PM calls for more improvement of higher education quality
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged relevant institutions, especially the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) to further enhance the quality of higher education, particularly the doctorate degree. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501299546/pm-calls-for-more-improvement-of-higher-education-quality/
Hot weather, dry season looms as agriculture ministry calls for more climate-resilient crops
The temperature in Cambodia is expected to rise starting February to early May, with highs of 41 degrees Celsius, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said, urging the public, especially those in rural areas, to use water sparingly. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/hot-weather-dry-season-looms-as-agriculture-ministry-calls-for-more-climate-resilient-crops/
Kingdom seeks Singaporean investment
Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong on Tuesday urged outgoing Singaporean ambassador Kevin Cheok to encourage the island state to invest more in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24264/kingdom-seeks-singaporean-investment/
Koh Rong Sanloem ready to build first solar power station
Work on a new solar power station is set to start next month on Koh Rong Sanloem Island. The 1.25 megawatt (Mw) solar power project that was signed off this year will be constructed as two standalone solar based micro-grids that can provide electricity to ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757495/koh-rong-sanloem-ready-to-build-first-solar-power-station/
Three more projects worth $18 million approved
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved three new investment projects with a total capital of $18 million. The new projects belong to New Target Footwear (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., Golden Island Garments (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., and Jin Long Quan (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501227974/three-more-projects-worth-18-million-approved/
Koh Pich hosts annual kite flying competition
Hundreds of handmade kites fluttered above Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island on Thursday morning as 49 competitors converged for the 19th annual Khmer Kite Flying Festival. ...
Buth Kimsay and Olivia Harlow
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-pich-hosts-annual-kite-flying-competition-100227/
Rescued fishermen return from Indonesia
Eight more rescued Cambodian fishermen were repatriated Tuesday from Indonesia’s Ambon Island, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, following the return of 230 others two weeks ago. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rescued-fishermen-return-from-indonesia-86995/
Protected forest reclassified as private land
The entirety of three protected forests are now classified as private land, an investigation from rights group Adhoc has found, along with tens of thousands of additional hectares of what has once been state public land In three cases, Adhoc’s findings show that entire protected forests ...
Second group of Nauru refugees slated to arrive next month
A second group of refugees is scheduled to arrive from the Pacific Island of Nauru next month, in an ongoing agreement with Australia. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/second-group-of-nauru-refugees-slated-to-arrive-next-month/2963005.html
58 Cambodians among slaves rescued in Indonesia
At least 58 Cambodians were among the more than 300 enslaved fishermen recently rescued from a remote island in Indonesia’s Maluku province, an intergovernmental migration body said Tuesday. ...
Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/58-cambodians-among-slaves-rescued-in-indonesia-81595/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new map layer on "Public Universities of Cambodia"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing on Public Universities of Cambodia in two languages, Khmer and English. With this new resource, the map illustrates the 29 locations of “Public Universities” with address, contact information, and faculties available in each university in nationwide.=>The page can ...
Illegal fishermen busted
Authorities in Koh Kong province arrested 26 Vietnamese nationals on Tuesday after they found the group illegally living and fishing off of King Island in Kiri Sakor district. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fishermen-busted
“we can’t be rich among millions of poor”
Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol warned students at the elite Royal School of Administration on Tuesday: “We cannot live on a rich island in the middle of a poor ocean.” ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13548/---we-can---t-be-rich-among-millions-of-poor---/
First refugees from Nauru to arrive Thursday
The first four asylum seekers moving to Cambodia from the South Pacific island of Nauru will arrive Thursday, part of a controversial resettlement deal with Australia. ...
Neou Vannarin and Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1G7vDhd
2 more refugees headed to Cambodia from Nauru
Two more refugees detained on the South Pacific island of Nauru are expected to arrive in Cambodia soon as part of a controversial resettlement deal with Australia. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/two-more-refugees-headed-cambodia-nauru/2995592.html
UN refugee agency wants no part of Cambodia resettlement
The United Nations agency responsible for refugees has washed its hands of Australia’s controversial deal to send refugees from the tiny Pacific island of Nauru to Cambodia. ...
The Sydney Morning Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HbyCqc
China doesn't want sea dispute raised at ASEAN Summit
Beijing says it will oppose attempts to make its island-building activities in the South China Sea the focus of this week’s leaders’ summit in the Malaysian capital. ...
Steve Herman
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/china-doesnt-want-sea-dispute-raised-at-asean-summit/3061684.html
Australia makes new PR push for Nauru refugees
Australia has begun another round of public relations campaigning in an attempt to persuade refugees on the Pacific island of Nauru to resettle in Cambodia under a controversial agreement signed last year. ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australia-makes-new-pr-push-nauru-refugees
Officials tour Nauru, fail to meet refugees
A Cambodian delegation that arrived in Nauru on Tuesday for high-level meetings to progress a controversial refugee resettlement scheme has toured Australian-run detention centres on the island, according to a rights group. ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/officials-tour-nauru-fail-meet-refugees
Australia prepares to send first refugees from Nauru to Cambodia within days
The Australian government has chartered a plane to move the first group of refugees from Nauru to Cambodia within days as part of a $40m resettlement deal, sources on the island have said. ...
Paul Farrell and Lauren Crothers
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/15/australia-prepares-to-send-first-refugees-from-nauru-to-cambodia-within-days