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Villagers say military official who took their land now wants $20K

A military lieutenant who sued 13 families in Oddar Meanchey’s Anlong Veng district for allegedly grabbing his land is now demanding $20,000 in compensation, though villagers deny the accusation and it remains unclear as to how the official initially came to own the ostensibly protected ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-say-military-official-who-took-their-land-now-wants-20k

New centre for agricultural research to help expand markets

China-based Digital Agriculture Exchange has revealed plans to build an agricultural research centre in the kingdom to improve production and packaging standards of local fruit and vegetables. Officially dubbed a “multifunctional centre”, its aim is to up quality standards to make Cambodian produce more desirable abroad, ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102796/new-centre-for-agricultural-research-to-help-expand-markets/

Does Cambodia’s New Opposition Party Really Matter?

Cambodia’s former opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s reverence for political change is exceeded only by his reverence for himself as the instigator of it. That may be why, this weekend in the United States, he launched the Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM), a new body that is ...

David Hutt
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/does-cambodias-new-opposition-party-really-matter/

Foreign minister lashes out at US over Khmer Rouge ‘support’

Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn on Sunday criticised the United States government for allegedly failing to recognise Khmer Rouge-perpetrated genocide until recently, accusing the US of suppressing criticism of the Pol Pot regime. ...

Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/foreign-minister-lashes-out-us-over-khmer-rouge-support

Vietnamese-funded market on border begins construction

Construction began yesterday on a $2 million Vietnamese-funded market located in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district, about 1 kilometre from the nearest border crossing between Cambodia and Vietnam. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-funded-market-border-begins-construction

Garment factory literacy classes expanded

The Ministry of Education is to expand literacy classes for garment workers to more than 12 provinces where factories are located this year, with more classes planed for the whole nation by 2020. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102211/garment-factory-literacy-classes-expanded/

Ministry mulls truck driver training school

The Cambodia Trucking Association has suggested the Ministry of Public Works and Transport open the kingdom’s first heavy truck driver training school. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102241/ministry-mulls-truck-driver-training-school/

Cambodia to reduce foreign debt

The government plans to reduce its foreign debt and raise capital through the issuance of bonds, a representative of the Ministry of Economy and Finance has unveiled. “Increasing local borrowing instead of foreign borrowing will improve the country’s trade balance and current account,” said Vong Seyvisoth, ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102229/cambodia-to-reduce-foreign-debt/

Prime Minister supportive of water taxi system

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday expressed support for the waterway transport system from Prek Phnov to Phnom Penh and to Takhmao city, which will be launched before Khmer New Year. ...

Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102045/prime-minister-supportive-of-water-taxi-system/

New Lango committee formed

The government has created a new interministerial committee to manage the activities of international NGOs, with an Interior Ministry official yesterday saying the body was intended to monitor organisations’ compliance with the controversial NGO Law. ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-lango-committee-formed

Government plans one of world’s biggest airports in Kandal

The Cambodian government has approved plans to build one of the world’s largest airports in Kandal province, though key actors have yet to work out the details and one economist noted yesterday that the current proposal may be short-sighted. ...

Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-plans-one-worlds-biggest-airports-kandal

Bird flu found in Phnom Penh

Nearly 300 chickens and ducks were culled after a new case of H5N1, or bird flu, was found in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district last week, officials said. Seang Borin, director of the municipal agriculture department, said yesterday that 292 chickens and ducks were killed in ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102046/bird-flu-found-in-phnom-penh/

China asked to buy more sugarcane from Cambodia

During a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen asked China to increase imports of Cambodian sugarcane. The officials met in Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101596/china-asked-buy-sugarcane-cambodia/

Decree reviewed for loopholes

The Interior Ministry yesterday created a working group to review possible loopholes in a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund for public officials, civil servants and veterans. ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101665/decree-reviewed-loopholes/

Teacher training video released

The Education Ministry has produced a short video and posted it to its YouTube channel to help teachers educate students in grades one to three. The video, which runs less than 20 minutes, shows methods of teaching Khmer literature, mathematics and other subjects. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101660/teacher-training-video-released/

Lightning strikes kill two as return of colder temps predicted

Two people were killed and one injured in three separate lightning strikes in Pursat and Prey Veng provinces on Monday, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-strikes-kill-two-return-colder-temps-predicted

Aid boost for customs development

The Japanese government on Tuesday pledged to donate two patrol boats to the General Department of Customs and Excise. The announcement was made in a meeting between Economy Minister Aun Ponmonirath and Iizuka Atsushi, director-general of Japan’s Customs Bureau. ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101351/aid-boost-customs-development/

Bag firm plans to grow local operations

Wah Sun Handbags International Holding unveiled plans yesterday to expand its Cambodia operations, citing the country’s low labour costs as the primary reason for the move. In a filing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the handbag manufacturer announced plans to raise up to $18 ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bag-firm-plans-grow-local-operations

Economy to grow at 6.9 percent in 2018, NBC

The economy will grow by 6.9 percent this year, according to projections from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), spurred by the robust performance of the tourism, construction and garment sectors. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101290/economy-grow-6-9-percent-2018-nbc/

Partnership with US university for better cassava

Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon met on Monday with visiting US professors W. Ronnie Coffman and Max J. Pfeffer from Cornell University to discuss cooperation in a new project whose purpose is to yield disease-resilient, high yielding cassava. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101289/partnership-us-university-better-cassava/

Workers to hawk factory machines

More than 500 workers from the Benoh Apparel factory in Meanchey district’s Stung Meanchey commune yesterday agreed to sell the remaining machines in the factory to cover their lost pay after the owner went bankrupt and fled the country. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101011/workers-hawk-factory-machines/

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