Siphan: Access to Information law will oblige spokespersons to face press
The Government Spokesperson Unit recently held its annual press conference offering journalists an opportunity to query the challenges and achievements of government ministries and institutions, in line with the Access to Information law. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siphan-access-information-law-will-oblige-spokespersons-face-press
Cambodian passport services to be available in South Korea
Cambodians abroad will soon be able to renew their passports in the country they are in. The government will offer this service starting with South Korea as it is home to some 50,000 Cambodian migrant workers. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357936/cambodian-passport-services-to-be-available-in-south-korea/
Health and economic concerns may hamper Pchum Ben celebrations
As Cambodia prepares to celebrate Pchum Ben, the festival of the dead, when food and other offerings are handed over at Buddhist temples, people have expressed mixed feelings, with health and economic concerns raised. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/health-and-economic-concerns-may-hamper-pchum-ben-celebrations
Campaign promotes free textbooks for students
Two NGOs on Monday launched an online campaign to galvanize public support for providing students with free textbooks after a survey found that 85 percent of high-school pupils lack the necessary books for their studies. The Khmer Institute for National Development (KIND) and the Affiliated Network ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/campaign-promotes-free-textbooks-for-students-67146/
Archeological dig starts at Angkor Thom
An archaeological dig at the ancient capital of Angkor Thom started on Monday in search of metal tools from the Kingdom’s Angkorian era. The École Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), a French institute dedicated to the study of Asian societies, started the dig in cooperation with the ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27210/archeological-dig-starts-at-angkor-thom/
City to have mass transit system in place by 2023
Cambodia will have an automated gateway transit system (AGT) ahead of 2023 – when the country is due to host the Southeast Asian Games – with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on track to complete the feasibility study by May next year, according to ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090885/city-mass-transit-system-place-2023/
Ancient statue 50 percent repaired
Repairs on an ancient sandstone statue discovered in Siem Reap province in July are 50 percent complete, according to a report. The Angkor-era statue was found at the Tonle Sgnout temple by a group of Apsara Authority archaeologists working with colleagues from the Singapore-based Institute ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100580/ancient-statue-50-percent-repaired/
Few leopards in Cambodia: report
A new study has revealed that the last breeding population of leopards in Cambodia is at immediate risk of extinction after declining a staggering 72 percent over a five-year period. The population represents the last remaining leopards in all of eastern Indochina – a region that ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112025/leopards-cambodia-report/
Ministry boosts literacy rate via online classes
The Education Ministry established 917 online and traditional study platforms so far this year to promote literacy in the Kingdom. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50932022/ministry-boosts-literacy-rate-via-online-classes-2/
ADB and EDC Sign Mandate to Further Cambodia’s Renewable Energy Goals
ADB to support development of 2GW of solar power and study opportunities for increased solar power battery capacity. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/adb-and-edc-sign-mandate-to-further-cambodias-renewable-energy-goals
Experts conduct water quality check of Tonle Sap
The Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute with the staff of the Wonders of the Mekong, is conducting a water quality study in the Tonle Sap. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501237003/experts-conductwater-quality-checkof-tonle-sap/
Pension scheme possibly rolled out to informal sector by 2025
Cambodia is studying the feasibility of expanding its pension scheme to the informal sector in 2025 to improve people’s well-being. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/pension-scheme-possibly-rolled-out-to-informal-sector-by-2025
Students to learn financial literacy
Cambodian students from grade 1 to 12 will begin studying basic financial skills starting in the 2019 academic year as the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is now finalising the curriculum. NBC director-general Chea Serey said Thursday that the new curriculum would help boost the ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/students-learn-financial-literacy
Livelihoods ‘key’ in HIV fight
The research branch of the NGO Khana has argued in a new peer-reviewed study that livelihood programs for people living with HIV – which address recipients’ economic rather than medical needs – could be the key to significant improvements in quality of life for the ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/livelihoods-key-hiv-fight
Construction of controversial Areng dam to cost USD 400 mln
The construction of Koh Kong’s Cheay Areng hydrowpower dam will cost USD 400 million and be completed by 2020, said Energy Secretary of State Ith Prang Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference, he said the study of the dam and its impact on environment has been ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/construction-of-controversial-areng-dam-to-cost-usd-400-mln-7401
Government urges youth to consider vocational training
Senior officials from the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training are encouraging young Cambodians to study technical skills but choose courses that not only interest them but are also in demand to improve their chances of finding suitable work in the job market. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501403688/government-urges-youth-to-consider-vocational-training/
Protest Continues at Factory Linked to Manhattan SEZ
More than 1500 factory workers yesterday marched from the Manhattan Quing Dao Textiles Corp in Kompong Cham province to the provincial headquarters to ask authorities to force the factory owner to abide by two arbitration council rulings, a union representative and a factory worker said ...
Unions’ house divided
A secret ballot yesterday failed to resolve garment union splits over what to demand at upcoming minimum wage talks, with at least one independent union rejecting the majority vote of $158 and vowing to put forward $178.The division came a day after Labour Ministry spokesman ...
Mom Kunthear and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-house-divided
Otres ditch dwellers still fighting for ‘their land’
Police and military officials violently evicted more than 100 families from their homes in Burnt Bridge village, just south of Sihanoukville, in 2007. Many of the families made temporary shelters with wood, plastic, and corrugated metal on a road behind Otres Beach. Almost nine ...
Jonathan Cox and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21380/otres-ditch-dwellers-still-fighting-for----their-land---/
Ministry official under scrutiny
Svay Rieng Provincial Court officials are investigating an employee of the Ministry of Interior who is accused of fraudulently selling his land to someone and not honouring the deal. Ros Sithan, a logistics department officer at the ministry, was arrested on the evening of September 28, ...