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Banteay Meanchey police detain 23 Candlelight Party officials
Banteay Meanchey Provincial Police detained and questioned 23 Candlelight party officials over the weekend for allegedly lying to people while collecting thumbprints to establish a new political party. Police say party members falsely told citizens that CPP leaders were behind the effort to create the ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/banteay-meanchey-police-detain-23-candlelight-party-officials/
Parties eye ‘common ground’ in wage talks
In the latest meeting of the National Council on Minimum Wage (NCMW) regarding 2024 wage determination for the textile, garment, bag, footwear and travel goods sectors, both parties have reached an agreement to conclude negotiations by September 28. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-eye-common-ground-wage-talks
Cambodia looks to step up China tech co-op
Cambodia and China have reaffirmed their commitment to enhancing and broadening comprehensive bilateral cooperation in the fields of science, technology and innovation (STI). ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-looks-step-china-tech-co-op
Japan, development ministry boost rural clean water ties
Minister of Rural Development Chhay Rithisen and Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Atsushi Ueno have committed to bolstering cooperation between the two countries, particularly in non-urban development and clean water education. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-development-ministry-boost-rural-clean-water-ties
Parties eye ‘common ground’ in wage talks
In the latest meeting of the National Council on Minimum Wage (NCMW) regarding 2024 wage determination for the textile, garment, bag, footwear and travel goods sectors, both parties have reached an agreement to conclude negotiations by September 28. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-eye-common-ground-wage-talks
Manet set to meet Xi on official China visit
Prime Minister Hun Manet will pay a courtesy call on Chinese President Xi Jinping during his three-day visit to China from September 14-16 to “further consolidate” the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation between the two nations. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/manet-set-meet-xi-official-china-visit
Cambodia-US 8-month trade slips 5%
Exports from Cambodia to the US in the first eight months of 2023 dipped 4.8 per cent to $6.1 billion, compared to the same period in 2022, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-us-8-month-trade-slips-5
Sun Chanthol visits Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone
Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, on Sep 11, visited Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358469/sun-chanthol-visits-sihanoukville-port-special-economic-zone/
Officials dispute claims of Angkor ‘forced relocations’
Cambodian officials have rebuffed recent calls by Amnesty International for UNESCO to address allegations of “forced evictions” around the Angkor Archaeological Park, dismissing the claims as baseless. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-dispute-claims-angkor-forced-relocations
Minister of Agriculture inspects and discusses rice situation in Battambang province
Dith Tina, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, and other leaders met with Sok Loo, Governor of Battambang Province, and Oknha Phu Puy, Director General of Green Rice Mills in Battambang Province, to study the real situation of rice prices. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358391/minister-of-agriculture-inspects-and-discusses-rice-situation-in-battambang-province/
Amnesty international calls on world heritage committee to address forced evictions at Angkor Wat
The human rights group Amnesty International has called on Unesco’s World Heritage Committee to address forced evictions at Angkor Wat as its 45th annual meeting begins Sunday in Saudi Arabia. ...
Khuon Narim and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/amnesty-international-calls-on-world-heritage-committee-to-address-forced-evictions-at-angkor-wat/
Condition of Indochinese Leopard casts shadow over tiger reintroduction efforts
A report published in June this year concluded Indochinese leopards are functionally extinct in Cambodia after camera traps failed to capture a single image of them in 2021. ...
Andrew Califf
https://cambojanews.com/condition-of-indochinese-leopard-casts-shadow-over-tiger-reintroduction-efforts/
Building 2 economic corridors with China crucial to enhance Cambodia’s development capacity: experts
Establishing “Industrial Development Corridor” and “Fish and Rice Corridor” with China is essential to enhance Cambodia’s capacity for independent development, contributing to boosting the kingdom’s socioeconomic development at a faster pace, experts said on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359232/building-2-economic-corridors-with-china-crucial-to-enhance-cambodias-development-capacity-experts/
Feature: Chinese electric vehicles gaining momentum in Cambodia
Kim Kheang, a 25-year-old trader in Cambodia, has decided to shift to use a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) in a move to save fuel costs and help keep the air clean. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359251/feature-chinese-electric-vehicles-gaining-momentum-in-cambodia/
Cambodia’s international trade recorded at almost $32 billion in first eight months
The total trade volume between Cambodia and its partners around the world reached almost $32 billion in the first eight months of 2023, down 14.5 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359286/cambodias-international-trade-recorded-at-almost-32-billion-in-first-eight-months/
Disabled people empowered to run waste recycling plant
The Disability Development Services Programme (DDSP) in Cambodia has integrated and empowered people with disabilities to recycle solid waste into items for sale as an income-generating means. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359293/disabled-people-empowered-to-run-waste-recycling-plant/
Japanese SMEs interested in investing in Cambodia’s two key areas
Japanese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are interested in invested in two main sectors in Cambodia, visiting Fumiaki Takahashi, President of the Japan-Cambodia Association (JCA) told the Cambodia Prime Minister in a courtesy meeting here at the Peace Palace yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359272/japanese-smes-interested-in-investing-in-cambodias-two-key-areas/
Ministry plans to create an eco-tourism corridor in Tboung Khmum
The Ministry of Environment plans to turn the former Banteay Chak Sdech Korn into a historical eco-tourism area in Tboung Khmum province after Environment Minister Eang Sophalleth explored the potential of attracting tourists to boost the province’s economy. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358684/ministry-plans-to-create-an-eco-tourism-corridor-in-tboung-khmum/
International criminal operation exposed as call centre scammers arrested in Cambodia
Thai authorities have made a breakthrough in dismantling a call centre scam gang responsible for defrauding victims and contributed to a tragic family murder. Four individuals believed to be part of a larger 30-member criminal network were apprehended in Poipet, Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358507/international-criminal-operation-exposed-as-call-centre-scammers-arrested-in-cambodia/
International airports welcome 3.4M passengers in eight months
International airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville welcomed a combined 3.4 million passengers in the eight-month period of this year, a staggering 180 percent increase over the same period in 2022, a senior official at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358752/international-airports-welcome-3-4m-passengers-in-eight-months/
Japan assures more tech support for Kingdom
Japan has promised to further increase its support to the Kingdom in its successful digitalisation and technological advancement journey. This came as Prime Minister Hun Manet held talks with Japanese Premier Kishida Fumio as part of the ‘Asean-related summit meetings’ held in Jakarta last week. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358751/japan-assures-more-tech-support-for-kingdom/
No consensus on fourth minimum wage meet
The National Council on Minimum Wage (NCMW) has failed to reach any conclusive consensus on the new minimum wage 2024 for garment, travel goods and bag industries even though the employers and employers’ representatives strived to negotiate with each other for the fourth time yesterday ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358749/no-consensus-on-fourth-minimum-wage-meet/
GFT exports decline 19% in Jan-Aug
Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) continue to decline with the January to August period showing a setback of 19.28 percent, compared to the performance of the sector during the same period last year. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358748/gft-exports-decline-19-in-jan-aug/
Prey Veng exports nearly 1.6 million tons of rice, earning nearly $400 million in the first nine months of 2023
At least 1.6 million tonnes of rice was exported from Prey Veng province to Vietnam, earning nearly $400 million by the first nine months of 2023. This is according to the report of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Prey Veng Province on ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359137/prey-veng-exports-nearly-1-6-million-tons-of-rice-earning-nearly-400-million-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2023/