Indonesia-Cambodia trade grows to $492M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Indonesia amounted to $492.7 million in the first 11 months of last year, a 23 percent increase compared to the same period in 2016, according to a report from an Indonesian state-run news agency. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesia-cambodia-trade-grows-492m
Sathapana Bank proceeds with logo change
Sathapana Bank has pre-emptively removed its signature golden lion logo from all 162 branches nationwide as the private bank aims to deflect government criticism and avoid confusion as being identified as a state-owned institution, a bank executive said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sathapana-bank-proceeds-logo-change
Cambodia sees rise in trade with U.S.
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United States was valued at 3.17 billion U.S. dollars in 2014, a 5 percent rise from 3.01 billion U.S. dollars in 2013, the figures of the U.S. Department of Commerce showed Friday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2015-02/06/c_133975310.htm
Interior Ministry reminds civil servants of ban on two jobs
Department heads within the Interior Ministry must immediately begin enforcing a Royal Decree issued in October that prohibits civil servants from holding two government jobs at the same time, according to a letter issued by ministry Secretary of State Sak Setha last week. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-reminds-civil-servants-of-ban-on-two-jobs-77588/
Starry-eyed: Promotions handed out to top cops
Nine senior police officers were yesterday officially promoted following the signing of a Royal Decree by acting head of state Chea Sim. The decree, dated April 13, was signed by Sim due to King Norodom Sihamoni being in Beijing for medical treatment. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/starry-eyed-promotions-handed-out-top-cops
Council of ministers react to CNRP lawmakers
The Council of Ministers’ secretary of state Tek Reth Samrach clarified a recent directive, which ordered all government officials in all ministries and institutions to get formal approval from the respective minister before meeting with or providing clarifications to parliamentary commissions or groups. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12515/council-of-ministers-react-to-cnrp-lawmakers/
HRW politicises human rights with a biased report attacking Cambodian dam project
Human rights are for humanity, not for Human Rights Watch (HRW). Human rights must be understood and approached based on the context and the stage of nation building and state building. ...
US mulls summit with Asean leaders in Washington in January
The United States is planning to host an in-person summit of President Joe Biden and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Washington in January, Asean sources have said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50978928/us-mulls-summit-with-asean-leaders-in-washington-in-january/
Cambodia stands ready to ensure peace, prosperity and cooperation in Asia
Cambodia stands ready to ensure peace, prosperity and cooperation in Asia, said SOK Soken, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501053607/cambodia-stands-ready-to-ensure-peace-prosperity-and-cooperation-in-asia/
New Zealand’s Phil Twyford to visit Cambodia to boost trade links with South East Asia
Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Phil Twyford will travel to Cambodia this week to attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Ministers’ consultations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150483/new-zealands-phil-twyford-to-visit-cambodia-to-boost-trade-links-with-south-east-asia/
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port sees H1 revenue surging
Public-listed stated-owned enterprise Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) recorded a 29 percent increase in unaudited revenue to $19.76 million in January-June period this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501113592/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-sees-h1-revenue-surging/
Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) updated an existing profile page on “Forest cover”
Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) updated an existing profile page on “Forest cover” adding forest cover dataset 2023 in Cambodia. => Please click here to go to profile page on “Forest cover”. ...
Kingdom awaits US trade law
The US House of Representatives has renewed a trade law experts said could have a substantial effect on Cambodia’s exports to the United States, as well as the future of the Kingdom’s manufacturing sector. The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program waived tariffs on about US$13 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011091251593/Business/kingdom-awaits-us-trade-law.html
Radio Station Owner Implicated in 'Secessionist' Movement
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday implicated Mam Sonando, owner of the independent Beehive Radio station, in an alleged secessionist movement in Kratie province and announced the government’s intentions to arrest him. “Now, we compete with the ringleader of the Democrats Association, which created the state ...
AKP Corrects Report on Call for International Vote Probe
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith on Thursday clarified that Prime Minister Hun Sen did not express willingness to see international involvement in an independent investigation into election irregularities, after state media incorrectly reported to the contrary. state news service Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP), which operates out of ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/akp%E2%80%88corrects-report-on-call-for-international-vote-probe-38139/
TVK Cameraman Attacked at CNRP Human Rights Rally
A cameraman from the state-run Television Kampuchea (TVK) was assaulted at Freedom Park on Tuesday as he tried to film CNRP leaders at a rally to mark International Human Rights Day, the victim and Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said. Seng Chan, 34, said he was slapped ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tvk-cameraman-attacked-at-cnrp-human-rights-rally-49075/
Low awareness of AEC pact
The Asean Economic Community (AEC) will cut red tape and allow freer trade between the bloc’s 10 member states. But many companies in the region aren’t even aware of the AEC blueprint, a sobering report from the Asia Development Bank has found. The bank also ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/low-awareness-aec-pact
Subedi Calls for Accountability in Meeting With Hun Sen
In a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen and 10 of the government’s highest-ranking officials in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi called for the perpetrators of recent state-sanctioned killings to be held accountable for their actions. Mr. Subedi spent three-and-a-half hours ...
Lauren Crothers and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/subedi-calls-for-accountability-in-meeting-with-hun-sen-50675/
Cambodia’s election reform chief appeals to U.S. to tie aid to reforms
The director of Cambodia’s election reform movement asked the U.S. government on Wednesday to make any financial aid to the country conditional on the implementation of planned electoral reforms. The request by Koul Panha, director of the Committee on Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) ...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/koul-panha-visit-11062014182102.html
Small growth for Phnom Penh's water utility
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority saw 8.2 per cent revenue growth during the first quarter of the year, a welcomed disclosure after the retirement of the state-owned firm’s general director was announced last week. The firm took in US$7,725,500 between January and March, up from $7,140,473 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070357153/Business/small-growth-for-ppwsa.html