Gov’t Asks UN to Help Prepare for Future Disasters
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong yesterday asked the UN’s visiting head of humanitarian affairs for extra support in preparing for future natural disasters, according to ministry spokesman Koy Kuong. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Brokers busted: Police arrest pair during border run
Two alleged labour brokers were nabbed yesterday after they were caught attempting to lead 10 Cambodian workers across the Thai border in Battambang’s sampov Loun district, provincial police said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Achievements at 52nd AMM highlighted
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued a statement highlighting Foreign Affairs Minister Prak sokhonn’s participation during the 52nd Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bangkok last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50630157/achievements-at-52nd-amm-highlighted/
Transmission Lines
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This dataset describes the information of transmission lines for each of Cambodia’s province from 2009 to 2015. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry pledges to up female hiring numbers
New targets have been set to boost the number of women in positions of influence, according to an initiative launched yesterday by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-pledges-female-hiring-numbers
Angkor beer factory strike hits production
A workers’ strike escalated on Monday at sihanoukville’s Angkor Beer-producing Cambrew factory, protesters said, with the company acknowledging that the work stoppage was causing major disruptions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/angkor-beer-factory-strike-hits-production-117037/
Employee allegedly hit at protest
A protest over attendance bonuses among workers at a factory in southern Phnom Penh turned violent yesterday morning, after the factory owner’s driver allegedly assaulted a worker. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/employee-allegedly-hit-protest
PM says Water Festival still on
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday insisted that this year’s Water Festival will go forward, in spite of the impacts on the Mekong River of a recent drought. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-says-water-festival-still
World Bank readies another project
The World Bank is considering yet another internally funded project in Cambodia that, if approved, would lift the organization’s four-year-old freeze on new lending to the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-readies-another-project-100986/
PM inks sub-decree to control mining sector
Prime Minister Hun sen has signed into effect a sub-decree that aims to create a clear licensing and exploration framework for the Kingdom’s nascent mining industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-inks-sub-decree-control-mining-sector
K Mile Air launches air freight service
Thai airline K Mile Air launched cargo flights between Bangkok and Phnom Penh yesterday, adding to Cambodia’s growing network of air freight connections, an aviation official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/k-mile-air-launches-air-freight-service
Report confirms residential oversupply
The latest report on the state of Phnom Penh’s property market makes bleak reading for investors and those betting on a lucrative future in the short-term. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/report-confirms-residential-oversupply
Incoming ambassador swears in 64 Peace Corps volunteers
The US&rSquo;S incoming ambaSSador, William Heidt, made hiS firSt Cambodian appearance in public Friday, at a Swearing in ceremony for Peace CorpS volunteerS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/incoming-ambassador-swears-in-64-peace-corps-volunteers/2979071.html
Bodyguard Unit chief seeking more female recruits
The head of the Interior Ministry’s bodyguard unit has called for more women to be recruited into the force to protect senior female officials and visiting dignitaries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109513-109513/
Communal land grant process too slow, says EU ambassador
European Union Ambassador yesterday criticized the slowness of the communal land title process introduced in 2001 to protect the ancestral forests and farmland of Cambodia’s indigenous groups. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24039/communal-land-grant-process-too-slow--says-eu-ambassador/
Teams to tackle land disputes
All of the Kingdom’s longstanding land disputes will be resolved with the help of 27 newly-created teams, Minister of Land Management Chea sophara said last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25782/teams-to-tackle-land-disputes/
Children—a new defense against looting?
For years, archaeologists excavating pre-Angkorian sites in Banteay Meanchey province unsuccessfully attempted to stop the looting of the area’s temples and buried treasures. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cintri rewarded with contract extensions
After years of public complaints and government threats to cancel its contract, Phnom Penh’s sole garbage collector appears to be cleaning up its act. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cintri-rewarded-contract-extensions
Rogue moto market raided, but no arrests
Customs officials and local police yesterday raided a motorbike market in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district they said was illegally selling vehicles without licence plates or paperwork. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rogue-moto-market-raided-no-arrests
Central bank moves to spark Interbank lending
The National Bank of Cambodia has decreased the minimum value of negotiable certificates of deposit (NCDs) in a bid to promote interbank lending in the Kingdom’s crowded financial industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17371/central-bank-moves-to-spark-interbank-lending/