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Big timber stash found in Pursat

An NGO operating in the Pursat section of the protected Cardamom Mountains uncovered 50 cubic metres of luxury timber yesterday. Chea Hean, director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation, said he and four colleagues uncovered the illicit stash as part of an ongoing investigation, ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/big-timber-stash-found-pursat

Protect coastal areas: government

Following an unusually high number of drownings in coastal areas in the past month, the Ministry of Tourism has instructed the tourism departments in coastal provinces to continue to collaborate with relevant authorities to ensure safety, public order and cleanliness. A statement released by Minister of ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28926/protect-coastal-areas--government/

Oil meeting in Siem Reap

The 42nd Asean Council on Petroleum members’ meeting will be held in Siem Reap next month, a senior government official told Khmer Times. The meeting, which will include representatives from the national petroleum companies of the nine other Asean members, plus Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28903/oil-meeting-in-siem-reap/

Current assets in Cambodia's banking system rise to 25.6 bln USD by June

Current assets in Cambodia’s banking and financial institutions had risen to 25.6 billion U.S. dollars by June 2016, an increase of 21.3 percent in the last 12 months, according to the biannual report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), or the central bank, on ...

XINHUA
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=332556

Rosatom, Cambodia’s national council in first working meeting

The Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom and Cambodia’s National Council for Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Cambodia (NCSD) today said they held their first working group meeting towards implementing nuclear power energy cooperation. ...

Rosatom Asia Pte Ltd
http://www.eco-business.com/press-releases/rosatom-cambodias-national-council-in-first-working-meeting/

Ministry hails successful national exam, says no cheating at all

As the third year of strictly regulated national high school exams drew to a close on Tuesday, the Ministry of Education brushed off evidence of widespread attempts at cheating and declared the event a success. ...

Janelle Retka and Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-hails-successful-national-exam-says-no-cheating-117078/

Families to receive land titles

Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to cut land from an economic land concession (ELC) and a rubber plantation to grant land titles to more than 1,000 villagers in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district, according to the Land Management Ministry. ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28859/families-to-receive-land-titles/

Don’t mention South China Sea, government tells Asean

The National Assembly will petition Asean officials to remove a reference to the South China Sea maritime dispute from an upcoming joint statement, officials confirmed on Tuesday, a move some analysts and diplomats say will again threaten regional cohesion. ...

Khuon Narim and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dont-mention-south-china-sea-government-tells-asean-117083/

Police force to provide ‘security’ during upcoming elections

National Police deputy chief Kirth Chantharith will head a team to handle security during upcoming elections, with the group to decide upon the placement of “national security agents” for voters’ protection, according to a statement. ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-force-provide-security-during-upcoming-elections

Up to $85M earmarked to develop agro sectors

Representatives of Cambodia’s rice sector and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) met yesterday with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to discuss the implementation of a five-year program to promote the Kingdom’s agricultural products. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/85m-earmarked-develop-agro-sectors

Brexit won’t affect ties, says UK ambassador

The British ambassador yesterday reaffirmed to the Cambodian government that the results of a recent referendum on leaving the EU, and a cabinet reshuffle by the ruling Conservative Party, would not have a negative impact on the country’s ties with Cambodia.   ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28856/brexit-won---t-affect-ties--says-uk-ambassador/

Anti-money laundering plan

With the deadline for a second review by a global task force of the government’s efforts to combat money laundering and terrorism financing fast approaching, the Kingdom’s central bank yesterday conducted a workshop with banks, financial institutions and state agencies to flesh out a strategy ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28845/anti-money-laundering-plan/

Ministry seeks funds from US for land dispute resolution

Land Management Minister Chea Sophara met with US Ambassador William Heidt on Monday evening to discuss the progress of recently established land dispute working groups and to request funding for an initiative to incentivise the resolution of such disputes. A ministry press release said Sophara ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-seeks-funds-us-land-dispute-resolution

Ministry considers Turkey’s request to close Zaman schools

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that it was reviewing a diplomatic request from Turkey to close Zaman-operated schools in Phnom Penh because of their alleged ties to an organization being blamed for last month’s failed coup in the country. ...

Khy Sovuthy and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-considers-turkeys-request-to-close-zaman-schools-117033/

Drink a beer to save the planet

As a way to possibly boost funding for environmental protection in the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday floated the idea of an extra tax on cigarettes and alcohol. Speaking at a forum on the protection and conservation of natural resources in Phnom Penh, the prime ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28792/drink-a-beer-to-save-the-planet/

Garment factories close amid political uncertainty

Political uncertainty in Cambodia has forced the garment and footwear industry to look to alternative countries to meet production needs, forcing more than 70 factories to close and a sharp drop in orders, a senior official from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28810/garment-factories--close-amid-political-uncertainty/

High-stakes Grade 12 exams kick off

Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron applauded the vast majority of Grade-12 students for obeying the strict no-cheating rules he introduced three years ago as nationwide testing kicked off yesterday with relatively few hiccups. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/high-stakes-grade-12-exams-kick

Petition seeks vote for workers overseas

A group campaigning for better governance yesterday demanded parliamentarians push the government to allow Cambodians living abroad to vote, while also calling for stricter enforcement of migration legislation inside the country. ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/petition-seeks-vote-workers-overseas

CPP, CNRP diverge over leniency for immigrants

Announcing that more than 160,000 immigrants are living in Cambodia without proper documentation, the Interior Ministry on Friday said it would give the majority of the group an opportunity to stay in the country, while the opposition pushed for a blanket deportation. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-diverge-over-leniancy-for-immigrants-116972/

Environmental groups given chance to address PM Hun Sen at forum

With a mixture of hope and hard-earned scepticism, environmentalists from around the country will today get an opportunity most had never dreamed possible: an audience with the prime minister. About 500 civil society activists have been invited to Phnom Penh for the first National Forum ...

Cristina Maza and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environmental-groups-given-chance-address-pm-hun-sen-forum

IPAC to work closely with gov’t to enhance intellectual property

Cambodia’s first independent association for promoting intellectual property (IP) is seeking closer cooperation with government agencies to help the private sector better understand IP, its benefits and the importance of registering their products. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ipac-work-closely-govt-enhance-intellectual-property

Trade fair to cement India-Cambodia ties

In order to further promote trade between India and Cambodia, Phnom Penh will host an Indian trade fair next month, the Commerce Ministry announced. Organized in collaboration between the Indian and Cambodian chambers of commerce, the event is intended to further develop ties between businesses in ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28743/trade-fair-to-cement-india-cambodia-ties/

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