FM: Cambodia ‘rescued’ ASEAN-China relationship
Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon defended Cambodia’s position on the South China Sea issue during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry yesterday, denying accusations that the Kingdom’s opposition to any joint Asean statement in support of the Philippines was tied to large loans and grants ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27835/fm--cambodia----rescued----asean-china-relationship/
Outcomes of the Friends of the Mekong Ministerial Meeting
On 6 August 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the Friends of the Mekong Ministerial Meeting on 5 August 2021, via conference. On 5 August 2021, H.E. Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minster of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Youth forum discusses ‘responsible’ social media use
More than 100 young people gathered yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of social media in Cambodia.At the youth forum, which focused on “Politics in the Digital Age”, youths, monks, politicians and NGO leaders spoke about the increasing importance of social ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-forum-discusses-responsible-social-media-use
Reforms improve education quality benefitting 500,000 students in Cambodia
Almost half a million students—52 percent of them girls have benefited from the improved school operations, learning facilities, and capacities of teachers and school leaders this project yielded. the project also formed the backbone of the country’s distance teaching and learning program or efforts during ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348492/reforms-improve-education-quality-benefitting-500000-students-in-cambodia/
Nearly $2 billion invested in four projects
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Thursday announced it has approved four projects so far in June, amounting to $1.9 billion. CDC posted in its Facebook page that since The beginning of The month it has issued final registration certificates for four ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50501766/nearly-2-billion-invested-in-four-projects/
NEC defends election code of conduct for media
The National Election Committee has hit back at The Office Of The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for saying that a media code Of conduct for The upcoming national election was issued to restrict news dissemination. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50501955/nec-defends-election-code-of-conduct-for-media/
Cambodian agriculture ideas planted in Seoul
The ASEAN-Korea Centre has hosted a seminar to promote investment in Cambodia’s agricultural industry. Co-organized with The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC), The “Investment and Business Environment Seminar on Cambodia” was held at Hotel Shilla in Seoul on June 29. About 70 Koreans attended. ...
Rachel Lee
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/07/176_208500.html
Official denies Prey Speu transfers
Phnom Penh’s Social Affairs Department yesterday dismissed reports that dozens of homeless people were sent to the city’s notorious Prey Speu detention centre this week, even as the United Nations confirmed the transfer and expressed concern at the continued use of the facility. ...
Alice Cuddy and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-denies-prey-speu-transfers
PM ready to maroon island investors
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered his officials to revoke the licenses of any investment and construction firms found doing little or nothing with the islands or land they said they would develop. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28106/pm-ready-to-maroon-island-investors/
Prime Minister puts island projects on notice
Prime Minister Hun Sen used his Facebook page this week to order his government to revoke the project licenses of companies failing to develop islands off the coast of Cambodia, or—worse—trying to sell them off to others. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-puts-island-projects-on-notice-116299/
Report examines KRT legacy
As parties prepare for Case 002/01 appeal hearings, set to resume on Tuesday, a new report by the Open Society Justice Initiative examines the legacy of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, identifying political interference and insufficient outreach as the court’s primary shortcomings. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-examines-krt-legacy
Grow asia targeting six local cash crops
Grow Asia, which formally launched a partnership with Cambodia late last year, will reconvene on June 13 in Phnom Penh to kick-off working groups between the public and private sector, including NGOs, after targeting six crops for market potential. ...
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/grow-asia-targeting-six-local-cash-crops
UN urges government to protect rights
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday urged The Cambodian government to guarantee all political and civil rights ahead of next year’s election, while The government’s Human Rights Committee dismissed allegations of wrongdoing. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-urges-government-protect-rights
Sonando's Lawyer Rejects Claims for Detention
In a 10-page filing, the lawyer for independent radio station owner Mam Sonando yesterday urged the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to release his 71-year-old client on bail, arguing that he is no flight risk and the legal arguments for keeping him are flimsy. But while ...
Flood death toll in Cambodia rises to 20
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — Floods have killed at least 20 Cambodian people, including 11 children in the last two weeks, a disaster control official said Thursday. Keo Vy, chief of the Cabinet of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said nearly 5,000 families ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/26/c_132752960.htm
Cambodia and Vietnam to boost economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation
Cambodian and Vietnamese foreign ministers are to meet on Feb 10-11 to boost the economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries, according to a statement of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=Y2JjMDc3NmNmYjI
Endangered wild cattle discovered in northwest Cambodia
A British conservation group says its hidden cameras have taken photos of a wild cattle species in an area in Siem Reap province where it was previously thought to be extinct. In a statement released Wednesday, Fauna and Flora International said the cameras recorded six individual ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTczNGU3YzIzOGN
Gov’t continues to seek new markets
The Ministry of Commerce has vowed to uncover more markets for Cambodian products to help buffer against price fluctuations caused by The Kingdom’s dependency on neighboring countries. In a response to concerns raised on social media, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol wrote on The ministry’s official Facebook ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gov%E2%80%99t-continues-seek-new-markets
Three new refugees file claims
Three Montagnards, including a 10-year-old girl, arrived yesterday morning at the government’s Refugee Department in Phnom Penh to process their asylum claims. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/three-new-refugees-file-claims
Sustainability disclosure database for local firms launched
Cambodia, with support from the World Economic Forum (WEF), on May 12 launched the Supplier Database with Sustainability Dimensions (SD2) database, the first of its kind, to provide information on the sustainability operations of domestic companies. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sustainability-disclosure-database-local-firms-launched