Khmer Times

The government has ordered the beachfront Sokha Hotel in Preah Sihanouk province to open a section of fence that blocks access to a stretch of beach, as well as construct a direct, paved route for pedestrians and cyclists making their way to the waterside. ...

A dead Irrawaddy dolphin was found on the banks of the Mekong early yesterday morning in Kratie province’s Chet Borey district, according to police. District police chief Noun Yin said officers were unable to determine the cause of the dolphin’s death because there were no physical ...

The Ministry of Justice has announced it is unlikely that any Royal pardons granting inmates amnesty or reductions in prison sentences will be given ahead of the Khmer New Year, according to a ministry spokesman yesterday. ...

One of a farmer’s greatest enemies is heat. As many as 50 percent of the fruit and vegetables harvested in Cambodia are lost because of heat – lettuce wilts, onions become slimy, tomatoes turn to mush. Because of a lack of cold storage at most of ...

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. ...

Rice exports for the first quarter of the year jumped 8.5 percent to 162,220 tons from 149,464 tons for the same period last year, but in March the figure dropped 14.5 percent, or 9,592 tons, to 66,275 tons in the face of competition from Thailand, ...

Siem Reap is gearing up for this year’s Angkor Sankranti from April 14 to 16 and hopes to attract more than the almost one million people who visited last year, with hotels and guesthouses already being booked out. Ang Seila, manager of Reserve and Duty at ...

Low oil prices and internal management changes have forced PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP), a member of the state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, to suspend its operations in Kompong Thom, a senior official with the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) said yesterday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Kingdom’s athletes to be well prepared for the 2023 SEA Games, which will be hosted by Cambodia, and to look for opportunities to promote the reputation of the country and its people. ...

WorldBridge International (Cambodia) bought 55 percent of AusKhmer Import and Export Company Ltd, a leading importer of a diverse range of food and beverages, sourced from 14 countries. ...

At what should be a boom time ahead of the New Year, seafood vendors in Kampot have full baskets but no buyers as the algae bloom around Kep turns the water bright green and dead fish wash ashore. The government has issued a warning against swimming ...

The government is considering candidates who are eligible for Royal pardons and sentence reductions ahead of Khmer New Year. Nut Savenea, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons, said discussions about pardons are ongoing. ...

Cambodia will host this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum in Sihanoukville in July, TravelNewsAsia reported yesterday. The six member countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) have banded together to jointly promote sub-regional tourism and the GMS as a single destination, focusing on “authentic experiences along the ...

The increase in the government-set minimum wage in the garment sector and lower prices have hit the bottom line of Grand Twins International (GTI), the only company in the sector listed on the stock exchange. The company yesterday reported revenue for the year ended December 31 ...

Three cousins between the ages of one and eight years old were hospitalized on Sunday after eating expired packaged noodles in Siem Reap’s Chi Kreng district, according to police. ...

Browse any online expat or tourist forum where people ask whether the tap water in Phnom Penh is safe to drink and you will likely find an adamant “No!” But according to water sanitation experts, these forums are wrong. Phnom Penh has some of the safest ...

A South Korean consul will open in Siem Reap by May to provide services for Korean citizens visiting Cambodia and for those wishing to visit South Korea. Siem Reap is home to the ancient temples of Angkor and large numbers of South Koreans visit the city ...

Police have started a countrywide manhunt after an anonymous caller attempted to extort money from district governors in Kampong Chhnang and Battambang while posing as Interior Ministry secretary of state Sak Sehta last month. On March 4 and then again on March 12, an anonymous caller ...

Sovannaphum Life Assurance Plc, a joint venture between Canadia Investment Holding and Muang Thai Life Assurance, last week officially opened its office in the Kingdom to provide services to Cambodians. ...

Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana has called for all provincial court presidents and prosecutors’ offices to appoint spokespeople to answer questions from the public and the media “as soon as possible,” citing rising interest in the judiciary as the reason. ...

It’s almost Khmer New Year, and passengers are already lining up for the revival of the country’s passenger rail services – an eight-day trial operation by Royal Railway from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville to coincide with the celebrations and the exodus of people from the ...

Cambodia’s schoolchildren could soon attend class in unusually luxurious buildings if Prime Minister Hun Sen has his way. Yesterday the premier granted the government’s entire stockpile of illegally-felled timber – some of which is highly sought after rosewood – to the Ministry of Education to ...

Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with South Korean Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Kim Hyoung-zhin at the ministry yesterday morning to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as a host of regional issues, according to ministry spokesman Cham Sounry. ...

Malaysian-owned Sunway Hotels & Resorts will spend $223 million in a redevelopment and expansion plan on its hotels in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam within three years, according to Malaysian media. ...