‘Insurrection’ trial moves on
The last two opposition activists charged with inciting an “insurrection” during a protest of the 2013 general election were questioned yesterday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, as the lawyer of the accused aired hope that the court would not compile enough evidence to sentence ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/insurrection-trial-moves
Man who slapped schoolgirl claims he has mental illness
A man who entered a Phnom Penh high school and slapped a teenager who had been fighting with his daughter told the municipal court on Friday that he was mentally ill and had lied about working at the Council of Ministers, hoping it would protect ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-who-slapped-schoolgirl-claims-he-has-mental-illness-87334/
Police seeking arrest warrant to widen search for Sok Bun
Sok Khemarin, the police official leading the investigation into Sok Bun, said Wednesday that he was waiting on an arrest warrant so that he could call on the assistance of Interpol and deflected suggestions of police collusion with the disgraced real-estate magnate, who remains at ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-seeking-arrest-warrant-to-widen-search-for-sok-bun-88539/
Court to fast-track trial of ‘insurrectionists’
A year after a protest at Freedom Park that turned violent and was labeled an attempted insurrection, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday announced that it would fast-track the trial of 11 men arrested in its aftermath and ordered them not to leave the ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-to-fast-track-trial-of-insurrectionists-88993/
Three more charged over Freedom Park protest
Three more opposition activists were charged with “joining an insurrection” Wednesday for taking part in a CNRP-led protest that turned violent last year, with two being sent to Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison and a third detained overnight at municipal police headquarters. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-more-charged-over-freedom-park-protest-90900/
Police summon three Koh Kong anti-sand-dredging activists
Three activists from environmental NGO Mother Nature were summoned to appear at the Botum Sakor district police station in Koh Kong province on Friday to answer for their involvement in a campaign to chase off a sand-dredging company accused of destroying the environment, officials said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post-new.php
Study finds mouth cancer rife
The Cambodian National Survey of Oral Muscoal Lesions, launched yesterday at the University of Puthisastra’s health faculty, found the prevalence of oral cancer and potentially malignant oral disorders among Cambodians was 5.6 per cent – about five times more than some other ASEAN countries. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/study-finds-mouth-cancer-rife
CNRP lawmaker denies border incitement, predicts arrest
Opposition lawmaker Um Sam An on Tuesday denied claims by the government that he was inciting instability in a Facebook post last week in which he boasted about finding a copy of a map of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam at the U.S. Library of Congress. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmaker-denies-border-incitement-predicts-arrest-93161/
Simple on purpose
Noun Phymean is an executive director at the People Improvement Organization (PIO). Born in Kampong Cham province, she spent over 12 years with the United Nations and other international organizations. Now, the hardworking humanitarian is focusing on helping some of the country’s most impoverished children. ...
Srey Kumneth and Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15287/simple-on-purpose/
Council condemns ill-informed critics of Constitutional amendments
The Constitutional Council yesterday hit out at those who criticise constitutional amendments and interpretation without checking the facts. ...
Cambodia to get five million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines by July
Cambodia expects to get 5 more million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in July this year, Dr. Yuok Sambath, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50877652/cambodia-to-get-five-million-more-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines-by-july/
Angkor Landmark breaks ground by end-2021: CEO
Phase I of the Angkor Landmark development project about 15km northeast of Siem Reap town is scheduled to officially break ground at end-2021, according to the developer’s CEO Tous Saphoeun. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/angkor-landmark-breaks-ground-end-2021-ceo
Cambodia-U.S. trade reaches over $6 billion in first ten months
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United Sates was valued at about $6.35 billion in the first ten months of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 40 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997852/cambodia-u-s-trade-reaches-over-6-billion-in-first-ten-months/
CHRC all set to debate rights report with UN expert panel
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) will defend the government’s National Human Rights Report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland, in March. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chrc-all-set-debate-rights-report-un-expert-panel
Today another two million doses of US-donated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Cambodia
Two more million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, donated by the US to Cambodia via the COVAX facility, is scheduled to arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport’s VIP pavilion today. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068070/today-another-two-million-doses-of-us-donated-pfizer-covid-19-vaccines-arrive-in-cambodia/
Cambodian high-level delegation pays homage to late Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister Hun Sen led a high-level delegation to pay his last respects to late former Prime Minister of Japan HE ABE Shinzo, at the Embassy of Japan in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501111004/cambodian-high-level-delegation-pays-homage-to-late-abe-shinzo/
Top official calls for more efforts to protect wildlife in Cardamoms
A senior official at the Ministry of Environment has announced that the Cardamom Mountains are currently facing dire threats from wildlife poaching. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501287423/top-official-calls-for-more-efforts-to-protect-wildlife-in-cardamoms/
Govt rice insurance scheme enrolls more than 54,800 farmers
From droughts to floods, Cambodian farmers have been at the mercy of nature’s whims and fancies for centuries. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501450427/govt-rice-insurance-scheme-enrolls-more-than-54800-farmers/
Kingdom, Korea to establish trade consultation channel soon
Cambodia and South Korea will have ‘Regular Consultation Sessions’ aimed at boosting trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501491711/kingdom-korea-to-establish-trade-consultation-channel-soon/
Price tag set for railway link to Vietnam border
The rail link to Vietnam from Cambodia has been estimated at $686 million dollars. The link would finally connect Singapore to Kunming, China. The $686 million does not include compensation for those who link along the proposed railway locations and no funding has been confirmed ...