Angkor revenue up, tourists amount down
<p>According to a new report by the Ministry of Tourism published yesterday, revenue from ticket sales to the Angkor Archeological park reached $39.48 million in the first quarter of 2018, 28 percent higher than the corresponding period last year. Ministry data showed 854,584 tourists visited the ...p>
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50269499/angkor-revenue-up-tourists-amount-down/
King Norodom Sihamoni welcomes new Senate, urges respect for human rights
<p>King Norodom Sihamoni, in an opening speech on Monday to Cambodia’s newly minted Senate, urged the legislative body to uphold human rights and justice. King Sihamoni warmly congratulated the 62-member Senate on its new mandate following almost a year of what observers have described as ...p>
Ben Sokhean and Erin Handley
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-norodom-sihamoni-welcomes-new-senate-urges-respect-human-rights
Price woes for Kingdom’s non-GI pepper farmers
<p>While geographic indication (GI) status Kampot pepper is commanding a good market price, the rest of the Kingdom’s pepper farmers are experiencing falling rates due to the lack of a robust market, according to the Memot pepper association. The Ministry of Commerce, however, has pointed ...p>
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/price-woes-kingdoms-non-gi-pepper-farmers
Cambodia's election committee releases code of conduct for electoral observers
<p>Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday released the code of conduct for national and international observers in the forthcoming national election. “The code of conduct of electoral observers aims to set out important measures for non-governmental organizations, associations, and electoral observers to fulfill their ...p>
Xinhua
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/21/c_137195723.htm
Miners flee amid compliance push
<p>Chong phlas commune, Mondulkiri province – As officials from the Mines and Environment ministries continue their compliance push here, villagers from the Chong phlas Gold Mining Community have fled or withdrawn into their homes, too scared to continue their work for fear of being blamed ...p>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50494101/miners-flee-amid-compliance-push/
Kampong Cham storm injures two, damages houses
<p>Nearly 500 homes were damaged and a father and son injured during severe winds and heavy rains in Kampong Cham province’s Batheay district on Saturday. Duong Nha, Batheay district deputy police chief, said the storm damaged 496 homes in San Dek and Trorp communes. Of ...p>
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-cham-storm-injures-two-damages-houses
Announcement No.068 on the 20 accredited political parties running for the national election 2018
<p>On 23 May 2018, the National Election Committee (NEC) has accredited a total of 20 political parties which are registered for the national election in July with the number of provincial and capital constituencies. The two more political parties accredited by NEC on 23 May ...p>
National Election Committee
Police warn boycott FB group involved in the “Clean Fingers Campaign”
<p>police said on Tuesday that they will pick up members of a Facebook group involved in the “Clean Fingers Campaign” that promotes a boycott of next month’s national elections. However, police merely planned to “educate” the group for now, but warned that if the group ...p>
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-warn-boycott-fb-group-involved-clean-fingers-campaign
Nearly $2 billion invested in four projects
<p>The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Thursday announced it has approved four projects so far in June, amounting to $1.9 billion. CDC posted in its Facebook page that since the beginning of the month it has issued final registration certificates for four ...p>
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50501766/nearly-2-billion-invested-in-four-projects/
Community miners out of work
<p>The Chong phlas Gold Mining Community, where more than 800 families mine on 43 hectares of land in Mondolkiri, has been shuttered, leaving dozens without jobs. Officials with the Environment and Mines Ministries descended upon the community in the wake of 13 people dying in Kratie ...p>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50503789/community-miners-out-of-work/
Press release on meeting between Minister of MLUPC and representatives in land disputes
<p>On 05 June 2018 H.E. Senior Minister Chea Sophara, Minister of Land Management, Urban planning and Construction met with the representatives of 317 households who have had land disputes with Koh Kong plantation Co.,Ltd and Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co.,Ltd which located in Sre Ambel ...p>
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Global Witness calls on the US to sanction tycoons
<p>Global Witness has called on the United States to impose sanctions against four Cambodian tycoons for their alleged roles in the demise of Cambodian democracy and for human rights abuses. Its allegations, in a report on Friday, were brushed off by a ruling Cpp spokesman ...p>
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514516/global-witness-calls-on-the-us-to-sanction-tycoons/
No energy after national election
<p>Residents here yesterday expressed concern about the lack of energy during the count process for Sunday’s national election. Many in Kampong Siem district’s Koh Mit commune said that they felt indifferent, even as the National Election Committee said that the voter turnout rate in the ...p>
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517412/no-energy-after-national-election/
Kingdom counts 18 dead from Mekong floods
<p>At least 18 people in the Kingdom have died and more than 40,000 families impacted by the Mekong River flooding this season, National Committee for Natural Disaster spokesman Keo Vy, told The post on Monday. He said floodwaters in the five riverside provinces of Tbong ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-counts-18-dead-mekong-floods
First highway to break ground in November
<p>Construction of the Kingdom’s first-ever highway, stretching 190 kilometres to connect phnom penh and Sihanoukville, was confirmed to start in November. The highway will begin in phnom penh’s Chaom Chao area, starting at street Tom Nop Kop Srov, which links national roads 4 and 5, ...p>
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524648/first-highway-to-break-ground-in-november/
Samlot rife with land grabs
<p>Authorities are facing mounting pressure to safeguard the Samlot protected Area, where villagers and wealthy land-grabbers continue to trespass to start orchards and claim ownership of the plots. The area, which straddles Battambang and pailin provinces, is jointly protected by the Ministry of Environment and ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/samlot-rife-land-grabs
Press release: review of voting list and voter registration in 2018
<p>On 27 August 2018, the National Election Committee (NEC) issued a press release on review of voting list and voter registration in 2018 will begin on 01 October 2018. This review aims to ensure the voting list with accuracy and up to date through extraction ...p>
National Election Committee
Deadlock over wage talks
<p>The first round of a tripartite meeting to negotiate a new minimum wage for garment and footwear workers ended in a deadlock on Monday. Trade unions, employers, and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training officials tried to hammer out a new wage scheme for ...p>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deadlock-over-wage-talks
‘Kingdom ready if EBA withdrawn’: Ministry
<p>A senior Labour Ministry official said a withdrawal of the preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) trade agreement with the EU would not hurt the Kingdom’s economy. Ministry spokesman Heng Suor said the government had prepared plans in the event of an EBA withdrawal. However, he ...p>
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-ready-if-eba-withdrawn-ministry
UN notes Kingdom’s peacekeeping efforts
<p>The Defence Ministry has announced that the United Nations has ranked Cambodia 29th among 122 countries that have sent peacekeeping forces to conflict areas around the world. Last year, the UN ranked Cambodia as 32nd for the most troops sent abroad. Cambodia also ranked 17th ...p>
Ven Rathavong and Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541575/un-notes-kingdoms-peacekeeping-efforts/
