PM praises media for efforts on ‘fake news
Prime Minister Hun Sen praised journalists and a large number of local press institutions for making efforts to prevent the spread of fake news propagated by “rebels” and opportunists who intended to incite social unrest against the government. Hun Sen’s statement was made through a ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-praises-media-efforts-fake-news
Prime minister demands end to fake news on virus
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday criticised several outlets for spreading misinformation on the novel coronavirus outbreak and instructed the Ministry of Information to do more to eradicate fake news. Speaking at a press conference at the Peace Palace on Thursday, Hun Sen said a ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prime-minister-demands-end-fake-news-virus
Spokesman says closure of 3 more news websites due to dissemination of false information
Meas Sophoan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Information, claimed that the closure of The Cambodia Daily and the Kamnotra website was because they spread false information and have no regulations as a press. ...
Lay Sopheavatey
https://thmeythmey.com/?page=detail&id=128389
Tourist number reach over 1.4 million during holiday
Cambodia recorded more than 1.4 million tourists within the five days of Khmer New Year Holiday, according to the report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50755916/tourist-number-reach-over-1-4-million-during-holiday/
PM: Fight against fake news
Prime Minister Hun Sen raised cyber-security and access to information in his address to nearly 5,000 participants at the correspondents’ dinner held on Friday in Phnom Penh. In his speech, Hun Sen called on officials and members of the press to wage a fight against ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-fight-against-fake-news
Fake social media post promises $1,000 for free
A social media post appeared recently promising all Cambodian citizens a cash donation from the government. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501424905/fake-social-media-post-promises-1000-for-free/
Thailand joins Cambodia and Vietnam to combat call center scams, fake news
Thailand is set to collaborate with Cambodia and Vietnam to curb the menace of call center scams and fake news, as part of a recent regional initiative. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501365951/thailand-joins-cambodia-and-vietnam-to-combat-call-center-scams-fake-news/
PM raises fake news at summit
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday addressed the Asia Media Summit in Siem Reap, outlining his priorities to increase cooperation in the region and the world to combat fake news and cybercrime, which he said are becoming a serious threat. In his speech at the ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-raises-fake-news-summit
Government calls for PM ‘fake news’ correction
The Cambodian government on Friday strongly urged Singaporean outlet Channel News Asia (CNA) to issue a correction to an article it published on Thursday, claiming Prime Minister Hun Sen had called on the military to destroy the country’s political opponents. The statement, issued by the ...
Mech Dara and Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-calls-pm-fake-news-correction
Ministry ‘bans’ water fights for all students
With Khmer New Year just around the corner, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has advised students at all public and private schools not to engage in the water fights with squirt guns and coloured powders, an activity that has become popular ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-bans-water-fights-all-students
Insurance Institute To Boost Skills in Kingdom
An insurance training centre is being planned in Cambodia to develop local expertise lacking in the Kingdom’s nascent insurance industry. The institute hopes to offer diploma courses to industry leaders here so they in turn will be qualified to provide insurance training to others, such as ...
New investment law to be finalised in November
The Kingdom’s new draft law on investment is scheduled to be finalised by the end of November this year. It will help to drive the economic recovery in the context of COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778372/new-investment-law-to-be-finanlised-in-november/
England Promises to Invest US$ 2.22 Billion in Cambodia
England promised to invest in Cambodian around US$ 2.22 billion make total investment projects in country during 7 month of the year increased up to US$ 5.5 billion, Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC)’s reported to the media. According to the report, in the first ...
Coolest holiday for 10 years coming, expert says
If you’re planning to get away next week for Khmer New Year, it might be wise to keep an umbrella on hand. According to the government’s weather authority, the country can expect the lowest holiday temperatures for the past decade amid unseasonal lashings of rain. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/coolest-holiday-for-10-years-coming-expert-says-127714/
Cambodia moves to curb COVID-19 spread during new year festival
Cambodia has re-instated COVID-19 rapid testing for workers returning from Thailand, the Ministry of Health stated on March 29, a move to contain the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variants as the traditional new year festival is nearing. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501049432/cambodia-moves-to-curb-covid-19-spread-during-new-year-festival/
LMC-funded workshop on combating fake news held in Cambodia
A workshop on “combating fake news for journalists” in the second phase, funded by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund, kicked off here on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501313178/lmc-funded-workshop-on-combating-fake-news-held-in-cambodia/
Project to boost veggie farming
Cambodia and New Zealand have reached a memorandum of understanding aimed at improving agricultural productivity to increase food safety and reduce reliance on imports. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080733/project-boost-veggie-farming/
Khmer New Year brings out more than 500,000 tourists in first two days across Kingdom
The Ministry of Tourism today reported that over 500,000 tourists visited resorts throughout the country during the first two days of the Khmer New Year holidays. On Tuesday, more than 2770,000 people checked into hotspots registering an 18.75 percent increase compared to August 17. ...
Fake IDs make mockery of factory age rules
On a dusty highway on the edge of this port city, thousands of young women and a few hundred young men block evening traffic as they stream out of the New Star Shoes factory. ...
Jamie Elliott and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fake-ids-make-mockery-of-factory-age-rules-80492/
Ministry plans new generation schools in every province
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced the creation of more new generation schools across the country to contribute to the development of the national economy. ...
Ton Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501404741/ministry-plans-new-generation-schools-in-every-province/