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/
Information about New Generation School
Source: New Generation School Annual Report 2022 ...
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
More than 70 money laundering cases uncovered since global watchdog’s grey listing
After global money-laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force placed the Kingdom on its grey list last year, the Interior Ministry has cracked down on 75 cases, seized about $8 million and confiscated nearly 3,000 vehicles. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50702059/more-than-70-money-laundering-cases-uncovered-since-global-watchdogs-grey-listing/
Deputy governor in graft probe
Battambang provincial deputy governor Sou Arafat was questioned by the anti-corruption unit (ACU) in Phnom Penh on Wednesday about land corruption in Koas Krala district involving Oknha Sorng Thorn. ACU head Om Yentieng told The Post on Thursday said the probe is ongoing and there ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deputy-governor-graft-probe
Police injured in land dispute, four detained
Preah Sihanouk police continued to question four suspects on Sunday in connection with using machinery to clear land in the Ream National Park area and assaulting authorities. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-injured-land-dispute-four-detained
Civil society forced to take Human Rights Day celebrations online
Civil society groups and human rights non-governmental organizations knew in 2019 that it would be the last time International Human Rights Days would be a holiday, after the government did away with five national holidays to increase annual work days. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/civil-society-forced-to-take-human-rights-day-celebrations-online/
Announcement on the implementation policy to encourage Angkor archeological sites entrance ticket sales
On 10 March 2021, Angkor Enterprise released an announcement on the implementation policy to encourage Angkor archeological sites entrance ticket sales to facilitate tourism services and ensure the attractiveness to tourists to Angkor archeological sites during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Angkor Enterprise
Lumpy Skin Disease jabs for cattle ordered to contain outbreak
Cambodia has ordered 200,000 doses Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) vaccines from Africa to inoculate cattle across the Kingdom and will order another 100,000 doses to contain the LSD outbreak which has reached nearly 7,000 cases nationwide. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908842/lumpy-skin-disease-jabs-for-cattle-ordered-to-contain-outbreak/
PM adds $2 to minimum wage agreed for next year
The National Council on Minimum Wage (NCMW) voted to set minimum wage for workers in the garment, textile and footwear sectors at $192 for 2022. Prime Minister Hun Sen then stepped in to add $2 to the total, making it $194 per month. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-adds-2-minimum-wage-agreed-next-year
CMAC clearing Koh Ker temple complex
The National Authority for Preah Vihear (NAPV) will cooperate with the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) to begin a joint operation to clear mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in two areas located in the Koh Ker temple complex in Preah Vihear province. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-clearing-koh-ker-temple-complex