Anger on the home front
More than 100 soldiers in Pursat province have threatened to resign en masse after being ordered to bulldoze their own lands, which are claimed by tycoon Try Pheap’s MDS Import Export Company. The threat of mass resignations came two days after a soldier, Seng Pov, took ...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/anger-home-front
Criticised training exercises begin anew
An annual US-led military training exercise, which was marred by controversy last year when a major rights group said it was teaching tactics that would assist Cambodia’s “abusive armed forces” in crackdowns, will officially open today in Kampong Speu province. ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/criticised-training-exercises-begin-anew
Luxury wood seized from Kratie military base
Authorities in Kratie province on Saturday night discovered nearly 90 pieces of luxury-grade wood stockpiled just outside the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) headquarters in Chhlong district, where they believe the timber was being staged for transport to Tbong Khmum province to the south, officials ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/luxury-wood-seized-from-kratie-military-base-69355/
Researchers, CNRP battle over border maps
A research group from the Royal Academy of Cambodia will study historic maps in an effort to calmly resolve border issues between Cambodia and Vietnam. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13592/researchers--cnrp-battle-over-border-maps/
Replacement for Toll’s Kerr has arrived in Phnom Penh
Toll Royal Railways chief executive David Kerr is on track to leave Cambodia by the end of the month, according to his expected replacement. Bobby Luow, a 40-year veteran of the rail industry, mainly in South Africa, told the Post he had been brought in to ...
RAC: Consult institutions before coining new words
The president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) Sok Touch asked all ministries and institutions to consult with the National Council of Khmer Language (NCKL) before creating a new word. Touch said the request was made to prevent mistakes and keep the public from ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rac-consult-institutions-coining-new-words
Officials meet with their EU counterparts to talk recovery
Senior government officials and European counterparts met last Friday to discuss Cambodia’s economic plan. New trade policies to help the Kingdom recover from the pandemic were the focus of the conversation as well as the World Trade Organization’s role in shaping the post-pandemic recovery. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50896690/officials-meet-with-their-eu-counterparts-to-talk-recovery/
Flexibility key for relations with China and US, says RAC president
At a round table conference yesterday on the theme “Cambodia between the great powers of China and the United States”, Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch said that Cambodia needs to be flexible between China and the US by remembering that “a good friend ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50919480/flexibility-key-for-relations-with-china-and-us-says-rac-president/
Tea Banh orders tax payment on RCAF-plated private cars
Minister of national defense Tea Banh issued a circular on September 20 calling on all owners of private vehicles bearing Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) number plates or special command number plates to pay taxes and duties on their vehicles or face legal action. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tea-banh-orders-tax-payment-rcaf-plated-private-cars
What explains Cambodia’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution success?
One of the less heralded recent aspects of the COVID-19 story in Southeast Asia has been Cambodia’s remarkable success in vaccine distribution. As of September 6, just over two-thirds of the country’s population had received at least one dose of vaccine, while 53 percent were ...
Sebastian Strangio
https://thediplomat.com/2021/09/what-explains-cambodias-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-success/
PM reaffirms protection of peace, monarchy and throne
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reaffirmed the Royal Government’s commitment to continue protecting peace, monarchy and the throne. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50981801/pm-reaffirms-protection-of-peace-monarchy-and-throne/
Nation’s greatest asset is its human resources, says Hun Manet
Soon-to-be Prime Minister Hun Manet said that Cambodia’s greatest achievement is the potentail its human resources have to contribute to the development of the country’s growth and prosperity. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336648/nations-greatest-asset-is-its-human-resources-says-hun-manet/
WHO to continue working with Cambodia on COVID-19 and other diseases
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is determined to continue working closely with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in combating the Covid-19 pandemic and other diseases such as malaria, hepatitis, hypertension, and so on. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501104932/who-to-continue-working-with-cambodia-on-covid-19-and-other-diseases/
Japan’s JMSDF force schedules naval visit
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships, the mine sweeper tender JS URAGA and the mine sweeper tender JS AWAJI, will visit the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port from April 24-26, according to an April 17 press release from the Japanese embassy. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japans-jmsdf-force-schedules-naval-visit
Commander-in-Chief of Cambodian Armed Forces pays official visit to Vietnam
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong chaired an official reception ceremony for and held talks with visiting Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces General VongPisen in Hanoi ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378235/commander-in-chief-of-cambodian-armed-forces-pays-official-visit-to-vietnam/
Ministry of foreign affairs to build first diplomatic institute
The Foreign Affairs Ministry expects to complete construction on its first training institute for local diplomats in the next 18 months, officials said Monday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokes-man Chum Sounry said work on the National Institute for diplomatic and Relations of International Study began in December. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/ministry-foreign-affairs-build-first-diplomatic-institute-126811/
PM urges universities to boost research cooperation
PM Hun Manet is asking public and private universities to increase cooperation for joint research and mutual study visits with both national and international universities. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505827/pm-urges-universities-to-boost-research-cooperation/
Chinese state firm in talks to take over rail project
With renovation work on the country’s dilapidated railway at a standstill, the Ministry of Public Works has entered into talks with a regional consortium backed by one of the largest firms in China to replace the railway’s current operator, officials said yesterday. Faced with a ...
Navy arrests 4 Cambodian rosewood smugglers
Royal Thai Navy ships intercepted a Cambodian fishing boat illegally smuggling 10 million baht in Siamese rosewood out of the kingdom. The HTMS Chao Phraya staffed with military, customs and forestry office personnel captured the 18-meter-long fishing vessel carrying 296 logs in its fish holds ...
http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/navy-arrests-4-cambodian-rosewood-smugglers-25782?ref=pmci
Railway audit finds poor maintenance of tracks
Toll Royal Railway, the private operator of Cambodia’s train service, has no system in place to regularly inspect the state of its tracks, and lacks qualified inspectors to check either tracks or bridges, according to a recent safety audit of the firm’s Phnom Penh operations. The ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/railway-audit-finds-poor-maintenance-of-tracks-55756/