Call to boost Cambodia, Malaysia economic ties
Senate PreSident Hun Sen recently called for StepS to further Strengthen economic tieS between Cambodia and MalaySia even aS he expreSSed SatiSfaction with the growth of inveStment from MalaySia and the bilateral trade volume, eSpecially MalaySia&rSquo;S purchaSe of rice from Cambodia. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501508286/call-to-boost-cambodia-malaysia-economic-ties/
Ten years on: Roka reconciles HIV legacy
It has been a decade since a tragic case of medical malpractice rocked the Kingdom. In December 2014, several cases of HIV infection were detected in Roka commune, in Battambang province’s sangke district. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ten-years-on-roka-reconciles-hiv-legacy-
Koh Kong Zhejiang SEZ aims to attract 100 additional companies by year-end
Koh Kong Zhejiang Special Economic Zone (SEZ), located in Koh Kong province&rSquo;S Sre Ambel diStrict, currently hoStS 28 companieS and haS pledged to attract 100 more by the end of 2024, according to a June 21 preSS releaSe from the Council for the Development of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Territorial guardians: PM announces policy using citizens to prevent border land encroachments
Following false claims that territory is being ceded as part of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA) cooperation, Prime Minister Hun Manet announced a significant new border land policy aimed at utilising citizens to protect Cambodia’s land and prevent encroachment, thereby safeguarding territorial integrity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
IMF urges private sector to continue promoting riel
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Monday urged members of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) to continue promoting the use of local currency to boost Cambodia’s economy stronger and less vulnerable to the negative effects of exchange rate fluctuations of the international currency. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501561130/imf-urges-private-sector-to-continue-promoting-riel/
MoE launches ‘Green Sprouts’ campaign in Mondulkiri
The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs), officially launched the “Green sprouts” campaign in Mondulkiri province aiming to protect Cambodia’s forests and enhance climate resilience through the successful implementation of the REDD+ project in Keo seima Wildlife sanctuary. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501563897/moe-launches-green-sprouts-campaign-in-mondulkiri/
Health services and centers
“Citizens’ health is guaranteed. The state is taking care of disease prevention and cure. The poor are entitled to get access to health checks without any payment, at any public health center, infirmary and maternity center.The state shall organize and establish infirmaries and maternity centers.”1// ss='cambodia-color'>...
As Soldiers Leave Kratie Village, Problems Remain
After a three-day blockade, soldiers pulled out over the weekend from the Kratie province village where a teenage girl was shot dead last week by government security forces, officials said yesterday. However, human rights workers denied a report by a provincial official that freedom of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Logging up after poll, NGOs claim
At least a dozen companies including some of Cambodia’s most prominent developers have been illegally logging and transporting rosewood since the election without any action from authorities, a pair of local NGOs alleged. In a report released yesterday, the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community and the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-after-poll-ngos-claim
Finance Ministry Accused of Ignoring Education Sector
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday again publicly accused the Ministry of Finance of not injecting enough funds into the education sector in order to bring Cambodia in line with the rest of southeast Asia. speaking at the close of a two-day workshop to formulate the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/finance-ministry-accused-of-ignoring-education%E2%80%88sector-41040/
Police block Bopha march
Phnom Penh Municipal Hall yesterday defended the actions of police and security guards who blocked protesters as they tried to leave the capital’s Boeung Kak area before they stopped and searched an NGO’s vehicle. Dozens of Daun Penh district police, security guards and military police blockaded ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-block-bopha-march
Four More Named in Fertilizer Embezzlement Scandal
An official from Battambang province’s department of agriculture who was charged last Monday with embezzling $200,000 from the illegal sale of fertilizer donated to the poor by Japan has implicated four other officials in the case, including the son of senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-more-named-in-fertilizer-embezzlement-scandal-41913/
Leprosy Hospital Expands as Cases Increase
About 20 leprosy patients have been treated at a rehabilitated and expanded wing of the Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital, the second hospital to offer professional treatment for leprosy patients in Cambodia. “We have two doctors and one nurse who specialize in leprosy treatment, and in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/leprosy-hospital-expands-as-cases-increase-46778/
Activist Monks, NGO Workers Held After Preah Vihear Protest
Prominent activist monk But Buntenh, head of the Independent Monk Network for social Justice, was arrested in Preah Vihear province on Thursday, along with another monk and three NGO staffers who had traveled to the province to support a group of ethnic Kuoy villagers protesting ss='cambodia-color'>...
Julia Wallace and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activist-monks-ngo-workers-held-after-preah-vihear-protest-49962/
Police Presence Light at Rowdy CNRP Rally in Freedom Park
Police maintained a subtle, and mostly unarmed, presence at a rowdy opposition rally that filled Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday, despite persistent tensions over last month’s contested national election and a beefed-up security presence around the city. Even as the crowd swelled to well over ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/police-presence-light-at-rowdy-cnrp-rally-in-freedom-park-40918/
Rally to include capital
The Cambodia National Rescue Party has said it plans to expand the mass demonstration already slated for Tuesday in siem Reap to include another large rally in the capital. The CNRP announced late last month it was moving its first in a series of new rallies ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rally-include-capital
Minister Says Set Phone Call Prices ‘Temporary’
The minister of posts and telecommunications on Monday insisted an edict ordering the country’s seven mobile phone operators to abide by a law that sets minimum prices for calls is only temporary. Prak sokhon, the newly-appointed posts and telecommunications minister, said the order was necessary because ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joshua Wilwohl and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/minister-says-set-phone-call-prices-temporary-48975/
Tougher laws for recruiters
A new set of prakases tacked onto a law that regulates overseas employment recruitment agencies is a “step in the right direction” towards protecting some of Cambodia’s most vulnerable citizens from scams and abuse, local and international NGOs said yesterday. But some remain unconvinced that the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tougher-laws-recruiters
City Hall Warns Monks Over Political Activism
Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong warned monkS ThurSday that if they do not follow orderS to keep out of politicS, they could create a rift within the monkhood that could threaten the very exiStence of BuddhiSm in the country. Mr. Socheatvong alSo Said that if monkS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-warns-monks-over-political-activism-49496/
Obfuscation reigns over ban on demonstration
The government can’t seem to agree on whether or not Prime Minister Hun sen has lifted the ban on the constitutional right to freedom of assembly. Last week, Mr. Hun sen said in a speech: “I will not prevent [demonstrations] because everyone has equal rights,” which ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/obfuscation-reigns-over-ban-on-demonstration-53621/