Khmer Times
Asian Development Bank needs to prioritize gender: review
The Asian Development Bank needs to be more involved in helping Cambodia implement gender equality policies in order to “tap the economic potential” for women and close “sizable gender equality gaps”, an internal evaluation has found. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asian-development-bank-needs-prioritise-gender-review
Tropical storm brings flood warning
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday issued a warning that an impending tropical storm may inundate the Tonle Sap and Mekong river, causing floods to neighbouring communities. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065734/tropical-storm-brings-flood-warning/
Cambodia tourism to get Chinese help
China has revealed a plan to help Cambodia by establishing a comprehensive tourism development plan for Siem Reap province, home of the famed Angkor archeological park. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065656/cambodia-tourism-to-get-chinese-help/
NEC bids to learn from its mistakes
Preventing spoiled ballots and improving complaint resolution were top of the agenda when the National Election Committee met at the weekend to discuss ways to improve the commune polls. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065732/nec-bids-learn-mistakes/
79 migrant workers arrested in Malaysia
The Foreign Affairs Ministry says the Malaysian government has taken notice of Thailand’s recent crackdown on illegal foreign workers and begun one of its own, wrangling 79 illegal Cambodian migrant workers in two weeks. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065736/79-migrant-workers-arrested-malaysia/
Authorities create kidnapping hotlines
The Interior Ministry’s Central Security Department yesterday announced two hotlines for the public to report possible kidnappings after a spike in Facebook comments about parents losing their children. According to a statement issued yesterday, the purpose of the hotlines is to assist authorities with locating ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40318/authorities-create-kidnapping-hotlines/
$23 million boost in education budget
The Finance Ministry is planning to raise the national education budget to more than $700 million next year in a bid to improve standards in schools. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40325/-23-million-boost-in-education-budget/
Thais caught fishing
Police in Oddar Meanchey province have reprimanded six Thais caught fishing illegally in Samrong town. Kon Kriel commune police chief Path Kim said the six men were educated and released. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40317/thais-caught-fishing/
Cambodia, Myanmar cooperation
Cambodia and Myanmar have agreed to further enhance trade between the two countries by encouraging investment from small and medium enterprises and exchanging agricultural products, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40333/cambodia--myanmar-cooperation/
France backs commune polls
The French government has thrown its backing behind Cambodia’s recent commune elections, saying the polls went smoothly and were free and fair. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40322/france-backs-commune-polls/
GMS gets closer to a food safety strategy
A draft five-year strategy for promoting safe and environment-friendly agriculture products in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) that would enhance regional food safety and promote trade is expected to be finalised today, according to the Asian Development Bank. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40334/gms-gets-closer-to-a-food-safety-strategy/
More than $1bn invested in local infrastructure
Cambodia has invested more than $1 billion on infrastructure, especially on transport, a senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance says. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40155/more-than--1bn-invested-in-local-infrastructure/
Workers rescued from Thai boats in Malaysia
The Cambodian embassy in Malaysia has repatriated 14 Cambodian fishermen who fled a Thai boat and are believed to be human trafficking victims, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40167/workers-rescued-from-thai-boats-in-malaysia/
Laws failing young sex exploitation victims
Child sex tourism is continuing to damage the lives of young Cambodians, while the internet is enabling perpetrators to carry out abuse, the Justice Minister has warned. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40172/laws-failing-young-sex-exploitation-victims/
Database to curb corrupt promotions
National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun yesterday issued an order to have all police officials’ starting dates and ranks recorded in a computer database to avoid corrupt promotions. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40163/database-to-curb-corrupt-promotions/
Hydropower dam to open early
The Lower Sesan II Dam hydropower plant will start generating 50 megawatts of power by October this year, according to a senior government official. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40152/hydropower-dam-to-open-early/
Cambodia, Japan sign deal for trainees
Minister of Labour Ith Samheng yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with his Japanese counterparts to make it easier for Cambodian trainees to find work in Japan. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40168/cambodia--japan-sign-deal-for-trainees/
Lancang-Mekong expo kicks off in Phnom Penh
The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation’s economic and technology exhibition 2017 kicked off yesterday in Phnom Penh to enhance trade and investment between China and Cambodia, plus other Mekong countries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40332/lancang-mekong-expo-kicks-off-in-phnom-penh/
Illegal timber loads seized
The Cambodia Royal Gendarmerie and Kratie provincial military police yesterday concluded a crackdown on a known timber smuggling route in Sambour district, confiscating nearly 100 pieces of wood equivalent to about 40 cubic metres. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40130/illegal-timber-loads-seized/
China to buy more Cambodian rubber
China is expected to purchase 300,000 tonnes of rubber from Cambodia in 2018, according to a commerce ministry statement. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40122/china-to-buy-more-cambodian-rubber/
Survey to guide minimum wage talks
The Ministry of Labour has announced plans of a month-long research campaign into the living standards of garment and footwear factory workers prior to setting a minimum wage in 2018. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40136/survey-to-guide-minimum-wage-talks/
King calls for forest protection
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday oversaw a tree planting ceremony in Kandal province to mark the 27th Arbor Day, pleading for all citizens to protect the country’s forests. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40129/king-calls-for-forest-protection/
Four tonnes of illegal medicine seized
Anti-economic crime police from the Interior Ministry yesterday seized more than four tonnes of illegal medicine in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40077/four-tonnes-of-illegal-medicine-seized/
Yunnan offers to help tourism sector
The Ministry of Tourism is to collaborate with Yunnan’s Tourism and Vocational Training Institution to develop human resources in tourism and seek the methodology to attract more Chinese tourists to visit Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40085/yunnan-offers-to-help-tourism-sector/