Government
Working group to aid migrant workers
Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday that the government will establish an inter-ministerial working group in Banteay Meanchey province to resolve issues for illegal migrant workers deported from Thailand. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106733/working-group-aid-migrant-workers/
Vietnamese fishing boat escapes chase
Authorities yesterday chased a Vietnamese fishing boat suspected of conducting illegal fishing off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province. Police reported that a Vietnamese trawler was damaged during the operation conducted by Cambodian coastal guards. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106696/vietnamese-fishing-boat-escapes-chase/
Government critic fired from Education Ministry
Former unionist and election official Rong Chhun, who resigned from the National Election Committee (NEC) following the forced dissolution of the opposition, has been fired from the Education Ministry for being absent without permission. ...
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-critic-fired-education-ministry
Deal for yuan trade with China in works
Officials in Cambodia and China’s Guangdong province are cooperating to establish trade using yuan instead of US dollars, part of the two countries’ increasingly close economic relationship. The suggestion to use yuan directly, instead of using US dollars as an intermediary currency, was made by ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deal-yuan-trade-china-works
Airport railway 50 percent done
The Minister of Public Works and Transportation announced yesterday that the railway line connecting Phnom Penh to the airport is 50 percent complete. Sun Chanthol said the project from the Phnom Penh train station to the airport is half finished and added that trains are on ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106736/airport-railway-50-percent-done/
Government seeking loan to repair national road
The Transport Ministry said yesterday it has asked the World Bank for a $110 million loan to upgrade National Road 4. Speaking after a signing ceremony with a Chinese company to repair two other national roads, Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said the ministry and the World ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106732/government-seeking-loan-repair-national-road/
More sanctions being drafted to hit Cambodian government over political crackdown, says senator’s aide
US Senator Patrick Leahy’s office confirmed yesterday that bipartisan legislation is being drafted to introduce new sanctions against the Cambodian government. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-sanctions-being-drafted-hit-cambodian-government-over-political-crackdown-says
Mixed results in Cambodia’s drug war: officials
Senior government figures yesterday noted major flaws in an ongoing drug crackdown, among them a lack of rehabilitation for incarcerated users, during a day-long review of the campaign yesterday. The government also proposed establishing five ill-defined “white villages” – or drug-free locations – on the ...
Niem Chheng and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mixed-results-cambodias-drug-war-officials
Cambodia and Indonesia discuss direct air connection
Cambodia and Indonesia agreed to cooperate to boost their tourism markets, particularly by enhancing air connectivity and by jointly managing their most iconic tourism sites.During an official visit to Indonesia last week, Prak Sokhonn, the Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, suggested both ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106687/cambodia-indonesia-discuss-direct-air-connection/`
RCAF commander criticises US debt demands
Lieutenant General Hun Manet, deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Infantry Unit, on Saturday said the United States lent money to the Lon Nol regime for weapons that were used to kill Cambodians.Speaking to soldiers while inaugurating a new building in Siem Reap ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106536/rcaf-commander-criticises-us-debt-demands/
Indonesia-Cambodia trade grows to $492M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Indonesia amounted to $492.7 million in the first 11 months of last year, a 23 percent increase compared to the same period in 2016, according to a report from an Indonesian state-run news agency. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesia-cambodia-trade-grows-492m
‘Fake news’ being investigated
The Ministry of National Defence is cooperating with involved authorities to investigate a case of alleged fake news that said a well-known deputy commander supported the Cambodia National Rescue Movement. Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat said the Ministry of National Defence was cooperating with authorities to investigate ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106512/fake-news-investigated/
Jump in fainting cases in 2017 for garment workers
The National Social Security Fund of the Ministry of Labour said more than 1,600 workers fainted in 22 factories in 2017, an increase of more than 400 from the previous year. According to a Facebook post that published the conclusion of the 2017 annual results and ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106532/jump-fainting-cases-2017-garment-workers/
Health Ministry issues dengue fever warning
The Ministry of Health has warned that dengue fever cases could spike this year after a fall in cases in 2017 when compared to 2016. A report from the ministry said that in the first three weeks of 2018, there was a 130 percent spike in ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106515/health-ministry-issues-dengue-fever-warning/
Mines Ministry alleges slander
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has accused a Kandal province businessman of defamation and operating an illegal digging site, a few weeks after he allegedly shot into the ground to scare off officials trying to inspect his land. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mines-ministry-alleges-slander
Stung Treng officials crack down on dredging site
Stung Treng provincial authorities on Friday shut down an illegal sand dredging operation on the Sesan River and confiscated equipment after having warned the company to cease operations since December, officials said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-officials-crack-down-dredging-site
Mekong River Commission to revise dam guidelines
Hydropower developers and representatives of the Mekong River Commission member countries met last week for the last time before finalising guidelines to mitigate the negative impacts of dam construction on the Mekong River, though conservationists expressed doubts about whether such guidelines would make a difference. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-river-commission-revise-dam-guidelines
Ministry refuses to dissolve Human Rights Party
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has instructed the Human Rights Party to hold a congress to seek approval from the majority of its members before asking the ministry to dissolve it. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106112/ministry-refuses-to-dissolve-human-rights-party/
Cambodian nationals rescued abroad
Cambodian embassies have recently come to the aid of citizens in three countries, according to a Foreign Affairs Ministry statement yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106144/cambodian-nationals-rescued-abroad/
$540m Mekong project endorsed
Environment ministers from the six countries of the Greater Mekong subregion endorsed a five-year environment agenda that includes more than $540 million worth of projects to spur green investments and increase environmental cooperation to help the subregion achieve sustainable growth. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106157/540m-mekong-project-endorsed/
Thousands of excess Senate ballots printed
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday announced plans to distribute 25,950 ballots for the upcoming Senate election this month, more than double the amount of eligible voters. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/thousands-excess-senate-ballots-printed
‘Don’t come near Asia’: Hun Sen threatens to roll out rocket launchers against Rainsy and his ‘movement’
Prime Minister Hun Sen delivered a fiery speech yesterday, threatening to “attack” members of the opposition with Soviet-era rocket launchers, while also claiming he would arrest them anywhere in Asia. ...
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dont-come-near-asia-hun-sen-threatens-roll-out-rocket-launchers-against-rainsy-and-his
A new military aid boost for China-Cambodia defense ties?
On January 28, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh reportedly confirmed that China would provide Cambodia with a new round of military aid. The report comes as the two countries are looking to boost their defense ties in 2018 as they commemorate 60 years of their ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/a-new-military-aid-boost-for-china-cambodia-defense-ties/
Chamber of Commerce Law forthcoming
The draft of the new Law on the Chamber of Commerce is again being reviewed by the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC). Once the proposed changes to the draft are completed, the law will be sent to the Council of Ministers for further discussion and approval, ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105722/chamber-of-commerce-law-forthcoming/