Kem Sokha’s Human Rights Party decides to close
The Human Rights Party closed yesterday of its own accord, officially removing itself from any conversation about potential challengers to the ruling party in the absence of the CNRP. The move was met with mixed responses yesterday – with some lamenting the loss of a “back-up” ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/kem-sokhas-human-rights-party-decides-close
Key Siem Reap tourism plan on Oct 20
A modest, gradual upshift in tourism metrics is expected for Siem Reap after the Ministry of Tourism announces the implementation of a crucial 15-year road map for the provincial industry, at a virtual ceremony planned for this week. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/key-siem-reap-tourism-plan-oct-20
Factories get power tariff relief up to 20%
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) decided to reduce electricity prices by 10 to 20 percent for industrial and agricultural consumers. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363959/factories-get-power-tariff-relief-up-to-20/
People involved in land dispute are worried after Pailin Provincial Court summoned more than 20 people for questioning
People living in Sambok Chap in Pailin province are deeply concerned as more than 20 out of more than 100 families have been summoned by the Pailin Provincial Court over land dispute. ...
Poipet Airport project resumes in Cambodia
The Poipet Airport development project, which had been abandoned for more than 10 years, will resume construction in 2020 as the city welcomes more Chinese, say provincial authorities. Hotel and casino investment firm Holiday Palace began construction of the airport in 2007 and had already ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/poipet-resumes-airport-project
Lockdown against COVID-19 hampers Century Entertainment’s launch of new Cambodian casino
Strict lockdown measures in place nationwide, implemented on July 29 has again hampered the opening of Century Entertainment’s launch of new Cambodian casino in Koh Kong. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908972/lockdown-against-covid-19-hampers-century-entertainments-launch-of-new-cambodian-casino/
Bale festival seeks to spark pastoral tourism
Driving on National Road 6 through recently harvested rice fields, six 10-meter-tall structures emerge like vortexes from the sparse terrain. Not far along is the commotion of a country fair: bale mazes, archery games, face painting, a ferris wheel and blaring Khmer pop music. Welcome to ...
Aria Danaparamita and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bale-festival-seeks-to-spark-pastoral-tourism-77574/
Bodies found after Mekong riverbank collapse
The bodies of a 39-year-old woman and her 18-month-old nephew were recovered Thursday two days after a riverbank collapse caused their home in Kandal Province’s Khsach Kandal district to plunge into the Mekong River while they slept, but the woman’s 3-year-old son has not yet ...
Simon Henderson and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bodies-found-after-mekong-riverbank-collapse-52895/
Billion-dollar highway to Sihanoukville 20pct ready
The first-ever expressway project in the Kingdom, linking its capital Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, has reached 20 percent completion since construction officially commenced last year, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MPWT). ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697727/billion-dollar-highway-to-sihanoukville-20pct-ready
Police to release 20 in Tbong Khmum land dispute
Tbong Khmum provincial police plan to release 20 of 21 protestors on Wednesday, after they were detained for occupying land owned by a Chinese company in Dambe district’s Trapaing Pring commune. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-release-20-tbong-khmum-land-dispute
ACU receives 20K asset declarations
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said it had received nearly 20,000 declarations of assets and liabilities from officials across all ministries and provincial administrations in a period of just 10 days, from January 1 to 10. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-receives-20k-asset-declarations
Feb 20 event further weighs on transport, logistics
The February 20 community transmission has compounded the woes of the transport and logistics sectors still reeling from the Covid-19 health crisis. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/feb-20-event-further-weighs-transport-logistics
Jan-Aug iron, steel imports up 20% on-year
Cambodia imported $244.754 million worth of “iron and steel” in the first eight months of 2022, up 19.97 per cent from the $204.018 million recorded over the same time in 2021, according to Customs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-aug-iron-steel-imports-20-year
GDT brings in $20.9M of e-commerce VAT over Q1
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) announced that it collected 84.67 billion riel, or $20.91 million, in value-added tax (VAT) from e-commerce in the first quarter of the year, which is seen as a reflection of the boom in online transactions witnessed since the advent ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-brings-209m-e-commerce-vat-over-q1
Hun Sen returns from fruitful week in China
Prime Minster Hun Sen arrived back in Phnom Penh on Sunday after a weeklong visit to China for an international summit during which Chinese Premier Xi Jinping pledged $145 million in aid and soft loans to Cambodia. On Monday, AKP reported that China promised to ...
Phorn Bopha and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-returns-from-fruitful-week-in-china-59560/
Thirteen Arrested for Illegal Online Gambling
Nine South Koreans and four Cambodian nationals allegedly participating in an illegal gambling operation in Siem Reap City were sent to the provincial court for questioning Monday, police officials said. The suspects were arrested Saturday night along with 21 Cambodian women when police raided an illegal ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thirteen-arrested-for-illegal-online-gambling-47277/
Hun Sen vows to live past 93
Responding to rumours swirling on social media that he had suffered a massive stroke and died, Prime Minister Hun Sen proved to be very much alive during an animated speech in Kampot province yesterday. Addressing a crowd in Chhuok district, the 63-year-old premier assured listeners that ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-vows-live-past-93
B.Grimm’s solar project sees 20 percent complete
Thailand-based Energy Company B.Grimm Power said its solar project in Cambodia is 20 percent complete after the firm took over the project from a local power company late last year. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723289/b-grimms-solar-project-sees-20-percent-complete/
Authorities distribute food to almost 20,000 families following protest
Following a public outcry and protest by some residents starting on Friday that they had no food to eat, the Meanchey district authorities swung into action on Saturday and distributed food items to almost 20,000 families in Stung Meanchey I, II and III communes. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849914/authorities-distribute-food-to-almost-20000-families-following-protest/
Corruption and apathy led to the outbreak of Covid-19 February 20 Community Event, a reminder
A large-scale outbreak detected in Phnom Penh in 20 February took place when two out of four Chinese nationals who breached quarantine at the Sokha Hotel few days prior were tested positive. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50892476/corruption-and-apathy-led-to-the-outbreak-of-covid-19-february-20-community-event-a-reminder/