Arun Rasmey ends run with Fncinpec party
Princess Norodom Arun Rasmey has resigned from her position as a deputy president of the royalist Funcinpec party, prompting analysts to question the viability of the party’s attempts at revitalisation under returned leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh. ...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/arun-rasmey-ends-run-funcinpec-party
Judge questions 10 dissident group members
Ten jailed members of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), an advocacy group that vocally opposes the ruling CPP, were questioned at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over their bid to secure bail. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judge-questions-10-dissident-group-members-82329/
Cambodia may gain from Vietnam investing in better infrastructure
A plan to improve transport infrastructure in Vietnam’s Long An province may help the country achieve its stated goal of increasing trade with Cambodia. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898290/cambodia-may-gain-from-vietnam-investing-in-better-infrastructure/
Study finds 8% rise in 2022 budget expenditure plan
A study carried out by a group of non-governmental organisations has found that there is an eight percent rise in total expenditure plan as compared to the previous year. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501101492/study-finds-8-rise-in-2022-budget-expenditure-plan/
Water authority sees net profit more than halve
Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) listed Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PWSA) recorded a fall in net profit of more than 53 per cent year-on-year, according to an unaudited report released on the stock exchange. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/water-authority-sees-net-profit-more-halve
Ethnic villagers reject Mega First cash offer
An ethnic community in Mondulkiri province has rejected a cash offer from a company that wants to clear thousands of hectares of forest locals claim as their own, saying they value the land more than money. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-villagers-reject-mega-first-cash-offer
Tax revenue rises 20%
Tax revenue in the first seven months of the year was $955 million, an increase of 18.91 percent over the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT). ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28505/tax-revenue-rises-20-/
New youth-oriented political party launches
A former garment worker announced plans on Thursday to launch a political party focused on alleviating the problems faced by Cambodia’s youth, targeting what he says is a lacuna in current policy. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-youth-oriented-political-party-launches-103850/
Protests greet Hun Manet in US
Dozens of Cambodian-American Long Beach residents protested in front of a restaurant over the weekend against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son, Hun Manet, on the first day of his trip to North America. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23819/protests-greet-hun-manet-in-us/
Thais deporting more than 100 daily
On an average day, more than 100 Cambodians are sent back from Thailand through the Poipet International Checkpoint amid the Thai government’s crackdown on undocumented foreign workers, according to the Banteay Meanchey provincial governor yesterday. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29765/thais-deporting-more-than-100-daily/
Forces build up on Laos border over construction dispute
More than 400 Laotian soldiers have crossed into Cambodian territory to block military engineers from constructing a road, sparking an armed buildup in the border area over the past two weeks, Cambodian officials said on Sunday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forces-build-up-on-laos-border-over-construction-dispute-125410/
Vietnam, Cambodia finally separate, together again
The official marking of the border comes as the two countries commemorate 45 years of diplomatic relations. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the ceremony he wanted the border to become “a mechanism of good friendship forever” ...
200 strike over unionist’s dismissal
More than 200 striking workers demonstrated in front of Siko Phnom Penh Garment Factory in the capital’s Dangkor district yesterday after management fired an employee who founded a new labour union there, according to a union representative. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/200-strike-over-unionists-dismissal
Flood-damaged cars could inundate market
After flooding in May left much of the US state of Texas underwater, auto industry insiders are warning that water-damaged vehicles from the US could start appearing in Cambodian gray market auto dealerships, disguised to look new. ...
Donald Lee and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12979/flood-damaged-cars-could-inundate-market/
His Majesty the King congratulates China on 72nd Founding Anniversary
His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, has extended his congratulations to the People’s Republic of China on its 72nd founding anniversary. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50945358/his-majesty-the-king-congratulates-china-on-72nd-founding-anniversary/
Cambodia exports over 366,000 tonnes of rubber in 2021
Cambodia exported 366,300 tonnes of rubber latex in 2021, an increase of 8 percent compared to the same period in 2020. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501014088/cambodia-exports-over-366000-tonnes-of-rubber-in-2021/
Rumor of crackdown on illegal workers in Thailand false: police
There was no crackdown on undocumented Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand during the New Year despite reports that more than 400 were deported to Cambodia during the four-day period, a report by the National Police said. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23973/rumor-of-crackdown-on-illegal-workers-in-thailand-false--police/
Vathana ‘partner’ no fan of prime minister
A notorious fraudster with whom Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana allegedly had a business relationship has turned out to be a violent critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vathana-partner-no-fan-prime-minister
More than 600kg of ivory seized
More than 600 kilograms of ivory were seized on Friday at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, but the provincial court has yet to receive a complaint about the case from customs officials, a provincial prosecutor told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28163/more-than-600kg-of-ivory-seized/
Gov’t ministers meet with regional counterparts
Defense Minister Tea Banh expressed confidence in the Thai junta’s leadership in the first meeting between top-ranking military officials from the two countries since Thailand’s army seized power two months ago, according to Thai media reports. ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-ministers-meet-with-regional-counterparts-65272/