Ministry: Snares threaten biodiversity
SnareS remained a challenge for wildlife in Cambodia&rSquo;S protected areaS, and reSult in the loSS of many of the Kingdom&rSquo;S endangered SpecieS.&nbSp;In order to addreSS the problem, in 2021, the MiniStry of Environment and partner organiSationS removed over 60,000 SnareS from 72 protected areaS and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-snares-threaten-biodiversity
3,000 saplings planted in Mondulkiri in effort to ‘undo deforestation’
In a spirited effort to revitalise a crime-ravaged landscape, Wildlife Conservation society (WCs) Cambodia – alongside UsAID Morodok Baitang, the Mondulkiri provincial environment department and Keo seima district authorities – embarked on a rejuvenating mission on June 19. They began the resurrection of the sre ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/3000-saplings-planted-mondulkiri-effort-undo-deforestation
South Korean investors eye automotive expansion
South Korean inveStorS have Shown a Strong intereSt in expanding their inveStment in the automotive Sector, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). SS='cambodia-color'>...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-investors-eye-automotive-expansion
South Korean investors eye automotive expansion
South Korean inveStorS have Shown a Strong intereSt in expanding their inveStment in the automotive Sector, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). SS='cambodia-color'>...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-investors-eye-automotive-expansion
MEF bullish on medium-term growth amid diversification
The Cambodian economy is demonstrating signs of a recovery in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2024 and the following periods, according to new statistics released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s (MEF) General Department of Policy which have predicted the country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501520198/mef-bullish-on-medium-term-growth-amid-diversification/
Third worker killed at hydrodam
Ouch Nob, an electrician, was killed while working at the Russei Chrum Kraom river hydropower construction site. Last week two Chinese nationals also working at the site died. China Huadian Hong Kong Limited has agreed to pay the victim’s family $4,700 in compensation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/third-worker-killed-hydrodam
Drainage System Planned For Boeng Kak Lake
About 70 residents from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake met with Daun Penh district governor sok sambath yesterday to discuss the first phase of a new drainage system around the lake area that will protect against floods, a villager and municipal official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Land petitioners return to capital
Three groups made up of nearly 100 people in land disputes from siem Reap, Koh Kong and Kandal provinces gathered yesterday in front of the Ministry of Land Management and the Prime Minister’s cabinet office asking the institutions to resolve their problems. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504866/land-petitioners-return-to-capital/
Voting goes on quietly in Takeo
The election in Takeo province’s 1,585 polling stations went smoothly on sunday, though it was relatively quiet compared to the 2013 national polls and the 2017 commune council elections, officials from the provincial election committee (PEC) and participating political parties said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voting-goes-quietly-takeo
Crackdown nets more than one tonne of fish
Authorities in Tboung Khmum province’s O’raing Ov district on Wednesday seized several kilometres of small-hole fishing nets, bamboo poles and more than one tonne of small fish during a crackdown on illegal fishing on Kapit lake, according to officials. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526429/crackdown-nets-more-than-one-tonne-of-fish/
Government leads forum on tourism investment
The Ministry of Tourism led a forum on investment in the Kingdom’s tourism sector for the first time on Monday in siem Reap. A panel of national and international experts from 11 countries led discussions about the development of the industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-leads-forum-tourism-investment
Land activists seek solutions
More than 700 land activists from the capital, Preah sihanouk, svay Rieng, Tbong Khmum, Preah Vihear and Kandal provinces gathered on Tuesday at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district to deliver petitions seeking solutions to their longstanding land disputes. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-activists-seek-solutions
Women face gender-based violence at work
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith sam Heng said the government is committed to eliminating violence in the workplace. Civil society, he said, supported the government’s action but wanted a specific mechanism introduced to help support female victims of such violence. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-face-gender-based-violence-work
Exports to US up 25 pct in Q1
Cambodian exports to the United states, the world’s largest economy, rose sharply during the first three months of the year following a marked increase in the shipments of travel goods after the Us renewed its Generalized system of Preferences in March. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50490954/exports-to-us-up-25-pct-in-q1/
Angkor Wat named as the top landmark for the second year
Travel website TripAdvisor has named Cambodia’s ancient wonder Angkor Wat as the top landmark in the world for the second year running in their Travelers’ Choice Award 2018, an achievement Cambodian tourism operators expect will attract more tourists to the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-wat-named-top-landmark-second-year
Koh Kong protesters again return to ministry
Nearly 100 residents representing 210 families in Koh Kong province’s Kiri sakor district that are in a dispute with Chinese company Union Development Group gathered in front of the Land Management Ministry once again yesterday to demand that officials settle their cases. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50502801/koh-kong-protesters-again-return-to-ministry/
Raising the profile of LGBT rights
The Cambodia Human Rights Committee has defended the government’s record on LGBT rights and urged LGBT people to protect themselves from HIV. Keo Remy, director of CHRC, said on sunday that LGBT people should not lose hope and be depressed by discrimination. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564715/raising-the-profile-of-lgbt-rights/
Forest crime ‘rife’ at Prey Lang
A Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) member in Thmea commune, in Preah Vihear province’s Chey sen district, on sunday claimed that authorities are unable to stamp out forest crime in the nature reserve, instances of which have been occurring for months. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-crime-rife-prey-lang
Government sends delegation to EU over preferential trade scheme
Officials from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) have embarked on a two-week mission to the European Union (EU) seeking to have the Kingdom’s tax-free trading preferences with the economic bloc extended, according to a press release on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-sends-delegation-eu-over-preferential-trade-scheme
Exports to US see 26% growth
Exports to the Us grew 26 per cent in the first half of this year, despite tensions over the Kingdom’s July 29 national elections. This stands in stark contrast to last year when export growth to the Us was in single digits. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-us-see-26-growth