Government

Hun Sen names date for vote on new cabinet

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday said the National Assembly would vote on his proposed cabinet reshuffle on April 4 and that he was keeping the details under wraps until then, as his last two shakeups were leaked before he wanted them known. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-names-date-for-vote-on-new-cabinet-110054/

Foreign minister urges North Korean restraint in peninsula

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong urged North Korea to have bilateral meetings with the South to help resolve tensions on the Korean Peninsula in a meeting with North Korean Ambassador Hong Ki Choi at the Cambodian Foreign Ministry yesterday. ...

Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22937/foreign-minister-urges-north-korean-restraint-in-peninsula/

Taskforce to weigh measures for rice sector’s future

The Commerce Ministry has created a special taskforce to study challenges threatening the sustainability of the nation’s rice industry and will report its findings within two weeks, a ministry official said yesterday. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taskforce-weigh-measures-rice-sectors-future

Immigration plans crackdown on foreign citizenship documents

The Immigration Department warned Interior Ministry officials on Wednesday not to issue Cambodian citizenship documents, such as birth certificates and ID cards, to foreigners living in the Kingdom. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22940/immigration-plans-crackdown-on-foreign-citizenship-documents/

Microfinance success stories from the countryside

When Chheung Rattana was married a few years ago, the only thing she and her new husband inherited from their families was a small plot of land to grow rice on. It was a tough start for the newlyweds, who decided that the only way ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22923/microfinance-success-stories-from-the-countryside/

CNRP ‘insurrection’ appeal hearings begin

Appeal hearings began on Thursday in the case of 11 opposition figures who were convicted in July for insurrection over a 2014 political protest, with a CNRP official blasting the municipal court over double standards for rejecting his request to get medical treatment outside prison. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-insurrection-appeal-hearings-begin-110060/

Cambodian PM congratulates new Myanmar's president-elect

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has congratulated U Htin Kyaw on his being elected as Myanmar’s new president. ...

Xinhua Team
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/16/c_135194820.htm

Ministry adjusting timelines on licences

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport will allow motorists holding what were formerly permanent driver’s licences to extend them for 10 more years. ...

Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-adjusting-timelines-licences

Japan to donate $30m to repair friendship bridge

The Japanese Friendship Bridge in Phnom Penh is set to receive a $29.4 million renovation courtesy of the Japanese government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday. ...

Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-to-donate-30m-to-repair-friendship-bridge-110012/

Crime down in 2015, armed robberies up: report

Though the Kingdom’s total number of reported crimes was down in 2015, instances of robbery and armed robbery in some provinces noticeably increased, according to an annual National Police report. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22877/crime-down-in-2015--armed-robberies-up--report/

Embassy rescues Cambodian fishermen from Thai vessels

The Cambodian embassy in Thailand has come to the aid of its citizens after authorities caught two Thai fishing boats over the past month carrying 15 Cambodian laborers that they believed to be trafficking victims, according to a Foreign Affairs Ministry statement yesterday. ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22870/embassy-rescues-cambodian-fishermen-from-thai-vessels/

Hun Sen moves to reshuffle his cabinet

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday submitted a proposed cabinet reshuffle to the National Assembly, just weeks after he publicly warned some ministers to improve their work or risk being fired, according to a senior official.   ...

Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-moves-to-reshuffle-his-cabinet-109986/

Cheers over lower prices at the pump

The drop in the price of gasoline and diesel, following new pricing regulations introduced last week, has been especially cheered by people whose incomes are low. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22858/cheers-over-lower-prices-at-the-pump/

PM scraps ministry’s passport control plan

Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive on Monday instructing officials returning from work overseas to hold on to their mission passports, directly contravening two recent Foreign Ministry announcements calling on officials to hand the passports over upon return in a bid to prevent their ...

Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-scraps-ministrys-passport-control-plan

CNRP ‘focused, quiet’

With members still languishing in jail and under fresh attack via a now two-week-old infidelity scandal, the Cambodia National Rescue Party emerged from a two-day meeting in Manila yesterday to announce it will not be hitting back, instead opting to focus on  the upcoming elections. ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-focused-quiet

Storm season on horizon: ministry

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a statement yesterday encouraging the Kingdom’s citizens to be cautious around lightning storms, which occur frequently between March and July. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22809/storm-season-on-horizon--ministry/

Sixty-five illegal workers arrested in capital

Cambodia’s Immigration Police raided a Phnom Penh construction site yesterday, detaining 65 out of 109 Vietnamese laborers who were found to be working illegally in Niroth commune, Chbar Ampov district. ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22804/sixty-five-illegal-workers-arrested-in-capital/

Tractors prove steady sellers

Tractor sales continued to grow last year, driven by a shortage of labour in the agricultural sector and farmer cooperatives increasingly pooling their resources to buy farm equipment to serve their members. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tractors-prove-steady-sellers

Army on artillery recruiting drive

At least 700 applicants have signed up to join the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), with the successful recruits to be trained to operate new Chinese-built artillery, a senior military source said yesterday.   ...

Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-artillery-recruiting-drive

Sesame exports on the rise, official says

The Kingdom exported 9,379.29 tons of sesame last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, with Vietnam buying the lion’s share. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22796/sesame-exports-on-the-rise--official-says/

Switzerland signs framework agreement with Cambodia

The Swiss government signed its first framework agreement with Cambodia during a meeting between Swiss Ambassador Ivo Sieber and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong yesterday. ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22806/switzerland-signs-framework-agreement-with-cambodia/

Australian gaming company probed for Cambodia payment

Australian gaming firm Tabcorp on Tuesday confirmed that it was under investigation by Australian police over a possible bribe it paid in 2009 to a Cambodian consultancy connected to a sister of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-gaming-company-probed-for-cambodia-payment-109949/

MFIs moving swiftly on mobile banking

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been expanding their financial services to include the use of mobile phones, a move aimed at boosting services for people in rural areas who find it difficult or expensive to travel to offices in towns or villages. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22797/mfis-moving-swiftly-on-mobile-banking/

Cambodian, U.S. forces hold joint military exercise

Cambodian and U.S. military personnel on Monday kicked off a joint military exercise dubbed “Angkor Sentinel 2016,” aimed to strengthen bilateral military ties and cooperation. ...

Shang Hai Daily Team
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=323370

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