PM orders arrest of lying politicians
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to arrest any politicians pledging to clear the debts of voters with micro-finance institutions (MFIs) and banks if their party wins the elections. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35279/pm-orders-arrest-of-lying-politicians/
Technical issue mars voter list publication
Prospective voters ran into problems yesterday during the first publication of the country’s new voter lists. Citizens will have until January 14 to check their names and information on voter lists to confirm they are correct, either in person, at registration offices or online. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33877/technical-issue-mars-voter-list-publication/
Hun Sen pushes for malaria-free Kingdom
The government has called on all relevant institutes and local authorities, as well as international development partners, to help make Cambodia a malaria-free country. Prime Minister Hun Sen released a letter this week to celebrate World Malaria Day today under the theme Ready to Beat ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483342/hun-sen-pushes-for-malaria-free-kingdom-2/
Working group on investment, economy set up with China
Cambodia and China have decided to set up an investment and economic cooperation working group to promote the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as well as strengthen investment and prop up bilateral economic and trade ties. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/working-group-investment-economy-set-china
Need for open data to support people with disabilities
Relevant stakeholders gathered at the National Open Data Conference to discuss how Open data about people with disabilities (PWD) can be utilised to help support the needs of the vulnerable group. ...
Rov Hongseng
https://kiripost.com/stories/need-for-open-data-to-support-people-with-disabilities
Garment exports surge up EU list
Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has eclipsed rival Vietnam as a supplier of products to the European Union and is on course to overtake India, a visiting industry insider said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/garment-exports-surge-eu-list
Blueprint to implement agricultural reforms underway
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Tuesday held a meeting with specialists in natural resources and agriculture and representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as well as the officials from the Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC) to prepare a blueprint For ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517086/blueprint-to-implement-agricultural-reforms-underway/
Unity again the focus for opposition leaders
Following a month in which Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly sang the praises of opposition leader Sam Rainsy only weeks after threatening to unleash the military on Mr. Rainsy’s deputy, Kem Sokha, the opposition party was back on the road this week promoting an image ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unity-again-the-focus-for-opposition-leaders-82451/
Cambodia Asks ADB to Continue Supporting TVET
Cambodia has asked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to continue its support to further boost the country’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50952914/cambodia-asks-adb-to-continue-supporting-tvet/
Govโt, CSOs discuss digital rights, internet freedoms
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and experts held a discussion on the challenges and development of digital rights and internet freedom in Cambodia. They urged that these rights and freedom continue to be available. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-csos-discuss-digital-rights-internet-freedoms
100 pass out at shoe factory
More than 100 workers at a Kandal province footwear factory fainted on Monday, according to a report on the National Police website. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/100-pass-out-shoe-factory
PM Hun Sen acknowledged challenges of the media and encouraged them to keep up
Cambodia Prime Minister acknowledged challenges faced by journalists and media agencies, reaffirmed the government support for the sector, and urged continuous capacity building among them. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068985/pm-hun-sen-acknowledged-challenges-of-the-media-and-encouraged-them-to-keep-up/
Journalists barred from filming or recording police investigations
Effective from now, journalists are barred from filming or recording criminal cases that are still under investigation by police. The directive was issued on Friday by the General Commissariat of National Police to municipal and provincial police that journalists are prohibited from filming or recording ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50806487/journalists-barred-from-filming-or-recording-police-investigations/
PM to Cambodia, Saudi: Step up cooperation
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for Cambodia and Saudi Arabia to step up cooperation in economic sectors and other areas in the Southeast Asian Kingdom with lucrative prospects. ...
Mom Kunthear and Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-cambodia-saudi-step-cooperation
World Food Programme drive aims to fix kidsโ diets
The World Food Programme (WFP) – in collaboration with the School Health Department at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport – is launching an innovative social and behavioural change communication campaign to improve the diets of primary school children. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-food-programme-drive-aims-fix-kids-diets
Rainsy to Meet Cambodian Workers in South Korea
Opposition CNRP leader Sam Rainsy is to meet with Cambodian migrant workers during a two-day trip to South Korea later this week, at the end of a European tour that has included stops in Geneva, Brussels and Paris. “He will be visiting [South] Korea to meet ...
Mech Dara and Alice Cuddy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-to-meet-cambodian-workers-in-south-korea-51349/
NCCT investigating and closing down factories over child labour
The permanent vice chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) delivered a progress report on efforts to eradicate child labour in the Kingdom on Tuesday, saying that factories are being investigated, and some shut down, for employing children illegally. ...
Graduates fear career jobs woe
A year from now, 23-year-old Sum Tiara will graduate from the Royal University of Law and Economics with a degree in law. At the moment, however, she needs to earn a living and pay for her studies by working in bars and restaurants in Phnom Penh. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013021261305/Business/graduates-fear-career-jobs-woe.html
Phenomenon of Cambodian women trafficked to China as brides
The number of women travelling from Cambodia to China for forced or arranged marriages has surged since 2016 and experienced a further spike since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501073873/phenomenon-of-cambodian-women-trafficked-to-china-as-brides/
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training notified to Cambodian laborers who have just turned from Thailand
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training notified to Cambodian laborers, who have just turned from Thailand, as well as the public about the available job opportunities at the companies, enterprises, and industrious and service sector which amounted to 16,146 posts. ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training