His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will participate in and deliver keynote remarks at the 6th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
On 11 October 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, issued a press release on His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will participate in and deliver keynote remarks at the 6th Meeting of Foreign Ministers ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Indigenous people are poorly educated with health, livelihood challenged
The government and Civil Society Organisations have said that indigenous people in Cambodia are poorly educated and their health and livelihoods are also challenged with them living according to their traditional culture. ...
Hun Sen blasts analysts for UNTAC-era nostalgia
Prime Minister Hun Sen blasted unnamed analysts for statements indicating their desire to bring the Paris Peace Agreements back into force somehow. He said that calling for a reversion to that agreement was tantamount to calling for foreigners to take control of the country again. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-blasts-analysts-untac-era-nostalgia
The second dissemination workshop on the organization of the Economic and Commercial Mission of La Francophonie in Cambodia (MECA)
On 07 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the second dissemination workshop on the organization of the Economic and Commercial Mission of La Francophonie in Cambodia (MECA).Within the framework of the Economic and Commercial Mission of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Capital, businesses find ways to move factories to suburbs
The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall has been holding discussions with the Cambodia Trucking Association (CAMTA) and major businesses to find an efficient way of relocating factories and warehouses to the outskirts of Phnom Penh. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-businesses-find-ways-move-factories-suburbs
Three finance sector bodies roll out new conduct code
Three finance industry associations have jointly developed a new code of conduct aimed at ensuring transparency, building trust and strengthening customer protection in the Kingdom’s banking and finance sector. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/three-finance-sector-bodies-roll-out-new-conduct-code
Deputy PM PRAK Sokhonn appreciates Australia’s contribution in Cambodia’s peace process
On 26 April 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the meeting between His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and His Excellency Lieutenant General John Sanderson, Former ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Indonesia’s Trade and Tourism Fair to kick off in Phnom Penh this week
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Phnom Penh will organise the 14th Indonesian Trade and Tourism Promotion (ITTP 2023) here at Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centreon Aug. 4-6, 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335612/indonesias-trade-and-tourism-fair-to-kick-off-in-phnom-penh-this-week/
Deputy police chief in Cambodia seeking help to track down call centre gang members
Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police, is in Cambodia today (Tuesday) to seek cooperation from police there in the arrests of nine Thai and Chinese suspects working in a call centre gang. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355676/deputy-police-chief-in-cambodia-seeking-help-to-track-down-call-centre-gang-members/
250 families near Ta Mok Lake complain to US Embassy for intervention to settle their land disputes
About 30 people representing 250 families living next to Ta Mok Lake in Sangkat Samrong, Khan Prek Pnov, Phnom Penh, gathered on Thursday filed a petition at the US Embassy in Cambodia to intervene in their land dispute after no solution from the Cambodian authorities. ...
NEC set to reject opposition parties, NGOs’ key recommendations to improve elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) appears set to reject key recommendations from civil society and opposition political parties intended to improve fairness and transparency in the July national elections. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/nec-set-to-reject-opposition-parties-ngos-key-recommendations-to-improve-elections/
Investment handbook published
The“Handbook on Investing in Cambodia” was formally launched on July 10 to arm local and international players with critical knowledge before committing money and resources into domestic projects as well as to make more informed financial decisions here. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-handbook-published
TAFTAC calls for end to unsustainable wood used to power industry
The Textile, Apparel, Travel Goods Association of Cambodia (TAFTAC) has asked its members to avoid and reduce the effect resulting from the unsustainable use of wood and charcoal, acknowledging its impact on the environment. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/taftac-calls-for-end-to-unsustainable-wood-used-to-power-industry
Cambodia, Japan join forces to accelerate digital sector growth
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and the Embassy of Japan in Cambodia (EoJ) organised a seminar recently to enhance the development of human resources in the telecommunication and digital technologies sectors. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501583836/cambodia-japan-join-forces-to-accelerate-digital-sector-growth/
Staff poaching spurs bank action
Cambodia’s banking sector is looking to establish a collective fund to help recoup staff training expenses lost from competitors poaching employees off one another, Grant Knuckey, CEO of ANZ Royal said yesterday. Speaking at the launch of ANZ Royal’s business confidence index in Phnom Penh yesterday, ...
Eddie Morton and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/staff-poaching-spurs-bank-action
Increased security may cut off Chinese minority’s escape route
Nearly a month after the deadly bombing at Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Cambodia’s military police spokesman Eng Hy said police have increased security at potential terrorist targets in Phnom Penh, such as Aeon Mall, aiming to prevent a similar tragedy in Cambodia. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15817/increased-security-may-cut-off-chinese-minority---s-escape-route/
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde to Visit Cambodia
nternational Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde will visit Cambodia next week as part of an Asia tour that will also include stops in South Korea and Burma, according to an IMF spokesman. Ms. Lagarde will meet with Cambodian government officials, university students, investors and ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/imf-managing-director-christine-lagarde-to-visit-cambodia-47940/
A confronting force on streets
As protests against land grabbing have increased in Phnom Penh in the past five years, so too have violent crackdowns by the authorities. Police have been criticised for their treatment of protesters – which has included beatings with electric batons and kicks to the stomach of ...
Shane Worrell and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/confronting-force-streets
Gender course to be piloted at Royal University
Gender studies will be incorporated into the curriculum at Cambodia’s largest university in an effort to shape the country’s top students’ views on the role of women in society, educators and experts said on Wednesday at a workshop on the course. A pilot program will begin ...
Holly Robertson and Sun Heng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gender-course-to-be-piloted-at-royal-university-63740/
Obama gone, but education challenges remain
Following the fanfare surrounding the visit of First Lady Michelle Obama over the weekend, life in Siem Reap returned to normal this week. Many here say they were not aware of the first lady’s visit, and some said even though they were, they aren’t sure ...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1BksB3k
