Return to old party is to reunite royalists, Sihanoukists: Cambodian Prince Ranariddh
Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, a son of late King Norodom Sihanouk, said Monday that his return to be the president of the royalist Funcinpec Party is to reunite the royalists and Sihanoukists. The prince also said that the party will work closely with Prime Minister Hun ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-01/05/c_133897669.htm
GMAC: EC didn’t reject EBA delay
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) on Sunday denied a news report that the European Commission had rejected its request to postpone the withdrawal of the EBA scheme for 12 months. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-ec-didnt-reject-eba-delay
Student denies test bribe accusation
The former Battambang High School student who a local news website claimed earlier this week bribed education officials to secure a passing exam grade said yesterday that the certificate the website published is not his. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-denies-test-bribe-accusation
NEC introduces spokesmen ahead of elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) has announced the creation of a spokesperson team to communicate with the public and local and International news agencies as it prepares to hold the communes and general elections in 2022 and 2023, respectively. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-introduces-spokesmen-ahead-elections
Australia supporting women’s economic empowerment in Cambodia
Australia is supporting women’s economic empowerment in Cambodia as they are central to the Kingdom’s economic development, said the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh in a news release on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501345097/australia-supporting-womens-economic-empowerment-in-cambodia/
Cambodia to prioritise ASEAN in foreign policy
Cambodia’s state-owned news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) recently published an article, forecasting the foreign policy of the Royal Government for the seventh term under the leadership of new Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349068/cambodia-to-prioritise-asean-in-foreign-policy-media/
Seventeen nests of lesser Adjutant recorded in 2022 breeding season
A total of 17 nests of Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) were recorded in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary (LWS) by the end of 2022 breeding season, according to a news release of NatureLife Cambodia this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501312556/seventeen-nests-of-lesser-adjutant-recorded-in-2022-breeding-season/
Cambodia makes $377.5 million from rice exports in first ten months
Cambodia had exported 529,924 tonnes of milled rice in the first 10 months of 2023, earning a total revenue of $377.5 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation said in a news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501389491/cambodia-makes-377-5-million-from-rice-exports-in-first-ten-months/
Cambodia earns $280 mln from milled rice export in seven months
Cambodia exported a total of 379,546 tonnes of milled rice in the first seven months of 2024, earning a revenue of $280 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation said in a news release on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501540543/cambodia-earns-280-mln-from-milled-rice-export-in-seven-months/
Cambodia initiates first-ever employment policy
The International Labor Organization says a new National Employment Policy will improve the country’s economy for the young generation.The policy, drafted with the help of Sweden, aims to increase “decent and productive” employment opportunities, enhance skills and human resources development, and strengthen labor market governance, ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-initiates-first-ever-employment-policy/3020097.html
Vendors Capitalize on King Father Keepsakes and Memorabilia
Vendors at the Royal Palace were doing a brisk trade yesterday, as people wanting to own a little piece of history- King Father Norodom Sihanouk memorabilia- purchased photographs of the late monarch, as well as freshly printed T-shirts bearing late King’s image. Almost immediately after news ...
Fund report lacking, BBC show claims
An investigation by BBC news program Panorama into the misuse of Global Fund aid to Cambodia has claimed that the Fund “watered down” a report released last month, which exposed a network of corruption in Cambodia’s health sector. But Panorama, which obtained a leaked copy of the original ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fund-report-lacking-bbc-show-claims
Allegations of death threats after illegal logging reports
A journalist has filed a complaint with the Pursat provincial court alleging that a soldier threatened to kill him on Sunday after he wrote a series of damning articles linking the soldier to illegal rosewood trafficking, court officials confirmed Tuesday. Both the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/allegations-of-death-threats-after-illegal-logging-reports-60426/
Cambodia arrests 6 foreigners, seizing 790 kg of illicit drugs
Cambodia’s anti-drug police have arrested six foreigners for allegedly trafficking illicit drug, confiscating nearly 790 kg of ketamine, the country’s Anti-Drug Department (ADP) said in a news release on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501337389/cambodia-arrests-6-foreigners-seizing-790-kg-illicit-drug/
Cambodia earns $278.6 million from milled rice export in January-August
Cambodia exported 401,699 tonnes of milled rice in the first eight months of 2023, earning a total revenue of $278.6 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a news release on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357757/cambodia-earns-278-6-million-from-milled-rice-export-in-january-august/
Cambodian ministry signs MoU with private company on e-commerce cooperation
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Lanton Cloud Service Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, said a ministry’s news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239890/cambodian-ministry-signs-mou-with-private-company-on-e-commerce-cooperation/
Officials dismissive of foreign commentary on VOD closure
Senior officials have brushed off concerns raised by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) over the annulment of the licence for online news outlet VOD, saying this would “improve” the professional ethics of the media in Cambodia. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-dismissive-foreign-commentary-vod-closure
Cambodian ministry signs MoU with private company on e-commerce cooperation
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Lanton Cloud Service Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, said a ministry’s news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239890/cambodian-ministry-signs-mou-with-private-company-on-e-commerce-cooperation/
New smart airport aims to drive more tourists into Siem Reap
Cambodia Angkor Air and Trip.com Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a smart airport in Siem Reap, the global travel service provider said in a news release. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-siem-reap-new-smart-airport