Phnom Penh Post - Monks and wats on increase
CAMBODIA has 50,081 monk and 3,685 pagodas, according to the Minister of Cults
and Religion, Chea Savoeun, who was quoted by the Business News
newspaper.
Savoeun disclosed this during a session with the National
Assembly commission on education, culture, cults and religion, headed by Mom
Chum Huy.
He said the pagodas were established and the monks trained in
the revival of Budd-hism since the 1979 ouster of the Khmer Rouge which had
banned the religion.
Negotiations on EBA being heldIn an effort to defuse tensions, a senior government official said Cambodia is negotiating with the European Union (EU) on the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade deal, which allows the Kingdom to export goods to the 28-member bloc tariff-free. The EU notified Cambodia on October 5
Ministers to tackle sea pollutantsPreah Sihanouk provincial authorities and members of local communities have collected 77 tonnes of water hyacinth at a Sihanoukville beach, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall spokesperson Or Saroeun said. He told The Post yesterday that the aquatic weeds had been floating along some of the province’s
Chinese police escort deported scam suspectsNinety-one Chinese nationals accused of extorting money from victims in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) scam were deported from Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday under the escort of 182 Chinese police personnel. General Department of Immigration head of investigations Ouk Hay Seila told reporters
Sam Rainsy, government group set to clash at IPU Geneva meet?Opposition figure Sam Rainsy has been invited to speak at the General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, according to a former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker. A government delegation is also set to attend the meeting, a National Assembly press release
