Hun Sen orders probe into land dispute cases
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the relevant authorities to probe four land-related cases following a series of complaints from the Khmer Rise Party (KRP), which studied them. Four letters, signed by members of the Council of Ministers and its secretary of state Hing Thoraksy on ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-orders-probe-land-dispute-cases
Kingdom aims to leapfrog technical skills
The president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) met leaders of Japanese artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics firm Qibi Tech Co Ltd to study the possibility of enhancing cooperation in the Kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742459/kingdom-aims-to-leapfrog-technical-skills/
Government to investigate illegal Mondulkiri land grabs
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng issued a directive on Thursday establishing an inter-ministerial working group to study illegal forest land occupation and encroachment of protected areas in Mondulkiri province. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-investigate-illegal-mondulkiri-land-grabs
Cambodia sets up working group to develop strategy to take advantage of free trade agreement with China, Korea
The Ministry of Commerce has set up a working group to study and collect input from stakeholders and the private sector to develop strategies to maximize the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement, of which Cambodia is a signatory. This was said by Pan Sorasak, ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50966127/cambodia-sets-up-working-group-to-develop-strategy-to-take-advantage-of-free-trade-agreement-with-china-korea/
Iran invited to survey oil, gas in Cambodia
Cambodia has invited Iran to examine the feasibility of developing the Kingdom’s existing oil blocks and requested that the republic conduct further oil and gas exploration studies. ...
The Nation Thailand's staff
https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40012676
Cambodia to form diplomatic ties with Cook Islands
Cambodia and Cook Islands will establish their diplomatic relations as their foreign ministers will conduct a joint study to determine a framework to build the diplomatic ties. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357785/cambodia-to-form-diplomatic-ties-with-cook-islands/
AIP planning tours of ‘safe worker transport’ factories
The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) plans to lead study tours of factories and schools that have implemented guidelines for safe transport options. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aip-planning-tours-safe-worker-transport-factories
Japan university holds online fair for students from ASEAN members
Okayama University, one of Japan’s top public universities, is holding an online “Study in Japan 2023” fair for Cambodians who wish to pursue their tertiary education. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-university-holds-online-fair-students-asean-members
Interior Ministry plans blacklist for drunk drivers
The Ministry of Interior is studying the possibility of creating a database or blacklist to record those who drive while intoxicated and cause traffic accidents resulting in injuries or deaths. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428669/interior-ministry-plans-blacklist-for-drunk-drivers/
Cambodia’s bourse sees record low volume
In the frenzied run-up to the national election Sunday, Phnom Penh has been the site of concerts, rallies and streets packed with campaigners. But the energy hasn’t spread to the halls of the Cambodia Securities Exchange. At the close of trading Tuesday, five business days had ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia%E2%80%99s-bourse-sees-record-low-volume
Opposition, NGO rallies expected to cross over
NGOs yesterday were granted permission to hold an International Human Rights Day event on Tuesday outside Wat Phnom – just a short distance from Freedom Park, where the Cambodia National Rescue Party has been given approval for a 10,000-person mass demonstration. In letters signed by Minister ...
Shane Worrell and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-ngo-rallies-expected-cross-over
Joint statement: Lack of a rigorous transboundary impact study of Sanakham put Mekong River at risk
On 24 November 2020, Eleven Non-Governmental Organizations in Cambodia issued a joint statement on the proposed Sanakham hydropower project on the Mekong mainstream in Laos concerning the transboundary impact on lower countries. This joint statement was issued in parallel with MRC who has been organizing ...
NGO Forum on Cambodia
Joint statement of Cambodia Microfinance Association and Association of Banks in Cambodia on the German government-funded study
On 16 September 2022, the Association of Banks in Cambodia and Cambodia Microfinance Association issue a joint statement on a study entitled “Micro” Finance in Cambodia: Development, Challenges, and Recommendations commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). ...
Cambodia Microfinance Association
Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
Carbon credits on table with Germany
Cambodia has asked Germany to buy some of the Kingdom’s carbon credits earned from preserving its natural resources. Interior Minister Sar Kheng made the request during a visit to Germany which concluded yesterday, a ministry statement noted. It said Cambodia requested Germany to study the possibility, ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50646972/carbon-credits-on-table-with-germany/
Students get exam results
As many as 75,059 students or 66.21 per cent passed this year’s high school examinations. The figure is 2.37 per cent higher than last year, a Ministry of Education announcement said on Sunday. The ministry said this year, the number students who received either an ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-get-exam-results
Tourists are unknowingly contributing to Cambodia’s rising number of orphanages
Almost 75 percent of kids in the country’s orphanages are there because their families can’t afford to keep them at home. In 2011, UNICEF released a study saying that the number of orphanages in Cambodia had increased by 75 percent in the previous six years, ...
Logan Connor
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/11/03/cambodias-orphanages
Courting Eurasian states
Cambodia is aiming to diversify its exports after signing an agreement with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) yesterday following the first session of a joint working group seeking to expand trade cooperation between the two sides. “Moreover, Cambodia wants to increase the trade volume and ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35411/courting-eurasian-states/
Migrants in ‘hurry’ to get back to work
A survey of 10 Cambodian provinces is studying the whereabouts and plans of migrant workers who were recently repatriated from Thailand, fearing crackdowns on foreign workers there after the coup. During a workshop hosted by Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM) yesterday, Ministry ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-%E2%80%98hurry%E2%80%99-get-back-work
Will the World Cup hurt productivity?
Once every four years, when the FIFA World Cup rolls around, business surveys and studies are inevitably released telling us that all those hours spent watching football, thinking about football and talking about football have a tangible effect on the global economy. During the 2010 World ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/will-world-cup-hurt-productivity