Herbalife to operate in capital

Herbalife Ltd, a global nutrition company whose business practices are being challenged in a US court and whose marketing strategies have been the subject of public criticism, will officially open a six-storey distribution centre in Phnom Penh today, according to the New York Stock Exchange-listed ...

Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/herbalife-operate-capital

Factory’s contracts seen as ‘test case’ for brands

A garment factory’s alleged efforts to wipe workers’ contract histories clean could be a “test case” for how much international buyers tolerate factories negotiating outside of legal requirements, a labour-rights advocate has said. After effectively being bought out of their contracts, about 300 employees of USA ...

Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory%E2%80%99s-contracts-seen-%E2%80%98test-case%E2%80%99-brands

Evictees, Activists Scuffle With Police in Front of City Hall

Evictees and anti-eviction activists on Wednesday briefly scuffled with police and security guards after cutting off traffic in front of Phnom Penh City Hall to demand that businesswoman Suy Sophan compensate them for homes that were bulldozed early last year. Human rights group Adhoc said at ...

Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/evictees-activists-scuffle-with-police-in-front-of-city-hall-46362/

US embassy surveillance site: report

The United States embassy in Phnom Penh contains an intelligence-gathering operation that amasses information about Cambodia, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday, citing a map first published in Germany’s Der Spiegel. The Herald article referenced some 90 international surveillance sites, including ones housed in embassies in neighbouring Jakarta, Yangon, Bangkok and ...

Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-embassy-surveillance-site-report

New fees, political crisis mean fewer businesses

The number of new businesses registering in Cambodia continued to plummet through the third quarter of this year amid tightened rules for start-ups and waning investor confidence following the still-unresolved national elections. Data from the Ministry of Commerce yesterday showed that 853 new businesses registered with ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-fees-political-crisis-mean-fewer-businesses

Apartment demand falters in Q3

The apartment rental market was flat in the third quarter after strong growth earlier in the year, with oversupply and political tensions among the causes blamed by realty experts. Chrek Soknim, deputy director of VTrust Property Co, Ltd, said that growth has stagnated after the January-March ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/apartment-demand-falters-q3

UK Pedophile Came to Cambodia to Teach in Schools

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday charged convicted British pedophile Richard Fruin, 36, with sexually abusing two brothers, aged 8 and 11, at a guesthouse in Phnom Penh, court officials said. While the court has yet to decide Fruin’s fate, his case—and many similar ...

Kuch Naren and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-pedophile-came-to-cambodia-to-teach-in-schools-46353/

Butterly bridge to fly over to Island

Diamond Island may see another new concrete bridge, this time in the form of a butterfly. The proposed 100-metre long bridge from Phnom Penh to Diamond Island would be similar in height to the current Rainbow Bridge, Touch Samnang, a project manager of developer OCIC, said. No ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/butterly-bridge-fly-over-island

Cobras Thrown Into Land Dispute Family’s Home

Three highly venomous cobras were thrown early Tuesday morning into the Phnom Penh home of a family locked in a dispute with a private company that wants to develop the family’s land in Tuol Kok district. Ly Sreang Kheng, 58, his wife Mok Siv Hong, 51, ...

Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-cobras-thrown-into-land-dispute-familys-home-46359/

Doing Business in Cambodia Becoming More Difficult

Cambodia ranked 137 out of 189 countries in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2014 report released Tuesday, the first drop in at least two years that shows conducting business in the country is becoming more difficult. The report ranks countries in 10 categories, including starting a ...

Joshua Wilwohl and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/doing-business-in-cambodia-becoming-more-difficult-46243/

Governor Tells Cintri to Clean Up Its Act or Lose Contract

Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong has issued an ultimatum to Cintri, the city’s waste disposal company: Clean the streets, and keep them clean, or lose your contract. At a meeting between Cintri, City Hall and all levels of Phnom Penh officials on Monday, Mr. Socheatvong told ...

Ben Sokhean and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-tells-cintri-to-clean-up-its-act-or-lose-contract-46246/

Prime Real Estate May Be Set for Development

A 5,000-square-meter plot of land owned by the local Sokimex Group on Phnom Penh’s Street 154, near Wat Ounalom and Kandal market, could be the site of a new, multi-story hotel, the conglomerate’s CEO said Tuesday. Sok Kong, Sokimex CEO, said Tuesday that construction of a ...

Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/prime-real-estate-may-be-set-for-development-46269/

Elephant deaths lead to probe

The discovery of the remains of three endangered Asian elephants in Mondulkiri’s Phnom Penh Prich Wildlife Sanctuary has prompted conservation group World Wildlife Fund to launch an investigation into the animals’ deaths. Samrang Dy Vichet, director of the Wildlife Sanctuary, told the Post yesterday that villagers spotted the ...

Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elephant-deaths-lead-probe

US envoy calls for party talks

Peaceful and constructive dialogue will enable the ruling and opposition parties to “overcome the current impasse”, US ambassador to Cambodia William Todd has said. In a frank column in local media on Sunday, linked to from the US embassy in Phnom Penh’s website, Todd said the ...

Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-envoy-calls-party-talks

Japan auto parts firm seeks plant in PPSEZ

Auto parts manufacturer Denso Cambodia, which has rented space in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) since July, will expand operations by building its own factory, according to a company representative. Administrative manager Seng Chanthy said yesterday that the factory will cover 10 hectares and ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-auto-parts-firm-seeks-plant-ppsez

Trade With Indonesia up but Logistics a Hurdle

Trade and tourism between Indonesia and Cambodia is growing but the two countries can still increase cooperation in those fields, according to participants in the 7th Indonesian Trade and Tourism Promotion exhibition on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich on Sunday. The sale of Indonesian pharmaceuticals, food products ...

George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/trade-with-indonesia-up-but-logistics-a-hurdle-46146/

Cambodia’s Ruling, Opposition Parties Debate Prospects for Fresh Talks

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition are debating prospects of new talks aimed at ending their political deadlock three months after disputed national elections thrust the country into a crisis. But chances of a fresh meeting between the two sides following ...

Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/talks-10282013174112.html

Bun Rany Slams CNRP During Red Cross Event

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany on Saturday used a Cambodian Red Cross flood relief event in Pailin province to denounce the opposition CNRP’s three-day rally and marches in Phnom Penh last week as part of an effort to “cheat” the people of Cambodia. Ms. ...

Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/bun-rany-slams-cnrp-during-red-cross-event-45988/

Prisons awash with inmates

More than two weeks since some 850 inmates were evacuated from Banteay Meanchey prison after floodwater caused a wall to collapse, the move is illuminating just how overcrowded their destinations are, an NGO worker has said. Sharon Critoph, a prison consultant for rights group Licadho, said ...

Amelia Woodside and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisons-awash-inmates

Power line investment approved

The Cambodian government has entered into a public-private partnership with a little-known company named ALEX Corporation Co Ltd to develop power lines from plants in Preah Sihanouk province to Phnom Penh, according to the Council of Ministers. The private firm will invest $119.1 million in a ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/power-line-investment-approved

City Hall’s shuffling of officials continues

In what appears to be an ongoing reorganisation of City Hall, a long-time financial director will step into the shoes of an outgoing deputy administrative director today. Bun Serey, Phnom Penh’s ex-finance director, will officially replace Tev Kim Piseth as deputy director of administration, said Koeut ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall%E2%80%99s-shuffling-officials-continues

Cargo shipments up 16 pct

The volume of cargo shipments going through the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), the biggest deep-water port in Cambodia, saw a 16 per cent year-on-year increase in the first nine months of this year, data released by the port on Friday show. About 2.27 million tonnes of ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cargo-shipments-16-pct

Cambodian Opposition Wraps Up Election Protest Rally

Cambodian opposition supporters have wrapped up three days of peaceful protests against the results of this year’s parliamentary elections. Led by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, an estimated 20,000 cheering demonstrators marched to several foreign embassies in Phnom Penh asking for international intervention in the Cambodian political ...

VOA Khmer News Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-opposition-wraps-up-election-protest-rally/1777608.html

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