Sao Sokha praises military police on anniversary
National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha on Tuesday painted a rosy picture of the country during a ceremony in Phnom Penh to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of a wing of the armed forces that has been routinely called upon to crush dissent. ...
Khuon Narim and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sao-sokha-praises-military-police-on-anniversary-88336/
PM hosts mass meeting of armed forces
Some 5,000 security personnel were called to the headquarters of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit in Kandal province on Thursday, where the premier said they must protect Cambodia’s territorial integrity, according to a number of officials in attendance. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-hosts-mass-meeting-of-armed-forces-89310/
Officials reject claim that army belongs to CPP
Military, government and ruling party officials on Thursday distanced themselves from deputy military commander Chea Dara’s comments this week that the “army belongs to the Cambodian People’s Party,” insisting that the military remains neutral. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-reject-claim-that-army-belongs-to-cpp-90200/
Committee for work safety created
The government has established the National Committee for Health and Work Safety, to comprise in part officials from relevant ministries to review, give counsel and spread information related to health and work safety. According to a sub-decree dated Monday and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...
Mom kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32302/committee-for-work-safety-created/
Committee Approves $25 Million Budget for National Assembly
The CPP-controlled Permanent Committee of the new National Assembly has approved a $25-million budget to cover the Assembly’s costs for the coming year, despite the continued absence of nearly half the 123-member body’s elected lawmakers. The opposition CNRP’s 55 lawmakers-elect have been boycotting the Assembly since ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/committee-approves-25-million-budget-for-national-assembly-45434/
UN Envoy Cautious Over Cambodian Political Settlement Prospects
A U.N. rights envoy to Cambodia on Wednesday expressed “cautious optimism” that the parties of Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy would move toward ending their seven-month political deadlock following an agreement achieved this week between the two sides on a set ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/surya-subedi-03062014183612.html
Cambodian opposition lawmakers threaten to walk out of parliament
Lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would consider boycotting parliament again if Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party continues to delay an agreement on electoral reform, according to CNRP deputy leader Kem Sokha. The two parties have reached a deadlock in talks on forging ...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/kem-sokha-11242014174200.html
IMF Report Cites Key Economic Reforms
Despite an economic forecast of 6.5 percent growth for Cambodia this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a report released Monday that the government must continue to develop infrastructure, increase public revenues and practice fiscal safeguarding in order to sustain growth in the ...
National testing could widen
Cambodia may soon have new standardised exams to hold its students, teachers and education system accountable. “Everyone agrees that the improved enrolment rates in primary school is an accomplishment; at the same time, everyone also calls for quality-control improvement [which] means better testing,” said Jan ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-testing-could-widen
Cambodian Oil Transparency Group Sponsors Annual Conference
Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency (CRRT) will host a one-day National Conference Nov. 2 on the Best Practice of Governance in Extractive Industries and Revenue Management. The conference, to be attended by representatives from the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN), will also include representatives ...
http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20121030005350/en/oil/gas/mining
No energy after national election
Residents here yesterday expressed concern about the lack of energy during the count process for Sunday’s national election. Many in Kampong Siem district’s Koh Mit commune said that they felt indifferent, even as the national Election Committee said that the voter turnout rate in the ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517412/no-energy-after-national-election/
Government hits back at UN human rights officials
Cambodian officials have accused two United Nations (UN) human rights experts of interfering in its internal affairs when they commented on the freedom of opinion and expression in the Kingdom and the media code of conduct for the July 29 national elections. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-hits-back-un-human-rights-officials
Government urged to tackle waste
With rapid growth in its economy and population, the Cambodian government was urged on Wednesday to recycle and reduce as it faces a growing volume of municipal and industrial waste. The call came from the country director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Nick ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-urged-tackle-waste
Police claim to have found CNRP petition irregularities
Authorities say they have discovered irregularities among the 170,000 thumbprints the CNRP gathered in support of a petition seeking King Norodom Sihamoni’s intervention in the current political crisis, deputy National Police chief Kang Sokhorn said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-claim-to-have-found-cnrp-petition-irregularities-114124/
NEC pledges to allow vetting of voter lists
National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman Hang Puthea yesterday promised the body would release electoral lists for vetting after it finished registering voters, but conceded the process faced a tight deadline. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-pledges-allow-vetting-voter-lists
UN wants independent Ley investigation
A group of United Nations human rights experts have condemned the murder of Cambodian political analyst and social activist Kem Ley and called for an impartial investigation by an independent body with no ties to the government. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27281/un-wants-independent-ley-investigation/
PM wants more Khmer-style art
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday urged Cambodian artists to include elements of national identity in their work to ensure they are not threatened with intellectual property rights lawsuits from international artists. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36127/pm-wants-more-khmer-style-art/
Government eyeing low-cost housing
An estimated 7.9 million people in Cambodia will be living in urban areas by 2030, up from 4.5 million in 2014, with officials at a forum on national housing yesterday announcing ambitious plans to meet the demand for some 55,000 affordable new homes each year. ...
Touch Sokha and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-eyeing-low-cost-housing
Opposition Party Rejects Election Results, Wants Investigation
The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Monday rejected the results of the National election, calling for a joint committee to be established to investigate what the opposition party said were vast irregularities in Sunday’s polls. “The Cambodia National Rescue Party demands for the establishment ...
Opposition Party Threatens Nationwide Labor Strikes
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday announced that his party could stage nationwide labor strikes in protest of disputed election results, and said the CNRP would begin an international campaign to make the CPP government a pariah state. “In the air is an idea of ...
Phorn Bopha and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/opposition-party-threatens-nationwide-labor-strikes-43403/