Gov’t: move to revoke improper documents nearing conclusion
The General Immigration Department said that the program to revoke official documents that were not properly issued, to mostly 70,000 ethnic Vietnamese, was about 70 per cent complete. Khun Sambo, deputy director general of the department, which is under the Ministry of Interior, said it ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-move-revoke-improper-documents-nearing-conclusion
PM: Leaders age like wine
Defending the fact that the leadership has remained largely the same in the sixth mandate of the government, Prime Minister Hun Sen said reforms were more about improving job efficiencies. Several analysts have begged to differ, however, saying reforms won’t make much progress under an ...
Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-leaders-age-wine
Kampong Chhnang to host fifth River Festival
The Kampong Chhnang provincial authority and Tourism Ministry on Saturday discussed plans to hold the fifth River Festival in the province. If approved, the event will take place in March. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-host-fifth-river-festival
Cambodia to end border check
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has unveiled a new campaign to boost economic independence and reduce the reliance on preferential trade statuses offered by advanced countries, saying the government will provide better trade facilitation and eliminate unnecessary procedures. ...
Prime Minister: Ignore group’s calls to stage ‘a coup d’etat’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday told Sar Kheng and other government officials not to respond to an unnamed group who he said had urged the Minister of Interior to stage a coup against the leader of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). He said ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prime-minister-ignore-groups-calls-stage-coup-detat
Kingdom’s petrol prices up 20%
Cambodia’s retail petrol price has increased more than 20 per cent during the first four months of this year due to rising costs on the international market, the monthly oil prices set by the Ministry of Commerce reveal. According to the price lists, which have ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-petrol-prices-20
Hun Manet leads thousands in first military exercise as commander
The Royal Cambodian Army on Saturday kicked off its first live-fire exercise, the Golden Hanuman 2019, in Kampot province with more than 2,000 soldiers ascending upon a 10,000-hectare training ground for the annual training. Lieutenant General Hun Manet, army commander, inspected troops and heavy armour, ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50600946/hun-manet-leads-thousands-in-first-military-exercise-as-commander/
Kandal locals ask for government intervention as lake filled in
More than 300 families briefly blocked the entrance to the Kandal Provincial Hall on Monday morning to ask the governor to intervene in a land dispute with well-connected conglomerate ING Holdings, which they say has built a fence around Boeung Chi Po, one of multiple ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-locals-ask-government-intervention-lake-filled
China firms eye investment in power plant, satellite technology
Two Shanghai-based companies have revealed plans to invest in coal fired power plants and satellite technology in the Kingdom. Liang Shan, vice president of Shanghai Electronic Communication Technology, and Yongtao Jiao, president of Beidou Star Data Technology, expressed their intention to invest in the country ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50512373/china-firms-eye-investment-in-power-plant-satellite-technology/
Palm sugar GI status in EU hits a glitch
The process of obtaining geographical indication (GI) status for Kampong Speu palm sugar in the European Union suffered a setback this week after a company asked for revisions to the wording of the product’s guidebook, according to a producers association. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50518153/palm-sugar-gi-status-in-eu-hits-a-glitch/
Sea festival to take place in Koh Kong
The seventh Sea Festival will be held in Koh Kong province in December, serving as a platform from which to introduce local tourism products to domestic and international travellers. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522978/sea-festival-to-take-place-in-koh-kong/
Positive sign in EU rice tariff saga
The European Union yesterday failed to come to a consensus on taxing Cambodia fragrant and white rice, giving leaders of the local rice sector more time to plan the next step in their fight to stop the EU from imposing tariffs. ...
Sok Chan and Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50556403/positive-sign-in-eu-rice-tariff-saga/
Kingdom’s satellite project still under study
The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia yesterday said that the Kingdom’s plan to launch its first satellite is still being studied after the Defence Ministry denied media reports that it will be sent into space in 2021. TRC spokesman Im Vutha yesterday said that the project ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50577036/kingdoms-satellite-project-still-under-study-2/
Government: UK-Cambodian trade will remain strong
Two-way trade between Cambodia and the UK will remain strong even if the UK leaves the EU as bilateral trade between the two countries surpassed $1 billion last year, said Ministry of Commerce spokesman Seang Thay on Wednesday. According to a Ministry of Commerce press ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-uk-cambodian-trade-will-remain-strong
Tourism board mulling fresh tourism strategy
Cambodia Tourism Marketing and Promotion Board, a joint institution between the government and the private sector, is studying a new strategy to attract more foreign visitors to the Kingdom, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-board-mulling-fresh-tourism-strategy
‘Ninety-nine oknha in army’
A senior military official said on Sunday that the Ministry of National Defence had found almost 100 military personnel with the title “oknha”. He told The Post that the ministry was preparing procedural formalities to enable the oknha to choose between keeping the honorific or ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ninety-nine-oknha-army
Tourist arrivals continue to rise, buoyed by Chinese tourists
Cambodian Tourism Ministry statistics showed an increase in international tourists arriving in the country for the first nine months of the year, again bolstered by Chinese tourist arrivals in the Kingdom. The statistics show that nearly 4.8 million tourists arrived in the country from January ...
Nem Sopheakpanha
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/tourist-arrivals-continue-to-rise-buoyed-by-Chinese-tourists/5173741.html
Sar Kheng says Kingdom is addressing European Union’s land dispute concerns
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday said that the government has already made progress on one of the points listed in the European Commission’s preliminary report on whether the Kingdom should retain its Everything-but-arms trade status with the European Union. The government is currently reviewing the ...
No arrests yet in National Assembly attacks
Pressure is growing on investigators probing the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside parliament last week, as an official yesterday claimed police needed more time to make arrests.Cambodia National Rescue Party parliamentarians Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Sakphea are recovering in a Bangkok hospital after ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-arrests-yet-national-assembly-attacks
Whitening cream warnings compete with cultural desire for lighter skin
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health is warning the public to beware many skin whitening creams, which have been found to have high levels of mercury in them. Whitening is a common practice in Cambodia, for both men and women, in a culture where lighter skin is ...
Sokummono Khan
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/whitening-cream-warnings-compete-with-cultural-desire-for-lighter-skin/3061868.html