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Opposition lawmaker to revisit Vietnamese border
Opposition lawmaker Real Camerin is set to revisit a contested area of the Cambodia-Vietnam border in Svay Rieng province on July 19, despite being injured during a brawl there last month. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13246/opposition-lawmaker-to-revisit-vietnamese-border/
Thai fishing slaves find lack of support at home
When hundreds of fishermen were rescued from a life of slavery on Thai fishing boats off the coast of Indonesia earlier this year, the world took notice. ...
Astrid Zweynert
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13243/thai-fishing-slaves-find-lack-of-support-at-home/
PM reaches out to khmer muslims
Up to 1,500 new educators, almost all exclusively Muslims from the Cham Community in Cambodia, will be recruited to join the country’s teaching force. ...
Chea Vannak and Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13209/pm-reaches-out-to-khmer-muslims/
Assembly to approve NGO curb law today
Facing an opposition boycott and a European Union threat over foreign aid, the government plans to vote into law today a controversial draft law restricting NGOs. ...
Muny Sithyna and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13213/assembly-to-approve-ngo-curb-law-today/
Hun Sen dismisses reports on Don Sahong dam construction
Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed reports that Lao PDR has commenced construction of the giant 360MW Don Sahong Hydro Dam project. ...
T. Mohan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13211/hun-sen-dismisses-reports-on-don-sahong-dam-construction/
Forest products threatened by land grabbing and logging
Farmers in Cambodia who depend on forest products for their livelihood face an uncertain future because of dwindling forests. ...
T. Mohan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13212/forest-products-threatened-by-land-grabbing-and-logging/
Law on accounting and audits approved by cabinet
The Cabinet approved a Law on Accounting and Audits at a meeting Friday morning. ...
Ven Rathavong and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13103/law-on-accounting-and-audits-approved-by-cabinet/
Notorious detention center to be renovated – city hall
After abysmal conditions were exposed at the Por Sen Chey Social Affairs Center, City Hall admitted yesterday that the center was not equipped to detain and care for large numbers of people. ...
Donald Lee and Som Panha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13033/notorious-detention-center-to-be-renovated-----city-hall/
China providing more funds for infrastructure
China is providing increased funds for building and repairing Cambodian roads, and for water and land transportation projects, said Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jian Guo at a workshop at the Senate yesterday called “One Belt, One Road.” ...
Men Sonita and Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13032/china-providing-more-funds-for-infrastructure/
King to lend a hand on national tree planting day
King Norodom Sihamoni will participate in a tree-planting event in Kampong Thom today, along with government officials and members of the public, as part of a nationwide celebration that aims to draw attention to conversation of Cambodia’s forests. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13031/king-to-lend-a-hand-on-national-tree-planting-day/
Road development protests on Koh Rong
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Governor Chhit Sokhon halted further construction work on Koh Rong this week following a protest by residents of Koh Tuich village, in the island’s most populated bay. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13023/road-development-protests-on-koh-rong/
Ministry of tourism website hacked by “Teenageworms”
A Nepalese group of hackers calling themselves “TeenageWorms” hacked into the website of Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism Thursday, changing the title of the site’s URL in Google search. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13038/ministry-of-tourism-website-hacked-by----teenageworms---/
Japanese experts question thumbprint voting
The Japanese technical group helping the National Election Committee (NEC) with its new list of voters has suggested that the NEC not use thumbprints for registration. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12995/japanese-experts-question-thumbprint-voting/
Siem Reap tourism wins some, loses some
A report released by Apsara Authority on Monday shows total revenue from Angkor temple ticket sales for the first six months of this year totaling $30.94 million. Although the number of foreigners visiting Siem Reap is up from last year, revenue fell slightly. ...
Naomi-Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12987/siem-reap-tourism-wins-some--loses-some/
Kingdom’s Agro exports on slow boat to China
China is the Kingdom’s top rice importer, and is also bringing in Cambodian cassava, rubber, cashews, peppers and a small amount of corn. But experts say efforts to increase export shipments and open Asia’s biggest market to new products will fall short unless Cambodia addresses ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news-list/2/business/
Mekong industrial belt taking shape
Backed by their government, Japanese firms are pressing ahead with plans to link the burgeoning industrial complexes that line a 1,700-kilometer economic corridor that runs from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a massive new port being constructed in Dawei, Myanmar. ...
Cam McGrath and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13018/mekong-industrial-belt-taking-shape/
Flood-damaged cars could inundate market
After flooding in May left much of the US state of Texas underwater, auto industry insiders are warning that water-damaged vehicles from the US could start appearing in Cambodian gray market auto dealerships, disguised to look new. ...
Donald Lee and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12979/flood-damaged-cars-could-inundate-market/
Death sparks new rabies warnings
The recent death from rabies of a French resident of Kampot has caused coastal vets and doctors to call for increased vigilance and improved preventative measures in Cambodia, which is still classed as a “red” zone for the lethal virus. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12994/death-sparks-new-rabies-warnings/
Bayon launches daily flights to Vietnam
Cambodia Bayon Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, will start daily flights between Cambodian capital Phnom Penh and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City from today, a company representative said yesterday. ...
Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12753/bayon-launches-daily-flights-to-vietnam/
UN concerned over garment workers’ reproductive health
The UN plans to devote resources to improving the sexual and reproductive health of young women working in garment factories. ...
Donald Lee and Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12954/un-concerned-over-garment-workers----reproductive-health/
Cambodia's tax revenue up 38.5 pct in first half of 2015
The Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) reported Monday that it collected 707 million U.S. dollars in taxes during the first six months of this year, up 38.5 percent over the same period last year. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12961/cambodia-s-tax-revenue-up-38-5-pct-in-first-half-of-2015/
Japan becomes China’s business rival in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen returned Monday from a weekend in Japan that included a day-trip 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo to Yamaguchi Prefecture, home base of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ...
James Brooke
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12948/japan-becomes-china---s-business-rival-in-cambodia/
New mining law could herald gold rush
Meng Saktheara wants to take some of the risk out of one of the riskiest businesses in Cambodia – commercial gold mining. As Indian mining giant Mesco Gold seeks a permit to build and operate the country’s first commercial gold mine in Ratanakkiri province, Mr. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12941/new-mining-law-could-herald-gold-rush/
Garment training to boost local talent
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), which represents most of the country’s export-oriented garment factories, will establish a training institute with the aim of replacing more than 8,000 jobs in the garment industry held by foreign workers with a highly skilled local workforce. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12940/garment-training-to-boost-local-talent/