State Parties to CWC in Asia committed for a chemical weapon-free world
State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) have been committed for a world free of chemical weapons. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501352945/state-parties-to-cwc-in-asia-committed-for-a-chemical-weapon-free-world/
Cambodia to prioritise ASEAN in foreign policy
Cambodia’s state-owned news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) recently published an article, forecasting the foreign policy of the Royal Government for the seventh term under the leadership of new Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349068/cambodia-to-prioritise-asean-in-foreign-policy-media/
Ten new projects to create more than 8,000 jobs: CDC
The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued month-to-date reveal that it has greenlit 10 new projects worth nearly $50 million, mostly involved in garments, footwear and packaging. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ten-new-projects-create-more-8000-jobs-cdc
Wang Yi hails China-ASEAN cooperation results
China actively participates and firmly supports the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-centered regional cooperation architecture, Wang Yi, director of the office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said during the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501324785/wang-yi-hails-china-asean-cooperation-results/
People’s votes for CPP gives three clear points, says PM Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen who is also President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), yesterday stated that the people’s votes for CPP in the recent general election clearly revealed three points. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332146/peoples-votes-for-cpp-gives-three-clear-points-says-pm-hun-sen/
Project upscales to improve access to public services
On Monday, the Australian Embassy, World Bank, the National Committee for sub-National Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDDS) and World Vision International in Cambodia (WVI-C) launched the next phase of the Implementation of Social Accountability Project (ISAF). ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/project-upscales-to-improve-access-to-public-services
Brick factories urged to end child labour
An in-depth study by the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) has revealed that debt bondage and child labour continue in brick factories. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/brick-factories-urged-to-end-child-labour
Front leader extends congratulations to Cambodia’s newly-elected SFDCM chair
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien sent a message of congratulations to newly-elected President of the National Council of the Solidarity Front for Development of the Cambodian Motherland (SFDCM) Men Sam An. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501397393/front-leader-extends-congratulations-to-cambodias-newly-elected-sfdcm-chair/
Ministry to study Licadho report on rape by relatives cases
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs yesterday said it is studying a Licadho report that found that nearly one in three cases of rape or attempted rape of a woman were perpetrated by a relative of The victim. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50793601/ministry-to-study-licadho-report-on-rape-by-relatives-cases/
Japanese Investment Grows; Hurdles Remain
Japanese investment in Cambodia is steadily increasing as a result of sharply rising wages in China and other Southeast Asian nations. But experts warned this week that for sustained investment growth—and to avoid driving Japanese companies to other attractive investment destinations such as Burma —the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/japanese-investment-grows-hurdles-remain-5144/
Hun Sen to Hold Bilateral Talks With Obama During Summit
Prime Minister Hun Sen will hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Barack Obama when the newly re-elected American leader visits Phnom Penh during this month’s East Asia and Asean Summits. Mr. Hun Sen announced the bilateral meeting in a letter to Mr. Obama on Wednesday congratulating ...
Wage talks remain in deadlock
The third day of negotiations between members of a working group trying to reach a consensus on The minimum monthly garment wage remained stagnant yesterday, as manufacturers refused to budge from Their $110 offer. ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/wage-talks-remain-deadlock
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/
Culture of dialogue: down, but not out
As long as Prime Minister Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy control their political parties, the culture of dialogue adopted by them in April will endure, analysts predict. ...
T. Mohan and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14141/culture-of-dialogue--down--but-not-out/
Cambodia promotes the establishment of an association to develop the silk sector
Cambodia promotes the establishment of local silk associations such as the Samrong District Silk Association in Takeo Province, the Khmer Handicraft Centre Association in Kampong Thom Province, the Viseth Tevy Silk Sector Development Association, the Women Weaver Silk Support and Development Association, as well as ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501339021/cambodia-promotes-the-establishment-of-an-association-to-develop-the-silk-sector/
Joint project on agri-tech launches in Mondulkiri
The Centre for Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition (CE SAIN) – a joint development effort by The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, The Royal University of Agriculture, Kansas State University in The US and The US government’s USAID development agency – inaugurated ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/joint-project-agri-tech-launches-mondulkiri
Full text of China-Cambodia joint press communique
The following is The full text of The joint press communique between China and Cambodia issued on Tuesday during The official visit by Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Pedei Techo Hun Sen of The Kingdom of Cambodia to China: Joint Press Communique Between The People’s ...
International tourists to Cambodia through the three airports decreased by 92%
The number of foreign tourists visiting Cambodia through The three international airports in The first seven months of 2021 was about 50,000, down more than 92 percentage compared to The same period in 2020. According to data from The Ministry of Tourism. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2021-09-06-1435-223076.html
Private schools to face tougher regulations
The Ministry of Education is drafting two sub-decrees on private educational institutions aimed at improving regulation of The nation’s vast body of private schools. The sub-decree on Organization and Management of Private Schools and sub-decree on Categorization of Private Schools have been sent to a range ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/private-schools-to-face-tougher-regulations-60153/