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Airport annex may displace villagers

Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min has informed 62 families living in the vicinity of the province’s Kang Keng airport about a potential relocation as the government plans to expand it. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/airport-annex-may-displace-villagers

MoL and ILO vow improved migrant workers support

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) jointly published a labour migration policy on Tuesday that is intended to improve conditions for Cambodia’s migrant workers abroad. ...

Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mol-and-ilo-vow-improved-migrant-workers-support

CPP Congress sets key policies

The 41st Congress of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), headed by its president and Prime Minister Hun Sen has laid out key policies and far-reaching reforms across all sectors in order to win provincial, municipal, district and national elections, party spokesman ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-congress-sets-key-policies

Riverbank fails a concern

In response to the latest riverbank collapse in Kandal province’s Mok Kampoul district on December 13, the most recent of a spate across the Kingdom, authorities have moved to prevent more from occurring. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/riverbank-fails-concern

UN fights malnutrition with snack

The production of Nutrix, a new fish-based wafer snack, was launched in Phnom Penh on Monday to assist in the fight against “severe acute child malnutrition” in Cambodia. The Nutrix facility is the first of its kind in the Kingdom and only the second in ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-fights-malnutrition-snack

Three thousand CPP members attend its congress in the capital

More than 3,000 members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) attended the opening of the party’s 41st Congress of the Central Committee in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. The congress aims to elect new members to top party committees and carefully decide strategies to maintain ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-thousand-cpp-members-attend-its-congress-capital

Preah Sihanouk governor orders firm to end activities in national park

Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min has ordered a local company to cease all development in the Prek Koh Khyong area within the Ream National Park, which the firm plans to turn into a tourist attraction. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-governor-orders-firm-end-activities-national-park

Sanctuary rangers impound timber

Environmental rangers on Monday seized a pile of timber hidden in the forest behind a house in Pou Chrei commune’s Me Pai village in Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district following reports from villagers. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sanctuary-rangers-impound-timber

Former CNRP lawmaker predicts Sam Rainsy role may ‘split’ the part

Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Ou Chanrath predicted on Tuesday that Sam Rainsy’s contentious new position as acting president may cause an inevitable “split” in the party. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/former-cnrp-lawmaker-predicts-sam-rainsy-role-may-split-party

Phnom Penh Port expansion set to boost Kingdom’s waterways shipping

The launch of the 2nd phase of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port’s (PPAP) container terminal will boost the Kingdom’s waterway shipping through more trade capacity and reduced costs, according to industry insiders. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-port-expansion-set-boost-kingdoms-waterways-shipping

Three universities agree to found new research centre

The Royal University of Phnom Penh, the Royal University of Fine Arts, and the National Institute of Education inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday, agreeing to establish a joint higher education social sciences and humanities research institute. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-universities-agree-found-new-research-centre

Cassava processing factory to open

Hong Kong-based Green Leader Holdings Group Co Ltd, which announced its first cassava processing factory earlier this year, aims to commence operations by next year, according to Green Leader (Cambodia) Co Ltd CEO Gao Hua. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-processing-factory-open

France hopes for closer ties with Kingdom

French National Assembly vice-president Sylvain Waserman wishes to strengthen and expand diplomacy and cooperation with the Cambodian National Assembly, a statement issued on Monday said. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-hopes-closer-ties-kingdom

Mondulkiri Bunong families seek government intervention

Fourteen indigenous families from Mondulkiri province’s Dak Dam commune have sought urgent intervention from local authorities and a human rights NGO after machinery was used to clear their farmland. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-bunong-families-seek-government-intervention

USAID project helps trafficking victims

While human trafficking remains a serious concern in the Kingdom, a project initiated by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) helped 108 victims to receive compensation, while a further 1,482 also benefited from the project. ...

Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/usaid-project-helps-trafficking-victims

Groups advocate employment for the disabled

Civil society organisations whose work mainly focuses on advocating the welfare of people with disabilities across Asia appealed to their governments to pay more attention to the private sectors offering job opportunities for disabled people. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-advocate-employment-disabled

PM: Electricity rates to drop ‘in 14 days’

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday pledged that electricity rates will drop across the Kingdom next year, saying his “sharing policy”, promised before the July 29 national elections, “will come true in the next 14 days”. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-electricity-rates-drop-14-days

Lower Sesan II dam opens

Situated in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district, the hydropower dam is Asia’s longest at 6.5km. It is a joint venture by Chinese company Hydrolancang International, Cambodian company Royal Group, and Vietnamese company Vietnam Electricity. The project is a 45-year Build-Operate-Transfer contract, in which five years was ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lower-sesan-ii-dam-opens

Kong Korm: ‘Arrogant’ Sam Rainsy has ‘betrayed the people’s will’

Kong Korm, the former top adviser to the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) who recently announced his return to the political stage, has blasted Sam Rainsy’s “arrogance”.​ He said the leadership of the newly nominated “acting president” of the party has “betrayed the people’s ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/kong-korm-arrogant-sam-rainsy-has-betrayed-peoples-will

PM hails ‘troubled’ Koh Kong project

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday lauded the Chinese developer behind Koh Kong province’s $3.8 billion tourism project, despite it causing a decade-long dispute with the villagers there. “The Union Development Group [UDG] transformed the quiet area in Koh Kong province into an attractive tourist ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-hails-troubled-koh-kong-project

Activists have charges dropped

Phnom Penh Municipal Court dropped the charges against three land activists on December 14, rejecting the accusations of extortion and property damage brought against the trio by the owner of a development company.​ ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-have-charges-dropped

CMAC ups cooperation with Thai counterpart

Cambodian and Thai mine authorities have agreed to step up cooperation in demining activities along the two countries’ frontier, the former’s top official said on Thursday. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-ups-cooperation-thai-counterpart

China gifts Kingdom 20 new clinics

The China International Development Cooperation Agency on Wednesday donated 20 additional mobile clinics to the Ministry of Health as part of ongoing Chinese aid to the Kingdom. ...

Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-gifts-kingdom-20-new-clinics

Phone app to report road damage launched

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport launched a phone app on Thursday which allows the people to report problems with the country’s roads directly to the ministry in a big leap forward for road safety in the Kingdom. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phone-app-report-road-damage-launched

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