Asean states seek to protect regional oceans
A project involving several Asean member countries was launched during high-level talks in Indonesia yesterday with the aim of increasing marine environmental protection in Southeast Asia. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505751/asean-states-seek-to-protect-regional-oceans/
ACU accuses three state bodies of malpractice
After being monitored by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) for an unspecified length of time, three state-run bodies have been accused of not following legal requirements in the awarding of contracts, and have been told to fall into line or face punitive action. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-accuses-three-state-bodies-of-malpractice-94339/
Tax revenue fills coffers of the state
The government’s tax revenue saw a sharp increase of about 22 percent in the first five months of the year, compared with the same period last year, with some $763 million collected by the General Department of Customs and Excise. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25916/tax-revenue-fills-coffers-of-the-state/
Mekong states to close the development gap
Delegations from the five lower Mekong states met with officials from the Asia-Pacific region, the US and Europe yesterday to convene the 9th Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) and Friends of the Lower Mekong (FLM) Regional Working Group aimed at devising strategies to strengthen infrastructure, connectivity ...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31043/mekong-states-to-close-the-development-gap/
Provinces now responsible for state-run orphanages
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation yesterday issued a sub-decree delegating responsibility for state-run childcare centres to sub-national levels in a bid to streamline aid to victims of child abuse. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075389/provinces-now-responsible-state-run-orphanages/
Border row amid state visit by Laos
Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith is expected to arrive in Phnom Penh today for a state visit to the Kingdom. Meanwhile 600 kilometres away, Cambodian and Lao troops remain in a stand-off after a territorial dispute over a Cambodian-built road near the countries’ border. ...
Shaun Turton and Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-row-amid-state-visit-laos
The State of Human Security in Cambodia
Violence in Cambodia has escalated in recent months with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s attempts to quash competition ahead of the upcoming elections on July 29, 2018. Security and surveillance measures have been strengthened, media outlets have been closed down, protests have been met with violence and mass ...
Pascale Hunt
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/the-state-of-human-security-in-cambodia/
Gov't Continues to Privatize State Properties
The privatization of state-owned land continued last month with several large government- owned plots in Phnom Penh transferred to state-private property, according to a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. According to the document signed May 24, the state-owned properties, measuring 40,998 square meters in ...
National TV to Air Chinese-State Programs
Cambodia’s national television station TVK, is this week devoting 20 minutes per night of its schedule to shows produced by the state-run provincial Chinese broadcaster, according to the station’s chief. “The 2012 TVK-China Guangxi TV Showcase Week will show the Cambodian public about tradition, friendship, ...
Teen killed while logging in state forest
A teenager was killed and a man was badly injured on Friday while they were illegally clearing forest land for an unidentified businessman on the border of Stung Treng and Kratie provinces, officials said. Kam Dek villager Chhoun Pourn, 17, and Kam Yun, 40, were ...
Phark Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teen-killed-while-logging-state-forest
State-Owned Properties to Be Sold, Swapped
Six prime government-owned properties in Phnom Penh and Battambang province have been reclassified as privately held state properties in order to pave the way for the land to be sold or swapped with private companies, according to a sub-decree signed November 8. Signed by Prime Minister ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/state-owned-properties-to-be-sold-swapped-48527/
Lao President in Cambodia for state visit
Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, is paying a two-day state visit to Cambodia starting Thursday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/lao-president-in-cambodia-for-state-visit-8239
Seven ‘loggers’ released over clearing state land
The Stung Treng Provincial Court on Wednesday released seven men who were arrested for illegally logging in the province’s Sesan district, an official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/seven-loggers-released-over-clearing-state-land-80827/
Civil society, tech team up
With security footage of elephants, clouded leopards and other wildlife caught on hidden cameras in Cambodia’s Eastern Plains flashing on a TV screen, Toby Eastoe of Conservation International noted that their cameras also catch other activity. Presenters ranging from anti-corruption advocates to health service workers ...
Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-society-tech-team
Dry season temperature to hit 41 degree Celsius
The temperature during the dry season in 2024 is expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius, according to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. ...
Nop Sreymao
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501412858/dry-season-temperature-to-hit-41-degree-celsius/
Judge calls meeting in US seafood case
A California judge has ordered lawyers representing two US seafood companies to appear in court for a scheduling conference following a lawsuit filed on behalf of seven Cambodians who claim they were duped into a life of servitude working in factories that supply the firms. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/judge-calls-meeting-in-us-seafood-case/3472048.html
In Cambodia, culture shapes identity, spurs economic growth
Last year, the United Nations called for culture to be given top priority in the post-2015 global development agenda, citing its importance to economic growth, social inclusion, equality, and sustainable development. It is difficult to quantify the impact culture has on a nation, particularly for a developing ...
Julia Chen
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2014/02/12/in-cambodia-culture-shapes-identity-spurs-economic-growth/
Cambodia’s Economic Growth Will Help Poverty Reduction
Cambodia economic growth was 7.3 percent in 2012. Agriculture grew by 4.3 percent, crops by 4.9 percent, fisheries by 6.7 percent, industry by 9.2 percent, garment [sector] by 6.9 percent and the service industry by 8.1 percent, said Dr Hang Chuon Naron, Secretary of State ...
Ecuador, Cambodia Sign Antiquities Agreement
Government officials yesterday met with representatives from the Republic of Ecuador to discuss ways to improve economic and political ties between the two countries, Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Ouch Borith said. The two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding to protect Cambodian artifacts ...
Cambodia-U.S. trade reaches 2.2 bln USD in 9 months, up 2 pct
The bilateral C volume between Cambodia and the United States reached 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this year, a 2 percent rise compared with 2.15 billion U.S. dollars at the same period last year, according to the statistics of the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-11/19/c_131984263.htm