NEC sends out election rules for scrutiny
With voter registration wrapping up last week, the National Election Committee over the weekend issued a call for the public to submit their evaluations of the rules that will govern the June 4 commune elections – the first popular ballot since the disputed 2013 national ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-sends-out-election-rules-scrutiny
Opposition election complaints focus on Vietnamese voters
The opposition CNRP said on Tuesday it was preparing to submit complaints to the National Election Committee (NEC) about almost 5,000 Vietnamese voters it says were registered to vote without citizenship, a move criticized as continuing the party’s tradition of populist Vietnam-bashing. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-election-complaints-focus-on-vietnamese-voters-123235/
NEC plans meeting to review elections
The National Election Committee plans to hold a two-day meeting in Preah Sihanouk province to review the June 4 commune elections, with members of the election monitoring coalition the “Situation Room” saying yesterday they plan to table recommendations to improve certain electoral procedures. ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-plans-meeting-review-elections
PPAP to pay out dividends
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) will distribute a cash dividend of 1,059,039,488 riel ($261,148), or 256 riel per share, to its private shareholders for its 2016 operations, the port operator said in a filing to the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX). ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-pay-out-dividends
EU countries move to limit rice imports from Cambodia
Italy, along with six other European Union countries, has filed a fresh request to European Commission to limit the volume of rice imported from the Kingdom by activating a “safeguard clause” that allows EU member states to impose barriers to protect against trade imbalances. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-countries-move-limit-rice-imports-cambodia
Opposition officials demonstrate against Siem Reap party chief
More than 50 CNRP officials seeking the removal of lawmaker Ke Sovannaroth as the party’s head in Siem Reap province carried through with a threat to bring their case to Phnom Penh, demonstrating Monday for two hours outside the opposition’s headquarters in Meanchey district. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-officials-demonstrate-against-siem-reap-party-chief-78929/
‘Khmer for Khmer’ group says no party plans
Attendees at a conference of a new political reform association called “Khmer for Khmer,” which met for the first time Sunday, hit back Monday at claims made by a CNRP public affairs officer that the group plans to form a new party to divide the ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/khmer-for-khmer-group-says-no-party-plans-70407/
More factional tensions clearly visible within Funcinpec party
Nhiek Bun Chhay, second vice president of the royalist Funcinpec party, held a press conference on Friday at his home in Phnom Penh to rail against the party’s president, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, for making decisions without consultation since returning to lead the party in January. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-factional-tensions-clearly-visible-within-funcinpec-party-78854/
Government says UN maps validate its own
The U.N. loaned maps of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam to the government Thursday, with Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong hailing the maps’ similarity to the government’s own as proof that it has not been demarcating the border using illegal maps drawn by Vietnam. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-un-maps-validate-its-own-92195/
Cambodia’s rubber export reach $85 million in January
Cambodia exported some 52,711 tonnes of rubber in January, generating around $85 million for the national income. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814911/cambodias-rubber-export-reach-85-million-in-january/
RCEP trade pact takes effect in South Korea
The mega free trade pact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership took effect in South Korea on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501018289/rcep-trade-pact-takes-effect-in-south-korea/
National Assembly convenes opening session, lawmakers to be sworn in
King Norodom Sihamoni convened the first session of the National Assembly’s 7th Mandate on Monday, as the 125 elected lawmakers are set to be sworn in this afternoon. ...
Seoung Nimol and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/national-assembly-convenes-opening-session-lawmakers-to-be-sworn-in/
Cambodian PM asks South Korea to invest in agriculture
Cambodian Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet has requested the Republic of Korea to further invest in the Cambodian agricultural sector. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501350840/cambodian-pm-asks-south-korea-to-invest-in-agriculture/
Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia convene sixth court conference
The sixth court conference of Lao, Vietnamese, Cambodian border provinces opened in Vientiane on August 10. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501130218/laos-vietnam-cambodia-convene-sixth-court-conference/
GDP stays in election race
The Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) has turned back from its earlier warning that it could withdraw from participating in the July 29 national elections, it announced on Sunday. The party said it made the decision as the atmosphere of resistance from the Kingdom’s authorities had ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdp-stays-election-race
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 ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sam-rainsy-government-group-set-clash-ipu-geneva-meet
All-time high for Securities Exchange trading volume
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) recorded its highest ever trading volume on Monday, exchanging 2,150,535 shares with a total value of more than $4.43 million, according to a CSX press release. The previous record was 939,498 shares traded on July 5, 2017. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/all-time-high-securities-exchange-trading-volume
Gov’t mulls suspending duty on rubber exports
The government will consider suspending its $50 per ton export duty on rubber following lobbying by local producers who say they are operating at a loss due to the sharp fall in global prices for the commodity, Agriculture Ministry secretary of state Eang Sophalleth said ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21714/gov---t-mulls-suspending-duty-on-rubber-exports/
Rainsy to ‘rearrange’ Kingdom
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy held a Pchum Ben ceremony yesterday for the spirits of those killed in the still-unsolved 1997 grenade attack on an opposition rally, promising attendees that should his party win in 2018, he would “rearrange” the country’s government to ensure institutions’ independence. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-rearrange-kingdom
Assembly asks Sokha to provide ‘clarification’
The National Assembly issued a statement on Monday calling on deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha to respond to a complaint filed by a group of students last week over audio recordings leaked online that purport to be Mr. Sokha flirting with a mistress. ...
Phuon Chanserei Vuth
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-asks-sokha-to-provide-clarification-110241/