Cambodia’s economic land concession (ELC) policies are hindering development far more than helping it and beginning to erode the country’s hard-won stability, Cambodia’s special rapporteur warned yesterday. “As I have noted in relation to other sectors in Cambodia, the existence of the legal framework on paper ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s focus on hydropower will reduce its independence on oil and ensure nationwide access to electricity at a stable price, Prime Minister Hun sen said in a speech saturday during the inauguration of a $47.1 million hydropower dam in Koh Kong province. However environmental groups ss='cambodia-color'>...

The share price of the Phnom Penh Water supply Authority (PPWsA) fell 50 riel yesterday to 6,250 riel, or about $1.52, bringing the authority’s share price lower than its initial public offering (IPO) in April. The decline matches views expressed by investors here that the authority’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

In order for Cambodia to maintain the same rate of growth it has enjoyed in the past few years, exports need to diversify from textiles and tourism to modern services, said the World Bank’s country manager yesterday in Phnom Penh. “Cambodian firms are already tentatively exporting ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hoping to end the cycle of violence in land disputes in Cambodia, and to garner public support for people who are the victims of land grabbing, five concerned citizens held a press conference Friday to announce the launch of their own online petition whose results ss='cambodia-color'>...

While preliminary results from sunday’s commune elections indicate that the sRP took a thumping in urban centers—the sRP lost all three of their commune chief positions in Phnom Penh—the party appears to have made gains in rural areas locked in land disputes. Though the figures are ss='cambodia-color'>...

On vibrantly patterned straw mats, crowded around small plastic hampers of food, children – some with balloons, others with neon-coloured fans – huddle against their parents under the noon sun. But the parents are unblinking; some of the children barely have a pulse. Families have travelled up ss='cambodia-color'>...

Five months after the fatal shooting of forestry activist Chut Wutty, Koh Kong Provincial Court dropped his case yesterday morning, saying they would only be looking into the shooting of the man who allegedly killed Wutty – a trial that wound up lasting less than ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hundreds of families from more than a dozen communities joined local human rights groups yesterday as they rallied outside the National Assembly for World Habitat Day, calling for an end to forced land evictions in Phnom Penh. Among those protesting were residents from the Boeng ss='cambodia-color'>...

The American Center for International Labor Solidarity haS Set itS SightS on the Herculean taSk of&nbSp;unionizing&nbSp;Cambodia&rSquo;S civil Service, a move that, were it SucceSSful, could have profound implicationS for the country&rSquo;S political landScape. The term civil Service in Cambodia haS unuSually broad application, referring to bureaucratS, SS='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 people were arrested while defending their land in 2012 – a year human rights groups described yesterday as Cambodia’s “worst” for land disputes. Of the 201 people arrested – a figure that more than doubled the 2011 total – 29 were imprisoned, mostly ss='cambodia-color'>...

The owner of Cambodia Yellow Pages has agreed in principle to sell a 51 percent stake to the subsidiary of Malaysian technology firm CBsA Bhd. in a deal worth $2.04 million, an official at the company said Monday. According to a disclosure last week from CBsA ss='cambodia-color'>...

After delaying mass production of the Angkor Car because of technical difficulties with starting the engine and opening the doors, Heng Development Co. Ltd. on Monday unveiled a new model and said it had severed ties with the Hong Kong-based firm responsible for the original ss='cambodia-color'>...

The company behind the defunct mobile operator Mfone has told its former employees that it will consider covering millions of dollars allegedly owned to them in severance pay. The former employees have vowed to keep protesting until they are paid the $44.44 million to which ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian milled rice exports are gradually lessening their dependency on a single market by expanding their shipping destination in Asia, a sign insiders say is good news for the industry. Kim savuth, president of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Exporters, told the Post yesterday that milled ss='cambodia-color'>...

While Cambodia Airports, of which France-based Vinci Group is major stakeholder, sees tourist numbers taking off, eviction issues are gnawing at the company’s image. Emmanuel Menanteau, chief executive of Cambodia Airports, talked to the Post’s sarah Thust about the expansion plans. How many tourist arrivals do ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism has revised tourist travel arrivals from 3.8 million to 4.2 million by year-end. Tourism Minister Thong Khon told local media, earlier this week, that the adjustment was based on a January to April’s performance with 1.5 million trips. “Earlier, we forecast 3.8 million, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cross–border commodity exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia is thriving thanks to 1,270km of shared border, 10 international gates, 37 main and auxiliary border gates, and nine border economic zones. The southern province of An Giang, which lies on the Cambodian frontier, has two international and two ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Assembly Chairman Heng samrin has urged the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to negotiate with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), and join the government’s parliamentary sessions. The appeal was made after the National Assembly kicked off its session on Thursday to elect the ss='cambodia-color'>...

US AmbaSSador William Todd on ThurSday urged the Cambodian government to Strengthen the SkillS of itS laborerS, in order to meet the needS of an integrated ASean in 2015. The 10 SoutheaSt ASian countrieS that compriSe ASean are all moving toward an integrated economic block, which SS='cambodia-color'>...