Japan sends experts to help Cambodia with election reforms
Japan sent a team of expert to Cambodia to identify the needs for the election reforms, according to a press statement released by the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh today. The Japanese Embassy said that a study team was dispatched by the Government of Japan to ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NGNmYzlkYjgzZDB
More than 90 villagers contract Chikungunya in Kandal province
The head of Kandal provincial health department Kuy Bunthoeun said that 298 people have fallen ill in a suspected outbreak of Chikungunya in the province. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50767005/more-than-90-villagers-contract-chikungunya-in-kandal-province/
Mondulkiri’s rangers cracked down over 1,500 forest crimes in first nine months
Government’s park rangers in Cambodia’s natural resource-rich province of Mondulkiri have cracked down 1,528 forest crimes in the first nine months of 2020. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50770716/mondulkiris-rangers-cracked-down-over-1500-forest-crimes-in-first-nine-months/
New expressway, Capital to Bavet city
The Cambodian government has plans to build an expressway from Phnom Penh to Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city, said the Office Of the Council Of Ministers in a statement released today. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746113/new-expressway-capital-to-bavet-city/
Prey Veng’s potential as a Wetland Zone mulled as Protected Natural Area
The Ministry of Environment is planning to include parts of a potential multi-purpose wetland area locally called “Boeungsne-Tuolporn Talei” in Prey Veng province as a protected natural area. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746197/prey-vengs-potential-as-a-wetland-zone-mulled-as-protected-natural-area/
Digital education will continue to be a priority
The Ministry of Education is cooperating with the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation of Unesco (Unesco-ICHEI) to diversify higher education with more digital-focussed programmes ...
Kuch Nithatevy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50763513/digital-education-will-continue-to-be-a-priority/
Cambodia logs a new COVID-19 case, bringing tally to 286
In two consecutive days, Cambodia registered another new imported case of COVID-19 on a Polish man today, raising the tally of infections to 286. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50775390/cambodia-logs-a-new-covid-19-case-bringing-tally-to-286/
Ad-hoc commission on vaccination process formed
An ad-hoc commission, headed by the Ministry of Health secretary of state Or Vandine, will be formed for COVID-19 vaccination, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. . ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50825716/ad-hoc-commission-on-vaccination-process-formed/
Cambodian Sarus Crane’s number declining
By the morning of Jan. 18, 2021, a total of 59 sarus crane arrived Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in Kampong Trach, Kampot, according to BirdLife International Cambodia Programme. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804806/cambodian-sarus-cranes-number-declining/
Four arrested for illegal rosewood
Police in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district arrested four men yesterday, accused of transporting nearly 400 kilogrammes of rosewood from a protected forest area without permission. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50835694/four-arrested-for-illegal-rosewood/
Drought destroys rice crops in Siem Reap
A prolonged drought has caused damage to more than 14,000ha of rice fields in Siem Reap province, with more damages expected should the lack of rain continue. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drought-destroys-rice-crops-siem-reap
Cambodia’s seven-month exports to US surge 27 percent
Cambodia’s exports were valued at $4,298 million in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 26.8 percent, according to data from the US Census Bureau. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50929929/cambodias-seven-month-exports-to-us-surge-27-percent/
Cambodia exports to Japan nets $291 million in January-February
Cambodia exported $291 million worth of goods to Japan in the first two months of this year, inching down 1.9 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501058463/cambodia-exports-to-japan-nets-291-million-in-january-february/
NEC to set election date for new districts
The National Election Committee (NEC) is preparing to set the date for the election of councillors of the new five districts created by the government through a sub-decree. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209678/nec-to-set-election-date-for-new-districts/
UNGA President hails Cambodia for its key contribution to UN peacekeeping missions
Visiting President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid on Monday praised Cambodia for its key contribution to keeping peace in the world, according to a senior Cambodian official. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501137025/unga-president-hails-cambodia-for-its-key-contribution-to-un-peacekeeping-missions/
CPP President congratulates Xi Jinping for re-election as CPC General Secretary
Hun Sen, President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has extended his sincere congratulations to Xi Jinping on his re-election as General Secretary Communist Party of China (CPC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501173582/cpp-president-congratulates-xi-jinping-for-re-election-as-cpc-general-secretary/
Duty calls: Strikers told they must go back to work
The Arbitration Council yesterday ordered protesting workers in Kampong Cham province to return to their factory today, as a union official reported that their numbers had swelled to nearly 3,000 outside the provincial hall in their third demonstration this week over an ongoing labour dispute. Free ...
After NEC reform, Rainsy says higher wages are top priority
CNRP leader Sam Rainsy said Wednesday that a higher minimum wage for garment workers and civil servants would be the opposition’s top legislative priority—after reconstituting the National Election Committee (NEC)—when it takes the 55 National Assembly seats it has been boycotting for the past year. The ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-nec-reform-rainsy-says-higher-wages-are-top-priority-64798/
Royal turtle eggs found in Koh Kong
Three royal turtle nests containing 51 eggs have been found in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district. The discovery was made by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), fisheries administration officials, and conservationists from the local community. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-turtle-eggs-found-koh-kong