PM orders immediate crackdown on ‘anarchy’ of deforestation
Prime Minister Hun Sen has issued strict regulations to prevent deforestation and encroachment on state land as the election approaches. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303171/pm-orders-immediate-crackdown-on-anarchy-of-deforestation/
11,177 hectares in Bokor National Park granted to tycoon Sok Kong
Oknha Sok Kong received 11,177 hectares of land inside Preah Monivong Bokor National Park via an August 4, 2022 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, published in the Council of Ministers’ Royal Gazette last week. ...
Khuon Narim and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/11177-hectares-in-bokor-national-park-granted-to-tycoon-sok-kong/
USAID announces new project for enhancing quality of healthcare across Cambodia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces the award of its new, five-year Enhancing Quality of Healthcare Activity II (EQHA II) to continue supporting efforts to improve the quality of public and private health services for all Cambodians. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396747/usaid-announces-new-project-for-enhancing-quality-of-healthcare-across-cambodia/
Tong Yang to Underwrite Bonna Realty IPO
More than two months after the firm announced it would list on the Cambodian Securities Exchange, Bonna Realty has selected Tong Yang Securities to underwrite its initial public offering (IPO), an official said yesterday. Sung Bonna, the CEO of the Phnom Penh-based realty firm, said that ...
For Agricultural Investors, an Abundance of Risks
As wealthy Gulf states look to meet their food needs by investing in agriculture projects abroad, Cambodia-with its underutilized land and attractive foreign investment policies-makes a nearly perfect investment destination. But endemic corruption, land conflicts, a badly implemented economic land concession program, and an unreliable judiciary could ...
Heritage Foundation calls for change of US policy in Cambodia
Political analysts at the US-based Heritage Foundation say relations with Cambodia are overdue for reform. In a recent analysis, “Promoting True Democratic Transition in Cambodia,” the Washington think tank says the 2013 elections, which the opposition claims were marred by widespread fraud, offer a chance to ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/heritage-foundation-calls-for-change-of-us-policy-in-cambodia/1886504.html
Hun Sen sells ‘win-win policy’ to students
Following an appeal by Prime Minister Hun Sen for the country’s youth to better understand his self-titled “win-win policy,” which he credits for ending the civil war and peacefully reintegrating the Khmer Rouge, the premier Monday delivered an hourlong lecture on the topic to about ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-sells-win-win-policy-to-students-85625/
Obama, Clinton visits set
In a sign of “improving” relations between Cambodia and the United States, the Kingdom will host US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this year, officials confirmed yesterday. The visit would be the first by a sitting US president. Joseph Yun, the US ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012011753979/National-news/obama-clinton-visits-set.html
US House passes B Kak bill
A draft US law that would require the World Bank to regularly report to congress about the condition of families displaced or still living in the Boeung Kak lake area was approved Wednesday by the House of Representatives. The bill includes language that specifically requires the ...
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-house-passes-b-kak-bill
Two more banks setting up shop
The National Bank of Cambodia has issued a commercial banking licence to a Taiwanese bank, while another banking licence is pending approval for a Chinese-Cambodian joint venture, central bank Director General and Spokeswoman Ngoun Sokha said yesterday. The central bank had licensed Taiwan’s Mega International ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011083051333/Business/two-more-banks-setting-up-shop.html
Innovation and inspiration are the basis of BarCamp
BarCamp Phnom Penh, a technology conference at the University of Puthisastra, promises to attract industry professionals from ASEAN countries, the US, Germany and other countries around the world later this month, Be Chantra, lead organiser of the conference, says. Be Chantra says BarCamp Phnom Penh is ...
Ministry to Survey Gap Between University, Jobs
The Ministry of Education is preparing to distribute questionnaires nationwide to assess the gap between the job market and subjects being studied by university students. As Cambodia’s economy develops, employers have complained that there are too many graduates in subjects such as management and business, ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-to-survey-gap-between-university-jobs-34764/
Cambodia delays human rights hearing for one week
A request by the Cambodian government for a delay in its universal periodic review (UPR) hearing at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, which was supposed to be Thursday, has been accepted, according to a rights group that was to deliver a statement on the ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-delays-human-rights-hearing-for-one-week-61863/
US University Prepares for Forum on Cambodian ‘Crossroads’
Ohio University is poised to hold its sixth annual Khmer Studies Forum, beginning later this month. Topics for discussion at the three-day conference include Cambodia’s current political climate, the Khmer Rouge tribunal, and the country’s art, media and culture. The forum will be held at the ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-university-prepares-for-forum-on-cambodia-crossroads/1864080.html
Embassy Sought Hillary Clinton’s Visit for 60th Anniversary
US Diplomatic Cables released by WikiLeaks show that the US Embassy in Phnom Penh sought the presence of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the 60th anniversary of Diplomatic relations between the USA and Cambodia. Ms. Clinton did not attend the celebration but rather visited ...
Duo Gets Bail After Obstructing Land Volunteers
A Council of Ministers official and her husband who were arrested in July for obstructing a land-titling initiative spearheaded by Prime Minister Hun Sen have received bail, Stung Treng Provincial Court prosecutor Chroeng Khmao said Friday. Meas Sokhon, who works at the Council of the Ministers’ ...
Cambodian FM to visit US next week
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Chair of 2012 ASEAN, will lead a delegation to pay an official visit to the United States of America on June 12 During the visit, Hor Namhong will have a bilateral talk with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-06/08/content_15486707.htm
Fish species in troubled water
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) organised a workshop in the capital on Tuesday, bringing in a number of experts to identify high-priority data needed to tackle the issue of fish migration in the Mekong Basin. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fish-species-troubled-water
Embassies meet with NEC over voter registration
Representatives from the United States and Japanese embassies and the European Union delegation met with the National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday about ongoing voter registration, with EU Ambassador George Edgar saying the current political tension was not addressed in detail during the meeting. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/embassies-meet-nec-over-voter-registration
Don’t punish us: employers
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia has called on international buyers to continue ordering clothes and textile products made in the country over fears the US and the EU could halt preferential treatment for Cambodian exports. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093735/dont-punish-us-employers/