Resounding call to release human rights defender Koet Saray charged for incitement in Preah Vihear
About 50 civil society groups and unions called for the release of human rights activist Koet Saray, president of Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA), who has been placed in pre-trial detention. ...
ODC participated in BarCamp ASEAN 2018
Barcamp ASEAN 2018 took place on October 20-21, at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This BarCamp ASEAN 2018 broke the world’s largest BarCamp record having over 8,000 participants, 60 exhibitors, over 95 speakers on 85 topics and 1,000 companies and organizations. ...
Cambodia eyes boost in Australian investment
Australian ambassador to Cambodia Derek Yip expressed interest in Cambodia’s infrastructure development plans, as trade between the two countries exceeded $220 million in the first three quarters of 2024. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-eyes-boost-in-australian-investment
Govt distributes rice seeds in areas hit by disasters
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries has provided rice seeds to four provinces affected by drought and floods as of yesterday. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501579173/govt-distributes-rice-seeds-in-areas-hit-by-disasters/
PM Hun Sen highlights three main points in 2022 to Cambodians from Europe while in Brussels
Prime Minister Hun Sen held a a get-together with some 2,000 Cambodian nationals residing in Europe during his stay in Brussels yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501201548/pm-hun-sen-highlights-three-main-points-in-2022-to-cambodians-from-europe-while-in-brussels/
Communities in long-running land dispute with a sugarcane company in Kampong Speu province asked the Ministry of Land Management to expedite the settlement
Nearly 100 people have land dispute with Ly Yong Phat sugar plantation in Kampong Speu province gather in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on the morning of January 26, 2023 to request this ministry to expedite the demolition procedure ...
Khut Chariya
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-01-26-1931-246327.html
Foreign Ministry: PM Hun Manet engages in fruitful meetings with foreign dignitaries and business leaders in New York
Prime Minister Hun Manet has engaged in fruitful meetings with foreign dignitaries and business leaders during his trip to New York from Sept. 21 to 24 to attend the General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, according to a press ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366571/foreign-ministry-pm-hun-manet-engages-in-fruitful-meetings-with-foreign-dignitaries-and-business-leaders-in-new-york/
MFI loans, deposits grow in first nine months of this year
Outstanding loans and deposits in Cambodia’s crowded microfinance institution (MFI) sector have seen a sharp rise in the first three quarters of this year. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfi-loans-deposits-grow-first-nine-months-year
Bit Traing chief calls for talks in dispute
Bit Traing commune chief Mach Chan on Tuesday appealed to Okhna Lanh Pheara and 77 families and urged them to find an acceptable solution to a land dispute, saying he had received requests from both sides since early October to intervene. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bit-traing-chief-calls-talks-dispute
Chinese firms set to invest in car assembly, fertiliser plants
Two Chinese companies plan to invest in a car assembly plant and an organic fertiliser processing plant in Cambodia, following a visit by a delegation of 20 company representatives from Shandong province last week. The delegation was led by Shandong provincial vice-governor Wang Shujian, who met ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firms-set-invest-car-assembly-fertiliser-plants
Illegal timber and vehicles seized in three provinces
Forestry administration and other related authorities seized a large amount of illegal timber and a number of vehicles, including boats, used for transporting timber. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-timber-and-vehicles-seized-three-provinces
Gov’t approves $9B worth of building projects in 2019
The government has approved more than $9 billion this year for capital investment in the construction sector, a nearly 80 per cent increase on last year, with most of the growth coming from projects in Sihanoukville, according to Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-approves-9b-worth-building-projects-2019
The drugs don’t work: Despite the best efforts of the authorities, producers of fake medicines are making a killing in Cambodia
“Counterfeit medicine kills, while real medicine heals.” This was the simple but apt message selected just over a year ago for a poster campaign in Cambodia that aimed to raise awareness of the risks of counterfeit medications, as part of a government crackdown on the ...
Joint statement on the stance of civil society in joining the observation of the process of housing resolution at Borei Keila community
We are the civil society organizations comprising of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Samakum Teang Tnaut (STT), Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) and the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) who make the following joint ...
Joint Organizations
Malaysian firms keen in wastewater treatment and eco-tourism: Ambassador
Malaysian firms are interested in investing in wastewater treatment and eco-tourism in the Kingdom, sectors in line with the country’s bid to boost bilateral trade and strengthen ties with the Kingdom. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50679775/malaysian-firms-keen-in-wastewater-treatment-and-eco-tourism-ambassador
Dredging suspended in Banteay Srei district
Sand-dredging was suspended in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district on Monday after it was found that unlicensed operations had polluted creeks, leaving fish dead and impacting residents. Banteay Srei district governor Khim Finan told The Post on Tuesday that it had been found that ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dredging-suspended-banteay-srei-district
More than 400 endangered turtle eggs found in Kratie
Conservationists have found more than 400 eggs of the Asian Giant Softshell Turtle along the Mekong River in Kratie province since the beginning of November. A Wildlife Conservation Society statement yesterday said that the conservationists from Community Fisheries, Fisheries Administration and WCS found 13 nests ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50680487/more-than-400-endangered-turtle-eggs-found-in-kratie
More illegal buildings to be demolished in Sihanoukville
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall is warning residents the authorities will begin demolishing nearly 30 illegally built houses along canals and sidewalks in Sihanoukville’s Buon commune after Provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun ordered them to do so this week. “Provincial authorities have sent a letter to 29 ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50682045/preah-sihanouk-authorities-to-clear-homes-for-flood-reduction
Cambodia gets $118M in sovereign loans from AFD
Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has provided Cambodia with a sovereign loan of 118 million euros ($121 million) for two projects – one to build the Bakheng water treatment plant and another to develop competitive skills. Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Porn Moniroth who ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-gets-118m-sovereign-loans-afd