NBC officials optimistic about growing riel usage
The Cambodian riel accounted for about 17 percent of total currency circulation last year, a number similar to previous years, but central bank officials said they remained optimistic that use of the local currency will grow in the future. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-officials-optimistic-about-growing-riel-usage
Three more refugees volunteer from Nauru
Almost a year after the last arrival of a refugee under Cambodia’s controversial plan with Australia to resettle those it is holding on the island nation of Nauru, another three have volunteered to make the trip to Cambodia, an official said on Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-refugees-volunteer-nauru-119374/
Election situation room faces threat of legal action
Interior Ministry officials have met to discuss whether the situation room broke the law when it monitored recent commune polls. Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the government is scrutinising the group of about 40 NGOs to ascertain if it attempted to undermine the polls. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39902/election-situation--room-faces-threat-of-legal-action/
Gov’t to continue drug crackdown with nearly $1m budget
Prime Minister Hun Sen has authorized a six-month extension of the government’s anti-drug campaign, an anti-drug authority official said on Thursday. ...
Phan Soumy and Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-continue-drug-crackdown-with-nearly-1m-budget-132497/
CNRP questions prakas on voter registration
The Cambodia National Rescue Party sent a letter on Monday to Interior Minister Sar Kheng asking for clarification on a recently amended prakas that now requires eligible voters to get a police verification letter before a commune chief can attest to their place of residence, ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-questions-prakas-voter-registration
Cambodia lags Asean peers in eliminating tariffs
More than 96 percent of tariffs in Asean have been eliminated, but certain parts of the 10-nation economic bloc including Cambodia lag behind others in full implementation of the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga), the Ministry of Commerce said in a Facebook post yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-lags-asean-peers-eliminating-tariffs
PM calls on US to take its bombs back
The Prime Minister yesterday urged the US to assist Cambodia in removing unexploded bombs that its forces dropped on the country during the Vietnam War, rather than focusing on finding the remains of missing American soldiers. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083770/pm-calls-us-take-bombs-back/
PM wants to boost tourism
The government through the Ministry of Tourism is set to give a major boost to the country’s tourism sector to bolster the economy, said Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083858/pm-wants-boost-tourism/
Hun Sen takes a dig at US for Vegas shooting
Even as he expressed condolences for the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday that left 59 people dead, Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared yesterday to suggest that the incident was a kind of cosmic rebuke following American warnings to its citizens about safety in ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-takes-dig-us-vegas-shooting
Cambodian Youth Party launches bid to end CNRP
The Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) filed a complaint to the Ministry of Interior yesterday requesting the dissolution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, as the royalist party Funcinpec reaffirmed its commitment to do the same. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-youth-party-launches-bid-end-cnrp
Central bank marks 38 years since rising from rubble
Cambodia’s banking sector has grown enormously on solid foundations since being rebuilt from scratch in 1979, central bank Governor Chea Chanto said yesterday during an event marking the 38-year anniversary of the re-establishment of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) after the fall of the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-marks-38-years-rising-rubble
Stung Treng border brigade unveiled
The government on Saturday inaugurated a new Royal Cambodian Armed Forces brigade to serve a disputed part of the Cambodia-Laos border. Defence Minister General Tea Banh presided over a ceremony to mark the establishment of infantry brigade 128, which comes under the control of RCAF’s ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088220/stung-treng-border-brigade-unveiled/
Hopes stay sunny for yearly tourist draw numbers
Foreign tourist arrivals to the Kingdom have gone up during the first nine months of this year, reaching roughly 3.9 million to represent a year-on-year increase of 11.5 percent, according to data released by the Ministry of Tourism yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hopes-stay-sunny-yearly-tourist-draw-numbers
Tourism sector worth $3.6 billion in 2017
Cambodia’s tourism sector earned $3.63 billion in revenue last year, an increase of 13.3 percent, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Tourism. Last year, international travellers visiting the kingdom spent 5.6 million, 11.8 percent more than in 2016, according to Kong Sophearak, ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108419/tourism-sector-worth-3-6-billion-2017/
Borei Keila resident summoned for questioning
A Borei Keila villager has been ordered to appear for questioning Tuesday at the Ministry of Interior over protests in Tuol Kork last month against the forced evictions of residents to make way for a development project. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/borei-keila-resident-summoned-questioning
Governor to resign from post
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Sbong Sarath will resign on April 17 to transition into a position on the provincial council of Prey Veng following this May’s council elections, he confirmed yesterday. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governor-resign-post
The ministry of information call for an end to media plagiarism
Mr. Chea Chanboribo, secretary of state of the Information Ministry appealed an end to media plagarism which increasingly widespread. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-ministry-of-information-call-for-an-end-to-media-plagiarism-7552
Hun Sen warn to remove Kem Sokha from his post as deputy president of National Assembly
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday threatened to remove opposition leader from his post in the National Assembly. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-warn-to-remove-kem-sokha-from-his-post-as-deputy-president-of-national-assembly-7786
Acid attacker among 22 released from prison
At the behest of Prime Minister Hun Sen, prisons across the country Sunday marked International Women’s Day by releasing a total of 22 female inmates who are either pregnant or had young children with them in jail, including a woman convicted of attempted murder over ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acid-attacker-among-22-released-from-prison-79294/
Government set to pardon more pregnant women
Following last month’s release of 16 incarcerated women, the government has assembled a team of experts to continue releasing women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-set-to-pardon-more-pregnant-women-79988/