Students call for wider selection of books
A quarter of Cambodian students want more access to books and other reading materials, a study by World Vision revealed yesterday. Of the 4,000 students surveyed by the global NGO, 25 percent said they sought “more amount and variety” of books, while 12 percent wanted “better ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36374/students-call-for-wider-selection-of--books/
Cop’s dredging outfit closed
Following several warnings, officials in Prey Veng province’s Peamro district yesterday shuttered an illegal sand-dredging operation being run by a provincial police officer.Chum Chea, Prek Khsay Khor commune chief, said more than 10 officers on Wednesday halted the operation and confiscated machinery, with the operation ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-dredging-outfit-closed
22 more Boeung Kak families receive land titles
Twenty-two families who were still protesting their evictions from the Boeung Kak lake area accepted offers from the city today, leaving 10 holdouts remaining more than a decade after the lake was first sold and filled in. The families, from Village 1, each accepted a ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/22-more-boeung-kak-families-receive-land-titles
China eyes stronger ties with Mekong countries
China eyes stronger ties with the other five countries along the Lancang-Mekong river, pledging new loans, medical aids and scholarships to its neighbors. At the second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders’ meeting on Jan 10, Premier Li Keqiang announced that China will provide another 7 billion ...
Mu Xuequan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/12/c_136889090.htm
South Korea to help build bridge across Mekong
The government of South Korea will help to build a Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge across the Mekong River in the future, according to a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday. The announcement came after a meeting on Friday between Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and newly-appointed ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113678/south-korea-to-help-build-bridge-across-mekong/
Phnom Penh Port Cargo Up 15 Percent on Last Year
The amount of cargo entering Cambodia through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased 14.92 percent over the first 10 months of the year compared to the same period in 2011, a port official said yesterday. “We are seeing that the major imports are construction equipment ...
Prasac inaugurates new HQ in Phnom Penh
Officials expressed optimism that microfinance institution Prasac would be able to attract more deposit placing clients, after the inauguration of its new headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Tompun district yesterday. Representatives from the National Bank of Cambodia and Prasac expect the new 10-storey building to enhance ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/prassacs-new-hq-inaugurated.html
Cambodia gains 3.5 million tourist arrivals in 2012
Cambodia in 2012 received 3.5 million foreign visitors, an increase of 25 per cent if comparing to 2011 and earned 2 billion US dollars for national income this year, tourism minister said on January 10. He also said: for 2011, there were 8 million of ...
Farmers of crocodile say no to skin exports
Cambodian crocodile farmers prefer selling young live crocodiles directly rather than raising crocodiles and selling their skins for export as they believe there is no market, despite officials encouraging crocodile farming for skin exports. Heng Chheng, a crocodile farmer from Battambang, has raised crocodiles since 1984. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030761796/Business/farmers-of-crocodile-say-no-to-skin-exports.html
Registered business numbers increased
The number of businesses registered with the Ministry of Commerce climbed by more than 10 per cent year on year during the first half of 2012, ministry data showed. Officials credited the government’s piecemeal efforts to institute a transparent investment policy and gross domestic product growth, ...
Thai flood: thousands may evacuate in Northwestern Cambodia
Due to rising water level in Thailand’s reservoirs caused by heavy rainfall, the Thai government announced the opening of a dam in Sa Kaeo province, located about 20 km from the Cambodian border. This decision will potentially affect 10,000 Cambodian families in Poipet, Serei Sophorn ...
Tai Yang garment strikers sacked
Garment employees who have refused to return to work after striking for three weeks no longer have jobs at Tai Yang Enterprise, which supplies Levi’s and Gap, management said yesterday. Tired of strikes the company claims are costing it US$10,000 per day, administrative manager Ou Meng ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071657439/National-news/tai-yang-strikers-sacked.html
Navy arrests 4 Cambodian rosewood smugglers
Royal Thai Navy ships intercepted a Cambodian fishing boat illegally smuggling 10 million baht in Siamese rosewood out of the kingdom. The HTMS Chao Phraya staffed with military, customs and forestry office personnel captured the 18-meter-long fishing vessel carrying 296 logs in its fish holds ...
http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/navy-arrests-4-cambodian-rosewood-smugglers-25782?ref=pmci
More Oudong questioning
Kandal provincial court will this week summons five suspects held in detention since December 10 last year for a fresh round of questioning over relics stolen from Oudong Mountain last month, even as police said the investigation is now “quiet”. Judge Lim Sokuntha said yesterday that ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-oudong-questioning
Cambodian King returns from visit to France
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni arrived in Phnom Penh, capital city of Cambodia, on Monday morning after the tour to France for two weeks to strengthen and expand bilateral ties and cooperation. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/12/c_133327201.htm
Vets protest unpaid pensions
After protesting in front of government offices yesterday, more than 60 retired soldiers received pensions that had been withheld for close to a year. The 64 Preah Sihanouk veterans gathered in front of the Department of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation told the Post that ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vets-protest-unpaid-pensions
Cambodia inaugurates China-funded road in northwestern province
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday inaugurated the China-funded road No. 57B in northwestern Battambang province, saying that the road will contribute to developing economy and reducing poverty. The inauguration ceremony, held in the province’s Bovel district, was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/847335.shtml#.Ux-25MrsQf1
Much to discuss at upcoming regional forum, analysts say
Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries are preparing for a major regional meeting, which will be held in Burma Aug. 10. Analysts say Cambodia should raise ongoing security issues that threaten regional economic integration at the Asean Regional Forum. The South China Sea issue continues to ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/much-to-discuss-at-upcoming-regional-forum-analysts-say/1968851.html
City working to keep experimental bus route running
An experiment in public busing sponsored by the Japanese government ends tomorrow, but Phnom Penh officials say they want the service to continue. The service will be handed over to the city and a Chinese company, so that 10 bus lines will keep running, but officials ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/city-working-to-keep-experimental-bus-route-running/1863224.html
Unions up wage demands
Deposite not coming close to achieving their goal of a $160 monthly minimum garment wage, unions announced yesterday that they will raise their demands to $177 for 2015. Ken Chhenglang, acting president of the National Independent Federation Textile Union of Cambodia (NIFTUC), said about 10 union ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-wage-demands