Boeng Kak families accept swap to end land disputes
At least 16 more families that have been locked in a bitter and lengthy dispute with the municipal government over land in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood accepted municipal governor Pa Socheatvong’s offer of a land swap Thursday morning. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boeng-kak-families-accept-swap-to-end-land-disputes-81780/
SME board possible this year
Market regulator Securities and Exchanges Commission of Cambodia and Cambodia Securities Exchange are looking at reducing some of the current initial public offering requirements, as a way to attract more small- and medium-size businesses to list on the flagging exchange. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-board-possible-year
Families of Svay Rieng crash victims reject compensation
The Svay Rieng Provincial Court director said Tuesday that the bus company involved in a deadly crash that killed 19 people and injured 21 in Svay Rieng province in May has had its latest compensation offer rejected by the victims’ families. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-of-svay-rieng-crash-victims-reject-compensation-91456/
Single visa test-run
A single visa for Thailand and Cambodia is ready for launch 27 December at all of the countries’ consulates and embassies. It is a test phase of a wider project called ACMECS Single Visa (Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy) involving Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and ...
US, Cambodia navies launch joint military exercise
On November 16, the United States and Cambodia launched an annual military exercise with an opening ceremony held at the Royal Cambodian Ream Navy Base in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/us-cambodia-navies-launch-joint-military-exercise/
Spike in workers deported
Immigration police say there has been a spike in the number of Cambodian migrant workers being deported from Thailand following a royal decree on the management of foreign workers. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39855/spike-in-workers-deported/
Sok An passes away in Beijing
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, one of the most senior officials in the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and who recently received a royal title from King Norodom Sihamoni, died last night. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36533/sok-an-passes-away-in-beijing/
Up to 700,000 foreign tourists expected to visit Cambodia this year
Up to 700,000 international visitors are expected to visit Cambodia this year, after the Royal Government had recently eased the entry rules. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501052200/up-to-700000-foreign-tourists-expected-to-visit-cambodia-this-year/
Announcement on the Instruction of the Royal Government of Cambodia on measures to continue to manage the impact on key economic sectors in the context of the crisis and to rehabilitate and promote Cambodia's economic growth in the post COVID-19 crisis
On 31 July 2020, The Royal Government of Cambodia has posted an announcement on the Instruction of the Royal Government of Cambodia on measures to continue to manage the impact on key economic sectors in the context of the crisis and to rehabilitate and promote ...
Royal Government of Cambodia
Mr. BUN Tharum
Mr. BUN Tharum is the co-founder of Kiripost, a modern media company that focuses on business and technology. He has been blogging about media and technology in Cambodia since 2004. His work has also appeared in a number of international media outlets.He was also a contributor to Global Voices ...
PM: 115 students in Turkey
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday wrote on his Facebook page that he was concerned about the 115 Cambodian students studying at different universities in Turkey where an attempted coup to overthrow the government happened on Friday. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27331/pm--115-students-in-turkey/
Cambodia’s stateless Vietnamese
Up to 750,000 Vietnamese people are believed to be living in Cambodia, about 5 percent of the country’s population, but no one knows for sure. They are almost universally stateless. Few qualify for Cambodian citizenship. ...
Michele Penna
http://www.asiasentinel.com/society/cambodia-stateless-vietnamese/
Water distribution over: PM
The government’s two-month nationwide campaign to distribute water to those affected by drought officially ended yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced while speaking at a graduation ceremony at the Asia-Europe University in Phnom Penh. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25414/water-distribution-over--pm/
Cambodian team 2nd in regional stock challenge
Two Cambodian university students won $8,000 on Monday by placing second in a regional stock trading competition, after making it to the final round of the contest ahead of nearly 2,000 other teams from across Southeast Asia. ...
George Styllis
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodian-team-2nd-in-regional-stock-challenge-76450/
Mekong region gets satellite-data boost
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, USAID and a range of participating organizations have launched a five-year initiative they hope will transform the way in which the government, organizations, universities and citizens use data for research and decision-making. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15260/mekong-region-gets-satellite-data-boost/
Opposition official arrested over petition
An opposition official in Kampot was arrested yesterday evening over his involvement in collecting thumbprints for a Royal petition calling for the release of detained human rights officials and politicians in the Kingdom. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25332/opposition-official-arrested-over-petition/
Classes to boost tourism
រThe plan to attract two million Chinese tourists by 2020 will succeed, the tourism minister said yesterday during an MoU signing ceremony with the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27266/classes-to-boost-tourism/
National rail system in the pipeline
Royal Group, led by prominent businessmen Kith Meng, signed the agreement with China-based Railway 17th Bureau Group and Sino Great Wall International Engineering at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38434/national-rail-system-in-the-pipeline/
Yearender: Hosting ASEAN Summit tops major achievements of Cambodia in 2012
The successful hosting of the 21st Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its related summits here in November was definitely the biggest achievement of Cambodia in 2012 despite some sad events such as the death of the venerated former King Norodom ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-01/01/c_132075147.htm
Chinese Mining Firm Plans Siem Reap Extraction
A Chinese conglomerate headed by an adviser to Senate President Chea Sim plans to begin extracting gold and copper in Siem Reap province in two months, the firm’s chairman said yesterday. Khmer Holding, a group of companies that claims vast mineral interests in Cambodia, opened an ...