Villagers in Koh Kong seek land dispute resolution
197 families in Koh Kong province’s Chi khor loeu commune, Sre Ambel district have filed a complaint to the Ministry of Interior to take legal action against the Heng Huy Company which has supposedly encroached on more than 400 hectares of their land. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50931236/villagers-in-koh-kong-seek-land-dispute-resolution/
Monkeypox deadly with lack of care, says Vandine
Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine said monkeypox could be deadly because the lesions can progress to cover a patient completely, leading to complications affecting the organs in the human body. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monkeypox-deadly-lack-care-says-vandine
World leaders share best wishes with Hun Manet
World leaders have been quick to convey their congratulations to Hun Manet as he took the reins as Prime Minister of Cambodia on August 22. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-leaders-share-best-wishes-hun-manet
Foreign tourist arrivals generated $1.4 billion in 2022
Cambodia welcomed 2.28 million foreign tourists last year, injecting $1.4 billion to the national economy. The Ministry of tourism’s report showed that the revenue had an increase of 667 percent compared to 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501257327/foreign-tourist-arrivals-generated-1-4-billion-in-2022/
EU explores investment opportunities in Cambodia
An EU-ASEAN Business Council delegation landed in Cambodia to look into long-term investments in the country. In the first installment of two, Kiripost sits down with executive director, Chris Murphy, to see what progress was made. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/eu-explores-investment-opportunities-in-cambodia
Journalists Trade Blows Over Cash From Wood Smugglers
Two journalists fought it out over cash being paid to them by a wood smuggler along National Road 7 in Kratie province’s Snuol district, landing one of them in the hospital with a head injury on Wednesday morning, a provincial police official said. Kong Sa Im, ...
National Police issue new orders
National Police chief Neth Savoeun instructed all police officers on Tuesday to oppose the practice of using Cambodian land as sanctuaries or bases to oppose neighbouring countries. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-police-issue-new-orders
Gasoline prices down by over a third
According to a data graphic from the Ministry of Commerce released on Thursday, regular petrol went from 3,550 riel ($0.88) to 2,250 riel ($0.56) per litre, representing a 36.6 percent decrease. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714010/gasoline-prices-down-by-over-a-third/
Sustainable goals target pushed back
The Cambodian Prime Minister has suggested that the deadline of 2030 to achieve the goals of sustainable development (SDGs) might need to be reset because the progress of the agenda has been affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sorn Sararth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50768526/sustainable-goals-target-pushed-back/
IDPoor cards revoked from 6,000 families over discovery of fraud
Over 6,000 families from the first two rounds of IDPoor registration were found to have manipulated their socio-economic status to benefit from the government-funded cash aid scheme, the Ministry of Planning said yesterday. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746782/idpoor-cards-revoked-from-6000-families-over-discovery-of-fraud/
New coal-fired power plant in national park commissioned
The Kingdom’s tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group has secured 168.8 hectares of land in Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor National Park under a leasing agreement to develop a 700 megawatt (mW) coal power plant, according to a government sub-decree. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753768/new-coal-fired-power-plant-in-national-park-commissioned/
Air base substation commissioned as hottest months near
State-run energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) has commissioned a 115kV high-voltage substation to supply Phnom Penh residents with power as demand soars, according to its director-general Keo Rottanak. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/air-base-substation-commissioned-hottest-months-near
Voter list posting draws 15 complaints, NEC says
As of January 9, a total of 15 complaints had been filed by citizens to their commune councils nationwide regarding their election registration either being incorrect or improperly deleted, according to the National Election Committee (NEC). ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-list-posting-draws-15-complaints-nec-says
Kingdom’s Covid vaccinations surpass 90%: ministry
The Ministry of Health has announced that Covid-19 vaccinations have now surpassed 90 per cent of the total population, while the campaign to inoculate children aged 3 to 4 began on February 23. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-covid-vaccinations-surpass-90-ministry
NEC bans candidates illiterate in Khmer
The National Election Committee (NEC) has disqualified from the upcoming commune council election 20 Candlelight Party candidates who were discovered to be illiterate, according to a notice dated March 18. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/nec-bans-candidates-illiterate-khmer
Public warned of dengue fever
The National Dengue Control Programme (NDCP) reminded people to be vigilant against dengue fever, as the first five months of this year saw more than 1,200 confirmed cases of the disease, an increase of about 300 compared to the same period last year. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-warned-dengue-fever
Cambodia reports elevated dengue fever activity reported nationwide as of August 1
Health authorities continue to report elevated dengue fever activity nationwide in Cambodia, with an additional 3,363 cases reported from June 27-July 23; bringing the total to more than 8,020 since Jan. 1. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336328/cambodia-reports-elevated-dengue-fever-activity-reported-nationwide-as-of-august-1/
Big $0.3B tyre plant finished ‘by May’
Construction work on a massive tyre factory in Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) is expected to be completed by May, according to Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration spokesman Kheang Phearom on January 3. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/big-03b-tyre-plant-finished-may
Mekong electrification $600M project gets first tranche of $120M
The project to electrify Cambodia’s river systems, which is expected to cost a total of $600 million over five years, received its first tranche of $120 million in funding. The funding came in from the commercial arm of a major multilateral bank. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501458780/mekong-electrification-600m-project-gets-first-tranche-of-120m/
Rice exports down 15% year-on-year in January
Cambodia exported 50,450 tonnes of rice worth $39 million to the international market in January, down 15.39 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) secretary-general Lun Yeng said on Sunday. Yeng told The Post that Cambodian rice exports to ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-down-15-year-year-january