Hun Sen Mute After Initial Election Remarks
Over the past three weeks, a standoff between the long-ruling CPP and newly strengthened opposition CNRP has made for an increasingly tense political environment. But almost entirely missing from the equation has been Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose last public appearance was 18 days ago when ...
Colin Meyn and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/hun-sen-mute-after-initial%E2%80%88election-remarks-40372/
Tanks, Rocket Launchers Seen Leaving Sihanoukville
Defense Minister Tea Banh on Thursday said that truckloads of tanks and mounted rocket launchers seen by witnesses leaving the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port in the direction of Phnom Penh would be used to protect the country in the case that someone “tries to Destroy the ...
Khuon Narim and Chhorn Chansy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tanks-rocket-launchers-seen-leaving-sihanoukville-39825/
Investors Play Down Impact of Labor Strikes
Economists and analysts on Thursday shrugged off the opposition CNRP’s threat to stage nationwide labor strikes, arguing that while such a move could lower profits for companies in the short term, it would not significantly deter foreign investors. Mr. Rainsy, who mentioned the possibility of strikes ...
Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/investors-play-down-impact-of-labor-strikes-43694/
CSOs seek input on climate policies
Civil society and government representatives met at the Royal University of Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss how both sides can cooperate to formulate climate change policies that fulfill the Kingdom’s treaty obligations in the wake of the historic climate accord reached in Paris earlier this ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/csos-seek-input-climate-policies
$1.2 billion S Korean loan for Cambodia’s priority projects
The South Korean government has pledged an additional concession loan package of $1.2 billion to finance a number of priority projects in Cambodia. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501050282/1-2-billion-s-korean-loan-for-cambodias-priority-projects/
Paxlovid Covid pill authorised for patients 12 and over
The Ministry of Health, National Commission for Combating Covid-19 (“NCCC”) and commission in charge of medical drug supply have authorised and arranged for the import of Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill to treat Covid-19 in patients aged 12 years and older. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/paxlovid-covid-pill-authorised-patients-12-and-over
Cash aid for poor, vulnerable households enters 12th round
As of January 24, the government has spent more than $930 million in cash support for poor and vulnerable households affected by Covid-19, with nearly 2.8 million people receiving payments. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-aid-poor-vulnerable-households-enters-12th-round
Cash aid for poor, vulnerable households enters 12th round
As of January 24, the government has spent more than $930 million in cash support for poor and vulnerable households affected by Covid-19, with nearly 2.8 million people receiving payments. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-aid-poor-vulnerable-households-enters-12th-round
Thousands Join Opposition Rally in Phnom Penh
Thousands of opposition supporters made their way to Freedom Park in Phnom Penh on Wednesday morning to begin the first of a three-day demonstration designed to urge signatories of the Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in the country’s current political deadlock. Unlike at the previous protests ...
Colin Meyn and Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-join-opposition-rally-in-phnom-penh-45722/
CHRC tasked with drafting rights unit law
The government has tasked the Cambodia Human Rights Committee with preparing a draft law on establishing the National Human Rights Unit in the Kingdom, a move in line with the Paris Principles adopted by the United Nations in 1993. A CHRC statement yesterday said that on ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50642105/chrc-tasked-with-drafting-rights-unit-law/
PM reflects on civil war’s origin
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday appeared to take a veiled swipe at the United States, insinuating that they were responsible for the decades of bloody civil war that engulfed Cambodia.Speaking ahead of today’s 24th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which paved the way for ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-reflects-civil-wars-origin
ASEAN Ministers say carbon neutrality can unlock $3.5 trillion in economic opportunities
Asean economic ministers have endorsed a carbon neutrality strategy aligning with Paris Agreement commitments and could unlock a $5.3 trillion ($1=RM4.64) economic opportunity. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346296/asean-ministers-say-carbon-neutrality-can-unlock-3-5-trillion-in-economic-opportunities/
National Assembly President joins French summit on women’s rights
A National Assembly of Cambodia delegation is participating in a 10-day summit of female parliamentary speakers in Paris, France. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501449733/national-assembly-president-joins-french-summit-on-womens-rights/
Bilateral trade with Japan up 12% to nearly $2B in Jan-Oct
Standing as one of the largest economies in Asia, Japan is quickly becoming a prime market for Cambodian goods. Even with both economies embroiled in the Covid-19 crisis, bilateral trade managed to reach $1.96424 billion in the first 10 months of 2020, climbing by 12.2 ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-japan-12-nearly-2b-jan-oct
The Mekong river stories from the heart of the climate crisis interactive
The fate of 70 million people rests on what happens to the Mekong river. With world leaders meeting in Paris next week for crucial UN climate talks, John Vidal journeys down south-east Asia’s vast waterway – a place that encapsulates some of the dilemmas they ...
Bunong villagers upset at industrialist’s silence
Ethnic Bunong communities in Mondulkiri’s Bousraa commune will soon hold protests that will call on French industrialist Vincent Bollore to honour promises his firm made during a meeting with them in Paris in October, a representative has said. His Bollore investment group is a shareholder in ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bunong-villagers-upset-industrialists-silence
Minister declares Vietnam map issue resolved
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong has demanded an end to opposition politicking on the Vietnam border issue, following the second and “final” verification of maps used by the government to demarcate the eastern boundary against French charts.Namhong, also a deputy prime minister, yesterday presided over ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-declares-vietnam-map-issue-resolved
UN Rights Envoy Says Democracy Is Limited in Cambodia
Cambodia is falling short of the full liberal democracy enshrined in its Constitution, the government is becoming increasingly intolerant to constructive criticism and judicial, parliamentary and electoral reforms have been slow to take effect, according to U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi’s latest report on ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-rights-envoy-says-democracy-is-limited-in-cambodia-39949/
PM, Sokha commemorate death of peacemaker
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday sent his condolences to the government and people of Egypt over the death of former Egyptian Foreign Minister and Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away on February 16 at the age of 93. Along with ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21686/pm--sokha-commemorate-death-of-peacemaker/
Advocacy Group Slams Murder Case 'Hush Up'
Reporters Without Borders has joined mounting criticism of the government’s handling of the April 26 murder of environmental activist Chut Wutty. On Monday, a security guard was convicted of accidentally killing the officer officially blamed for the activist’s death. “How convenient,” the Paris-based advocacy group said in a ...