Tourism arrivals climbed again in August, but analysts warned that the data did not signify a recovery in the sector, with the gains mostly coming from visitors crossing overland borders rather than air arrivals from the higher-spending developed world. Last month 171,668 foreigners came to Cambodia, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said Monday at an inauguration [...] [...more]
Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh called on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Monday to address “systematic” obstacles to the admission of least-developed countries (LDCs) into the trade body. Only three countries categorised as least-developed had been admitted to the global organisation since it was launched in 1995, he told officials from the WTO, World Bank, the European [...] [...more]
Orange has reached an agreement to sell Apple’s popular iPhone in the UK. The deal ends an exclusive arrangement between UK network operator O2 and the Californian phone maker, which has been in place since 2007. Orange said its customers would be able to buy the phone “later this year” but did not specify a date or [...] [...more]
The US government is expected to relax control over how the internet is run when it signs an accord with net regulator Icann on Wednesday. The “affirmation of commitments” will reportedly give Icann autonomy to run its own affairs for the first time. Previous agreements gave the US close oversight of Icann – drawing criticism from other [...] [...more]
The Cambodian government approved US$84 million in investment applications in August, taking the total value of approvals for the year to date to $1.564 billion, official figures released Friday show. The new approvals included three agriculture and three industrial projects, said the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), the government’s chief investment body. The names of [...] [...more]
