Rainsy plans for imprisoned official to become freed lawmaker
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Friday that the CNRP would attempt to secure the release of detained CNRP official Meach Sovannara by promoting him to become a lawmaker so that he can enjoy parliamentary immunity. Mr. Sovannara, the head of the CNRP’s information department, was arrested ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-plans-for-imprisoned-official-to-become-freed-lawmaker-72843/
Vietnam looks towards $5bil and $2bil trade with Cambodia, Laos next year
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong agreed to conclude negotiations on the signing of a new bilateral trade agreement, which forms the legal framework for achieving the two countries’ goal of 2 billion USD in trade by 2015. The agreement is ...
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/117214/vietnam-looks-towards--5bil-and--2bil-trade-with-cambodia--laos-next-year.html
Cambodia, Australia vow to honor refugee deal despite criticism
Cambodia and Australia have reiterated their commitment to comply with a refugee agreement they signed last month, despite persistent criticism from human rights groups and opposition parties of the two countries, a senior official said on Sunday. The commitment was made during a meeting on ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/19/c_133727099.htm
Court releases five workers arrested after factory clash
The Kompong Cham Provincial Court on Wednesday released five factory workers on bail three weeks after they were charged with instigating violence and destroying property during a protest that turned violent at the Juhui Footwear factory late last month, according to their lawyer. Clashes at the ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-releases-five-workers-arrested-after-factory-clash-72234/
Asian mega centre boost for Christchurch business
Three New Zealand companies will leave their mark on Kids City, a massive new family entertainment complex in Cambodia offering 7000 square metres of indoor activities, shops, cafes and an ice skating rink on the top floor. When it opens in March, visitors to the 12-story ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10851834
Ministry of Commerce and Wing Bank sign MoU to strengthen CambodiaTrade marketplace with digital payments
The Ministry of Commerce on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Wing Bank (Cambodia) Plc on easing payments for consumers trading on the ministry’s CambodiaTrade marketplace. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-commerce-and-wing-bank-sign-mou-strengthen-cambodiatrade-marketplace-digital
ASEAN launches plan to promote women’s security in South-East Asia
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in partnership with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and UN Women, launched today the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security (ASEAN RPA on WPS). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501197234/asean-launches-plan-to-promote-womens-security-in-south-east-asia/
Outcomes of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting, the 27th ASEAN political-security community council meeting and the 34th ASEAN coordinating council meeting
On 5 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternatiOnal CooperatiOn issued a press release On the outcomes of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting, the 27th ASEAN political-security community council meeting and the 34th ASEAN coordinating council meeting, which was held in Jakarta, Republic ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Government holds forum with NGOs
NGO workers have called on the government to seek solutions to challenges and difficulties they have faced in recent years following the enforcement of the law on association and NGOs. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50503791/government-holds-forum-with-ngos/
Assembly passes construction bill
The National Assembly unanimously approved the Draft Law on Construction on Monday. It is meant to strengthen the management of building projects and consists of 22 chapters and 111 articles. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assembly-passes-construction-bill
Cousins die playing with UXO in Kompong Thom
Two children died on Friday afternoon in Kompong Thom province after attempting to open a rocket-propelled grenade they found near their house with an ax, police said on Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cousins-die-playing-with-uxo-in-k-thom-107689/
Raid reveals 1,800 smuggled smartphones
Customs authorities seized nearly 1,800 smuggled Huawei smartphones during a raid on Monday on a private residence in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, a customs official said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/raid-reveals-1800-smuggled-smartphones
Police burn 45,000 marijuana plants in public forest
Police burned nearly 45,000 marijuana plants growing on public forest land in Takeo province on Tuesday and Wednesday after they were tipped off by local villagers, police said Thursday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109415-109415/
Census of foreigners not finished
Interior Minister Sar Kheng called on immigration officials to finish counting and collecting information on all foreign nationals living in the Kingdom by July at the latest. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25072/census-of-foreigners-not-finished/
Chinese navy hails Cambodian support
A deputy commander in the Chinese navy has praised Cambodia for supporting Beijing’s negotiations on issues in the South China Sea and the one-China stance on world affairs. ...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084271/chinese-navy-hails-cambodian-support/
British woman injured by wild buffalo
A British tourist was seriously injured on both legs yesterday after being gored by a water buffalo while walking through a forest to visit a beach on Koh Rong Samloem. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109635/british-tourist-hurt-water-buffalo/
Governor to resign from post
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Sbong Sarath will resign on April 17 to transition into a position on the provincial council of Prey Veng following this May’s council elections, he confirmed yesterday. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governor-resign-post
Indonesia rescues 17 Cambodians from Thai boats
Indonesian authorities on Wednesday rescued 17 Cambodian migrants enslaved aboard two Thai vessels illegally fishing the archipelago nation’s waters, according to a statement issued by Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/indonesia-rescues-17-cambodians-from-thai-boats-78284/
Cambodian PM expresses condolences over capsized ship tragedy in central China
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday expressed his deepest sympathy to China and members of the bereaved families in a passenger ship mishap in central China’ s Hubei province on Monday. ...
Record rainfall prompts debate over drainage
The storm that swept through Phnom Penh on Saturday evening resulted in the city’s highest rainfall on record, the municipal government said in a statement posted to its Facebook page Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/record-rainfall-prompts-debate-over-drainage-90412/