Work Remains for Cambodia After UN Rights Hearing
Though Cambodia had four years to implement 91 recommendations on how to improve its human rights record, U.N. member states still had to push for action in a number of key areas during its second Universal Periodic Review hearing in Geneva on Tuesday. In a speech ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/work-remains-for-cambodia-after-un-rights-hearing-51129/
Drone sub-decree on way before July election
The Ministry of Interior, the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) and relevant State institutions are accelerating the completion of a draft sub-decree on the management of drones, in order to better guarantee security and public order ahead of the 7th parliamentary election. ...
Sok Raksa
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/drone-sub-decree-way-july-election
Myanmar, Cambodia strengthen bilateral ties
Phnom Penh: Myanmar president U Thein Sien today began his state visit in Cambodia for bilateral cooperation. Thein Sien’s visit this year will boost the trade exchange between two countries and also under the framework of ACMECS, and ASEAN integration. ...
Land titles issued on Koh Rong
The Preah Sihanouk provincial authority is now distributing land titles to nearly 300 families in Koh Rong and Koh Rong Sanloem communes after the government decided to reallocate more than 520 hectares of state land to people living there. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303353/land-titles-issued-on-koh-rong/
NBC: Cambodia’s economy to grow by 6.9% in 2015
The projection of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on the country’s economic growth this year is slightly lower than that of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), according to the State News Agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/nbc:-cambodia%E2%80%99s-economy-to-grow-by-69-in-2015-9001
US, Japan, Pacific rim nations reach massive trade deal
The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim countries reached agreement Monday on a massive free trade deal that will lower trading barriers and set commercial rules for 40 percent of the world economy. ...
Ken Bredemeier
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-japan-10-other-nations-reach-accord-on-massive-trade-deal/2992236.html
US, Japan, Pacific rim nations reach massive trade deal
The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim countries reached agreement Monday on a massive free trade deal that will lower trading barriers and set commercial rules for 40 percent of the world economy. ...
Ken Bredemeier
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-japan-10-other-nations-reach-accord-on-massive-trade-deal/2992236.html
Beijing gets Cambodia to condemn US move in S China Sea
A Cambodian government official and scholars on Tuesday criticized the United States for sending a warship near artificial islands held by China in the South China Sea, saying the move would stir regional tensions. ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news/content?id=20151028000185&cid=1101
Postal service delivers new partner
Kerry Express, a subsidiary of WorldBridge International (Cambodia), yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned Cambodia Post to expand delivery services in the Kingdom, executives and officials said after signing the MoU yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21220/postal-service-delivers-new-partner/
US lawmakers create ‘Cambodia caucus’ in congress
The creation of a bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Cambodia was announced by two United States lawmakers earlier this week, with both men hoping the US takes more of a role in the country’s growth economically and socially. ...
Ros Chanveasna and Jonathan Greig
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23135/us-lawmakers-create----cambodia-caucus----in-congress/
Cambodian Premier: In democratic countries, power cannot be transferred directly to child
Prime Minister Hun Sen said here this morning at a graduation ceremony that in the democratic countries, power cannot be transferred from a father to his child, according to the state news agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-premier:-in-democratic-countries-power-cannot-be-transferred-directly-to-child-9028
Russian firm exploring potential rail deal
A visiting representative of JSC Russian Railways, the state-run firm that manages rail infrastructure and operates passenger and freight services in Russia, met executives of Cambodia’s railway operator yesterday to discuss possible cooperation between the two companies. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/russian-firm-exploring-potential-rail-deal
Ministry calls for better workplace safety
The Labor Ministry has called for improvements to workplace safety in response to an International Labor Organization (ILO) report stating that 181 workers died in more than 30,000 workplace accidents across the Kingdom last year, according to officials. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24766/ministry-calls-for-better-workplace-safety/
ADB gets behind solar project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has financially backed Singapore’s Sunseap Group’s project to build Cambodia’s first large-scale solar power project under a long-term agreement with the state-run energy utility Electricite Du Cambodge. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37758/adb-gets-behind-solar-project/
Make RCEP a success, says Hun Sen
Cambodia is committed to join hands with other Asean member states to make the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) a success after the cancellation of the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), said Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36681/make-rcep-a-success--says-hun-sen/
Hun Sen amps up attacks on US
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday ratcheted up his attacks on the United States, announcing that he had instructed the Immigration Department to check for American “spies” and suggesting the US Embassy pull out its Peace Corps volunteers. ...
Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-amps-attacks-us
Handful of protesters arrested at US Embassy
Around six people were arrested outside the United States Embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday for attempting to stage a small protest, but were released later in the afternoon after agreeing to not demonstrate again without a City Hall permit. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/handful-protesters-arrested-us-embassy
Remains hostage in spat with US
Prime Minister Hun Sen hit back yesterday in response to United States visa sanctions by saying Cambodia would no longer assist in finding and repatriating the remains of American soldiers who lost their lives during the Vietnam War. ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា និង Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/remains-hostage-spat-us
Hun Sen pledges to bring more women into top government roles
In celebration of International Women’s Rights Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen pledged to nominate more female secretaries and undersecretaries of state if he were given another mandate while chiding his ministers for not having hired more women officials. ...
Yon Sineat, Leonie Kijewski and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-pledges-bring-more-women-top-government-roles
British dignitary to meet with CPP, CNRP
British Secretary of State for Asia Hugo Swire was due to arrive in Cambodia last night for a two-day diplomatic visit to the country where he will meet Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as members of the opposition. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/british-dignitary-meet-cpp-cnrp