Factory fainting: Garment workers fall ill in Kampong Speu
About 60 workers at the Anful Garment factory in Kampong Speu’s Samrong Tong district reported feeling dizzy yesterday, while three fainted, officials said. The union president also said she did not think the incident was caused by the factory environment, but rather, by the health ...
Three brokers arrested for human smuggling
Three brokers were arrested last Friday after allegedly attempting to illegally smuggle nine Cambodians, including an infant, across the Thai border. Lured with promises of employment in Thailand, the group was attempting to illegally cross the border on motos when they were stopped by police ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-brokers-arrested-human-smuggling
Sokha blasts ‘dictatorial’ leaders
Less than two weeks after 11 opposition activists were handed lengthy prison sentences for their role in an attempted “insurrection” in July 2014, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy Kem Sokha took aim at the ruling party in a pointed, yet veiled, speech to a gathering ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-blasts-dictatorial-leaders
Airport bribes continue to plague visitors
International visitors to Cambodia are still being asked to hand over small bribes upon entering the country, despite promises over the past few years to stamp out the practice, the head of a tourism working group said he told the government during his last meeting ...
Huot Chanpav and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/airport-bribes-continue-to-plague-visitors-90755/
NEC to test online election system next year
Cambodia will test run an online election process early next year to evaluate the effectiveness of such a system for the Kingdom. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50790003/nec-to-test-online-election-system-next-year/
Natural resources crime on the rise
Natural Resources crime in Cambodia is on the rise by 34.42 percent as compared with last year, the Ministry of Environment said today. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50799245/natural-resources-crime-on-the-rise/
Ministry seeks more donations for vaccines to achieve herd immunity
The Health Ministry has appealed for public donations to purchase more vaccines to inoculate the targeted 80 percent of the population. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50825178/ministry-seeks-more-donations-for-vaccines-to-achieve-herd-immunity/
Public hospitals must test all patients for C-19
The Ministry of Health has ordered public hospitals nationwide to test all patients for COVID-19 before they are admitted, according to a letter signed by Health Minister Mam Bun Heng. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853950/public-hospitals-must-test-all-patients-for-c-19/
Curfew extended in Banteay Meanchey’s Serey Sophorn city for another week
Banteay Meanchey Provincial Governor Oum Reatrey today issued an order to continue restrictions in Serey Sophorn city for another week from today to May 21 to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ...
Imported meat from India infested with Covid-19 virus
Cambodian customs authorities seized 3 containers of frozen buffalo meat imported from India that contained Covid-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902129/imported-meat-from-india-infested-with-covid-19-virus/
Journalists in Phnom Penh will start receiving ‘booster dose’ from September 8th
The Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination says the media in Phnom Penh will receive the third dose of AstraZeneca at the National Children’s Hospital from September 8 to 15, 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913803/journalists-in-phnom-penh-will-start-receiving-booster-dose-from-september-8th/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Major banks”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Major banks”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of major banks in Cambodia, together with the related contents such as top banks in Cambodia, legislation, response to protect financial customers, the Association ...
Cambodia buys power generator from Finland
Cambodia has officially signed an agreement to buy a power generator from Finland, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official Facebook page. The Cambodian government approved the purchase of the 200MW power generator from Finland for $175 million, with it set to further bolster Phnom ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-buys-power-generator-finland
China’s embassy mocks US over Lon Nol claims
The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia on Friday issued a statement singling out the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), not the US government itself, as the culprit in the 1970 Lon Nol coup d’etat, apparently mocking last week’s denial by the US Embassy in Cambodia of ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/chinas-embassy-mocks-us-over-lon-nol-claims
Two more seats added to the National Assembly
The National Election Committee announced yesterday that the number of National Assembly seats for the upcoming national election will increase by two, bringing the total to 125. NEC spokesman Dim Sovannarom said that two more seats were added to the 123-seat National Assembly in compliance with ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50269628/two-more-seats-added-to-the-national-assembly/
Official preliminary results show higher voter turnout
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Saturday announced the official preliminary results of the sixth Cambodian national elections. The revised figures show voter turnout on July 29 was in fact 83.02 per cent – higher than the 82.89 per cent revealed in unofficial results shortly ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-preliminary-results-show-higher-voter-turnout
Officials helping migrants in Thailand
Cambodian embassy officials in Thailand are now assisting migrant workers in Thai prisons by providing lawyers for them. Embassy officials also announced they are looking for relatives of a Cambodian man who died in Thailand late last month to take his body, which is being ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28418/officials-helping-migrants-in-thailand/
Fire destroys 33 recycling collectors’ houses
The cause of a fire that destroyed more than 30 houses on Tuesday in a small slum inhabited by recycling collectors, in an area surrounded by new housing developments in southern Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, will likely be determined today, according to officials. ...
Buth Kimsay and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fire-destroys-33-recycling-collectors-houses-114770/
Four at large following prison break
Provincial prison chief Tin Sovanny said five prisoners had sawed off the bars of their prison cell at 3am on Saturday, using a blade they had kept hidden in their cells. One prisoner was found hiding in the forest near the prison, but the remaining ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38799/four-at-large-following-prison-break/
US committed to maintaining good relations
The United States is committed to maintaining bilateral relations with Cambodia in order to resolve some outstanding issues.Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn met with US Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, chairman of the US House Appropriations Committee, at the ministry yesterday where they mainly discussed relations between ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109640/us-committed-maintaining-good-relations/