Cambodia appreciates OIF for sending observers for upcoming National Election 2023
Cambodia has appreciated the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) for sending its observers for the country’s 7th general election to take place on Jul. 23. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501328054/cambodia-appreciates-oif-for-sending-observers-for-upcoming-national-election-2023/
Japan funds Save the Children to combat violence
Japan has pledged $600,000 to support save the Children Japan (sCJ) in Cambodia’s “Eliminate Violence Against Children (VAC) in Cambodian schools” project for its second year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-funds-save-children-combat-violence
Senior Minister Ly Thuch meets with adelegation of the Center For Humanitarian Demining and Demining of the Republic Of Armenia
The senior official of the Cambodian Mine Action Authority said that mine clearance has been the government’s top priority to ensure that people have lived a safe life after the war. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382154/senior-minister-ly-thuch-meets-with-adelegation-of-the-center-for-humanitarian-demining-and-demining-of-the-republic-of-armenia/
Kingdom exports first shipment of milled rice to UAE
Kingdom has exported milled rice to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first batch of 60,000 tonnes, grabbing a new market for Cambodia’s rice. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501422987/kingdom-exports-first-shipment-of-milled-rice-to-uae/
Cambodia exported 656,000 tonnes of cashew, earning $837 million in revenue in 2023
Cambodia exported $837 million worth of raw cashew nuts in 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 16.9 percent, according to the Cashew Nut Association of Cambodia’s report on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501420104/cambodia-exported-656000-tonnes-of-cashew-earning-837-million-in-revenue-in-2023/
Childhood diabetes a ‘pressing issue’
UNBEKNOWN to Rorn Chamroeun, her 12-year-old daughter had battled kidney failure since birth, a situation intricately linked to her daughter’s consumption of sugary drinks. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/childhood-diabetes-pressing-issue
Sun Chanthol asks Japan to promote positive investment in Cambodia
Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime MiniSter and FirSt Vice PreSident of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, requeSted that Japan poSitively diSSeminate Cambodia&rSquo;S inveStment potential and other incentiveS to JapaneSe inveStorS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382891/sun-chanthol-asks-japan-to-promote-positive-investment-in-cambodia/
Cambodia still committed to strong ASEAN-EU relations
Foreign minister sok Chenda sophea has expressed Cambodia’s commitment to enhancing the AsEAN-EU strategic Partnership, noting that it is based on mutual respect, understanding and interests. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-still-committed-to-strong-asean-eu-relations
World Bank approves additional $35 mln credit to Cambodia for improving climate-resilient roads
The World Bank has approved an additional 35 million U.s. dollars credit to Cambodia for improving climate-resilient rural roads in three provinces, its press release said on saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501457100/world-bank-approves-additional-35-mln-credit-to-cambodia-for-improving-climate-resilient-roads/
Khmer riel introduced at Tokyo airport
The Khmer riel (KHR) is now available at Japan’s Tokyo Haneda Airport, meaning Japanese tourists visiting Cambodia can access the local currency, with the aim of strengthening tourism flow into the country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/khmer-riel-introduced-at-tokyo-airport
NGOs: Crocodile protection crucial
World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and Fauna & Flora International (FFI) are stepping up breeding activities in Cambodia’s siamese crocodile sanctuaries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-crocodile-protection-crucial
Cambodia welcomes 547,798 Chinese tourists last year, up 412.5 percent
Cambodia received 547,798 Chinese visitors in 2023, up 412.5 percent from only 106,875 in a year earlier, said a Ministry of Tourism’s report released on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426047/cambodia-welcomes-547798-chinese-tourists-last-year-up-412-5-percent/
Covid-19 cash assistance of $1.2B helped labour market
Cambodia’s largest social assistance programme – the Covid-19 cash transfer programme – has played a crucial role in boosting the economy, said the World Bank in its latest report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501478392/covid-19-cash-assistance-of-1-2b-helped-labour-market/
Hun Manet leads Cambodian delegation to woo Singaporean investors
Prime Minister Hun Manet led a delegation of prominent people from Cambodia’s business community to the Cambodia-singapore Business Forum, with the aim of attracting more singaporean investment to the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/hun-manet-leads-cambodian-delegation-to-woo-singaporean-investors
Japan provides 55$M to support Phnom Penh grid
The government of Japan has announced it will provide approximately $55 million in loans to expand electrical transmission and distribution networks in Phnom Penh, with the goal of stabilising the capital’s power supply. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-provides-55-m-to-support-phnom-penh-grid
Oddar Meanchey students discover Khmer Rouge-era history
The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam)’s Anlong Veng Peace Center hosted a classroom forum on the “History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979)” for 25 students of sre Noi High school on september 10. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oddar-meanchey-students-discover-khmer-rouge-era-history
Japanese aid
Japanese military members observe as Cambodian sailors attach a neck brace to a patient during a Pacific Partnership knowledge exchange in sihanoukville, Cambodia. Photo by U.s. Pacific Fleet, taken on 21 June 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0Japan, through its official development branch called Japan ss='cambodia-color'>...
Relocated and living on the edge
Years after their eviction from central Phnom Penh, families continue to trickle back into the city from their relocation sites on the city’s outskirts. They search for cheap rental rooms instead of houses like the ones they were driven out of, in some cases, by ss='cambodia-color'>...
MPs Urge Child Labor Action
A group of opposition lawmakers have written to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen urging action against a sugar factory owned by a ruling party official accused of exploiting child labor and grabbing land from villagers. six sam Rainsy Party (sRP) parliamentarians sent a letter dated Jan. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/children-01292013174957.html
Boeung Kak Evictees Ask City Hall For Better Compensation
About 100 women forcibly evicted from Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak neighbourhood protested outside City Hall yesterday asking for upgrades to the compensation they accepted under duress to give up their homes. The women said they were representing 739 of the more than 3,000 families forced out ss='cambodia-color'>...