‘We’re no Funcinpec’
An opposition leader yesterday rejected criticism that his party is becoming too friendly with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, assuring supporters they would fight to win power and not be lured into the same trap as the now marginalised Funcinpec royalist party. speaking to hundreds of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/were-no-funcinpec
Hundreds of thousands without Thai work papers
With less than three weeks left until the deadline, over 300,000 Cambodian migrants registered in Thailand have not completed the verification process necessary to receive work visas, raising the possibility of a repeat of last year’s mass exodus. According to figures from the Thai Labour Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-thousands-without-thai-work-papers
This simple trick helped fix a wildlife water shortage in Cambodia
It is a simple solution to a wildlife water shortage. During the annual dry season [November through April] in a protected forest in eastern Cambodia, wildlife scientists hired local workers with shovels to dig out accumulated sediment from six remote and dried-up waterholes. The result: During ss='cambodia-color'>...
John Barrat
http://smithsonianscience.si.edu/2015/06/this-simple-trick-helped-fix-a-wildlife-water-shortage-in-cambodia/
My dinner with Rainsy
In another effort to cement the so-called culture of dialogue between the two major parties, Prime Minister Hun sen and opposition leader sam Rainsy brought their families together on saturday for what Rainsy billed as a “historic” meal during which they posed for selfies, while ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/my-dinner-rainsy
Acleda, PPCBank granted listing eligibility
Two of Cambodia’s leading commercial banks – locally owned Acleda Bank Plc (Acleda) and south Korean-owned Phnom Penh Commercial Bank Plc (PPCBank) – have been granted listing eligibility from the Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX). This paves the way for the banks to move forward with plans ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-ppcbank-granted-listing-eligibility
Dead dolphins prompt calls for fishing net ban
A dolphin weighing over 200kg and 2.3m long was found dead by fishermen downstream of the Koh Pos Bridge on Wednesday morning. Officials in Preah sihanouk province’s Fisheries Administration decided to bury the carcass not far from where it was found. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dead-dolphins-prompt-calls-fishing-net-ban
Mondulkiri officials ‘cleared forest’
Members of the indigenous Bunong tribe and civil society organisations on Wednesday filed a complaint against local authorities in Mondulkiri for illegally clearing 300ha of protected forest. The cleared land is located in O’Raing district’s Pou Les village. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-officials-cleared-forest
Hundreds of snares found in Prambei Mom community forest
The Prambei Mom Forest Community in Kampong speu province’s Thpong district has raised concern over a spike in illegal hunting within the forest. Community forest chief soeun Lay said on Thursday that he and his community members patrolled the forest from January 25-27 to combat ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-snares-found-prambei-mom-community-forest
Cambodia has 54 special economic zones, more to come
As of 2019, Cambodia has in total 54 special Economic Zones, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia. In 2019, the exports from Cambodia’s special Economic Zones were Us$2,688 million, up 27 percent compared to 2018, continued the source. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50686294/cambodia-has-54-special-economic-zones-more-to-come
Royal turtle eggs found in Koh Kong
Three royal turtle nests containing 51 eggs have been found in Koh Kong province’s sre Ambel district. The discovery was made by the Wildlife Conservation society (WCs), fisheries administration officials, and conservationists from the local community. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-turtle-eggs-found-koh-kong
NCDM warns of extreme weather, need for action
A National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) report has warned of the danger of extreme weather in Cambodia and a need to take action. The NCDM’s first vice-president, Kun Kim, attributed 95 deaths to 336 rainstorms which hit 22 provinces in 2019. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ncdm-warns-extreme-weather-need-action
Ministry to promote workers’ rights amid partial EBA status suspension
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training yesterday vowed that it would continue to promote workers’ rights and fair working conditions for those in the garment sector amid the recommended partial withdrawal of the European Union’s Everything but arms (EBA) preferential trade scheme in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry supports ‘sexy’ ban
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs plans to form an inter-ministerial working group soon to monitor, disseminate, educate and take action against those who spread and share pornographic pictures or videos on social media. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-supports-sexy-ban
National Assembly to discuss Vietnam prisoner exchange treaty
The draft law on transfer of convicted inmate treaty between Cambodia and Vietnam will be debated at the National Assembly’s special sitting next week, the first-ever treaty the Kingdom has with a foreign country. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698749/national-assembly-to-discuss-vietnam-prisoner-exchange-treaty
More than 800 workers in Kandal demand severance pay
More than 800 garment workers in Kandal’s Khsach Kandal district protested on Wednesday to demand their last wages and severance pay after the company suspended its operation due to the shortage of raw material. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698711/more-than-800-workers-in-kandal-demand-severance-pay
Cambodia power up
The first phase of the $380 million HFO power plant in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district will begin operations in April and produce 100MW of electricity, said the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-powers
Government pledges $2billion fund for economy
The government has announced they have prepared an emergency reserve fund of between $800million and $2billion to aid the Kingdom’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700267/government-pledges-2billion-fund-for-economy
World Bank: Real-estate boom could backfire on economy
The World Bank has warned that the significant growth recorded in the construction and real-estate sector, considered one of the country’s economic pillars, could ultimately affect overall growth due to a trinity of unanticipated and now negative factors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712701/world-bank-real-estate-boom-could-backfire-on-economy/
Sweden pledges $3 million aid for human rights education
The Embassy of sweden yesterday inked an agreement with Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law to strengthen human rights education in the Kingdom’s academic institutions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50701266/sweden-pledges-3-million-aid-for-human-rights-education