Minister lays out Sihanoukville tourism plans
The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has announced plans to strengThen The image of Sihanoukville’s coast as a tourism destination, with authorities expecting The province to surpass The two-million mark in tourist arrivals in 2017. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088047/minister-lays-sihanoukville-tourism-plans/
Pandemic hampers Cambodia’s poverty reduction progress: World Bank
A report released by the World Bank shows that the poverty rate in Cambodia has dropped by almost half between 2009 and 2019, but with the Covid-19 pandemic, the poverty rate has been rising. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501192638/pandemic-hampers-cambodias-poverty-reduction-progress-world-bank/
Harsh restrictions imposed on union leader
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday ordered embattled union leader Ath Thorn to stay away from The SL garment factory and its workers and to avoid any public gaTherings that could “damage public order,” drawing a tight circle around one of The country’s most ...
Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/harsh-restrictions-imposed-on-union-leader-57067/
Fewer school hours to beat the heat
With temperatures reaching more than 40 degrees Celsius, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced on Thursday that it was amending school study hours to lessen the risk of illness for teachers and students, particularly those at kindergarten. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fewer-school-hours-beat-heat
Mitr Phol disputants to testify
Representatives of Oddar Meanchey villagers who allegedly lost their homes in a 2008 land grab by Thai-owned sugar giant Mitr Phol are hopeful a settlement may soon be reached after they testify before Thai human rights officials today. Witnesses representing more than 400 families are slated ...
Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/mitr-phol-disputants-testify
March for the Environment Halted by Police
Some 400 students, monks and activists were stopped from a peaceful march for Environmental Day on Thursday, as they sought to deliver petitions to the Ministry of Environment and other institutions calling for an end to deforestation. Cambodia’s forests provide many services to the rural poor, ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/march-for-the-environment-halted-by-police/1930290.html
British PM's trade envoy to visit Cambodia to boost trade, investment ties
British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Lord Puttnam will visit Cambodia from March 4 to 7 to strengthen bilateral trade and investment relations, according to a press statement from the British Embassy here on Monday. During his visit, Lord Puttnam will call on Prime Minister Hun ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/euruope/2014-03/03/c_133157100.htm
Ministry asks candidates to believe Bac II results
The Ministry of Education asked candidates who sat for The Higher Secondary Diploma or Bac II on November 6 to have confidence in how The Ministry grades The exam. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501395418/ministry-asks-candidates-to-believe-bac-ii-results/
Ocean fight looks to the government
Days after a Phnom Penh garment factory refused to abide by an Arbitration Council decision in favour of its employees, more than 1,000 workers are expected to demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Labour today. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ocean-fight-looks-government
Rainfall still a month away, says ministry
The Ministry of Water and Meteorology has warned farmers of a rainfall shortage forecast to last at least anoTher month, with average daily temperatures also forecast to remain above average. The announcement, issued on Monday, says that up until mid-July Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Takeo, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rainfall-still-month-away-says-ministry
ID card grace period nearing end
The Ministry of Interior yesterday reminded Cambodians of Their obligation to obtain new or replacement national ID cards, a common piece of documentation required for people over 15 years of age and The validity of which had previously been extended to accommodate last year’s national ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/id-card-grace-period-nearing-end
After 14 years, passenger train service to the coast restarts
For most people who boarded the passenger train from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville on Saturday morning—the maiden ride since the service was suspended more than a decade ago—it was something of a new thrill. ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-14-years-passenger-train-service-to-the-coast-restarts-111121/
Civil society groups appeal for international intervention for the release of 23 protesters
181 national and international non-governmental organizations handed over their petitions to foreign embassies on Thursday to seek the release of 23 people who were arrested in protest crackdowns. A group of some 50 representatives marched along the streets and submitted the petitions to the German, Sweden ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MzYwOTcwZDY5ZjV
FDI soars 250% over last year
Foreign direct investment in the Kingdom soared 250 per cent year-on-year through August even despite the West’s economic woes, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An said yesterday. A total of 87 projects worth US$5.6 billion were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia during the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101352107/Business/fdi-soars-250-over-last-year.html
Sea dispute still in limbo
A code of Conduct governing the South China Sea remains only an “eventual” prospect, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, despite it dominating discussions during this week’s ASEAN Summit. From the beginning of Monday’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the question of China’s potential involvement in the drafting ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040555452/National-news/sea-dispute-still-in-limbo.html
Thai-Cambodia buses ready to roll
Thailand and Cambodia will launch the first bus services linking Bangkok with Siem Reap and Phnom Penh in the next two weeks. the first bus service between the two countries will debut on Dec 29, said the Transport Co, a state enterprise under the Transport Ministry. the ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/326227/thailand-to-launch-bus-routes-to-cambodia
UN Concerned Over Suppression of Rights
The U.N.’s General Assembly released its latest round of recommendations to improve The human rights situation in Cambodia on Thursday following a review held last week in Geneva. The statements made by delegations from 76 countries during The review urged Cambodia to fulfill its promise to ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-concerned-over-suppression-of-rights-51220/
Chinese continue to flock as region suffers
Cambodia’s tourism industry has benefited from the unrest that has hit much of the region, with Chinese tourists diverting their routes from problematic areas such as Thailand to the country, according to a report released Thursday by the Sydney-based Center for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). Chinese ...
George Styllis and Cherie Chan
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/chinese-continue-to-flock-as-region-suffers-64963/
Blows at capital protest
A union representative is accused of beating a rival over the head with a walkie-talkie during a factory protest yesterday in the latest burst of violence in one of Cambodia’s special economic zones. Bou Sokray, 25, a representative for the Coalition of Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032255198/National-news/blows-at-capital-protest.html
Illegally shut factories could face penalties
Twenty-two factories that did not take the appropriate measures to shut down their businesses have 30 days in which to rectify the problem or face legal action from the government, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said in a public announcement yesterday the announcement ...