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No foreign aid offered to run National Election
No foreign country has offered to assist the National Election Committee (NEC) with financial assistance or in kind for running next year’s National Election. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147606/no-foreign-aid-offered-to-run-national-election/
ADB urged to help upgrade R&D ‘skills for future economy’ in Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank is engaged in developing a new project called ‘Skills for Future Economy’ with the purpose of improving the industry in Cambodia, according to a senior officer of the Royal Government of Cambodia. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147792/adb-urged-to-help-upgrade-rd-skills-for-future-economy-in-cambodia/
Nearly 1 million foreign tourists visited Kingdom in Jan-Aug
The Kingdom has seen a significant rise in the number of international tourists in the January-August period of 2022, reflecting the industry recovery thanks to the government resuming the border to vaccinated tourists. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147796/nearly-1-million-foreign-tourists-visited-kingdom-in-jan-aug/
RPR to slap fine on 38 non-bank financial firms
The Real Estate Business and Pawnshop Regulator (RPR) under the Non-Bank Financial Service Authority (FSA) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has prepared notifications to fine 38 businesses that provide non-bank financial services and products to customers, according to a report released by ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501146880/rpr-to-slap-fine-on-38-non-bank-financial-firms/
Wife mourns Ratanakiri environmentalist’s imprisonment
Chhorn Phalla became one of Cambodia’s prominent forest defenders, fronting a press conference two years ago about local authorities’ alleged complicity in illegal deforestation, violence against him at a public forum, and having a shelter burned down on his plantation. ...
Meng Kroypunlok
https://vodenglish.news/wife-mourns-ratanakiri-environmentalists-imprisonment/
CDC approves 149 Japanese investment projects as of August 2022
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved 149 Japanese investment projects with a total investment capital of about $2.9 billion as of August 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147989/cdc-approves-149-japanese-investment-projects-as-of-august-2022/
Cambodian longan to be directly exported to China
The Kingdom of Cambodia is now able to directly export its longan to the Chinese market, Chinese Embassy in Cambodia said yesterday evening. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501148024/cambodian-longan-to-be-directly-exported-to-china/
Pollution and climate change upsurge the risk of ‘climate penalty’
A rise in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves will not only increase wildfires this century but also worsen air quality – harming human health and ecosystems, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched on Wednesday, the International Day ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501148059/pollution-and-climate-change-upsurge-the-risk-of-climate-penalty/
Ministry boosts building inspections to improve safety
With Phnom Pehn’s skyline inching ever higher, the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction has enhanced building inspections to improve the quality and safety of structures, as construction flaws or poor inspection of high-rises puts the public at risk. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147608/ministry-boosts-building-inspections-to-improve-safety/
Phnom Penh communities resist drug arrests, prompting review
Up till May this year, police would come into Andoung IV village for only one reason: to make a drug arrest, said San Va, a 45-year-old resident and construction worker. ...
Mech Dara and Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://vodenglish.news/phnom-penh-communities-resist-drug-arrests-prompting-review/
ASEAN majority want end to coal
A survey has revealed that more than half of respondents want ASEAN countries to stop building new coal plants immediately, while almost two-thirds want their countries to phase out coal consumption either immediately or by 2030. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-majority-want-end-coal
O’Khsach residents seek PM’s intervention to resolve land row in their community
Residents of O’Khsach community, located in Village 4, O’tres commune, Stung Hao district, Preah Sihanouk province, have sought an intervention from Prime Minister Hun Sen to stop the ongoing demolition process and protect their homes and crops. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147703/okhsach-residents-seek-pms-intervention-to-resolve-land-row-in-their-community/
ILO holds third meeting on occupational safety, health in construction
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Project Advisory Committee on enhancing Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards in the construction sector on September 6 held its third consultative meeting, where they shared the results of the projects that were implemented this year and outlined their 2023 ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-holds-third-meeting-occupational-safety-health-construction
Capital-S’ville expressway 96% done; pilot launch date announced soon
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway is currently 96.6 per cent complete, with the start date of the pilot launch to be announced this month, according to Ministry of Public Works and Transport spokesman Heang Sotheayut. ...
Chea Sokny and Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-sville-expressway-96-done-pilot-launch-date-announced-soon
Indigenous Kuoy call for Preah Roka forest crime investigation
The Kuoy indigenous community in Preah Vihear province has called for relevant institutions to investigate the true scale of forest crimes in the Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary after finding 249 cases in August. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-kuoy-call-preah-roka-forest-crime-investigation
More than 150 families in Svay Rieng province ask local authorities to help resolve land issues
More than 150 families in Men Chey commune, Romduol district, Svay Rieng province, ask commune authorities to help resolve land issues after claiming they were affected by a canal development project of the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology in the area. ...
Pa Sokheng and Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/07/svay-rieng-families-ask-authorities-to-resolve-land-issues/
Power line markers reveal looming path of destruction in Prey Lang
In early March, Auon Seap noticed a group of unknown men approach his farm on a koyun, an elongated tractor mostly used for farming or logging. Strangers are not so common in his village on the northeastern edge of the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Keat Soriththeavy and Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://vodenglish.news/power-line-markers-reveal-looming-path-of-destruction-in-prey-lang/
25% jump in ‘newly poor’ in 10 months during Covid-19
The number of people classified as poor has gone up by 25 percent in the 10 months from June 2020 to April 2021 in Cambodia due to income decline and job losses following the spread of Covid-19, said a survey by the Asia Foundation. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501146871/25-jump-in-newly-poor-in-10-months-during-covid-19/
Cambodia’s total public debt stands at $9.7 billion as of June
The Cambodian government had a total public debt stock of $9.7 billion as of June 2022, according to the Cambodia Public Debt Statistical Bulletin published on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147283/cambodias-total-public-debt-stands-at-9-7-billion-as-of-june/
Committee to oversee new airport agreements
Prime Minister Hun Sen has established an inter-ministerial committee to review ongoing and new agreements for Phnom Penh International and Sihanoukville International Airports. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/committee-to-oversee-new-airport-agreements
Indigenous communities ask for government intervention in land disputes
The representatives of two different indigenous communities in Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear provinces are calling for government intervention to help solve long-running land disputes in their communities. ...
Try Thaney
https://cambojanews.com/indigenous-communities-ask-for-government-intervention-in-land-disputes/
Cambodia and Japan appreciate good cooperation in landmine clearance
Cambodia and Japan have appreciated their good bilateral cooperation, mainly in the field of mine clearance. The appreciation was made during a visit by a group of students from Chuo University, Japan led by Professor Hanatani Atsushi to the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) ‘s ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147262/cambodia-and-japan-appreciate-good-cooperation-in-landmine-clearance/
$300M maiden sovereign-bond issue set to begin on Sept 7: NBC
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) announced that it will float the 100 billion riel ($25 million) first tranche of its 1.2195 trillion riel maiden sovereign-bond issue on September 7, which financial experts point out will allow the government to diversify funding sources for national ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/300m-maiden-sover-eign-bond-issue-set-begin-sept-7-nbc
Plan to add 6 mine-free provinces by 2023: Thuch
Almost $6 million will be used on mine clearing across six provinces in the first phase of the Samdech Techo Project for Mine Action (STP-MA), according to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA). ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-add-6-mine-free-provinces-2023-thuch