PM calls on US to revise law
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday defended himself from critics who claim the massive flow of workers leaving the country is indicative of a lack of development at home, and sought to clarify any misunderstanding on Cambodia’s recent request to amend a repatriation agreement with the ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-us-revise-law
CNRP would dismantle Development Ministry
Opposition leader Kem Sokha said on Saturday his party would shutter the Rural Development Ministry and put the savings towards the goal of funding each of Cambodia’s more than 1,600 commune councils with half a million dollars a year if it wins power in 2018. ...
Touch Sokha and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-would-dismantle-development-ministry
Poipet children face abuse
The trend of Cambodian workers flocking to Thailand can have a devastating ripple effect on children living on the margins in the border town of Poipet, where they face a litany of risks such as drug use, sexual abuse and physical violence, according to a ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-children-face-abuse
GDT officials work on tax treaty with Hong Kong
Cambodian tax officials met with their counterparts in Hong Kong last week as part of the first round of discussions for drafting a double taxation agreement (DTA) aimed at preventing dual taxation and fiscal evasion, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) said yesterday in a ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-officials-work-tax-treaty-hong-kong
PM Hun Sen questions Vietnam’s loyalty, accuses Sam Rainsy of treason
In an unusual reversal of rhetoric, Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly questioned the loyalty of long-time ally Vietnam on Wednesday, while ordering the interior and justice ministries to thoroughly investigate former opposition leader Sam Rainsy for treason for allegedly colluding with the Kingdom’s eastern neighbour. ...
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-hun-sen-questions-vietnams-loyalty-accuses-sam-rainsy-treason
CPP passes 2017 budget
The 2017 national budget, with more than $5 billion in expenditures, was passed by the Senate yesterday without any changes despite opposition from the CNRP. Expenditures in the 2017 budget are up 15.6 percent compared with 2016 and include more than $1 billion in foreign loans. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32798/cpp-passes--2017-budget/
Commune elections open
A total of 22,148 polling stations across the country opened their doors to registered voters at 7:00 AM. Some 7.8 million people are registered to vote for chiefs and councilors in more than 1,600 communes, with close to 12 political parties fielding candidates. ...
Cheang Sokha and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39008/commune-elections-open/
Dam’s consultation process concludes
The consultation process for the controversial proposed Pak Beng dam in Laos concluded on Monday, allowing construction to begin even as local and international civil society groups continued to urge a delay until a forthcoming Mekong River Commission (MRC) environmental assessment is released later this ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dams-consultation-process-concludes
Sar Kheng says official held in Thailand avoided checkpoint, vows arms probe
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has vowed an investigation into an alleged arms trafficking operation linked to a Cambodian official, saying information from suspects indicated the guns were smuggled via a “corridor” in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province into Thailand and did not pass through the international ...
Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-says-official-held-thailand-avoided-checkpoint-vows-arms-probe
Cambodia Daily slapped with huge tax bill
Government-aligned media outlet Fresh News has published a leaked letter from the Taxation Department to the Cambodia Daily claiming that it owes $6.3 million in back taxes, a disclosure accompanied by scathing anonymous “letters” attacking the English-language newspaper and prominent NGOs. ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-daily-slapped-huge-tax-bill
Thai-Cambodia trade on the rise
Trade between Cambodia and Thailand increased by about 10 percent in the first half of the year to $2.9 billion, up from $2.6 billion in the same period last year, according to figures released by the Thai embassy yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078088/thai-cambodia-trade-rise/
Industry 4.0: Executives on how ‘smart factories’ will impact Cambodia
The next industrial revolution will introduce “smart factories” in which computers and robotics communicating wirelessly will handle physical processes with very little input from human operators, leaving few job opportunities for unskilled workers, executives of German industrial giants said during a briefing in Phnom Penh ...
Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industry-40-executives-how-smart-factories-will-impact-cambodia
Terms settled on deal to supply rice to Bangladesh: CRF
Cambodia and Bangladesh have finalised terms on a massive rice deal that could see up to 1 million tonnes of rice purchased from the Kingdom over the next five years, with the first shipment due to begin by November, a source close to the deal ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/terms-settled-deal-supply-rice-bangladesh-crf
China woos Hun Sen at Beijing dinner
The Communist Party of China has again publicly announced its strong support for the ruling CPP. The comments were made at a dinner on Wednesday night in Beijing, attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and Song Tao, head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093483/china-woos-hun-sen-beijing-dinner/
Banteay Meanchey undergoes infrastructure boost
Banteay Meanchey province, nestled between the better known provinces of Siem Reap and Battambang, once suffered from a lack of business activity partly due to a long-running border dispute with Thailand. Recent indications, however, show the area is recovering some lost ground on the infrastructure ...
Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/banteay-meanchey-undergoes-infrastructure-boost
Court denies analyst Sok’s request for bail
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a lower court’s decision to deny jailed political analyst Kim Sok’s request for bail, also rejecting his request to summons Prime Minister Hun Sen, the plaintiff in the two defamation and incitement cases that landed the analyst in detention. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-denies-analyst-soks-request-bail
Under pressure, senior KNUP officials jump ship to Funcinpec
Several senior officials from the embattled KNUP have defected to rival party Funcinpec, a spokesman said on Sunday, following the sacking of 12 government advisers and a warning from the ruling party that all government workers linked to KNUP leader Nhek Bun Chhay will be ...
Van Roeun and Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/under-pressure-senior-knup-officials-jump-ship-to-funcinpec-132806/
Tax department rakes in $1.2B in revenue
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected a whopping $1.19 billion in tax revenue during the first half of this year, an increase of 32 percent compared to the same period last year, led by a surge of value-added tax (VAT) and profit-tax revenue. ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-department-rakes-12b-revenue
Call to protect ancient temple in Prey Lang
The Ministry of Environment has appealed to authorities and the community to protect a temple discovered in Prey Lang forest in Kampong Thom province’s Sandan district. Minister of Environment Say Sam Al lead a delegation to visit Trapaing Prers temple in Prey Lang forest last ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093920/call-protect-ancient-temple-prey-lang/
Grant excludes HIV support group
A national network of people living with HIV, which has been key in helping coordinate anti-HIV services at the grassroots level, is now being excluded from a new Global Fund grant, raising “deep” concerns, according to NGOs and a leaked internal email sent to government ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grant-excludes-hiv-support-group