Cambodia says Thai soldiers shoot dead 69 Cambodians illegally crossing border in 2013
Cambodia said Thursday that Thai soldiers shot and killed 69 Cambodians who were claimed to illegally cross the border between the two countries last year, up from 45 a year earlier. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=201807
Map researcher threatened
A prominent researcher studying Cambodia’s border with Vietnam said yesterday that he had received numerous threats on Facebook amid the protracted and fiery debate surrounding the disputed frontier. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/map-researcher-threatened
Foreign ministry official meets with OIF delegate
Senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) for Asia-Pacific met for talks on regional issues and the development of human rights and democracy in Cambodia. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-ministry-official-meets-oif-delegate
Conservation alliance to include local communities
The Environment Ministry is planning to create an alliance of civil and governmental bodies to step up The country’s management of natural resources and encourage conservation in local communities. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50500686/conservation-alliance-to-include-local-communities/
Securities Exchange Commision discusses derivatives rules
The Securities Exchange Commision of Cambodia (SECC) held a consultation meeting with financial firms and investors yesterday to review a draft prakas on The licensing and supervision of derivatives trading. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/securities-exchange-commision-discusses-derivatives-rules
Illegal fishing busts up 150%: ministry
Fishing crime busts rose 150 per cent during the first nine months of 2015, compared with the same period last year, while anti-forestry crime actions dropped 13 per cent. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fishing-busts-150-ministry
Competition is tough: GMAC
A report released yesterday by the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia claims that the Kingdom is having difficulties competing against its neighbours due to low productivity, increasing wages and labour strife. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/competition-tough-gmac
Minister wants tougher fisheries crackdown
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has ordered government officials and department heads to crack down on anyone committing fishing crimes, telling a committee meeting that lax efforts to “educate” repeat offenders continued to fail and exacerbate the problem.According to Deputy National Police Chief Kirth Chantharith, Mr. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34867/minister-wants-tougher-fisheries-crackdown/
Three more investment projects valued at more than $15 million approved by CDC
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) has issued investment certificates to three companies to invest in The production of all kinds of cardboard boxes, light bulbs and Their accessories, all kinds of packaging materials, and metal processing. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50798738/three-more-investment-projects-valued-at-more-than-15-million-approved-by-cdc/
CDC okays 11 projects in January
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) in The first month of this year approved 11 investment projects worth over $43 million and that are expected to generate 7,854 jobs, it said via social media. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-11-projects-january
Appeals court hears challenge to 2014 convictions from garment workers protest
The Court of Appeals held a hearing Thursday in a case dating back to 2014, when ten men were convicted of charges related to violence at demonstrations during a nationwide garment workers strike. The court’s verdict on The appeal is scheduled to be announced on ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/appeals-court-hears-challenge-to-2014-convictions-from-garment-workers-protest/
Cambodia signs deal with Chinese province
The Cambodian government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with officials from China’s Shaanxi province aimed at bolstering trade and tourism, according to a release yesterday by The Ministry of Commerce. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-signs-deal-chinese-province
New communes planned for ‘22 council election inclusion
The Ministry of Interior plans to establish new communes before The 2022 commune council elections to make it easier for local people to access public services. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/new-communes-planned-22-council-election-inclusion
Derivatives licensing capped by regulator
Cambodia’s capital market regulator announced yesterday that it would suspend the issuance of new central counterparty licences to derivatives trading firms, claiming that capping the market at four was sufficient to serve current demand. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/derivatives-licensing-capped-regulator
Cambodia records 2.78 million registered automobiles, motorcycles as of last year
Cambodia reported 2.78 million registered automobiles and motorcycles as of last year, up 15 percent year-on-year, said the figures of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport Monday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150105/cambodia-records-278-million-registered-automobiles-motorcyc
Four new investment projects worth almost $32 million approved By CDC
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) has granted investment licences to four private companies. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501057077/four-new-investment-projects-worth-almost-32-million-approved-by-cdc/
Clean water keeping kids in school: report
Keeping students in school may not be as straightforward as providing them with clean water, but a filtered drinking supply makes them less likely to take sick days, research published on Friday shows. the study, conducted by a UK-based medical school, compared drinking water access in ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clean-water-keeping-kids-school-report
Protest leader assistant to PM
The head of The youth group seen leading a protest outside The National Assembly in October – attendees of which brutally assaulted two opposition lawmakers – is an assistant to Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to a decree released online. ...
Shaun Turton and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protest-leader-assistant-pm
CDC approves eight projects so far in March
Cambodia approved eight investment projects worth over $69 million in the first three weeks of this month that are expected to deliver 5,249 jobs, according to a report from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-eight-projects-so-far-march
Gov’t revenue exceeds $1.6bn in first quarter
The Cambodian government earned some $1.6 billion in revenue in The first quarter of 2021 from tax and customs. This represents close to a 25 percent increase compared with revenue achieved during The same period in 2020. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50837481/govt-revenue-exceeds-1-6bn-in-first-quarter/