Baby dolphin dies from electric shock, initial autopsy finds
Officials are working to determine the exact cause of death of an Irrawaddy baby dolphin that was found dead at the Anlong Kampi conservation area in Sambok commune of Kratie province’s Chitr Borei district. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/baby-dolphin-dies-electric-shock-initial-autopsy-finds
Association disputes ‘crime haven’ tag as trafficking reports mount
The Federation of Khmer Chinese in Cambodia on Wednesday disputed international media characterizations of the country as a haven for criminal syndicates as attention grows on human trafficking at scam compounds. ...
VOD Staff
https://vodenglish.news/association-disputes-crime-haven-tag-as-trafficking-reports-mount/
Viet Nam’s PM successfully wraps up working trip to Cambodia
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh returned to Hanoi on November 13 afternoon, concluding his official visit to Cambodia and his attendance at the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501184280/viet-nams-pm-successfully-wraps-up-working-trip-to-cambodia/
Cambodia’s urban population to reach 7.92M by 2030
Cambodia’s urban population will rise to 7.92 million by 2030, accounting for 44 percent of the total population from 6.13 million or 39.5 percent in 2019, said Pen Sophal, secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, recently. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133955/cambodias-urban-population-to-reach-7-92m-by-2030/
Pandemic hits artists’ livelihoods
Artists in Cambodia have been hit hard by Covid-19, with the unemployment rate in the last half of 2022 standing at nearly 30 percent, recent research reveals. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pandemic-hits-artists-livelihoods
SME Bank’s loans help more than 2,000 businesses
The state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc. (SME Bank) has disbursed more than $200 million in loans to at least 2,500 SMEs to help them expand businesses. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234112/sme-banks-loans-help-more-than-2000-businesses/
Sar Kheng tells local leaders to resolve all disputes equitably
Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng warned administrators at all levels not to underestimate local disputes, no matter how small they appear. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-tells-local-leaders-resolve-all-disputes-equitably
Cambodia second largest partner of Korea’s EDCF initiatives
Cambodia has emerged as the second-largest partner of the South Korean government’s Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) initiatives over the years, it was revealed at an evaluation workshop of the programme recently in Phnom Penh. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501253563/cambodia-second-largest-partner-of-koreas-edcf-initiatives/
Microfinance sector plays important role in economic development: NBC
The microfinance sector in Cambodia has been playing an important role in contributing to economic and social development, especially the reduction of poverty in rural areas, said a senior official at the National Bank of Cambodia. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501268058/microfinance-sector-plays-important-role-in-economic-development-nbc/
Increased royal turtle hatchlings a promising sign: conservationists
A total of 122 royal turtles hatched from nests on an artificial sandbank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Centre (KKRCC) last week, the third time this has occurred. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/increased-royal-turtle-hatchlings-promising-sign-conservationists
Ministry: Eight children available for adoption
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation announced that it was looking for caregivers for eight orphans who are living at the National Maternal and Child Health Centre (NMCHC) and Battambang Orphanage Centre I in Battambang province. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-eight-children-available-adoption
WB sticks to Cambodia’s 5.2% growth forecast for 2023
World Bank has maintained the 2023 economic growth rate forecast for Cambodia at 5.2 percent while it lowered the prospects for the neighbouring countries Vietnam and Thailand from its October 2022 estimates. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501266499/wb-sticks-to-cambodias-5-2-growth-forecast-for-2023/
‘Colour revolution’ warning stems from bitter past: Eysan
Analysts are at odds over Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks regarding protecting the Kingdom’s hard-won peace and the government’s policy that there can be no forgiveness for those who threaten peace through “revolutionary acts”. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/colour-revolution-warning-stems-bitter-past-eysan
Large-antlered muntjac caught on camera in Virachey National Park
Wildlife conservation NGO, Fauna and Flora, and related ministries have expressed elation at recording footage of the elusive large-antlered muntjac, Muntiacus vuquangensis, in northeastern Cambodia’s Virachey National Park. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/large-antlered-muntjac-caught-camera-virachey-national-park
Cambodia and Japan sign nearly $10 million grant aid
An exchange of notes concerning the provision of Japan’s grant aid at the amount of JPY 1,338,000,000 or approximately $9.7 million was signed here yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382696/cambodia-and-japan-sign-nearly-10-million-grant-aid/
Digital Business Expo held to enhance digital transformation to entrepreneurs
Techo Startup Centre organised a Digital Business Expo with the theme of Startup, Innovation, and Technology in the Context of the Digital Economy and Society at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501397415/digital-business-expo-held-to-enhance-digital-transformation-to-entrepreneurs/
Social media content creators must respect the laws and cultural value
All social media content creators must respect the laws and the cultural value, said Prime Minister Hun Manet at the closing ceremony of the annual meeting of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs here yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501422039/social-media-content-creators-must-respect-the-laws-and-cultural-value/
Gold Mining Reporting Must Be More Open: NGOs
On Dec. 20, the Fair Finance Coalition, the NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGOF), and Oxfam in Cambodia issued studies on gold mining businesses at six locations in Preah Vihear, Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces. ...
Lay Sopheavotey
https://cambodianess.com/article/gold-mining-reporting-must-be-more-open-ngos
Ruling party forms historic coalition
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) is set to sign a “Cooperation and Coalition Agreement” with 27 other parties at an event to be presided over by CPP president and former prime minister Hun Sen on October 25. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ruling-party-forms-historic-coalition
Qatar resumes flights to Phnom Penh amid rising tourist numbers
Qatar Airways touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport (PNH) on October 29, marking its comeback after suspending operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic and aiming to tap into Cambodia’s resurgent tourism sector. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/qatar-resumes-flights-phnom-penh-amid-rising-tourist-numbers
