Over eight million passengers use public bus service in 2019
Public bus service welcomed 8,265,107 passengers in 2019, of them 5,474,674 were served free of charge, according to the Phnom Penh municipal administration. ...
Lim Nary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695342/over-eight-million-passengers-use-public-bus-service-in-2019
Hun Sen calls on ASEAN police forces to increase anti-terrorism activities
Prime Minister Hun Sen requested that the ASEAN National Police (ASEANAPOL) continue their cooperation to prevent and combat terrorism, with the ultimate goal of making the ASEAN region free of terrorism. ...
Election cost $60m, says NA
A high-ranking National Assembly (NA) official announced yesterday at the NA’s consultative meeting with foreign ambassadors to Cambodia that the government spent $60 million to cover costs for the June 5 Commune Election, and that the election process was free, fair and just. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090614/election-cost-60m-says-na/
EU Parliamentarian Probes Sugar Plantations in Cambodia
A member of the European Parliament is in Cambodia investigating agri-business firms accused of evicting hundreds of families while benefiting from a free-trade scheme with Europe worth millions of dollars, according to the NGO Equitable Cambodia. The visit from France’s Patrice Tirolien follows a resolution the ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-parliamentarian-probes-sugar-plantations-in-cambodia-51166/
Chea Mony Resigns from Union Confederation Role
Free Trade Union (FTU) President Chea Mony said yesterday that he has split from longtime colleague Rong Chhun by stepping down from his position in the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU). Mr. Mony said he had resigned on Friday from his position as Secretary-General of the ...
Court issues new summons for opposition leader Sam Rainsy
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued a summons for opposition leader Sam Rainsy to appear in January, to answer court questions in a new defamation case. The court actions against Sam Rainsy come despite widespread condemnation by the international community and fears that Cambodia’s upcoming ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/court-issues-new-summons-for-opposition-leader-sam-rainsy/3084587.html
Direct Japan fights start
Landing at 3:10pm yesterday, the All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787-8 marked the first direct flight between Tokyo and Phnom Penh in seven years. The daily service will make for a much shorter – and hassle free – journey, and boost business and tourism, officials said ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29258/direct-japan-flights-start/
Ruling party, opposition both claim commune election win
A lack of official results did not stop both major political parties from claiming victory in Cambodia’s highest-stakes and highest-turnout local elections to date on Sunday, with the CPP citing its dominance in winning commune chief seats and the CNRP boasting of huge opposition gains ...
Ben Paviour, Van Roeun and Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ruling-party-opposition-both-claim-commune-election-win-130972/
Pensions to be paid through ATMs
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation will start dispensing pensions for former civil servants and veterans at select ATMs starting in April. Minister Vong Soth issued a notice yesterday stating that pensioners will be able to withdraw their monthly allocations from Canadia Bank ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36843/pensions-to-be-paid-through-atms/
Cambodia has sole objective for US
Cambodia intends to submit a petition to the United States government to extend the duty-free privileges of its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) scheme to include footwear, giving local manufacturers a competitive advantage in the world’s biggest consumer market. But hopes are dimming as the ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-has-sole-objective-us
Mixed results in Cambodia’s drug war: officials
Senior government figures yesterday noted major flaws in an ongoing drug crackdown, among them a lack of rehabilitation for incarcerated users, during a day-long review of the campaign yesterday. The government also proposed establishing five ill-defined “white villages” – or drug-free locations – on the ...
Niem Chheng and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mixed-results-cambodias-drug-war-officials
Ruling party, Opposition both claim commune election win
A lack of official results did not stop both major political parties from claiming victory in Cambodia’s highest-stakes and highest-turnout local elections to date on Sunday, with the CPP citing its dominance in winning commune chief seats and the CNRP boasting of huge opposition gains ...
Ben Paviour, Van Roeun and Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ruling-party-opposition-both-claim-commune-election-win-130972/
CRF calls to tighten code of conduct
The Cambodian Rice Federation has pushed for the full implementation of a code of conduct which bars Cambodian firms from exporting cheap rice from neighbouring countries under its own name. The code of conduct sought to reassure the European Union that Cambodia was not flouting the ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/crf-calls-tighten-code-conduct
Time to revisit an ASEAN-EU FTA?
On May 19, 2015, the European Union (EU) adopted a Joint Communication: The EU and ASEAN: a partnership with a strategic purpose. The communication calls for taking “trade relations with ASEAN to a different level and working towards an ambitious region-to-region free trade agreement (FTA) ...
Ji Xianbai
http://bit.ly/1AP2O8P
South Korea says may sign FTA next month
South Korean officials have expressed their intention to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Cambodia next month to boost bilateral trade, news hailed by local businessmen. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korea-says-may-sign-fta-next-month
Demining official asks China for more support
Senior demining official Ly Thuch asked the Chinese Ambassador yesterday to provide more support in order to reach the goal of making Cambodia mine-free by 2025. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50767426/demining-official-asks-china-for-more-support/
Australia contributes significantly to Cambodia’s demining
Australia is one of the longest-standing supporters of mine clearance action in Cambodia, contributing essentially to Cambodian government’s goal to reach mine-free status by 2025. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501215160/australia-contributes-significantly-to-cambodias-demining/
RCEP strengthens global value chains, says PM
Lauding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said it has strengthened the global value chains and protected the multilateral free trade system. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/?post_type=news-article&p=167124&preview=true
China encouraged to invest more in Cambodia
Cambodia and China have agreed to enhance the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement’s implementation quality, with an expert suggesting the need to push harder for trade balance. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/china-encouraged-to-invest-more-in-cambodia