Villagers Protest Gov’t Plans To Turn Farmland Into SEZ
About 50 people protested in front of Pailin Provincial Hall yesterday against a government plan to turn their farmland in Sala Krao district into a special economic zone (SEZ), villagers and officials said. “It is the villagers that abuse the government land. They took the ...
Ratanakkiri villagers accuse authorities of land grab
Tumpuon ethnic minorities residing in Seda commune, in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district, on Monday accused authorities of colluding to sell 100 hectares of protected land in the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary that they say belongs to the community ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-villagers-accuse-authorities-land-grab
EU project improves fishermen’s lives
A European Union delegation on Tuesday visited a fishing community in Svay Rieng province to observe a project aimed at helping them deal with illegal fishing, rear fish, and farm without using chemicals in Peam Ro district. The community project in the district’s Baborng commune ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50548327/eu-project-improves-fishermens-lives/
Cassava production tumbles nearly 1% throughout 2018
Cambodia produced more that 13 million tonnes of cassava last year, a drop on 2017 despite a six per cent increase in cultivation to 650,510ha nationwide, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The data shows Cambodia produced 13,750,076 tonnes of cassava last ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-production-tumbles-nearly-1-throughout-2018
‘Digital government’ systems being gradually implemented
The Kingdom is steadily implementing “digital government” systems to manage society by using modern computer techniques that require more skilled human resources, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Monday. Speaking during a visit to some 2,000 retired civil servants and military veterans in Battambang ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/digital-government-systems-being-gradually-implemented
Economic growth set to slow this year: WB report
Cambodia’s economy remains in a “robust” condition but economic growth is projected to slow slightly this year compared to last, mainly due to weaker than expected external demand, according to a World Bank report released on Wednesday. The bank forecast the Cambodian economy to grow ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/economic-growth-set-slow-year-wb-report
Conservation group discovers rare Irrawaddy dolphin calf
A dolphin conservation group has revealed it recently found a newborn Irrawaddy dolphin swimming among adults in the Mekong River in Kratie province, the sixth calf to be discovered this year. Mok Ponlok, provincial deputy director of the Fisheries Administration and head of the Irrawaddy ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conservation-group-discovers-rare-irrawaddy-dolphin-calf
MRC urged to prioritise steps to protect river basin
Development partners on Thursday asked the Mekong River Commission to prioritise policies to protect the basin in future development strategies, noting that the Mekong river basin is among the most vulnerable regions due to climate change. Representatives from Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, the ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50617079/mrc-urged-to-prioritise-steps-to-protect-river-basin/
Spotlight: ASEAN, including Cambodia, hugely benefit from BRI: Cambodian experts
The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including Cambodia are greatly benefiting from the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Cambodian experts said here on Thursday. Kin Phea, director-general of the International Relations Institute Cambodia (IRIC), an arm of the Royal Academy ...
Nguon Sovan and Mao Pengfei
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/08/c_138293910.htm
Indian companies eye bus project partnership with Cambodian gov’t
An international business conglomerate with roots in India and an Indian automaker are looking at partnering with the Cambodian government on a project that will strengthen the Kingdom’s public transportation system and make Cambodia a producer and exporter of electric buses. According to a press release ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50637280/indian-companies-eye-bus-project-partnership-with-cambodian-govt/
Forest patrol catches loggers
Ten men were caught engaged in illegal logging during a three-day patrol by the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) that began on Friday. This led a representative of the group to declare that illegal logging at the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-patrol-catches-loggers
Cambodian-Americans plan lobbying campaign to support sanctions
US-based supporters of Cambodia’s former opposition party have launched a campaign to lobby US lawmakers to support legislation aimed at placing sanctions on the Cambodian government. The activists are planning to call and petition lawmakers to urge them to support the Cambodia Trade Act and ...
Men Kimseng
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian-americans-plan-lobbying-campaign-to-support-sanctions/4794594.html
Japan to grant $4.6 million in aid
The Japanese government is set to grant about $4.6 million in aid to Cambodia to support economic and social development in the Kingdom. According to a Foreign Affairs Ministry statement, Minister Prak Sokhonn and Japanese Ambassador Horinouchi Hidehisa will sign the Exchange of Notes and related ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50624151/japan-to-grant-4-6-million-in-aid-2/
Kantha Bopha announces drop in infant mortality rate
The Kantha Bopha Hospitals founded by Swiss paediatrician Dr Beat Richner, who passed away last year aged 71, has reported a drop in the infant mortality rate last year. “The mortality rate among hospitalised children was 0.23 per cent, while in 2017, the mortality rate ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-announces-drop-infant-mortality-rate
PM hits back at environmental activists over logging criticisms
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday responded to environmental activists who accused the government of inaction over deforestation in Cambodia, saying they themselves used luxury wood to build and decorate their own homes. Speaking at the opening ceremony of Phnom Penh’s third ring road, the ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-hits-back-environmental-activists-over-logging-criticisms
Kingdom may hire Turkish power ship
Cambodia is considering negotiating with Turkey to hire a 200MW-capacity power ship to meet electricity demands as the country faces an ongoing electrical shortage, according to the prime minister. Speaking to garment workers in Pursat province on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Electricite du ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-may-hire-turkish-power-ship
Ministry to revoke licences of media over fake news
The Information Ministry yesterday warned that it would revoke the licences of print and online media outlets which distribute fake news that endanger national security. Phos Sovann, director-general of General Department of Information and Broadcasting, said in a Facebook video post that the ministry will strictly ...
Ly Livsier
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50632885/ministry-to-revoke-licences-of-media-over-fake-news/
PM warns unions ahead of poll
In a closed-door meeting with garment industry union leaders on Sunday, Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered his audience to ensure that factory workers don’t organise political protests or associate with the remnants of the now-dissolved opposition party. While no audio from the speech was released ...
Yon Sineat, Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-warns-unions-ahead-poll
Government gets $110M to restore National Road 4
Work on the $110 million National Road 4 upgrading project in the Kingdom’s main economic corridor could start as early as next year, a Ministry of Public Works official has said. The project, which will affect a more than 200km stretch of road, will take ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-gets-110m-restore-national-road-4
Bayon restoration to resume
The Japanese and Cambodian governments have allocated $1,5 million to fund phase five of the Bayon temple restoration project, a Unesco official said on Tuesday. Unesco Culture Programme Specialist Philippe Delanghe told The Post yesterday that the project which is slated to begin this year ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bayon-restoration-resume