National government
Ministries and other national bodies
Marginal fall in fishing sector’s revenue despite exports hike
Exports of fish and related products in Cambodia rose slightly during the first nine months of the year, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, though the sector suffered a small drop in revenue. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545161/marginal-fall-in-fishing-sectors-revenue-despite-exports-hike/
Ministry to meet with NGOs biannually
The Interior Minister plans to meet with top officials from the country’s NGOs twice per year in an effort to address concerns raised by the groups and to gather recommendations for national development. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544946/ministry-to-meet-with-ngos-biannually-2/
Draft budget due in parliament
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved its national budget draft of about $6.7 billion for 2019, an increase of 11.4 percent over 2018, and NGOs now want to review it before it is sent to the National Assembly for ratification. According to the draft, ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544913/draft-budget-due-in-parliament/
Give back grabbed land in national park: Ministry
The Environment Ministry on Friday ordered all those who have illegally grabbed land in Preah Suramarit-Kossamak National Park to immediately tear down their structures and give the land back to the government. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544868/give-back-grabbed-land-in-national-park-ministry/
Kandal road campaign set to reclaim sidewalks
The Kandal Provincial Public Works and Transport Department will conduct a campaign to reclaim public roadsides and expand roads in the province to 15 metres from the road median from November 14. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-road-campaign-set-reclaim-sidewalks
Kampong Chhnang to host fifth River Festival
The Kampong Chhnang provincial authority and Tourism Ministry on Saturday discussed plans to hold the fifth River Festival in the province. If approved, the event will take place in March. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-host-fifth-river-festival
Kratie land disputes to be ‘resolved by experts’
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on Wednesday ordered 19 experts to identify the families locked in a land dispute in Snuol district, in Kratie province, and find solutions for them through economic land concessions. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-land-disputes-be-resolved-experts
Hun Sen: Claim that China is ‘invading’ Kingdom is crazy
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday slammed critics over claims that China is “invading” Cambodia, calling the argument “crazy”. Speaking to members of Cambodian diaspora in Geneva, Switzerland, Hun Sen said some people were concerned about the influx of Chinese nationals who live and work ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-claim-china-invading-kingdom-crazy
Police block villagers amid protest to seek land dispute solution
A woman fainted on Wednesday following a confrontation with police while she and 800 other protesters were marching to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s residence in the capital to deliver a petition. The protesters were among 1,642 families who have been locked in a long-running land ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-block-villagers-amid-protest-seek-land-dispute-solution
Stung Treng Provincal Hall rebukes forestry crime criticism
Stung Treng provincial officials have urged local authorities to continue cooperating to crack down on forestry crimes following some negative posts on social media. A statement from the Provincal Hall on Monday urged people to stop posting false information about steps taken to stop forestry ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50543689/stung-treng-provincal-hall-rebukes-forestry-crime-criticism/
Environment Ministry advises people to stop using used electronics
The remarks were made during a conference on Improving Energy Efficiently in Cambodia: A Crucial Step Towards Sustainable Growth, which was hosted by the National Council of Sustainable Development, the Swedish government and the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA). ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-advises-people-stop-using-used-electronics
Kratie rice wine operations halted amid poisoning
Rice wine operations in Kratie province have been shut down indefinitely with immediate effect after a toxic batch recently killed several people and hospitalised others. Kratie provincial industry and handicraft department head Ny Chhun said the objective of the move is to reduce the harm ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-rice-wine-operations-halted-amid-poisoning
Interior ministry official charged over land grab
Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged a government official who allegedly tried to grab state land by fraudulently using Interior Minister Sar Kheng’s wife’s name to threaten a commune chief in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50542474/interior-ministry-official-charged-over-land-grab-2/
‘Toxic’ rice wine kills five in Kratie
As of Sunday, the death toll from toxic rice wine consumption in Kratie province had increased to five. Forty others remain hospitalised, the provincial health department said. Department director Chhneang Sovutha said the sale of rice wine had been banned in the province’s Sambo district ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/toxic-rice-wine-kills-five-kratie
Rubber exports surge by 22%
Cambodian rubber exports surged 22 per cent during the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period last year, figures from the Ministry of Agriculture said. Local producers exported 140,303 tonnes of rubber during the period – an increase of 25,240 tonnes ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-surge-22
Sand dredging in Kampong Cham to resume after forum held
Public forum was held on Thursday at the request of Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron to address the ongoing sand dredging operation along the Mekong river.Earlier on August 22, Naron called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to provide a solution to ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sand-dredging-kampong-cham-resume-after-forum-held
Ministry to probe child labour
The Ministry of Labour says it will investigate the claims of a Royal Holloway, University of London research team’s report alleging modern slavery in Cambodia’s brick kilns, said Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng. The report entitled Blood Bricks: Untold Stories of Modern Slavery and ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-probe-child-labour
Land Minister addresses corruption
Land Management Minister Chea Sophara on Thursday instructed cadastral officials throughout the country to ensure accurate measurements and avoid corruption when demarcating people’s land. The instruction came after the ministry obtained sophisticated equipment using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-minister-addresses-corruption
Efforts to save fish highlighted
National and international environmental experts concluded discussions on migratory fish management and preservation in Cambodia on Wednesday through a workshop facilitated by the US Agency of International Development (USAID) in Phnom Penh. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/efforts-save-fish-highlighted
UN notes Kingdom’s peacekeeping efforts
The Defence Ministry has announced that the United Nations has ranked Cambodia 29th among 122 countries that have sent peacekeeping forces to conflict areas around the world. Last year, the UN ranked Cambodia as 32nd for the most troops sent abroad. Cambodia also ranked 17th ...
Ven Rathavong and Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541575/un-notes-kingdoms-peacekeeping-efforts/
‘Trapped in debt bondage’
Cambodia’s construction boom has pushed thousands of families into modern slavery in the brick industry through debt bondage, a report by researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University say. The blood bricks report was released on Tuesday following the sharp rise in Cambodian brick prices in ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trapped-debt-bondage
Villagers again demand land resolution
Dozens of villagers representing 170 Prek Khsach community households in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district gathered at the Provincial Hall yesterday to petition authorities to speed up land dispute resolution involving two development companies. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541167/villagers-again-demand-land-resolution/
Government and FAO push for zero hunger
The government and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation have committed to eradicating hunger in Cambodia by 2030. The commitment was made yesterday at an event to mark World Food Day 2018 in Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541166/government-and-fao-push-for-zero-hunger/
Ministry drafts directive to save Royal Turtles
The Agriculture Ministry’s Fisheries Administration is drafting a directive to turn more sections of the Sre Ambel river system into conservation zones for Royal Turtles following successes reported by the Wildlife Conservation Society and administration monitoring teams in existing zones. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50540828/ministry-drafts-directive-to-save-royal-turtles/