Tenth Mekong dolphin death of 2022 reported
Wildlife conservationists have issued more calls for an increase in strict and regular law enforcement in order to save the Mekong dolphins from extinction, following the death of a female specimen. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tenth-mekong-dolphin-death-2022-reported
General’s son latest ruling-party scion made provincial governor
The son of U.S.-blacklisted general Kun Kim has been promoted to Preah Vihear governor — at least the ninth child or in-law of ruling party leaders currently serving as provincial governor across the country. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/generals-son-at-least-ninth-ruling-party-scion-made-provincial-governor/
Cambodia, US discuss regional, global issues
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng discussed and exchanged views on law enforcement cooperation, including cooperation in the fight against drugs, human trafficking and counter-terrorism with the Daniel J. Kritenbrink, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501111386/cambodia-us-discuss-regional-global-issues/
Businesswoman calls on government to return land
High-profile Phnom Penh businesswoman Chhin Sokountheary has called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to return 33 hectares of prime land in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district to her company, which lost the rights to it when the government claimed the land in July. Sokountheary said she ...
Questions follow on heels of hydropower dam Sesan 2 vote
Villagers near the Sesan River in Stung Treng province are a step closer to being forced to make way for a hydropower dam following a National Assembly vote on Friday, but they are no closer to learning the details of such a move, a community ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013021861415/National/questions-follow-on-heels-of-sesan-2-vote.html
Ethnic minorities to receive bilingual education: gov’t
The government affirmed its commitment to bilingual education for ethnic minority children in Cambodia’s northern provinces at a UNESCO conference in Bangkok last week. Speaking at the fourth International Conference on Language and Education: Multilingual Education for all in Asia and the Pacific, Ton Sa Im, ...
Emily Wight
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle/ethnic-minorities-receive-bilingual-education-gov%E2%80%99t
City Hall Moves to Stop State Land Swaps
In an effort to put a stop to land swaps in Phnom Penh, City Hall has called on state institutions with offices in Chamkar Mon district’s Tonle Bassac commune to register or re-register for land titles, a municipal official said Sunday. A letter signed by ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-moves-to-stop-state-land-swaps-48329/
Former Boeng Kak Residents Demand More Compensation
More than 200 former residents of the Boeng Kak community protested Thursday outside City Hall to demand more compensation to the original amount they received when forcibly evicted from around the lake in 2009. The protesters—who accepted payouts from the private developer Shukaku to make way ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-boeng-kak-residents-demand-more-compensation-43692/
Provincial Capital To Be Built on Teak Forest
The government has granted 322 hectares of state-owned teak forest in the newly formed Tbong Khmum province to the Interior Ministry so that the land can be used to build a new provincial capital, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. “The government has decided to use more ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/provincial-capital-to-be-built-on-teak-forest-51553/
Announcement on the collaboration between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Information in producing "distance learning" and "e-learning" program
On 20 April 2020, the Ministry of Education has release an announcement on their official facebook page regarding the collaboration between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Information in producing “distance learning” and “e-learning” program. It is the response to the temporary school ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Press release: Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) promotes ICT capacity for regional teacher training centers and lower secondary education with $7million commitment
On 24 March 2021, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) issued a press release on the provision of a $7 million grant which aims to promote Information and Communications Technology (ICT) capacity for regional teacher training centers and lower secondary education. The major thrust of ...
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
Protected areas
As Cambodia emerged from years of conflict, pressures grew on natural resources and sensitive areas. In response, a number of protected areas were created by royal decree in 1993 to protect ecologically and culturally important places. More detailed guidelines on managing the country’s protected areas ...
‘Price Dumping’ in Telecoms Market Still Persists
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications implemented a law preventing mobile phone service providers from selling at less than cost over a year and a half ago, though the companies are still lowering their tariffs in an effort to remain competitive in the highly saturated ...
Election body asks Interior to pursue Rainsy, CNRP for boycott calls
Speaking during a meeting with stakeholders, officials from the National Election Committee (NEC) said it had requested the Ministry of Interior to take legal action against the dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party and its former leader, Sam Rainsy, for calling on people to forgo voting ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-body-asks-interior-pursue-rainsy-cnrp-boycott-calls
CPP inner circle expands, now dwarfing China’s and Vietnam’s
The Cambodian People’s Party Central Committee yesterday added more than 300 members to its ranks, the largest-ever class of inductees from government, civil society and law enforcement. The new members, which bring the committee’s ranks to more than 800, were sworn in to conclude a three-day ...
Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-inner-circle-expands-now-dwarfing-chinas-and-vietnams
Hun Sen Says 2013 Budget Will Balance Despite Spending
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that Cambodia’s budget for next year was balanced, claiming that a planned increase in public spending will be made up for by a rise in government revenue. Despite concerns from the opposition that foreign borrowing should be reduced, the National ...
As Wing Star Shoes strike enters third day, workers block road
Thousands of workers at the Wing Star Shoes Co. Ltd. on Wednesday blocked the road to the factory in Kompong Speu province for two hours. They demanded the company raise their bonuses by $5 and properly enforce labor laws after arbitration talks failed Tuesday. It was ...
ELCs to be taken from firms that break rules
Companies that transfer their land holdings to another firm in violation of government policy will have their concessions stripped from them, the Agriculture Ministry has said.But the ministry added that in such an event a “partner” firm may be sought to develop the offender’s economic ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elcs-be-taken-firms-break-rules
Multi-sectoral communities demand governments to address land, political, human rights, and employment crises
Land, political, labor, market, agricultural and social rights crises are being addressed by people from diverse communities, demanding that the government address them for the benefit of their livelihoods protected by law. ...
Tonle Sap Lake’s fisheries crimes campaign ongoing
Fisheries offences in the flooded forests around the Tonle Sap Lake, including those involving illegal nets and electric shock devices, persist despite an uptick in law enforcement pursuits. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-lakes-fisheries-crimes-campaign-ongoing