Illegal logging ravaging the last forests, activists say
Forestry activists say at least 55,000 tons of luxury wood were sent from Cambodia to China this year alone. Activists from communities that live near or among some of Cambodia’s last forests told reporters Wednesday that illegal logging is ravaging their homelands, part of a “systematic” ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/illeal-logging-ravaging-the-last-forests-activist-say/2492309.html
Cambodia investigates village's high HIV rate
Cambodian health officials are investigating an alarmingly high rate of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in a remote village. At least 82 people have tested positive for HIV in Rokar, Battambang province, which has a population of 2,000 people. Officials said they suspected a ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-investigates-high-hiv-rate-remote-village/2561848.html
The rising global health crisis no one is talking about
Motorcycle fatalities are claiming the lives of a third of people in Asia–but governments don’t seem to notice. In Cambodia, HIV/AIDS-related deaths equate to 2,300 per year, and the government allocates $58 million to combat the disease—but 2,000 deaths are caused by highway fatalities, with ...
Michelle Bergmann
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/09/asia-motorcycle-deaths
Licadho asked to show its data
Dismissing a recent report showing a sharp increase in land disputes, the government has said such conflicts are in fact decreasing and formally called on rights group Licadho to release its findings. Licadho reported last week that it recorded about three times as many new land ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/licadho-asked-show-its-data
Minor party leader charged
League for Democracy Party (LDP) president Khem Veasna was yesterday charged at the Appeal Court on allegations that he cheated a party activist out of $70,000 between 2009 and 2011. The plaintiff, Duk Moeun, had sued Veasna at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in August 2013, ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-party-leader-charged
In Cambodia, funding cuts put eye surgery program in peril
Some 100,000 prospective patients could lose opportunity for eye care due to Australia scaling back its foreign aid budget. But as Fred Hollows and other Australian NGOs brace themselves for the cuts, the Australian government is forging ahead with a $40 million scheme to relocate ...
UCA News Staff
http://bit.ly/1yR7nif
Ministry lists heritage preservation efforts
More than 6,000 archaeological and cultural heritage sites have been registered across the Kingdom, among other achievements, according to the Culture and Fine Arts Ministry. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50710421/ministry-lists-heritage-preservation-efforts/
Poor families receive first round of government aid
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation said 92 percent of the 560,000 families have received their first installment of government subsidies. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744336/poor-families-receive-first-round-of-government-aid/
Social land concessions for 153 veterans’ families
Kampong Thom provincial authorities will hand over around 2,000 hectares of social land concessions to 153 families of veterans in the province, according to the governor. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810400/social-land-concessions-for-153-veterans-families/
South Korea offers further assistance in Covid-19 battle
The South Korean government has provided further assistance worth $350,000 to help the Cambodian Ministry of Health in the ongoing fight against Covid-19. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-offers-further-assistance-covid-19-battle
More than 40 percent of Cambodia’s stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines administered
A total of 548,670 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, leaving slightly more than 866,000 doses left for those who are eligible for booster shots or for elderly who qualify for this vaccine. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923336/more-than-40-percent-of-cambodias-stock-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccines-administered/
WHO donates three vaccine cooling vans for Covid campaign
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia has donated more than $320,000 in medical supplies to the Ministry of Health for pandemic prevention and response efforts. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/who-donates-three-vaccine-cooling-vans-covid-campaign
Kraavan, once the loneliest elephant in the world, lonely no more as he has a splashing time at Cambodian wildlife sanctuary
The 37-year-old elephant Kaavan was seen enjoying his stay at the 25,000-acre Kulen Prum Tep Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501085179/kraavan-once-the-loneliest-elephant-in-the-world-lonely-no-as-it-has-a-splashing-time-at-cambodian-wildlife-sanctuary/
Over 282k new voters registered for National Election
The National Election Committee said today that more than 282,000 additional people have registered to cast their ballot for next year’s National Election. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501181552/over-282k-new-voters-registered-for-national-election/
Cambodia’s milled rice export up 16% in H1
Cambodia exported 327,000 tonnes of milled rice in the first semester this year, an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period last year, earning the country $279 million, according to a report by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501115793/cambodias-milled-rice-export-up-16-in-h1/
Rice exports total 637,004 tons in 2022
Cambodia exported more than 637,000 tons of rice last year, with nearly half going to China, official data showed on Friday. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/rice-exports-total-637004-tons-in-2022
Heatwave hits seaweed growers
Kampot’s seaweed growers have been hit by a price drop of 1,000 riels per kilogram after the extreme heat of April devastated their harvest ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/heatwave-hits-seaweed-growers
Cambodia becomes world’s second largest producer of raw cashew nuts, CAC says
Cambodia has become the world’s second-largest producer of raw cashew nuts, with a total production of 830,000 tonnes in the last seven months of 2024, according to the report of the Cashew Nut Association of Cambodia (CAC). ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501543473/cambodia-becomes-worlds-second-largest-producer-of-raw-cashew-nuts-cac-says/
Cambodian journalists celebrate World Press Freedom Day with Prime Minister
Some 5,000 Cambodian media practitioners celebrated World Press Freedom Day with Prime Minister Hun Manet and many senior government officials on May 3 afternoon. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501482845/cambodian-journalists-celebrate-world-press-freedom-day-with-prime-minister/
Troubled Village Embroiled In New Land Disputes
A year after a massive military raid here that left a 14-year old girl dead and hundreds of families evicted, there remains little sign of the original land dispute that turned this rural village into a hotbed of agitation. But a new firm and a government-issued ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/troubled-village-embroiled-in-new-land-disputes-25184/