Farming’s primacy ‘hinders’
Cambodia’s economic productivity is in trouble, struggling with an inability to turn a youthful population into a skilled workforce and stunted by an over-reliance on agriculture, according to a new World Bank report. In Cambodia and Vietnam, diversification of labour from the farming sector contributed to ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farming%E2%80%99s-primacy-%E2%80%98hinders%E2%80%99
Gov’t warns unions on demo
At least one union leader is butting heads with the Ministry of Labour as he encourages workers to join the planned opposition party demonstration on Saturday. A letter from the ministry sent to factories on Monday called on workers and unions to avoid participation in the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-warns-unions-demo
New German Ambassador Urges CPP and CNRP to Meet
Germany’s new ambassador to Cambodia, Joachim Baron von Marschall, said Wednesday during a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong that he hoped the country’s ruling CPP and opposition CNRP would meet to resolve the post-election uncertainty, an official said. “His Excellency [Mr. Baron von Marschall] ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-german-ambassador-urges-cpp-and-cnrp-to-meet-46389/
Cambodia’s election reform chief appeals to U.S. to tie aid to reforms
The director of Cambodia’s election reform movement asked the U.S. government on Wednesday to make any financial aid to the country conditional on the implementation of planned electoral reforms. The request by Koul Panha, director of the Committee on Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) ...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/koul-panha-visit-11062014182102.html
Construction of Phnom Penh’s third ring road completed 40 percent
The construction of Phnom Penh’s third ring road has been completed nearly 40 percent, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT). The third ring road stretches from National Road 4 in Chumpu Voan village, Chaom Chau district, crossing National Road 3 and ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743656/construction-of-phnom-penhs-third-ring-road-completed-40-percent/
Cambodia reports $6.6M budget surplus in 11 months
The Royal Government of Cambodia has collected 22,302 billion riels or $5.44 billion as the total national revenue in the first 11 months of 2022, while the total national expenditures reached 22,275 billion riels or $5.43 billion, resulting in 27 billion riels or $6.6 million ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214805/cambodia-reports-6-6m-budget-surplus-in-11-months/
NGOs praise solar energy push
Six non-governmental organisations on Tuesday praised the government’s decision to increase electricity generated by solar panels up to 20 percent of national output by 2023. The organisations included the NGO Forum on Cambodia, 3s Rivers Protection Network, My Village, Culture and Environment Preservation Association, Fisheries ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50638118/ngos-praise-solar-energy-push/
Rift with UN rights body ends
The government has patched up a quarrel with the United Nations’ human rights wing less than two weeks before the organization would have been forced out of Cambodia. But the two-year agreement came with a reminder of Cambodia’s sovereignty and the principle of non-interference in national ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33398/rift-with-un-rights-body-ends/
Opposition claims majority win
If a joint committee investigates the irregularities and results from Sunday’s election, it will discover the opposition has won between 80 and 90 seats in the 123-seat National Assembly, Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy said today. Rainsy told the Post that his party’s final ...
The Phnom Penh Post
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-claims-majority-win
NGOs back two-thirds vote for NEC selections
The Electoral Reform Alliance, a group of election monitors and NGOs, put its support behind the opposition CNRP’s demands for a two-thirds majority vote for selecting members of the National Election Committee (NEC) at a workshop Tuesday in Phnom Penh. The process for selecting members of ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/subedi-urges-cpp-to-reform-cnrp%E2%80%88to-take-assembly-seats-62342/
Cambodia completes '90 percent' of draft of electoral body reform law
Cambodia’s opposition and ruling parties have completed 90 percent of a draft law to reform the country’s electoral body, officials said Monday following talks. Revamping the National Election Committee (NEC), which oversees the country’s elections, was a key component of a deal struck in July between ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/draft-10272014172013.html
Reformed election commission likely to be delayed by stalled talks
The electoral reform working groups from the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP have canceled both their scheduled meetings this week and are now unlikely to complete talks in time for the new election commission to be created next month, CNRP lawmaker Eng Chhay Eang said ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reformed-election-commission-likely-to-be-delayed-by-stalled-talks-76749/
New book to help Cambodia navigate cyberspace
Three Cambodian tech experts have penned a book that explores the nation’s current cyberspace landscape and advocates for enhanced cybersecurity as more of the population share data online. ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/new-book-to-help-cambodia-navigate-cyberspace
Phnom Penh to host inaugural tech expo
Phnom Penh will host the nation’s first tech expo, Cambodia Tech Expo CTX, in November, with a string of events, conferences and panel discussions aimed at strengthening the tech startup community and attracting investment opportunities. ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh-cambodia-tech-expo-ctx
Combatting plastic pollution in Cambodia
The Ministry of Environment (MoE), the Embassy of Japan, GIZ implemented 3RproMar Project and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised the 3rd National Forum on “Combatting Plastic Pollution in Cambodia” earlier this month. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501274385/combatting-plastic-pollution-in-cambodia/
Cambodia actively seeking direct investment for SME sector growth
Cambodia is actively seeking more direct investment to enhance its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, a key driver of the nation’s economic growth, according to the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation. ...
Parties Agree to Let UN Observe Election Investigation
The CPP and opposition CNRP agreed during a meeting at the National Assembly on Friday that the U.N. can observe an investigation into irregularities in last month’s National election, but continued to disagree that the National Election Committee (NEC) lead the investigation. After the two parties ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/parties-agree-to-let-un-observe-election-investigation-39056/
PM calls on West to learn from past and avoid a ‘third mistake’
Speaking at the event on the capital’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, Hun Sen appealed to both the “greatest power country” and democratic nations to avoid making such mistakes in the future. The prime minister did not mention any state by name, referring only to the “greatest power ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-west-learn-past-and-avoid-third-mistake
Rainsy election boycott call a ‘betrayal of King’
Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday criticised calls from former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Sam Rainsy to boycott the July 29 elections as a “betrayal to the King, nation and people”. He also labelled Rainsy “stupid” in comparing himself with the late ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-election-boycott-call-betrayal-king