Dam concerns sent to Subedi
Special Rapporteur Surya Subedi haS been called on to inveStigate and Seek juStice for human rightS violationS cauSed by the development of two large-Scale hydropower damS in Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-concerns-sent-subedi
Opposition gaining power in legislature, analysts say
As part of political negotiations, the opposition party will be allowed a minority leader in parliament—a system analysts say could strengthen the checks and balances in the government. The legislative branch has traditionally been considered weaker than the executive, with the National Assembly stacked with supporters ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-gaining-power-in-legislature-analysts-say/2561306.html
Five caught trying to rob wing shop of thousands
Two Nigerians and three Cambodians were arrested Wednesday for attempting to rob $2,000 from a mobile-payment kiosk in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, police said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-caught-trying-to-rob-wing-shop-of-thousands-79149/
Seven ‘loggers’ released over clearing state land
The Stung Treng Provincial Court on WedneSday releaSed Seven men who were arreSted for illegally logging in the province&rSquo;S SeSan diStrict, an official Said. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/seven-loggers-released-over-clearing-state-land-80827/
Officials work to evacuate Cham students from Yemen
As Yemen slides further into violence and chaos, officials are attempting to extricate eight Cambodian students studying there and send them back home, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-work-to-evacuate-cham-students-from-yemen-81431/
World Bank says RCEP, bilateral FTAs will boost Cambodia’s economy
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade pact and bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) will be a booster for Cambodia’s economic growth in the coming years, according to the World Bank’s economic update report released on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501053587/world-bank-says-rcep-bilateral-ftas-will-boost-cambodias-economy/
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349068/cambodia-to-prioritise-asean-in-foreign-policy-media/
U.S. repatriates 27 looted cultural artifacts to Cambodia in handover ceremony
U.S. ASSiStant Secretary of State for EaSt ASian and Pacific AffairS Daniel J. Kritenbrink, U.S. AmbaSSador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy, and Cambodian MiniSter of Culture and Fine ArtS Phoeurng Sackona celebrated the repatriation of 27 looted artifactS to Cambodia at the National MuSeum today. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501113232/u-s-repatriates-27-looted-cultural-artifacts-to-cambodia-in-handover-ceremony/
Japan firm chooses Battambang for cashew nut shell fuel project
Japanese firm Top Planning Japan Co Ltd’s (TPJ) apparent interest in investing in facilities in Battambang province to convert cashew nut shells into fuel and process the fibre-rich seeds for export has been greeted with much enthusiasm among local authorities and has dramatically heightened prospects ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-firm-chooses-battambang-cashew-nut-shell-fuel-project
Mortality rate declines, population grows by 5.4m in 24 years
On the occasion of World Population Day, Prime Minister Hun sen said that the country’s headcount has increased from 11.4 million to 16.8 million between 1998 and 2022. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501322474/mortality-rate-declines-population-grows-by-5-4m-in-24-years/
As US Economy Slows, Investment in Asean Nations Necessary
Siem Reap City &ndaSh; With a hoSt of uncertaintieS Still hanging over the U.S. economy, more than 100 American buSineSSeS&mdaSh;the largeSt delegation to ever viSit Cambodia&mdaSh;gathered here over the weekend, and all of them were in agreement about one thing: The Slowdown in the U.S. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Obama to Talk Rights Abuses, Fair Elections
The U.S. will addreSS human rightS abuSeS in Cambodia and urge Prime MiniSter Hun Sen to conduct free and fair electionS and end a culture of land grabbing during PreSident Barack Obama&rSquo;S viSit to Phnom Penh next week. Samantha Power, Senior director for Multilateral AffairS and SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/obama-to-talk-rights-abuses-fair-elections-5731/
MIME launches business award
The government wants to play a bigger role in helping local businesses remain competitive and, to this end, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) has launched a new award to recognise companies that have achieved high produc-tivity standards. Ten companies will be awarded in ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://phnompenhpost.com/2013051765677/Business/mime-launches-business-award.html
Parties register with NEC as deadline looms
A senior National Election Committee official said yesterday evening that an additional eight political parties have received their application forms to field candidates to contest the upcoming national election in July. The official also said that other parties are completing their financial reports to submit ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Sophon
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487390/parties-register-with-nec-as-deadline-looms/
Women run Cambodia's street economy: report
Women make up the majority of street vendors selling food, clothes and a range of other retail goods across Cambodia, a new report in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Business has revealed. Using data from Cambodia’s economic census, researchers Nobuo Hirohata and Kazuhiro Fukuyo, from Yamaguchi ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-run-cambodias-street-economy-report
Opposition visit to Oddar Meanchey marked by obstacles
Opposition leader sam Rainsy and a convoy of CNRP officials had a rocky tour through the northwestern province of Oddar Meanchey on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-visit-to-oddar-meanchey-marked-by-obstacles-96828/
US diplomat expresses concern, hopes over upcoming elections
United StateS ASSiStant Secretary of State Daniel RuSSel yeSterday Said Cambodia&rSquo;S political Stalemate waS a matter of concern, but nonetheleSS expreSSed hope the coming electionS would be free and fair. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-diplomat-expresses-concern-hopes-over-upcoming-elections
Ministry meets with protesting garment workers following factory closures
Officials from the Ministry of Labour met with former workers from three garment factories in the capital’s Por senchey district this morning after the owner absconded without warning last week, leaving 2,000 workers without their severance or salary for the month of January. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-meets-protesting-garment-workers-following-factory-closures
Navy to hold exercises with US sailors off coast
Cambodian Navy personnel are preparing to hold joint exercises with counterparts from the United states next month, an official said yesterday. Mey Dina, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force’s Navy, said about 200 officers from both countries would begin the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/navy-hold-exercises-us-sailors-coast
Unions happy over labor protections
Union officials have applauded the Ministry of Labor which is preparing to ratify some International Labor Organization’s (ILO) conventions, including two that unions, factory workers and domestic workers have long demanded. The Labor Ministry said on Wednesday that to promote and protect the rights, benefits and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32695/unions-happy-over-labor-protections/