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ACU to send officials to S. Korea to investigate ambassador case
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will send officials to South Korea next month to further investigate the case of former ambassador Suth Dina, who was arrested and detained at Prey Sar prison early last month on corruption charges. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24813/acu-to-send-officials-to-s--korea-to-investigate-ambassador-case/
Panama papers link Justice minister to fraudsters
Two convicted Cambodian-American fraudsters were named among five shareholders, including Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana, in a shadowy offshore company based in the British Virgin Islands in the latest trove of “Panama Papers,” which were released on Tuesday. ...
Taylor O'Connell and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/panama-papers-link-justice-minister-to-fraudsters-112429/
Seized timber to be auctioned
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday confirmed official announcements made on Monday that about 70,000 cubic meters of timber confiscated by the National Anti-Deforestation Committee (NADC) would be put up for auction, reneging on his previous statement that the timber would go to the Education Ministry ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24814/seized-timber-to-be-auctioned/
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/
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
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/
Philippines and Cambodia to protect migrant rights
In order to promote and protect the rights of migrants and migrant workers, Cambodia and the Philippines held their first bilateral roundtable meeting over migration earlier this week. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24678/philippines-and-cambodia-to-protect-migrant-rights/
Cambodia hosting valuers congress
Cambodia is hosting the two-day 19th ASEAN Valuers Association (AVA) Congress, the first time it has been held in the Kingdom. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24665/cambodia-hosting-valuers-congress/
Japan to help with patent law
The Ministry of Industry and Handicraft and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) yesterday signed an agreement for facilitating patent grants to obtain protection in Cambodia. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24606/japan-to-help-with-patent-law/
Two more nauru refugees volunteer to resettle in Cambodia
Two more refugees being held by Australia in an offshore detention facility have volunteered to relocate to Cambodia, an immigration official said on Wednesday, a sign that the teetering resettlement deal between the two countries has yet to run its course. ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-more-nauru-refugees-volunteer-to-resettle-in-cambodia-112184/
Crackdown brings a halt to 78 trucks
At least 78 trucks carrying mining materials including gravel, sand and soil were stopped on National Road 3 by traffic police on Tuesday in cooperation with Mining Ministry officials. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24614/crackdown-brings-a-halt-to-78-trucks/
Forum on financing to be held in Phnom Penh
Five international financial institutions will join forces with the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) to hold the 1st Mekong Financial Inclusion Forum in Phnom Penh in July to explore and discuss the differences, similarities and opportunities for achieving financial inclusion in this unique region. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24603/forum-on-financing-to-be-held-in-phnom-penh/
Prince made new head of ‘civilised royalists’
Sisowath Chakreynupol, a prince from one of Cambodia’s royal families, has taken over the reins of the Cambodian Liberty Party, a recently started micro-party. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prince-made-new-head-civilised-royalists
Minister orders Nagaworld construction stopped
An awning at the NagaWorld casino which extends three meters onto a public sidewalk was ordered to be destroyed yesterday by the Minister of Land Management, according to officials. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24541/minister-orders-nagaworld-construction-stopped/
Power out for 24 hours in Stung Treng
Power went out for more than a full day in Stung Treng province starting on Monday afternoon due to a storm in Laos, officials said yesterday, only worsening the situation for residents coping with scorching temperatures. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/power-out-for-24-hours-in-stung-treng-112128/
New visas aim to increase arrivals
In a bid to increase visitor numbers, the government has agreed to issue three-year multiple-entry visas to Chinese, South Korean and Japanese tourists later this year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24524/new-visas-aim-to-increase-arrivals/
Micro lenders see steady expansion
Loans and deposits in the Kingdom’s crowded microfinance sector rose about 10 percent during the first quarter of the year from the same period last year, according to a report from the Cambodia Microfinance Association, which put the rise down to an expanding economy. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24525/micro-lenders-see-steady-expansion/
Justice minister wants Battambang land dispute resolved
Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vattana has weighed in on a prolonged land dispute at the Battambang Provincial Court that has seen three protestors shot and another imprisoned. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-minister-wants-battambang-land-dispute-resolved
Rain and storms coming, says committee
More than 1,200 houses and buildings were affected and more than 70 people died or were injured by rainstorms and lightning in the first four months of 2016, according to Keo Vy, Cabinet director and a spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24486/rain-and-storms-coming--says-committee/
Tea Banh’s sons given top gov’t jobs
As the government fends off continued accusations of nepotism within its institutions, a royal decree issued in early March revealed the appointment of four official assistants to four-star general and deputy prime minister Tea Banh, two of whom are the general’s own sons. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24491/tea-banh---s-sons-given-top-gov---t-jobs/
Garment sector grows another 13 pct: report
Cambodia’s garment and footwear exports grew by 13 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016, Chinese news agency Xinhua said on Monday, citing a report by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/garment-sector-grows-another-13-pct-report
Ministry cuts school hours amid severe heat wave
With the country grappling with drought and soaring temperatures, the Ministry of Education issued a directive on Monday cutting the amount of time students sit in sweltering classrooms for the remainder of the hot season. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-cuts-school-hours-amid-severe-heat-wave-112071/
Block D offshore oil license revoked
The government revoked the offshore oil exploration license of CPHL (Cambodia) Co Ltd after the project failed to meet the terms of its petroleum agreement, a state official said yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/block-d-offshore-oil-licence-revoked
Government approves 133-story skyscraper
The government has given final approval for a planned $3 billion, 133-story twin-tower skyscraper that developers claim will be completed by 2018, a spokesman for the Ministry of Land Management said on Monday. ...
Kang Sothear and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-approves-133-story-skyscraper-112063/