Officials from six countries meet to save Eld’s deer
Officials, scientists and conservationists from six countries yesterday gathered for a three-day conference in the capital to share their experience in conserving the endangered Eld’s deer. About 50 people from Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, where the species is found, will share their ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50553628/officials-from-six-countries-meet-to-save-elds-deer/
Families file land dispute complaint
Thirteen families who live along the road to late Khmer Rouge commander Ta Mok’s house in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district filed a complaint with authorities on Tuesday after being told they would not get land titles. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483805/families-file-land-dispute-complaint/
Hun Sen lays out party’s platform
Caretaker Prime Minister Hun sen on Wednesday credited liberating Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge as among the reasons why people will vote for his ruling Cambodian People Party (CPP) in the July 29 national elections. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-lays-out-partys-platform
Parties set to make history
Some 270,000 SupporterS of competing political partieS will participate in rallieS in Phnom Penh on Friday when campaigning endS &ndaSh; the largeSt Such gathering in the Kingdom&rSquo;S hiStory. It will be the final puSh aS the 20 partieS taking part in the July 29 national SS='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-set-make-history
Concern over jobs for disabled
Civil society organisations and government representatives expressed concern on Tuesday about the limited job opportunities for the Kingdom’s disabled people and other challenges that regularly face them. They complained that most job seekers with disabilities still had limited skills and education. This contributed to their ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/concern-over-jobs-disabled
Myanmar and Cambodia to trade labor arbitration experiences
Cambodia’s Arbitration Council will share its experiences in settling labor disputes at a series of workshops in Myanmar, a nation with a growing garment industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15816/myanmar-and-cambodia-to-trade-labor-arbitration-experiences/
Cargo ship with flag of Cambodia detained
Russian authorities have temporarily detained a cargo ship flying the Cambodian flag near Crimea in the Black sea on January 3, a spokesman for Russia’s Federal security service (FsB) said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cargo-ship-flag-cambodia-detained
US report critical of government’s treatment of opposition
The U.S. State Department&rSquo;S annual Human RightS Report, releaSed on WedneSday, highlightS poor treatment of Cambodia&rSquo;S political oppoSition in 2015, and raiSeS concernS about the judiciary&rSquo;S “broad interpretation” of the crime of incitement. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-report-critical-of-governments-treatment-of-opposition-111340/
Expats protest PM’s visit
Prime Minister Hun sen’s official visit to France sparked demonstrations organised by Cambodian expatriates in Paris over the weekend, prompting the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to issue a statement on saturday condemning them for incitement and claiming they have no right to interfere with the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/expats-protest-pms-visit
Little action taken on Pailin cassava producers' pollution
Almost a year after cassava producers in Pailin were fingered as the source of pollution in a local water source, little has been done to address the problem, commune officials said yesterday, while affected villagers are being forced to buy bottled water to avoid getting ss='cambodia-color'>...
Morn Vanntey
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/little-action-taken-pailin-cassava-producers-pollution
More needed for disabled: NGO
At a workshop to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organisation Ngin saorath decried the lack of progress on equal treatment of disabled people ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39938/more-needed-for-disabled--ngo/
Cambodia's ruling party adds 342 new members to central committee
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) added 342 new members to its central committee during an extraordinary congress on sunday, bringing the total number of the central committee members to 865, said the party’s resolutions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/21/c_136913347.htm
CPP issues local-level diktats
Ruling Cambodian People’s Party working groups are being handed a list of 10 diktats from Prime Minister Hun sen, bringing the party’s recent vows to increase surveillance and restrict dissent to the local level. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-issues-local-level-diktats
Surrogacy ban temporary as government drafts law
The ban on surrogate pregnancies announced by the health minister on Monday will remain in place until the government drafts a law protecting Cambodian women giving birth to the children of other parents, an official said on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/surrogacy-ban-temporary-government-drafts-law-120174/
Missed cabinet meetings fuel illness rumors
Cambodia’s Cabinet has not held its constitutionally mandated weekly meeting since June 16, fueling speculation about Prime Minister Hun sen’s health and confusion over why officials have forgone the meetings. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/missed-cabinet-meetings-fuel-illness-rumors-132884/
Hun Sen vows to stay in power another decade for the sake of ‘stability’
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday pledged to remain in power 10 more years to “maintain stability” in Cambodia, going on to blame the fatal crackdown on wage protests in 2014 on a “conspiracy” orchestrated by the beleaguered opposition. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Nachemson and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-vows-stay-power-another-decade-sake-stability
Agreement allows South Korea to manage forests
South Korea will manage the replanting of treeS on former economic land conceSSionS&mdaSh;with an eye toward eventually entering Cambodia&rSquo;S logging induStry&mdaSh;under a tentative agreement between the two countrieS, Agriculture MiniSter Veng Sakhon Said on WedneSday. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/agreement-allows-s-korea-to-manage-forests-126309/
Thailand rail link held up by compensation claims
Government officials are working to settle compensation claims for 50 families living alongside a kilometer of rail track in Poipet town, to allow a rail link between Cambodia and Thailand to open by the middle of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36509/thailand-rail-link-held-up-by-compensation-claims/
Disabilities group urges politicians to consider their needs in local elections
The needs of disabled Cambodians have not been taken into account in the forthcoming local elections, a disabilities group has said. Ngin saoroth, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO), told reporters this week that politicians were not putting “the issue of the disabled ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/disabilities-group-urges-politicians-to-consider-their-needs-in-local-elections/3869502.html
Celebration comes with threat as Cambodia’s Constitution turns 24
Senior government officialS yeSterday gathered to celebrate the 24th anniverSary of the adoption of the Kingdom&rSquo;S ConStitution, laviShing praiSe on the ConStitutional Council &ndaSh; while SimultaneouSly appearing to threaten legal action againSt thoSe who queStion the body&rSquo;S independence or deciSionS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/celebration-comes-threat-cambodias-constitution-turns-24