Government
Kampot governor out after a mere 1.5 years
Kampot is due to have a new governor after just over a year and a half under current Governor Chan Chesda, according to a royal decree signed on Tuesday. The decree appoints Cheav Tay as the new governor, and indicates Chesda is to transfer to ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-governor-out-after-mere-15-years
Chinese premier to pay Cambodia official visit
Chinese Premier Le Keqiang – the No. 2 politician in the Chinese government – will visit Phnom Penh for an official visit next week. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Chum Sounry confirmed the leader will attend the second Mekong Lancang Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting next Wednesday and ...
Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chinese-premier-pay-cambodia-official-visit
King signs promotion for 45 new generals
The King has signed off on another round of mass military promotions, elevating 45 officers to the rank of brigadier general, contributing to the rising total of at least 607 new generals in the last 10 months. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-signs-promotion-45-new-generals
Task force confiscates Kratie logs; no arrests
A joint task force of national Military Police, provincial Military Police and Forestry Administration officials confiscated a large amount of illegal timber in Kratie province’s Sambor district earlier this week, but made no arrests. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-force-confiscates-kratie-logs-no-arrests
NBC takes licences from 11 lenders
Cambodia’s central bank yesterday announced a decision to revoke the operating licences of 11 rural credit operators for failing the abide by regulations. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-takes-licences-11-lenders
Hun Sen lashes out at journos, analysts over comments on reform record
The prime minister lashed out at journalists and analysts today for questioning the current government’s reform record, a seeming reference to a Post article from December about a speech in which he touted his administration’s progress. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-lashes-out-journos-analysts-over-comments-reform-record
China Believes Cambodia's Election Will Be Fair, Confirms Support
China believes a general election in Cambodia this year will be fair, a senior Chinese official said on Thursday, after the United States and the European Union withdrew support for the vote following the dissolution of the main opposition party. China is Cambodia’s biggest aid ...
Michael Martina and Robert Birsel
http://reut.rs/2DcCI6H
PM courts cyclo drivers with free health care, new preservation foundation
Prime Minister Hun Sen today announced plans to offer free health care to cyclo drivers and to form a foundation to help preserve them as a tourist attraction. ...
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-courts-cyclo-drivers-free-health-care-new-preservation-foundation
Agriculture Ministry to request lower electricity costs for farmers
Agriculture Minister Veng Sokhon said he would ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to take action to help farmers compete against neighbouring countries, including further measures to address high electricity costs, as the sector mapped out its challenges for the year at a ministry-led forum in ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agriculture-ministry-request-lower-electricity-costs-farmers
Revenue for Ministry of Land on the increase
In 2017, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) collected about 371 billion riel (about $ 92 million) in revenue last year, according to a report from the ministry. The income from taxes on property transfers alone collected by the General Department ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099644/revenue-ministry-land-increase/
GDP announces policies
Seemingly sounding the 2018 election bugle, the nascent Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) yesterday released five major policy initiatives it will implement if it manages the herculean task of winning against the incumbent Cambodian People’s Party. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/gdp-announces-policies
Poipet locals get passes to Thailand
Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities yesterday began issuing a new border pass for residents who wish to cross into Thailand for business. The statement said the new border pass will cost $5 and be valid for two years for multiple entries in and out of Thailand. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099633/poipet-locals-get-passes-thailand/
High costs at Kamchay dam prompts new study
China Energy Engineering Corp Ltd will be conducting a second feasibility study on producing safe drinking water from the Kamchay hydropower dam in Kampot province after the first study showed that production costs were higher than initially expected. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099603/high-costs-kamchay-dam-prompts-new-study/
Water taxi system to kick off by Khmer New Year
A public transport system based on boats, known as water taxis, for the capital is in its first stage of development, with officials saying it will be ready by April, in time for Khmer New Year. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099604/water-taxi-system-kick-off-khmer-new-year/
Free state healthcare extended
The Health Minister has ordered civil servants to prioritise the implementation of new social security services for public officials, former government workers and veterans, which came into force at the start of this year. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099635/free-state-healthcare-extended/
Minister warns unions
Labour Minister Ith Samheng has warned that any registered unions that remain inactive would be dissolved, while at the same time welcoming new unions as long as they respected the law. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099640/minister-warns-unions/
Fishermen see fruitful prahok season, almost doubling last year’s catch
Fishermen on the Tonle Sap river are smelling success: The season’s first harvest of the fish now being crushed into the famously pungent prahok has hauled in a bounty set to almost double last year’s catch. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fishermen-seeing-fruitful-prahok-season-almost-doubling-last-years-catch
Despite ban on foreign funding, Ranariddh says Funcinpec donation is up to China
Funcinpec President Prince Norodom Ranariddh yesterday doubled down on his seemingly illegal request for Chinese aid, claiming it was his “right”, despite the law explicitly prohibiting political parties from accepting foreign funds. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/despite-ban-foreign-funding-ranariddh-says-funcinpec-donation-china
China order lifts rice imports for 2017
Cambodian rice exports in 2017 increased 17 percent by volume compared to the year before, with exporters pushing to fill orders under China’s expanded import quota while shipments to European markets remained steady, according to Agriculture Ministry figures. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-order-lifts-rice-imports-2017
Government advisor sacked
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday sacked an advisor who had been previously convicted in 2010 on fraud charges, according to an Interior Ministry proclamation. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099384/government-advisor-sacked/
Kem Sokha, Hun Sen offer very different hopes for 2018
Prime Minister Hun Sen and former opposition leader Kem Sokha offered starkly divergent New Year’s messages to the Cambodian people, with the former hailing the Kingdom’s “stability” even as the latter grimly warned that recent democratic backsliding could lead to a “fragmented nation”. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-hun-sen-offer-very-different-hopes-2018
New worker benefits take effect
A slew of new health and maternity benefits for workers took effect at the stroke of midnight yesterday in a dramatic expansion of the country’s social security framework, even as labour advocates and business experts raised concerns about cost and quality. ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-worker-benefits-take-effect
Villagers ask for help in land disputes
Villagers in Preah Vihear province locked in land disputes with five economic land concessions belonging to sugar cane firms have urged provincial authorities to resolve their conflicts. Kroeun Vong, a villager representative in Chey Sen district, said ministry officials solved some cases by giving one hectare ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099143/villagers-ask-help-land-disputes/
Why the West was doomed to fail in Cambodia
Backed by China, Prime Minister Hun Sen has entered 2018 triumphant from his decades-long struggle with the West – and set the stage for his succession. ...
Paul Millar
http://sea-globe.com/where-next/