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Increase in conservation work planned for Angkorian temple

Banteay Chhmar, the expansive Angkorian temple in Banteay Meanchey province noted for its elaborate bas-reliefs, is set to see a significant increase in conservation work over the next five years following an agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the London-based School of Oriental and ...

Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/increase-in-conservation-work-planned-for-angkorian-temple-103583/

Thousands of young hopefuls sit military entrance exam

As more than 3,000 young people from across the country took the military entrance exam Sunday, vying for just 620 positions in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), Hun Manet, a senior defense official and the prime minister’s eldest son, vowed to eliminate “irregularities” within ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-of-young-hopefuls-sit-military-entrance-exam-103538/

CPP officials at odds over white building mural

As Cambodians continue to de­bate the government’s whitewashing of a street artist’s multistory mural this week, the information minister publicly critiqued the decision on Friday and drew a comparison to the retrograde attitudes of Soviet leaders toward modern art. ...

George Wright and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-officials-at-odds-over-white-building-mural-103507/

Manufacturers seek help to upgrade products for export to ASEAN

Local manufacturers are calling for government support to help them make their products meet quality standards set by other members of ASEAN – standards they say will be the major barrier to access the regional market as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) kicks off at ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18814/manufacturers-seek-help-to-upgrade-products-for-export-to-asean/

Minister urges officials to speed up ID scheme

Officials responsible for issuing new identity cards, which every adult will eventually need, must get a grip on the task and speed up, the Ministry of Interior said yesterday.In an “instruction” to staff, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the number of new ID cards issued ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-urges-officials-speed-id-scheme

Design expo seen as key to opening next phase of development

New technology, innovation and sleek design are crucial if developers want to keep pace amid a construction boom in Cambodia’s real-estate sector, a senior official from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction said on Tuesday. Pheung Sophorn, the state secretary of the ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18816/design-expo-seen-as-key-to-opening-next-phase-of-development/

Major facelift for notorious Prey Speu

Officials in the Ministry of Social Affairs are planning to make a set of major changes to the infamous Prey Speu detention center, aimed at improving its healthcare services, educational options, and the quality of the housing it offers. But some critics say the changes ...

Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18784/major-facelift-for-notorious-prey-speu/

Opposition’s return to parliament could help jailed activists

With the return of the Cambodia National Rescue Party to the National Assembly this week, following a boycott that began in November, analysts say there is a chance some of the party’s activists could be released from jail. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-return-to-parliament-could-help-jailed-activists/3107125.html

Security upped following robberies

Police and military police officials across the country on Wednesday said they had tightened security at shops and markets, a day after Interior Minister Sar Kheng threatened to demote provincial police chiefs who failed to make arrests following a wave of violent armed robberies. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/security-upped-following-robberies-103252/

First animal health, production law passed

With strong bipartisan support, the National Assembly on Wednesday passed the country’s first animal health and production law, which sets out rules for the humane treatment of livestock and the safe processing of animal meat. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/first-animal-health-production-law-passed-103254/

Cambodian opposition ends assembly boycott

Lawmakers for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) attended a plenary session at the National Assembly Wednesday, ending a parliamentary boycott that has lasted for weeks. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-opposition-ends-assembly-boycott/3105729.html

Ministry threatens action against illegal construction

In an effort to clamp down on illegal construction, the Ministry of Land Management, Urbanization and Construction yesterday threatened to take strict legal action against the owners of any construction companies operating without permits in cities and central areas nationwide. ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18711/ministry-threatens-action-against-illegal-construction/

Police chiefs told to shape up

Police chiefs in three provinces have been given an ultimatum from Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng – put a stop to armed robberies or step down. ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18718/police-chiefs-told-to-shape-up/

Minister calls for better branding at trade show

Cambodian manufacturers have to improve the quality of the packaging of their goods if they want to attract investment and compete internationally, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol said at the opening of trade show yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18700/minister-calls-for-better-branding-at-trade-show/

118 women rescued abroad in 2015

In 2015, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rescued 118 Cambodian women trapped in China and Malaysia, ministry spokesman Chum Sounry said yesterday. Eighty brides from China that were deceived by a broker and handed over to Chinese men, as well as 38 maids from Malaysia, ...

Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18715/118-women-rescued-abroad-in-2015/

Revenue from business registration fees rises

Revenue from business registration fees rose 13 percent to about $2.4 million in the first 11 months of the year over the same period last year, with 4,076 businesses registering at the Commerce Ministry compared to 3,618 in the year-ago period, the ministry said yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18655/revenue-from-business-registration-fees-rises/

Prime minister sends out rice wine warning

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called for people to be more careful with what they ingest, as the death toll from rice wine poisoning in the past week rose to 20 with another death in Kratie province and two others reported dead in remote ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-sends-out-rice-wine-warning-103025/

Gov’t says Chinese gold mine in Mondolkiri needs local consent

An official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy has confirmed that a Chinese company is applying for a license to extract gold from a 100-hectare plot in Mondolkiri province, but insisted that the project would only go forward with the consent of local, small-scale ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-says-chinese-gold-mine-in-mondolkiri-needs-local-consent-103029/

Fish harvest likely to rise: official

The volume of fish harvested from the Tonle Sap Lake is likely to rise in the fishing season that starts today due to better weather conditions, a senior official from Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry told Khmer Times yesterday. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18653/fish-harvest-likely-to-rise--official/

PM calls for crackdown on armed gangs after crime wave

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities around the country to “crack down” on groups involved in armed robberies following a recent crime wave that has left a number of people killed and injured. ...

Khy Sovuthy and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-calls-for-crackdown-on-armed-gangs-after-crime-wave-103022/

Sea festival nets $15M for Kampot economy

This year’s Sea Festival, held for the first time in Kampot last weekend, attracted over 300,000 visitors and generated more than $15 million in revenue for the local community, tourism minister Thong Khon said yesterday. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sea-festival-nets-15m-kampot-economy

NGOs call for amendment to nation’s domestic violence law

A decade after the country’s domestic violence (DV) law was passed, the government continues to fail victims of abuse, a coalition of NGOs said in a statement released Friday, calling for the law to be amended. ...

Aria Danaparamita
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-call-for-amendment-to-nations-domestic-violence-law-102905/

Tainted rice wine kills 19, leaves 172 ill in Cambodia

Rice wine brewed with a toxic level of alcohol has killed at least 19 people and left 172 more in hospital in northeast Cambodia, the health ministry said Sunday.“Laboratory tests found the deaths were caused by the high methanol level in the wine,” Ly Sovann, ...

AFP News Staff
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/747322/tainted-rice-wine-kills-19-leaves-172-ill-in-cambodia

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