Cambodian police burn 5.1 tons of fake medicines
About 5.1 tons of counterfeit medicines were burned down on Friday at a dumpsite on the outskirts of capital Phnom Penh by Cambodian economic police. ...
China.org.cn News Staff
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2014-11/28/content_34177271.htm
PM again hits at US as bomb removal planned
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) will begin removal next week of two chemical bombs found in Svay Rieng in January, as Prime Minister Hun Sen again took aim yesterday at The United States for allegedly not shouldering The burden of its war legacy. ...
Phak Seangly and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-again-hits-us-bomb-removal-planned
Gov’t suspends freedom of association for unions
Following a complaint from the Free Trade Union (FTU) over the Ministry of Labor’s refusal to register 10 local branches of its organization, a ministry official said Wednesday that the constitutional right to freedom of association has been suspended until a new trade union law ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-suspends-freedom-of-association-for-unions-53271/
Asean membership has helped reduce development gaps
Cambodia has significantly benefited from its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) membership, Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) secretary-general Yang Peou said on Thursday during a conference to mark the 52nd anniversary of Asean’s establishment and the 20th anniversary of the Kingdom’s membership in the ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-membership-has-helped-reduce-development-gaps
Fake outfits, real time
Two men were sentenced to three years in prison yesterday by Phnom Penh Municipal Court for impersonating a police officer by donning a National Police uniform, complete with a plastic pistol and fake number plate. “After stopping, checking and asking him, we knew he was ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-outfits-real-time
Cabinet approves ban on public smoking
The Cambodian government on Friday approved a new regulation that will impose fines for public smoking. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cabinet-approves-ban-on-public-smoking/3219616.html
Massive $23.2B project gets ‘green light’
Several subordinates of a senior minister within the office of the prime minister registered and rubber-stamped a gargantuan $23.2 billion investment project chaired by the minister’s wife, while officials in the know say the project stands little chance of getting off the ground. ...
Jack Davies, Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/massive-232b-project-gets-green-light
Cambodia keeps cool after coup in Thailand
As news broke yesterday evening that the Thai political situation had evolved from martial law to a full-blown coup d’etat, Cambodian government officials said they hoped the army’s takeover would be transitional and dismissed any concerns that tensions could rise on the Cambodia-Thailand border. ”We wish ...
Kevin Ponniah and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-keeps-cool-after-coup-thailand
Cambodia, Laos speeds up border demarcation
The 6th Cambodia-Laos Joint Border Committee’s meeting kicked off Wednesday to speed up border demarcation between The two countries. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MjY2ZWJmZWM0OWF
Million-home dilemma
A soaring population and increased migration to urban areas will create demand for more than a million new homes by 2030, according to a draft national housing policy. Approved by the Council of Ministers on Friday after a series of revisions, the draft highlights the increasing ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/million-home-dilemma
KNLF members charged with inciting violence
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged 10 members of The Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), a political advocacy group vehemently opposed to The ruling CPP, with plotting to incite violence following Their arrests last week. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arrested-knlf-members-charged-with-inciting-violence-70995/
Record Bad Medicine Haul
Police seized more than two tonnes of dangerous counterfeit medication on Saturday and arrested a Phnom Penh pharmacy owner in a sting officials say has netted the largest-ever haul of illegal medication in Cambodia. After nine days of surveillance, the Ministry of Interior’s Economic Police unit swooped ...
Ly Thuch receives Martin Vavra, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Cambodia
Dr. Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Vice President of the Mines Authority, on February 26, 2024, at the office of the Mine Authority, received Martin Vavra, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Cambodia, for a courtesy call and an inquiry on mine action in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501446375/ly-thuch-receives-martin-vavra-ambassador-of-the-czech-republic-to-cambodia/
Japan introduces fresh water fish in Cambodia
A group from the Japanese Fish Rearing Association led by Kazuki Nishimura met with Chan Sarun, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. During the meeting Kazuki Nishimura told the minister that the Japanese Fish Rearing Association wished to introduce Japanese fresh water fish (Nishiki Koi) ...
Government planning massive memorial to Hun Sen’s legacy
Prime Minister Hun Sen has formed a 20-person committee to plan a sprawling memorial in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district to ensure that his legacy is preserved for generations to come, according to a government order and officials on the committee. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-planning-massive-memorial-to-hun-sens-legacy-78282/
Ministries eye budget bumps for next year
The Ministry of Economy and Finance finished month-long consultations with key ministries on Thursday in preparation for The drafting of Cambodia’s budget for 2017. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-eye-budget-bumps-next-year
Minimum wage law edges closer
A Labour Ministry official has said the law on the minimum wage will come into force in the first quarter of 2018, provided there are no more objections from stakeholders. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095662/minimum-wage-law-edges-closer/
Officials at border call for better info sharing
Authorities in Svay Rieng province have slammed the minister in charge of negotiating border issues with Vietnam, saying he has not kept the military and governor’s office in the loop regarding the ongoing dispute with Cambodia’s neighbour. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-border-call-better-info-sharing
Vietnam's Chinese flee unrest to Cambodia
Chen Qun squinted into the morning sunlight as she walked out of the customs and immigration office in Bavet, a small border town that serves as one of the main gateways for land travel between Cambodia and Vietnam. “I have no friends in Sviey Rieng so ...
Luc Forsyth
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/05/vietnam-chinese-flee-unrest-cambodia-201451873538689813.html
Police accuse firm, Oknha of illegal logging
In a rare move, the National Police on Monday leveled accusations of illegal logging against a number of government-granted economic land concessions (ELCs) in the eastern province of Mondolkiri, singling out a Chinese-owned rubber plantation and wealthy businessman Soeng Sam Ol. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-accuse-firm-oknha-of-illegal-logging-104389/