Government
China's top political advisor pledges closer exchanges with Cambodia
China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng met in Beijing on Tuesday with Tep Ngorn, Second Vice President of the Cambodian Senate. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-10/13/c_134710160.htm
Cambodia prepares for third-year anniversary of King’s death
Cambodians will mark the third-year anniversary of the death of their former king, Norodom Sihanouk, on Thursday, in a somber occasion marking his legacy.Norodom Sihanouk was revered by many Cambodians before his passing, in Beijing in 2012. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-prepares-for-third-year-anniversary-of-king-death/3003931.html
Urns found at Wat Langka receive blessings
Decades after her mother died, Orn Bottumrasmey was finally reunited with her ashes three days ago. ...
Aun Pheap and Aria Danaparamita
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/urns-found-at-wat-langka-receive-blessings-97141/
Cambodia publicizes map used in demarcation of border with Vietnam
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered authorities to publicize the map used by the country in demarcating its border with Vietnam at the meeting of his Cabinet on Friday. ...
Tuoitrenews Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/30921/cambodia-publicizes-map-used-in-demarcation-of-border-with-vietnam
Draft Telecoms law approved by council of ministers
The Council of Ministers on Friday signed off on a potentially sweeping draft law that would regulate the country’s telecommunications sector, which a rights group warned in May could effectively nationalize private service providers. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/draft-telecoms-law-approved-by-council-of-ministers-97072/
PM to receive honorary doctorate from Chinese university
Prime Minister Hun Sen will be awarded an honorary doctorate in Khmer literature from a Chinese University during an official visit to China, to attend a number of forums and conferences. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16721/pm-to-receive-honorary-doctorate-from-chinese-university/
ASEAN peacekeeping meeting concludes in Cambodia
This week, senior peacekeepers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Phnom Penh for the 3rd ASEAN Peacekeeping Centers Network Meeting. ...
Prashanth Parameswaran
http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/asean-peacekeeping-meeting-concludes-in-cambodia/
Gas-price talks yield 2 cent cut for a week
Six of the country’s eight major gas retailers yesterday agreed to a request from the Commerce Ministry to lower the price of gas by 100 riel (about two cents) per liter for the Pchum Ben festival, as negotiations on a formula for setting a price ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16669/gas-price-talks-yield-2-cent-cut-for-a-week/
Sonando’s Beehive party marks first month with second fight
Four of the top officials from charismatic radio personality Mam Sonando’s new Beehive Social Democratic Party, including a deputy leader, have filed a court complaint requesting a temporary injunction against the party’s operations until corruption claims are investigated. ...
Mech Dara and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sonandos-beehive-party-marks-first-month-with-second-fight-97038/
Ruling Party denies role in protest against Rainsy
The CPP issued a statement Thursday denying any role in a protest against CNRP President Sam Rainsy during his visit to Oddar Meanchey province on Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ruling-party-denies-role-in-protest-against-rainsy-97021/
Rights groups criticize UN as Montagnards return to Vietnam
As 24 Montagnards returned to Vietnam on Thursday after Cambodia refused to process their asylum claims, rights groups criticized the U.N.’s refugee agency for assisting the government in repatriating the group to a country where they claim to have fled from persecution. ...
George Wright and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-groups-criticize-un-as-montagnards-return-to-vietnam-97029/
Hun Sen: Rainsy no different than Pol Pot
Prime Minister Hun Sen released a three-page statement Thursday claiming there were “no differences” between what opposition leader Sam Rainsy would do to the country if he won the next election and the destruction Pol Pot wrought during his three years in power. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-sam-rainsy-no-different-than-pol-pot-97014/
GDCE collects more than 1 billion state revenue in first 9 months
The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance has collected around 4,649 billion Riel or some US$1.11 billion state revenue for the first nine months of 2015, according to the state news agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gdce-collects-more-than-1-billion-state-revenue-in-first-9-months-9024
Court to check on origins of senator’s fake border treaty
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court decided Wednesday to reinvestigate the origins of the doctored treaty that provided the impetus for the arrest of opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour, after the senator’s lawyer told the court that his client did not forge it. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-to-check-on-origins-of%E2%80%88senators-fake-border-treaty-96846/
Tax collections reflect increased payment options
Government coffers received close to a billion dollars in tax revenues for the first nine months of the year, up 25 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier, with convenient tax payment options contributing to this rise, according to the latest quarterly ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-collections-reflect-increased-payment-options
Gov’t fights back on ‘useless’ education claim
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron yesterday slammed opposition leader Sam Rainsy for dismissing university degrees in the country as value-less and labeling the education system one of the poorest in the world. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16635/gov---t-fights-back-on----useless----education-claim/
Opposition visit to Oddar Meanchey marked by obstacles
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and a convoy of CNRP officials had a rocky tour through the northwestern province of Oddar Meanchey on Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-visit-to-oddar-meanchey-marked-by-obstacles-96828/
‘Commune election law debate should be wider’
Election watchdogs and a newly-formed opposition party yesterday called for a more inclusive discussion about reforms of commune council election laws. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16634/---commune-election-law-debate-should-be-wider---/
Cambodia declines invitation to join regional rubber cartel
Cambodia has declined to join the world’s largest rubber production group, the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), because there is no benefit in doing so now, a senior official and an industry executive say. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16627/cambodia-declines-invitation-to-join-regional-rubber-cartel/
New online taxation system makes its debut
All tax registration and payments by companies has been centralized and the process streamlined this week by the General Department of Taxation (GDT), which also unveiled an online registration and payment system for companies here. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16626/new-online-taxation-system-makes-its-debut/
Bunong seek to oust Mondulkiri provincial governor
More than 800 indigenous people in Mondulkiri province are seeking to oust the provincial governor, who is accused of violating the rights of the ethnic minority. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/bunong-seek-to-oust-mondulkiri-provincial-governor/2994073.html
Lessons for Cambodia from Malaysia’s corruption scandal
A worldwide movement against “grand corruption” can help boost Cambodia’s own domestic anti-corruption efforts against large-scale graft, a governance specialist has argued. ...
Sophat Soeung
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/lessons-for-cambodia-from-malaysia-corruption-scandal/2994090.html
Meeting on gas prices postponed again
The planned meeting of representatives from eight leading gas-station chains and government officials to discuss a formula for setting a range for retail gasoline prices was postponed yesterday until tomorrow, officials at the Commerce Ministry said. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16570/meeting-on-gas-prices-postponed-again/
Ambitious adult literacy campaign falls short of target
With less than three months left before the end of a campaign to boost adult literacy in Cambodia, enrollment in classes run jointly by the government and Unesco has dropped below 75 percent of the year-end goal, officials said Tuesday. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambitious-adult-literacy-campaign-falls-short-of-target-96688/