Gov’t stands firm on Montagnards
A UN delegation met with Ratanakkiri province’s deputy police chief yesterday afternoon to discuss the fate of 13 Montagnard asylum seekers who have been hiding in the province in recent weeks. The provincial administration, however, has continued to call for the group’s deportation. Deputy police chief ...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-stands-firm-montagnards
EU seeks negotiation on timber agreement
As Vietnam and Laos negotiate to enter a European Union trade agreement aimed at improving forestry governance, the EU – one of the world’s top timber importers – is urging Cambodia to join the scheme. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-seeks-negotiation-timber-agreement
Two foreigners attacked on Koh Rong
A British national and a Finnish national were checked into Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh on Friday after being attacked with knives and batons on Koh Rong island off the coast of Sihanoukville late Thursday night, according to police. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-foreigners-attacked-on-koh-rong-80494/
Equipment on block to meet debts
Ministry of Labour officials have agreed to allow the selling off of equipment inside a Phnom Penh garment factory, abandoned by its owner at the end of January, to pay money owed to workers, union officials said Tuesday. ...
Pech Sotheary and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/equipment-block-meet-debts
Brit hauled in on drug allegations
Police in Preah Sihanouk province yesterday arrested a British national in a guesthouse for alleged drug possession. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/brit-hauled-drug-allegations
Child sex trade on decline: org
A new study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) has asserted that Cambodia’s child sex trade – long a hot-button issue that has for years drawn international attention – has been reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous size. A statement from IJM that accompanied ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-sex-trade-decline-org
PP land prices on the rise
As Cambodia moves forward with its economy and prepares for the ASEAN integreation, land prices in Phnom Penh are rising. Phnom Penh land prices increased between 10 to 30 per cent depending on whether the area was an economically active location, a residential area or an ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/pp-land-prices-rise
Special tax on QIP rolled back
The Ministry of Economy and Finance last week did away with a special tax on imported products that were being used for re-export, after Japanese businesses said that it undermined their status as Qualified Investment Projects. Under the Qualified Investment Projects (QIP) scheme, firms can ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/special-tax-qip-rolled-back
Departing EU ambassador ‘optimistic’ on democracy
During Cambodia’s political roller coaster of recent years, European Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain emerged as a consistent and powerful voice for democracy. ...
James Brooke
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12607/departing-eu-ambassador----optimistic----on-democracy/
Racism on display in immigration raid
Police from the Interior Ministry’s general department of immigration on Thursday detained more than 100 Vietnamese men working at a metal scrapyard in Phnom Penh to assess the legitimacy of their employment in Cambodia. ...
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/racism-on-display-in-scrapyard-immigration-raid-86591/
Putting border issue on the map
The Cambodian government yesterday produced some of the maps it has been using to demarcate the eastern frontier, stressing that they match the constitutionally mandated map despite having been developed in Vietnam. At a press conference at the Council of Ministers, the government’s senior official on ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/putting-border-issue-map
Road development protests on Koh Rong
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Governor Chhit Sokhon halted further construction work on Koh Rong this week following a protest by residents of Koh Tuich village, in the island’s most populated bay. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13023/road-development-protests-on-koh-rong/
Governor holds meeting on helping homeless
Ahead of a visit to the Prey Speu social affairs center Friday, Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on Wednesday urged NGOs to get homeless people off the streets and into safe environments where they can turn their lives around, according to a post on City ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-holds-meeting-on-helping-homeless-88711/
Journalists awarded for reporting on corruption
The Club of Cambodian Journalists and Transparency International Cambodia on Wednesday announced the winners of a new award for journalists reporting on corruption. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/journalists-awarded-for-reporting-on-corruption/2873497.html
Competition puts pressure on mortgage rates
Mortgage rates are set to continue their decline, driven by strong bank competition, say banks and home lending experts. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13633/competition-puts-pressure-on-mortgage-rates/
Environmentalists issue warning on Mekong biodiversity
Scientists say the Southeast Asia’s rapid development is driving deforestation in the vital Mekong Subregion, and threatening scores of species in one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. Trafficking in plant and animal wildlife is accelerating the trend, and governments are being pressed to do ...
Ron Corben
http://www.voanews.com/content/enviornmentalists-issue-warning-on-mekong-biodiversity/2888102.html
Government talks tough on counterfeit drugs
The government says that it is increasing its efforts to clamp down against counterfeit drugs in Cambodia.Speaking at a Pharmaceutical and Medical Expo yesterday in Phnom Penh, Nov Phalla, deputy director at the Department of Drugs and Food at the Ministry of Health said the ...
Sok Chan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/government-talks-tough-counterfeit-drugs
Palm Sugar exports on the rise
Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association (KSPSPA) is expecting to produce 300 tonnes for the upcoming season, which runs from December to May. ...
Xueying Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/palm-sugar-exports-rise
Urn theft weighs on guards, families
Seang Sarin swears he only fell asleep for a moment. It’s a moment he has cursed and played over in his head for nearly 20 months now.Speaking to the Post in a detention room at the Kandal Provincial Court this week, the former guard at ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/urn-theft-weighs-guards-families
Press clubs denounce attack on journalists
Press freedom groups have condemned a violent attack on two reporters by security guards at a rally in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/press-clubs-denounce-attack-journalists