Government
‘Very slow’ ministers move out
The two ministers who were publicly scolded for their “very slow” work by Prime Minister Hun Sen in February both gave up control to their successors at a pair of handover ceremonies in Phnom Penh on Wednesday as part of a cabinet reshuffle approved by ...
Aun Pheap and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/very-slow-ministers-move-out-110957/
Doctors to be on standby during new year
The Ministry of Health has ordered provincial health department directors to organize officials and doctors to work during the four days of Khmer New Year so hospitals and health centers are able to respond to traffic accidents and other issues. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23703/doctors-to-be-on-standby-during-new-year/
Environmental code aims to safeguard natural resources
A new plan to protect the environment started taking shape yesterday when the Environment Ministry held a workshop to discuss ideas on how to convert numerous laws into a single code to govern the county’s natural resources. It is expected the process will take two years ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23704/environmental-code-aims-to-safeguard-natural-resources/
Tigers to be reintroduced to Cambodia in 2019
Eight tigers will be released into the Cambodian wild in an unprecedented plan projected to cost between $20 and $50 million, the Ministry of Agriculture and WWF-Cambodia announced at an event in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tigers-to-be-reintroduced-to-cambodia-in-2019-110954/
Gov’t urges petroleum firms to keep exploring
Oil and gas exploration companies operating in Cambodia must follow the schedule of their concession contracts or face fines and risk having their contracts revoked, a state official warned yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-urges-petroleum-firms-keep-exploring
Detained migrant workers get Thai work permits
More than 20 Cambodian migrants who had been working at two pig farms in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province have been given work permits and allowed to remain in the country after they were found to have been working without proper documents. The move followed intervention from ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23701/detained-migrant-workers-get-thai-work-permits/
South Korea envoy defended as graft probe continues
A relative of Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea, who was detained on Monday amid a corruption probe, yesterday claimed the envoy was innocent, as the Anti-Corruption Unit reportedly prepared to send the case to court. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-envoy-defended-graft-probe-continues
PM threatens to remove official because of poor roads
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday threatened to remove Sam Piseth, Phnom Penh’s Public Works and Transport Department Director, saying he was not satisfied with inefficient road maintenance in the capital. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23642/pm-threatens-to-remove-official-because-of-poor-roads/
Ministry hits back at rebuke of contentious telecoms law
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has defended the controversial new Telecommunications Law following a biting legal analysis by rights group Licadho, which says the legislation is a veiled tool to silence critics and potentially criminalize private expression. ...
Sonia Kohlbacher and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-hits-back-at-rebuke-of-contentious-telecoms-law-110921/
As elections loom, voter registration stalled
A group of election-monitoring NGOs have expressed alarm at what they say are inexplicable delays in starting to rebuild the national voter list, with concerns that the National Election Committee (NEC) may be leaving things too late for the 2017 commune elections. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-elections-loom-voter-registration-stalled-110905/
New minister vows to tackle land registration
The new minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Chea Sophara, should strive to resolve the country’s land disputes and expand land registration services, his outgoing predecessor Im Chhun Lim said during a handover ceremony yesterday. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-minister-vows-tackle-land-registration
Hun Sen vows to arrest civil servants who tarnish government
Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed on Tuesday to arrest civil servants who gave the government a bad name and skewered political commentators for criticizing his cabinet reshuffle. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-vows-to-arrest-civil-servants-who-tarnish-government-110903/
Still lessons to learn for Cambodians watching U.S. election campaign
The ongoing presidential election campaign in the United States may be one of the more unseemly the country has seen, but observers and politicians in Cambodia say their country still has a lot to learn from the American democratic process. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/still-lessons-to-learn-for-cambodians-watching-us-election-campaign/3268463.html
China, Cambodia ink new economic pact
On March 25, China and Cambodia inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in science and technology. The MoU, valid for 3 years, will see the Chinese side train Cambodian officials in science, technology and innovation. ...
Rui Hao Puah
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/china-cambodia-ink-new-economic-pact/
Dutton defends cost of Cambodia program
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has rejected claims the Federal Government’s Cambodian refugee settlement program has spent all of the $55 million allocated to it. ...
SunShineCoastDaily Team
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/dutton-defends-cost-of-Cambodia-program/2985822/
Cambodia sees gains from Obama’s Sunnylands summit
It has now been some time since the special summit between the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and U.S. President Barack Obama at Sunnylands, California, on Feb. 15-16. The meeting was the first of its kind to be held on American ...
Kimseng Men
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-sees-gains-from-obama-sunnylands-summit/3268490.html
Foreign affairs bureau chief charged with embezzlement
A Foreign Affairs Ministry official arrested by anti-corruption authorities last week for taking bribes to process documents for a foreign company has been charged with embezzlement and sent to prison to await trial, officials said on Monday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreign-affairs-bureau-chief-charged-with-embezzlement-110867/
Assembly approves PM's ministerial reshuffle
The National Assembly yesterday approved a reshuffle of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet, with a pair of unidentified opposition lawmakers backing the changes along with the ruling party, even after the prime minister reminded the CNRP he didn’t need their support. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assembly-approves-pms-ministerial-reshuffle
Justice minister denies shares in shadowy offshore firm
Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana had a stake in a shadowy offshore company in the British Virgin Islands, according to data made public on Sunday in what is being called the largest leak of secret documents in history. ...
Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/justice-minister-denies-shares-in-offshore-firm-110852/
For commerce minister, feud preceded move
When the National Assembly meets today to approve the prime minister’s second cabinet reshuffle since the last election, it will be a case of back to the future for outgoing Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-commerce-minister-feud-preceded-move-110777/
Ambassador to South Korea grilled over corruption
Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea was summoned to appear before the Anti-Corruption Unit on Monday morning for questioning over allegations of corruption, and was expected to be arrested later in the day, the unit’s chief said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambassador-to-south-korea-grilled-over-corruption-110855/
Two new faces to join Constitutional Council
Outgoing minister of land management Im Chhun Lim and former Ministry of Tourism secretary of state Sam Prumnea are set to join the Constitutional Council. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-new-faces-join-constitutional-council
Kingdom licenses first round of new factories
Forty new factories received permission to operate in Cambodia during the first three months of this year, while 54 factories have applied for licenses and 21 are currently undergoing renewal procedures, according to a report released yesterday by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-licenses-first-round-new-factories
League for Democracy Party holds congress
Some 5,000 supporters turned out for the congress of the League for Democracy Party in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/league-democracy-party-holds-congress