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Candlelight officially out of election
The Candlelight Party (CP) is officially out of contention for the upcoming July 23 national election after the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) upheld the earlier decision by the National Election Committee (NEC) to decline their registration. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/candlelight-officially-out-election
Tractor hits anti-tank mine, Preah Vihear’s sixth death this year
A landmine killed a man on May 22 while he was operating a power tiller to plough a rice field in Sro Em commune’s Stung Khieu Techo village of Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tractor-hits-anti-tank-mine-preah-vihears-sixth-death-year
Increased royal turtle hatchlings a promising sign: conservationists
A total of 122 royal turtles hatched from nests on an artificial sandbank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Centre (KKRCC) last week, the third time this has occurred. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/increased-royal-turtle-hatchlings-promising-sign-conservationists
Record number of Royal Turtle hatchlings born at WCS Cambodia’s Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia reports a record-breaking 122 Royal Turtle hatchlings at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center (KKRCC) during the 2023 breeding season. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501295269/record-number-of-royal-turtle-hatchlings-born-at-wcs-cambodias-koh-kong-reptile-conservation-center/
Textile industry seeks solutions for circular economy
Government representatives and industry leaders in Cambodia are joining forces to explore opportunities for a circular textile economy, aiming to address the pressing challenges in waste management within the textile industry. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-textile-industry-seeks-solutions-for-circular-economy
‘Extremist’ groups seeking to sow chaos, Sar Kheng warns
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng appeals to all sides to continue to protect the Kingdom’s hard-won peace, claiming that “extremist” opposition groups are still attempting to sow chaos in society as a means of overthrowing the government. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/extremist-groups-seeking-sow-chaos-sar-kheng-warns
Chinese-invested car tire factory in Cambodia set to export close to 6 million tires per year
A Chinese-invested tire factory in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) officially launched its operation on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501295184/chinese-invested-car-tire-factory-in-cambodia-set-to-export-close-to-6-million-tires-per-year/
Interior ministry accuses detained land rights activists of “Peasant Revolution”
Three Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) staff members detained on Wednesday were allegedly plotting a Pol Pot-style “peasant revolution” based on evidence authorities found during a training workshop, Interior Ministry spokesperson Khieu Sopheak told CamboJA. ...
An Vicheth
https://cambojanews.com/interior-ministry-accuses-detained-land-rights-activists-of-peasant-revolution/
Three detained CCFC staff face 10 years imprisonment on plotting, incitement charges
The president of Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) and two of his colleagues were charged with plotting and incitement by the Ratanakiri provincial court on Monday, facing up to 10 years in prison, according to court spokesperson Keo Visoth. ...
Khuon Narim and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/three-detained-ccfc-staff-face-10-years-imprisonment-on-plotting-incitement-charges/
China’s BRI flagship project in Cambodia injects momentum to growth, improving livelihoods
The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), a flagship project in Cambodia under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has not only injected impetus into the kingdom’s economic growth, but also importantly contributed to improving livelihoods of tens of thousands of locals. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501295175/chinas-bri-flagship-project-in-cambodia-injects-momentum-to-growth-improving-livelihoods/
Kingdom, China to deepen trade, investment, tourism ties
Cambodia and China will jointly hold a series of events this year to boost trade, investment, tourism, and other key areas of cooperation, a senior official said. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501294138/kingdom-china-to-deepen-trade-investment-tourism-ties/
Cabinet approves $1.7B Tonle Bassac project
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved the Tonle Bassac navigation and logistics system project worth approximately $1.7 billion to maximise the potential of Cambodia’s waterway transportation by connecting the Mekong River system to the sea after a 26-month study has been completed, said a ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501294139/cabinet-approves-1-7b-tonle-bassac-project/
Cambodia’s rubber exports earn more than $200 million, up nearly 40%
Cambodia earned more than $200 million from the export of rubber and rubber products, an increase of more than 38 percent compared to the same period in 2022, reaching just over $149 million. This is according to the four-months report of 2023 of the General ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293951/cambodias-rubber-exports-earn-more-than-200-million-up-nearly-40/
Cabinet adopts draft law on Civil Registration and ID
The Council of Ministers on Friday passed the draft law on Civil Registration and Identification to further strengthen the protection of the right to improve the quality of all types of services for the people. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501294133/cabinet-adopts-draft-law-on-civil-registration-and-id/
PP-Bavet Expressway construction set to begin
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) yesterday signed the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contract with the Chinese infrastructure construction firm China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to start the construction of Cambodia’s second expressway project Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway (PP-Bavet Expressway) worth $1.4 billion early next month. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501292966/pp-bavet-expressway-construction-set-to-begin/
World Bank says Cambodia needs to diversify its tourism products and improve its trade competitiveness
Cambodia’s economy is on a recovery path, with growth predicted to accelerate to 5.5 per cent in 2023, led by manufacturing exports, according to a World Bank report. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293706/world-bank-says-cambodia-needs-to-diversify-its-tourism-products-and-improve-its-trade-competitiveness/
World Bank: Cambodia’s economy on solid recovery path
Cambodia’s economy is on a recovery path, with growth predicted to accelerate to 5.5% this year, according to a World Bank (WB) report. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501294062/world-bank-cambodias-economy-on-solid-recovery-path/
IBIS organic rice project expanding
Keo Socheat, executive director of the Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP), said that more than 2,000 farming households are now planting organic paddy rice through the IBIS project. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ibis-organic-rice-project-expanding
Generative AI: A threat to copyright?
ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI, provides many new opportunities, yet concerns have been raised over copyright issues as it seems unclear who owns the generated content: the users, tech companies or data owners? ...
PPWSA posts higher net profit in Q1’23
The capital’s sole water concessionaire, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, saw increased net profit and revenue between January and March this year ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-ppwsa-posts-higher-net-profit-in-q123
Cambodian durian sector exploring export opportunities to China
Recently, the Samlot Durian Cluster, a durian association based in Cambodia’s Battambang province, held a meeting with several investors to discuss export opportunities to China, even though Cambodian durians have not yet secured access to this lucrative market. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293262/cambodian-durian-sector-exploring-export-opportunities-to-china/
Three land rights activists detained, questioned by police after organizing training workshop
Kratie authorities detained and questioned 17 members of the land rights organization Coalition of Cambodia Farmers Community (CCFC) on Wednesday afternoon as the group returned to Phnom Penh by bus from a staff training workshop hosted in Ratanakiri. ...
Tax income collection accounts for 44% of yearly plan as of April
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) at the Ministry of Economy and Finance collected almost $ 1.6 billion as tax income in the first four months of this year, accounting for 44 percent of the yearly target. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293298/tax-income-collection-accounts-for-44-of-yearly-plan-as-of-april/
Cambodia’s health sector moves away from the situation left by the Khmer Rouge
Prime Minister Techo Hun Sen said the Cambodian health sector has moved away from the legacy left by the Khmer Rouge regime since 1979. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293340/cambodias-health-sector-moves-away-from-the-situation-left-by-the-khmer-rouge/