scheduled to go public in upcoming weeks, hundreds of Korean businesspeople ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koreans-eyeing-bank-ipo
Government Decree Regulates Internet Cafe Use
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has ordered that Internet cafes be prohibited from operating within 500 meters of a school and imposing restrictions on patrons under the age of 18. A notice sent to government offices from Telecommunications Minister So Khun, dated November 12, outlines ...
NGO: Data shows ‘wholesale sell-off’
Cambodia should urgently disclose all information about land ownership and rethink its “wholesale sell-off” of the country’s natural resources, a local rights group said yesterday. The call to release information about Cambodia’s land sector, including a declaration of revenues, came as Licadho released an analysis of ...
Daniel Pye and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ngo-data-shows-wholesale-sell