PM urges ‘democracies’ to learn from horrors Cambodia faced
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday chided countries that he said declared themselves a democracy while supporting a military coup that eventually gave birth to the Khmer Rouge regime. Speaking during the 2nd Asia-Pacific Summit at the Peace Palace, Hun Sen said without naming those ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-urges-democracies-learn-horrors-cambodia-faced
Casino investment boosts Kingdom’s construction sector
Increasing casino investment has brought the construction sector to provinces along Cambodia’s borders, World Bank (WB) senior economist for Cambodia Ly Sodeth said on Wednesday. In the latest WB Cambodia Economic Update (CEU) report published on Wednesday, Sodeth said that the construction sector has boomed in Banteay ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/casino-investment-boosts-kingdoms-construction-sector
Cambodia working towards independent foreign policy
Taking the baton for the third time as the ASEAN chair in 2022, Cambodia’s diplomatic tenacity was tested by the war in Ukraine, Myanmar’s political upheaval, cross-Strait tensions, COVID-19 and US–China competition. Despite this precarity, Cambodia steered ASEAN through geopolitically choppy waters. The outlook for 2023 ...
Chansambath Bong
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2023/02/14/cambodia-working-towards-independent-foreign-policy/
NEC launches advanced system for tracking votes at polling stations
The National Election Committee (NEC) has launched a new system which allows the organisation to track votes at polling stations and keep themselves updated on the election result, as the country heads towards the National Election. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317624/nec-launches-advanced-system-for-tracking-votes-at-polling-stations/
Revenue, visitors at Angkor temples down again
Visitors to the world-famous Angkor Archaeological Park, Cambodia’s most important tourist draw, were down significantly during the first eleven months of the year. According to the latest report from Angkor Enterprise, who manages ticket sales at the temple complex, from January to November, revenue from ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50666505/revenue-visitors-at-angkor-temples-down-again/
Charcoal exports banned
Charcoal traders have complained about the high cost of “service payments” required to export to Thailand via Banteay Meanchey province’s Boeung Trakuon border crossing, forcing some to stop operating. Meanwhile, Forestry Administration officials recently imposed a blanket ban on all charcoal exports. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/charcoal-exports-banned
Cambodia's Angkor Wat earns over $47 mn in 10 months
Revenue from ticket sales to foreign tourists visiting Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat temple reached $47.68 million in the first 10 months of 2015 — up 0.62 percent year-on-year, according to an official statement on Tuesday. ...
Business Standard News Staff
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/cambodia-s-angkor-wat-earns-over-47-mn-in-10-months-115110300882_1.html
Economic zone gets CSX boost
Thailand-based JWD Infologistics Plc’s recent purchase of a 5.2 percent stake in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc (PPSEZ), is expected to give a boost to the local company’s traded share value on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26106/economic-zone-gets-csx-boost/
CNRP prohibited from erecting TV Antenna
Authorities in Kandal province’s Takhmao City have banned the opposition CNRP from erecting a television antenna on land they purchased there for what is meant to be Cambodia’s first opposition-aligned station—a key element of the July 2014 political deal. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-prohibited-from-erecting-tv-antenna-111850/
Refugee deal dead in the water
The new Australian ambassador to Cambodia praised the Kingdom yesterday for taking in refugees from the island nation of Nauru, where Australia has controversially held refugees against their will in appalling living conditions in an effort to stop others from seeking asylum there. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28112/refugee-deal-dead-in-the-water/
Government orders search for prisoners in Malaysia
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn has ordered Cambodian Embassy staff in Malaysia to find out whether more nationals are being held in any of the country’s detention facilities after 18 Cambodians were released from a prison in Kuala Lumpur last week. ...
The Cambodia Daily
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/brief/government-orders-search-prisoners-malaysia-116588/
Cambodian Human Rights Day events canceled amid state crackdown
A leading rights group in Cambodia, LICADHO, said it was forced to cancel its annual International Human Rights Day events in the country’s prisons for the first time in 20 years because of prohibitive conditions imposed by the government. ...
Aljazeera America News Staff
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/7/cambodian-group-cancels-human-rights-event-amid-state-crackdowns.html
Preah Vihear replica commander transferred
The Thai commander who was the mastermind behind the scale replica of the Preah Vihear temple complex on Pha Mor E-Daeng cliff has been transferred following concerns aired by the Thai Foreign Ministry about the structure’s effect on relations with Cambodia. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24722/preah-vihear-replica-commander-transferred/
Xi to make first presidential visit this month
Amid deteriorating relations with Western countries due to the government’s suppression of critics, Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to visit Cambodia this month for the first time since taking office, according to a Facebook post by National Police chief Neth Savoeun. ...
The Cambodia Daily
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/xi-make-first-presidential-visit-month-118764/
ADB, Cambodia launch second Asia Women Leaders Program
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, is holding a second Asia Women Leadership Program (AWLP) event starting today to help senior women government officials develop their potential to become future leaders. ...
The FINANCIAL News Staff
http://finchannel.com/index.php/business/item/51339-adb-cambodia-launch-second-asia-women-leaders-program
Cambodia garment factory owners ask government to help quash strike by workers
Garment factory owners in Cambodia asked the government on Thursday to help stop a strike by workers for higher wages, saying the labor action is damaging the investment climate for the industry, the country’s main source of exports. ...
Associated Press News Staff
http://www.startribune.com/cambodian-garment-makers-ask-government-to-quash-strike/362791961/
Monitor says NEC selection opaque
The watchdog coalition Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) yesterday voiced concern after the National Election Committee short-listed its incumbent secretary-general Tep Nytha as a candidate to hold the position, accusing the nine-member body of lacking transparency in its selection process. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitor-says-nec-selection-opaque
South Korea to strengthen its ties with kingdom
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with South Korean Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Kim Hyoung-zhin at the ministry yesterday morning to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as a host of regional issues, according to ministry spokesman Cham Sounry. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23481/south-korea-to-strengthen-its-ties-with-kingdom/
Police block Preah Vihear land dispute forum
More than 200 people representing three Preah Vihear province communities were set to discuss land disputes yesterday when police broke up their public forum, according to Tork Hong, a representative of a local community from nearby Prey Lang forest. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-block-preah-vihear-land-dispute-forum
Tourists increasing despite price
Revenue from ticket sales to foreign tourists visiting the Angkor Archaeological Park reached $30.85 million, up 51 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, according to report from Angkor Enterprise. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37269/tourists-increasing-despite-price/