Cambodia tourism grows 2.6%
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered an increase of 2.6% during January to March, this year, according to the Statistics and Tourist Information Department. ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2016/05/cambodia-tourism-grows-2-6/
$5.23 billion for public sector
Cambodia needs $5.23 billion for 519 development projects in the ongoing three-year public investment program (PIP) that was approved by the Council of Ministers on Friday, according to a government media release. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27051/-5-23-billion-for-public-sector/
Voting rules changed for police, army
Less than one week after refusing to create a way for migrant workers to vote in the coming elections, the National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday asked the Interior Ministry to urgently intervene and allow National Police units and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces to vote near ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31324/voting-rules-changed-for-police--army/
Central Bank puts 40B riel up for bid in LPCO
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) yesterday held its second Liquidity-Providing Collateralised Operation (LPCO), making 40 billion riel ($9.89 million) available to financial institutions in an auction in which repurchase agreements, or repos, were signed for 8.4 billion riel ($2.07 million). ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-puts-40b-riel-bid-lpco
Over 3.76B riel swapped in banknote exchange
The Central Bank announced on Monday that it exchanged 3.76 billion of old and worn Khmer riel banknotes (equivalent to $930,091) to new notes during its “Loving Riel Notes”, campaign which lasted five days during the Pchum Ben holiday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/over-376b-riel-swapped-banknote-exchange
Prison numbers jump 20 percent
Cambodia’s already swollen prison population leapt by more than 20 percent last year, according to the Ministry of Interior’s annual report, which acknowledged the influx has caused “serious challenges” with overcrowding, and revealed one-third of inmates are in pre-trial detention. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-numbers-jump-20-percent
Sok An’s roles distributed: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that some institutions under the control of the late Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, who was also head of the Council of Ministers, are being moved to relevant ministries, refuting the comments an official had made the day before. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36797/sok-an---s-roles-distributed--pm/
Hoping to net more sea visits
The growing number of foreign visitors arriving by sea represents a promising source of tourism revenue for Cambodia, though limited port and tourism infrastructure has hampered its realisation, tourism stakeholders said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hoping-net-more-sea-visits
Two kingdoms, one destination
Cambodia and Thailand are pushing for the implementation of an agreement on tourism cooperation. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37925/two-kingdoms--one-destination/
Minister scolds Thai outlets
Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence has demanded an apology from Thai media outlets for reports linking Defence Minister Tea Banh to a recent case of alleged cross-border arms smuggling by a Thai air force officer, one which has also ensnared an official from Cambodia’s Interior Ministry ...
Niem Chheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-scolds-thai-outlets
Ruling party scraps policy to promote failed candidates gov’t advisory roles
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party has canceled plans for failed local election candidates to be appointed to advisory positions in the government. ...
Kann Vicheika
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/ruling-party-scraps-policy-to-promote-failed-candidates-govt-advisory-roles/3898575.html
Crackdown coming on illegal checkpoints
The Ministry of Interior has set up a working group to oversee the elimination of illegal checkpoints along national roads and on waterways. According to a statement penned by Interior Minister Sar Kheng last Wednesday and obtained yesterday, the working group is comprised of eight ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066122/crackdown-coming-illegal-checkpoints/
Ministry declines to meet poll watchdogs
The Interior Ministry has declined to meet two election watchdogs to discuss their work ahead of the 2018 general election. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076172/ministry-declines-meet-poll-watchdogs/
NGOs demand ID cards for Kampuchea Krom
Three local NGOs are to request a meeting with the Interior Minister to discuss the granting of ID cards to Kampuchea Krom people living in Cambodia. ...
Zahron Sokry
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080577/ngos-demand-id-cards-kampuchea-krom/
Notification on the campaign of loving riel banknotes
On 31 August 2017, the National Bank of Cambodia issued a notification to the public, which contributed to the celebration of the Khmer traditional Phcum Ben festival. The National Bank of Cambodia will provide an opportunity to the public with old, crumble or torn banknotes ...
National Bank of Cambodia
Forces to get nearly 4,000 more troops
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces plans to recruit 3,850 new soldiers, the majority of which will be enlisted in a new brigade established after a border row with Laos, a document obtained yesterday showed. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081208/forces-get-nearly-4000-troops/
Kingdom targeted by new malware
The Kingdom’s computer networks, including government servers, are reported to be the targets of a virus unique to Cambodia and deployed through spam emails and phishing campaigns, which lure victims with emails disguised as official communications, though officials yesterday maintained they were unaffected. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-targeted-new-malware
‘No protest, no change’ for CNRP, deputy says, placing CPP in bind
The Cambodia National Rescue Party will refuse to appoint a new president following the arrest of current leader Kem Sokha on Sunday, Deputy President Mu Sochua said yesterday, a decision she acknowledged may lead to the dissolution of the party should Sokha be convicted of ...
Andrew Nachemson and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-protest-no-change-cnrp-deputy-says-placing-cpp-bind
Daily founder claims liability
The founder of the now-shuttered Cambodia Daily, Bernard Krisher, has told Prime Minister Hun Sen in a letter that he will travel to the Kingdom to take on any tax liabilities of his daughter, Deputy Publisher Deborah Krisher-Steele, stemming from the paper’s dispute with the ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/daily-founder-claims-liability
Ministry supports informal saving groups
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) announced yesterday that it plans to support the growth of NGO-backed community saving groups in a move to help members of these currently unregulated groups establish funding pools that can be accessed without the need for collateral. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-supports-informal-saving-groups