Phnom Penh Post - National
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that there has been local community transmission of Covid-19.
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng – representing Prime Minister Hun Sen – on November 26 led a 13-member Cambodian delegation to Myanmar to distribute medical supplies.
To combat and contain the spread of AIDS, WORLD AIDS Day which falls on December 1 will be marked with the theme Global Solidarity and Shared Responsibility.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on November 26 commenced a mass trial against 139 activists and supporters of the former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), who were charged with ‘plotting’ and ‘incitement’, but postponed the hearing after splitting the cases in two.
Cambodia will donate more than one million masks and pieces of medical equipment to East Timor to help the country fight Covid-19, similar to the Kingdom’s earlier donations to Laos and Myanmar.
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has proposed that countries in the region continue mutual cooperation and support in combating drugs and crime.
The Republic of Korea will continue to accept Cambodian workers, Korean ambassador Park Heung-kyeong said on November 26 in a meeting with Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng.
The Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) and local financial technology company eMoney announced a six-month fundraising partnership on November 26 to help support educational programmes at the CCF.
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is producing additional border demarcation posts for the national cultural heritage protected area at the Banteay Longvek Prehistoric Station in Kampong Chhnang province’s Kampong Tralach district.
Eight Cambodian women tricked into working illegally in China are on their way back to Cambodia from Vietnam after the intervention of the Cambodian embassy and Vietnamese authorities.
The Lao government and the Sanakham hydropower project developer have been urged to widen the impact assessment of the project and propose additional measures to mitigate potential adverse impacts from the 684-megawatt dam.
