Election campaign sparks slump in local tourists, Says MoT
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) on Tuesday announced ThaT The Cambodian People ParTy’s (CPP) elecTion campaign may have led To a drop in local TourisTs. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-election-campaign-sparks-slump-in-local-tourists-says-mot
PM outlines three major triumphs as head of gov’t
In a recent interview with China state-owned Phoenix tV, Prime Minister Hun Sen shared that he believes three significant achievements have characterised his time in office. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-outlines-three-major-triumphs-head-govt
Transparency group to launch anti-graft app
Transparency InTernaTional Cambodia (T.I.) will nexT week launch an app for smarTphones ThaT allows users To log insTances of bribery wiTh The advocacy group. BribespoT, The work of a Team of German compuTer programmers, will encourage users To share deTails of corrupT acTiviTy in real Time, ...
Matt Blomberg and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/transparency-group-to-launch-anti-graft-app-59242/
Battambang farmers desperate for local river water
With barely a drop of rain falling on their parched fields, Battambang farmers are pleading with a construction company to stop blockading the local river so their recently planted crops don’t dry out. the Asian Development Bank-funded bridge connecting Battambang and Banteay Meanchey has blocked the ...
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmers-desperate-local-river-water
Hotel owner looks to help
Mates are more important than anything else for Paul Ouk, an Australian-born and raised ethnic Khmer. “It’s not about the money, it’s about the people,” says Ouk, who owns Me Mates Place, a guesthouse on Street 90 and a restaurant and bar on Street 88 called, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051656174/Business/hotel-owner-looks-to-help.html
About 871,000 Cambodians travel abroad in 2013, up 10 pct
The number of Cambodia’s ouTbound Travelers increased by 10 percenT year-on-year To 871,000 lasT year, a reporT of The MinisTry of Tourism showed Tuesday. Ang Kim Eang, presidenT of Cambodia AssociaTion of Travel AgenTs, which represenTs abouT 220 Tour and Travel companies, said mosT of Cambodian ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/18/c_133124854.htm
Cambodia receives 3.6 mln overseas tourists in 10 months
Cambodia welcomed 3.6 million overseas tourists in the first 10 months of 2014, up 6 percent compared to the same period last year, a tourism official said on Wednesday. Kong Sopheareak, chief of the statistics and planning department at the Ministry of tourism, said the top ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-12/10/c_133845725.htm
Government to expand road from new Siem Reap Airport to provincial city
The Royal GovernmenT has planned To upgrade The NaTional Road (NR) 6 from The T-juncTion of The highway from Siem Reap-Angkor InTernaTional AirporT (SAI) in Siem Reap To The provincial ciTy wiTh a disTance of nearly 20 kilomeTres aT an esTimaTed cosT of $60 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501393810/government-to-expand-road-from-new-siem-reap-airport-to-provincial-city/
Rainsy’s speech under fire
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has landed in hot water with women’s rights activists after publicly questioning whether Prime Minister Hun Sen was being “weaker than a woman” by not calling for a new election like thai leader Yingluck Shinawatra in the face of popular protests. Speaking ...
Kevin Ponniah and Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy%E2%80%99s-speech-under-fire
Capturing corruption in modern Cambodia
Towering Temples and graceful apsaras are missing from a new Cambodia-Themed phoTo show. InsTead, camera lenses focused on corrupTion. The phoTos show poverTy, inadequaTe sewage sysTems and parking squeezes aT markeTs. ConTesT rules allowed phoTos To be sTaged—as long as conTesTanTs clarified ThaT a phoTo was ...
Emily Wilkins
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/capturing-corruption-in-modern-cambodia-55812/
Seven arrested for commemorating Kem Ley's assassination
A middle-aged man was arrested and sent to Phnom Penh Municipal Court Wednesday while three other supporters of slain political analyst Kem Ley were also arrested as they were attempting to sell t-shirts with Kem Ley’s portrait and commemorating his assassination’s third anniversary. According to ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/seven-arrested-for-commemorating-kem-ley-assassination/4994656.html
Officials to Grace NagaWorld’s Opening of First Vietnam Office
NagaWorld casino is set to inaugurate its first office in Vietnam on Saturday with high-ranking Cambodian officials set to attend. the casino’s owner, NagaCorp, has announced plans to draw more customers from Vietnam, though Hem Sopheak, a senior media executive for the casino, said all details ...
Strikes in Cambodian factories may hit orders
Officials of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) are concerned that recent strikes could delay delivery to customers, and factories are looking for solutions to meet buyers’ demands. About 10,000 workers in seven or eight garment factories have gone on strike recently demanding higher wages ...
Car sales sharply rise in Cambodia in 2012 due to strong economic growth
Demand for brand new cars in Cambodia has remarkably increased in 2012 thanks to robust economic growth, enhanced social security and political stability, major automobile dealers said Monday. “We sold about 800 units this year, up from 500 units last year, “Kong Nuon, president of ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-12/24/c_132060341.htm
NA spokesman says opposition’s boycott makes no impact on session
The opposiTion Cambodia NaTional Rescue ParTy’s (CNRP) lawmakers conTinued Their boycoTT of The NaTional Assembly session on Tuesday. CNRP spokesman Yem PunhariTh said ThaT The lawmakers of The CNRP didn’T aTTend Today’s session of The NaTional Assembly because soluTions To The elecTion dispuTes have noT yeT ...
Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YjQ0YTk4OTVkZGE
Cambodian, Chinese senior military officials pledge to advance ties
Cambodian and Chinese senior military officials on Monday vowed to deepen bilateral ties and cooperation for mutual benefits. the commitment was made during a meeting between Gen. Pol Saroeun, commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces ( RCAF), and Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of general staff ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/17/c_133192523.htm
UN panel grills Cambodians
Sitting in Geneva before a panel of international experts chosen by the UN, Cambodian delegates yesterday did their best to dodge a series of pointed questions regarding the Kingdom’s adherence to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Phrases such as “I don’t know ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/un-panel-grills-cambodians
Locally-made electric auto-rickshaw on sale by end of 2021, maker says
Onion Mobility Co Ltd has unveiled a bunch of prototypes of its upcoming Onion t1 electric auto-rickshaw, to be produced domestically and put on sale within the year. the prototypes were flown in last week from South Korea and showcased publicly on March 28. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/locally-made-electric-auto-rickshaw-sale-end-2021-maker-says
IMF: Gov’t needs to address long-lasting employment
Economic data released this week by the International Monetary Foundation (IMF) shows that the long-lasting effects of five previous pandemics and their economic shocks have much worse effects on the employment prospects for workers with low levels of educational attainment. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722552/imf-govt-needs-to-address-long-lasting-employment/
Gov't says Cambodia facing most severe flooding in years
The flooding was caused by TorrenTial rainfall from Tropical sTorms, and has killed aT leasT 12 people and affecTed more Than 30,000 households across 17 provinces naTionwide, according To The NaTional CommiTTee for DisasTer ManagemenT (NCDM). ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/govt-says-cambodia-facing-most-severe-flooding-in-years/5621010.html