News
PM reflects on civil war’s origin
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday appeared to take a veiled swipe at the United States, insinuating that they were responsible for the decades of bloody civil war that engulfed Cambodia.Speaking ahead of today’s 24th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which paved the way for ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-reflects-civil-wars-origin
Ownership of protected state land disputed
Local authorities in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district stand accused of selling off 370 hectares of protected land to different private buyers who have erupted into a dispute over who rightfully owns the area. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ownership-protected-state-land-disputed
Authorities threaten protesting unionists with crackdown
A police official in Kompong Speu province said Thursday that the military might confront garment workers protesting the arrests of two colleagues if they did not stop demonstrating outside provincial government buildings.Around 600 workers from the Hong Kong-owned Agile Sweater factory protested outside the provincial ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-threaten-protesting-unionists-with-crackdown-98060/
Villagers, military face off on Siem Reap farmland
Farming families in Siem Reap province have asked local authorities to protect them from soldiers they say are trying to drive them from their land with intimidation tactics, including firing rifles close to villagers.Varin Commune Council member Prong Youn said yesterday that 123 families filed ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-military-face-siem-reap-farmland
In bid to increase helmet use, campaign focuses on fines
With a new traffic law set to come into force next year, officials and NGOs Thursday announced an aggressive campaign to tell people that failing to wear a helmet while riding a motorbike will threaten their lives and their wallets. ...
Meghan Tribe and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-bid-to-increase-helmet-use-campaign-focuses-on-fines-98073/
Techno flyover to open for Water Fest
The Techno flyover on Russian Boulevard, currently under construction, will be ready to help ease traffic congestion during next month’s Water Festival, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/techno-flyover-open-water-fest
Number of foreigners deported ramps up
The government deported 2,420 people from the Kingdom in the first nine months of 2015, according to updated figures from the General Department of Immigration released on the National Police website on Wednesday. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-foreigners-deported-ramps
Moving beyond cash-on-delivery
WorldBridge Commerce announced yesterday the integration of Acleda Bank’s online payment services into its online shopping marketplace MAIO Mall. The partnership adds an online payment option to MAIO Mall’s existing cash-on-delivery model. The Post’s Ananth Baliga spoke to Tomas Pokorny, CEO of WorldBridgE Commerce, about ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/moving-beyond-cash-delivery
Top students get training nod
Top-scoring candidates from this year’s grade 12 national exam will be given free passes to train as pre-school and primary teachers in an effort to improve the quality of the education system.Prime Minister Hun Sen approved a request from Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron to ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/top-students-get-training-nod
Court hears case of businessman’s land swap deal gone sour
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a businessman who was charged with fraud after he acquired the office of the municipal women’s affairs department in a 2012 land swap, but failed to hand over the property to a tycoon to whom ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-hears-case-of-businessmans-land-swap-deal-gone-sour-98076/
Program builds mobile app skills for Cambodian coders
After graduating from Setec Institute in Phnom Penh in 2014 with a degree in information technology, Chhit Chanmony, 23, is confident in her ability to build a website using various scripts. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/program%E2%80%88builds-mobile-app-skills-for-cambodian-coders-98080/
Dengue cases up 300%
The number of dengue fever cases in Cambodia has skyrocketed, with children hit hardest by the killer disease, according to new government figures.Incidences of dengue leapt by more than 300 per cent to 11,828 cases between January and September this year, compared to just 2,853 ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-cases-300
Hun Sen announces broad cuts of petty taxes
The country’s lower class will receive a series of tax breaks starting in 2016, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Thursday, with tariffs on motorbikes, tuk-tuks and farm machinery to be waived, along with fees at stalls in state-owned markets.Striking a populist tone during the inauguration ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-announces-broad-cuts-of-petty-taxes-98057/
Gov’t pushes for more air connectivity with Macau
With charter air traffic between Cambodia and Macau growing steadily, the government has proposed adding direct scheduled flights to encourage more Chinese tourists and businesspeople to visit the Kingdom.Prime Minister Hun Sen proposed a direct air link during last week’s Global Tourism Economy Forum in ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-pushes-more-air-connectivity-macau
Wife of jailed senator denies claims of hit-and-run
The wife of imprisoned opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour on Thursday denied reports that she and the driver of her husband’s SUV fled the scene of a crash in Kandal province that left another man with a broken femur. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wife-of-jailed-senator-denies-claims-of-hit-and-run-98065/
Sokimex to expand its hotel chain
Sokha Hotels and Resorts, the hospitality arm of Sokimex Group, is continuing to expand and will open a new resort hotel in Siem Reap, a company representative said yesterday.Svay Vuthy, chief legal and corporate affairs officer at Sokimex, said the 700-room hotel already under construction ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sokimex-expand-its-hotel-chain
Malaysia seat belt law enforcement amongst lowest in SEA – ranks below Cambodia, Vietnam, WHO finds
A closer look at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015 has revealed some rather disturbing information – Malaysia is amongst the lowest-ranked nations in South East Asia (SEA) when it comes to seat belt law enforcement and awareness on ...
Gregory Sze
http://paultan.org/2015/10/22/malaysia-seat-belt-law-enforcement-lowest-sea-who-finds/
Premier Hun Sen: Russian PM to visit Cambodia on Nov. 23, 2015
If nothing changes, Russian Prime Minister H.E. Dmitry Medvedev will pay a visit to Cambodia on Nov. 23-24, 2015, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said this morning. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/premier-hun-sen:-russian-pm-to-visit-cambodia-on-nov-23-2015-9042
Rights and democracy tenets of Paris Peace accords remain unfulfilled
Twenty-four years after the Paris Peace Accords were signed, ending decades of civil strife in Cambodia, political observers say many of their main tenets remain unfulfilled, especially in the realms of human rights and democracy.Son Chhay, a lawmaker for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, ...
Small time landowners tricked into buying difficult plots
To maximise profits by reselling undeveloped land, some questionable local investors buy large plots of land, split it up into smaller units and sell it on to buyers who believe they will be able to build their own homes on them. Unwittingly, these buyers often ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/small-time-landowners-tricked-buying-difficult-plots
Vehicle tax cut gets mixed reaction
The government will eliminate taxes on vehicles used by low-income families and farmers to improve their livelihoods and boost farm production, according to the bill on the national budget approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17011/vehicle-tax-cut-gets-mixed-reaction/
RCAF officers jailed over university scam
Two officers with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces were sentenced to one year each in prison for accepting bribes to secure positions for three men in the government’s National Defence University (NDU) in 2013. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rcaf-officers-jailed-over-university-scam
Gov’t official removed pending investigation
Pheng Vannak, an Interior Ministry officer accused of making a death threat against CNRP Deputy President Kem Sokha, has been removed from his position and will face trial over defamation allegations, the ministry’s spokesman said Wednesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-official-removed-pending-investigation-97858/
Workers arrested amid dispute between Unions
Two garment workers who broke away from the only union operating at their factory in Kompong Speu province in an attempt to provide workers an alternate choice for representation were charged Wednesday with a slew of crimes and are being held in provisional detention, officials ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-arrested-amid-dispute-between-unions-97867/