Tougher action needed against criminal foreigners, official says
A senior Interior Ministry official has urged police to take tough action against Chinese nationals committing crimes in the Kingdom. Speaking during a meeting with police officials yesterday, General Sok Phal, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, said that immigration police had ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533289/tougher-action-needed-against-criminal-foreigners-official-says/
“The more we produce rice, the poorer and poorer we get”
For millennia, rice has been the backbone of Cambodia’s all-encompassing agricultural sector. But with global rice prices falling and neighbouring countries such as Thailand and Vietnam mobilising their vast resources and workforces to boost domestic production, experts say the crop that has underpinned the nation’s ...
Paul Millar
http://sea-globe.com/cambodia-future-rice/#
China congratulates Cambodian PM Hun Sen on re-election
China on Tuesday congratulated Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on his re-election. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei also extended congratulations on the opening of the new Cambodian National Assembly at a regular press conference. He [Hong Lei] added that China is willing to strengthen friendly cooperation ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/813598.shtml#.UkOT4NKBmN8
CPP, CNRP agree to have law on financing of political parties
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party today agreed to pave the way for the creation of a law on financing of political parties. Working groups from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party met ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZDczNGRiOWQyODU
Cambodian parliament begins 2nd session without opposition
Cambodia’s National Assembly convened its second session on Tuesday without the presence of a single opposition lawmaker. Cheam Yeap, senior lawmaker from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, said 66 out of 68 elected lawmakers from the CPP appeared at the session including Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140401/cambodian-parliament-begins-2nd-session-without-opposi
Police net 5 cubic meters of luxury wood in raid
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province raided the house of a Vietnamese national Tuesday and seized about five cubic meters of illegal luxury timber, but failed to arrest any suspects. “We are now looking for two Vietnamese nationals who jumped over the gate of their house and escaped ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-net-5-cubic-meters-of-luxury-wood-in-raid-58324/
Parties on NEC roster for election
Three parties – the Cambodian People’s Party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party and Funcinpec – were registered for the May 18 municipal, district and provincial council election as of Saturday, according to the National Election Committee. “As the deadline will close on March 3rd, I think ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-nec-roster-election
CNRP wants fair coverage
The opposition party is standing strong on key demands it says stand between it and joining the National Assembly, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president Kem Sokha said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after returning from a five-day trip to New Zealand, Sokha said that, in addition ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-wants-fair-coverage
Vote set for election committee amendment
The National Assembly will vote on a proposal to make the National Election Committee (NEC) a Constitutional body in early October, opposition lawmakers said on Thursday, honoring part of a deal the ruling CPP struck with the CNRP in July to get the opposition to ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vote-set-for-election-committee-amendment-67911/
Cambodia backs topics raised at 132nd IPU Assembly
Cambodian National Assembly (NA) supports topics that are raised by the 132nd Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) organizing committee and believed that those topics will be agreed among IPU members, said Heng Samrin, president of Cambodian National Assembly, while meeting with his Vietnamese ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-backs-topics-raised-at-132nd-ipu-assembly-8360
Assembly ready to choose members of election committee
The National Assembly has been presented with a full list of 24 candidates for nine positions on the National Election Committee. As the Assembly prepares to select the members, its women’s political committee urged that it select more women, and that a woman be chosen as president ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://bit.ly/1ClraBf
Government turns to women for soft policing
Tuy Thida, a 28-year-old traffic police officer, says she doesn’t take bribes. Surveying traffic at the intersection of Sihanouk Boulevard and Street 63 in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, Ms. Thida could be the face of the Interior Ministry’s push to increase female representation among the nation’s ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-turns-to-women-for-soft-policing-82441/
President’s special envoy visits Cambodia, Laos
Kazakhstan’s Special Envoy of the President and Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Mussinov visited Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries Cambodia and Laos Aug. 12-13 in the framework of promoting his country’s bid to secure a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations ...
Malika Orazgaliyeva
http://astanatimes.com/2015/08/presidents-special-envoy-visits-cambodia-laos/
Voter’s registration to open from October 1 to 19
The National Election Committee will hold voter registration from October 1 to 19 in preparation for the 2022 commune and 2023 National elections. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50745456/voters-registration-to-open-from-october-1-to-19/
Flood damage assessments start
Government agencies have begun inspecting the nation’s roads to assess the damage caused by this rainy season’s floods to prepare a budget for repairs and upgrades. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501168294/flood-damage-assessments-start/
Rice Exporters Eye Cartel to Boost Prices
Southeast Asia’s rice-exporting nations are in talks to create a formal alliance aimed at boosting prices and increasing export revenues, a move that could cause tensions with rice-importing nations. But any bid by the five countries to drive up prices will be a challenge, given previous ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30000872396390444812704577606962232854218.html
Two Explosive Devices Found in Phnom Penh Safely Detonated, Removed
Bomb disposal experts conducted a controlled explosion on a device discovered near the National Assembly building in Phnom Penh on Friday morning and safely removed a second explosive device, consisting of three M-79 rifle-launched grenade shells, from a park near the city’s Wat Phnom. The ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-explosive-devices-found-in-phnom-penh-safely-detonated-removed-42261/
Cambodian parties pick rights activist as key NEC member
Member of a national election body in a significant move following an agreement on electoral reforms that broke a one-year political deadlock, officials said. Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to a proposal by the opposition Cambodia national Rescue Party (CNRP) that prominent rights group Licadho chief ...
Parameswaran Ponnudurai
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/activist-07282014195111.html
Minister seeks funds for climate change
Finance minister Keat Chhon yesterday identified reforming the management of natural resources as a priority in the government’s efforts to reduce poverty. Keat Chhon also called on wealthier nations to help fund climate change-related projects in developing nations like Cambodia. Minister of Environment Mok Mareth said ...
Hun Sen: New government will serve with ‘double work’
Cambodian People Party (CPP) president Hun Sen on Tuesday promised that his new government would serve the people by doing “double work” for Cambodia’s development. Meanwhile, Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM) president Sam Rainsy hinted at accepting the caretaker prime minister’s challenge to swear on ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-new-government-will-serve-double-work