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PM calls for bird preservation

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday told Cambodians to stop hunting and poisoning wild birds, whose populations are already under strain from drought and forest fires.   ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-bird-preservation

Cambodia urged to join TPP

The Cambodian government needs to take stock of its economic place within ASEAN, and globally, to continue its growth trajectory given the anticipated ratification of a major international trade pact expected to erode the competitiveness of the Kingdom’s biggest industrial sector, US Ambassador to Cambodia ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-urged-join-tpp

Ministry calls for better workplace safety

The Labor Ministry has called for improvements to workplace safety in response to an International Labor Organization (ILO) report stating that 181 workers died in more than 30,000 workplace accidents across the Kingdom last year, according to officials. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24766/ministry-calls-for-better-workplace-safety/

Border friendship exchange programme held in Hanoi

The event was attended by President Tran Dai Quang, Minister of Defense Ngo Xuan Lich, Minister of Public Security To Lam, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army Luong Cuong as well as Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong, Lao ...

Vietname Net Bridge
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/156136/border-friendship-exchange-programme-held-in-hanoi.html

Acleda, Forte insurance to work together

Acleda, a leading commercial bank in Cambodia, and Forte Insurance (Cambodia) signed an agreement on Friday on general insurance and micro insurance and agreed to establish a basic framework to cooperate and promote a range of insurance products. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24706/acleda--forte-insurance-to-work-together/

Over 4,000 people in Cambodia cycle to mark Europe day

More than 4,000 people in Cambodia cycled here on Saturday to celebrate Europe Day and to increase environmental awareness. The event was organized by the European Union (EU) in Cambodia in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and the Phnom Penh Municipality. ...

Khmer Times Team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24713/over-4-000-people-in-cambodia-cycle-to-mark-europe-day/

Illegal oil leads to arrests

Two farmers were arrested and charged yesterday after police found more than 100 liters of safrole oil in their Sala Kumrou village residence in Pursat City’s Phteash Prey commune, according to police chief Lieutenant Colonel Chhorn Rith. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24716/illegal-oil-leads-to-arrests/

Illegal rice imports still pouring across border

More than a month has elapsed since the government vowed to strengthen its borders to halt illegal imports of rice, yet little has been done to stem the flow of illicit rice shipments flooding into Cambodia from its foreign neighbours and undermining the export efforts ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/illegal-rice-imports-still-pouring-across-border

Cambodia’s insurance premium up 38 pct in Q1

The insurance industry in Cambodia reported a 38-percent increase in gross premium in the first quarter of 2016 over the same period last year, the Insurance Association of Cambodia (IAC) said on Sunday. ...

Khmer Times Team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24711/cambodia---s-insurance-premium-up-38-pct-in-q1/

Factories create 12,000 new first-quarter jobs

Forty factories were registered during the first three months of the year, creating over 12,000 jobs, according to new data by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factories-create-12000-new-first-quarter-jobs

Development council officer charged over bribery claim

An official at the Council for the Development of Cambodia was charged with bribery over the weekend after being arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), just weeks after the graft-fighting body arrested a Foreign Affairs Ministry official and the ambassador to South Korea.   ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/development-council-officer-charged-over-bribery-claim-112324/

Preah Vihear replica commander transferred

The Thai commander who was the mastermind behind the scale replica of the Preah Vihear temple complex on Pha Mor E-Daeng cliff has been transferred following concerns aired by the Thai Foreign Ministry about the structure’s effect on relations with Cambodia. ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24722/preah-vihear-replica-commander-transferred/

Cambodian Red Cross raises more than $13M in one day

The country’s political and business elite dug deep into their pockets on Sunday for the Cambodian Red Cross’ (CRC) annual fundraising drive in Phnom Penh, contributing a total of $13.43 million during an event marking World Red Cross Day.   ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-red-cross-raises-more-than-13m-in-one-day-112338/

Another commercial arbitration center planned

The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce has discussed the possibility of establishing arbitration and a mediator to solve commercial conflicts in Cambodia’s business community, where every conflict now ends up in the court system. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24705/another-commercial-arbitration-center-planned/

PM inks sub-decree to control mining sector

Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed into effect a sub-decree that aims to create a clear licensing and exploration framework for the Kingdom’s nascent mining industry. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-inks-sub-decree-control-mining-sector

Government calls rally against ACU an act of ‘rebellion’

The government on Sunday warned of a crackdown on activists and advocacy groups set to protest today against the recent arrests of four rights workers and an election official, calling the planned demonstration an act of “urban rebellion.” ...

Zsombor Peter and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-calls-rally-against-acu-an-act-of-rebellion-112316/

New flights to target beach tourists

National airline Cambodia Angkor Air will officially start regular flights between Sihanoukville and Ho Chi Minh City on June 17 in response to the increase in tourists wanting to use the route. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24707/new-flights-to-target-beach-tourists/

Thai authorities arrest 29 Cambodians for logging

Twenty-nine Cambodian men were arrested while logging rosewood in the mountains of Thailand’s Prachinburi province on Wednesday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Friday.  ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-authorities-arrest-29-cambodians-for-logging-112301/

CRF to register ‘Angkor Malis’ brand and logo

The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) will officially register the name “Angkor Malis” in June as the umbrella brand for the Kingdom’s premium varieties of fragrant rice, a representative said yesterday. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-register-angkor-malis-brand-and-logo

Pesticides blamed for sickening 31 in Battambang

Water contaminated by pesticides has been blamed for poisoning 31 people in Battambang’s Samlot district.   ...

Kong Meta and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pesticides-blamed-sickening-31-battambang

New head of human rights committee

Keo Remy, a Council of Ministers secretary of state and former member of the opposition, will replace Mak Sambath as the head of the Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC), according to a Royal Decree issued last Wednesday. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24718/new-head-of-human-rights-committee/

Two at Ratanakkiri hospital axed for fund mismanagement

Two Ratanakkiri Referral Hospital officials have been ousted from their posts following an audit that found that more than $13,000 from the hospital’s travel allowance account was mismanaged, causing the hospital to run out of money to pay staff. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-ratanakkiri-hospital-axed-fund-mismanagement

Gov’t headed to Nauru soon over potential resettlements

Cambodian refugee officials are expected to arrive on the shores of chaotic Nauru this month to interview two Iranian refugees about resettling in the Kingdom under a controversial deal with Australia.   ...

Erin Handley and Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-headed-nauru-soon-over-potential-resettlements

Prime minister's website hacked

Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened to use the full force of the law against the hackers who attacked his website early on Saturday morning. ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24690/prime-minister-s-website-hacked/

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