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PM acknowledges criticism of Refugee agreement
Days after the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced it would help resettle Australia’s refugees currently being held on the Pacific island nation of Nauru in Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday acknowledged criticism of the deal at home and abroad. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-acknowledges-criticism-of-refugee-agreement-78764/
PM proposes law to prevent rent increase
During a graduation ceremony at Royal University of Law and Economics, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he and the opposition leader agreed to create a law to prevent landlords from raising rent. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/pm-proposes-law-to-prevent-rent-increase-8172
Cambodia weighs oil stockpile as global price nosedives: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the government is studying the possibility to purchase petroleum for a stockpile as global oil price is going down. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-02/10/c_133983437.htm
Timber trader Try Pheap linked to logging racket
In a new report, U.K. environmental rights group Global Witness places Cambodian timber magnate Try Pheap at the heart of a vast illegal logging operation driving the country’s rarest tree species to the brink of extinction with the collusion of government and military officials. “The Cost ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/timber-trader-try-pheap-linked-to-vast-logging-racket-77466/
Cambodia sees 7.2 pct growth in 2014: PM
Cambodia’s economy grew by 7.2 percent in 2014, driven by garment exports, agriculture, tourism and construction, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-sees-72-pct-growth-in-2014:-pm-8152
Cambodia hosts int'l conference on tourism, culture
The 1st World Conference on Tourism and Culture kicked off here on Wednesday to discuss the challenges and lasting development opportunities for cultural tourism. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-hosts-intl-conference-on-tourism-culture-8157
Cambodia earns $3bn from tourism
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Wednesday that his country earned US$3 billion (97 billion baht) last year from the booming tourism sector. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/466294/cambodia-earns-3bn-from-tourism-in-2014
Hun Sen defends proposed Areng valley dam
In the government’s latest defense of a proposed dam in the heart of the sparsely developed Cardamom Mountains, Prime Minister Hun Sen in a letter downplayed the impact the project would have on the hundreds of ethnic minority families it would displace and touted its ...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-defends-proposed-areng-valley-dam-77352/
Sar Kheng to be Natl Assembly majority leader
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng has been appointed majority leader in the National Assembly, meaning he and opposition leader Sam Rainsy will engage directly in dialogue over legislative issues. Prime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodia National Rescue Party president Rainsy agreed in late ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-be-natl-assembly-majority-leader
Gov’t meets with landlords to discuss new electricity scheme
Less than a week after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced plans to reduce the price that migrant workers in Phnom Penh pay for electricity, the municipality hosted 12 public forums Monday to discuss a new payment scheme to be overseen by state operator Electricite du ...
Opposition lawmakers still face jail, Hun Sen warns
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday accused the CNRP of violating the “culture of dialogue” that he and the opposition agreed to last year, and warned seven lawmakers charged with incitement and insurrection that their parliamentary immunity would not save them from prison. The seven CNRP ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-lawmakers-still-face-jail-hun-sen-warns-76403/
Kem Sokha blasts Hun Sen’s era of destruction
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Sunday assured supporters that the opposition party is still working to oust Prime Minister Hun Sen from power, claiming that no other Cambodian leader has overseen the level of environmental destruction that has taken place during his time in ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-blasts-hun-sens-era-of-destruction-76353/
Funding ‘not misused’
During a defence of his 30-year legacy on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen also took pains to extricate the nation’s newest, longest and most expensive bridge from corruption allegations. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funding-not-misused
Cambodia marks 30 years under Hun Sen’s rule amid uncertain future
On January 14, Cambodia will mark three decades under the rule of its prime minister Hun Sen, making him the world’s sixth-longest serving political leader. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/01/cambodia-marks-30-years-under-hun-sens-rule-amid-uncertain-future/
Low-ranking police, soldiers to see salary increases
Low-ranking police and soldiers will see their salaries increased before the start of Khmer New Year in mid-April, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Monday. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-ranking-police-soldiers-to-see-salary-increases-76041/
Gov’t to monitor prices at pump
The Cambodian government is again urging petrol retailers to pass on savings to the consumer amid the continued plunge in global oil prices, which hit a new five-year low yesterday. The premier’s criticism of foreign fuel retailers comes after the minister of commerce, Sun Chanthol, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-monitor-prices-pump
Hun Sen blasts opposition ahead of Jan. 7 holiday
The Jan. 7 holiday marking the 1979 ouster of the Khmer Rouge is most often celebrated by supporters of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. On Monday Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at the opposition, saying their lack of support for the day meant they ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-blasts-opposition-ahead-of-january-seven-holiday/2586202.html
Cambodian, Vietnamese leaders pledge to promote ties
Cambodian and Vietnamese leaders on Tuesday vowed to further strengthen and expand bilateral ties and cooperation for mutual interests, a spokesman said. The commitment was made during a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the Peace Palace ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/23/c_133874463.htm
Senior CPC official meets Cambodian PM, party officials to further enhance ties
A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is visiting Cambodia to further promote ties and cooperation between the ruling parties of the two countries. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-12/22/c_133871746.htm
PMs talk migration, statues
The shooting of a Cambodian woman by Thai soldiers was left off the agenda during recent talks between Cambodia and Thailand’s prime ministers, which instead focused on issuing migrants passports and the ownership of ancient treasures. Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Thai counterpart General Prayuth ...
Sen David and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-talk-migration-statues
Cambodian PM calls for calm over HIV infections
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called for calm Thursday, saying it was not certain that an unlicensed medical practitioner is responsible for infecting 106 people, including 19 children, with HIV in Battambang province. A joint statement from Cambodia’s Health Ministry and the World Health Organization said ...
Bopha Phorn
http://asiancorrespondent.com/129230/cambodian-pm-calls-for-calm-over-hiv-infections/
Cambodian villagers want to kill medical practitioner who allegedly spread HIV with infected needles
Cambodian authorities have put into protective custody an unlicensed health worker who villagers are threatening to kill, believing he used contaminated needles that spread HIV to more than 100 people. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called for calm on Thursday in Roka, a remote village in western ...
Cambodian PM heads to Bangkok for Greater Mekong Subregion Summit
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen flew to Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, on Friday to attend the 5th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit, to be held on Saturday, a senior official said. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2014-12/19/c_133866218.htm
Cambodia parliament elevates opposition boss to shore up truce
Cambodia’s parliament endorsed opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Friday as minority leader with legislative rank equal to Prime Minister Hun Sen, a rare concession by the long-serving premier to preserve a fragile political truce. The arrangement is part of a deal struck in July to end ...
Prak Chan Thul
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2880192/Cambodia-parliament-elevates-opposition-boss-shore-truce.html