The Phnom Penh Post
Severe storm damages at least 20 houses in Koh Kong province
Northwestern and central Cambodia could see lightning and rainstorms in upcoming days, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology warned on Tuesday, a day after storms damaged or destroyed at least 20 houses and a school building in Koh Kong province. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/severe-storm-damages-least-20-houses-koh-kong-province
Activist Tep Vanny makes new bid for release from Cambodia prison
Boeung Kak community land activist Tep Vanny is making another bid for release in a case that sent her to prison over a 2013 protest outside the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Vanny’s sister, Huot Chansovann, filed a petition on Monday to Hun Sen’s ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-tep-vanny-makes-new-bid-release-cambodia-prison
Authorities in Oddar Meanchey on the hunt for wild elephant
Cambodian authorities are monitoring a rogue wild elephant following a day in pursuit of the pachyderm after she trampled a number of villagers’ farmland. The female elephant was spotted on Sunday morning in Oddar Meanchey’s Dangrek Mountains – a rare sighting, according to Banteay Ampil ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-oddar-meanchey-hunt-wild-elephant
Land on capital’s riverfront is opened up for investment
The government has signed off on a proposal to designate more than 9 hectares of land along Phnom Penh’s riverfront as state-private land, opening it up for private investment or long-term leasing. The 9.25-hectare stretch of riverfront from the capital’s Night Market to the Chroy ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/land-capitals-riverfront-opened-investment
Prime Minister: Take back islands from inactive developers
The government will “take back” land on roughly 30 islands from private companies that have not made progress on planned developments, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Monday that also targeted land-grabbing villagers and idle provincial governors. ...
Phak Seangly and Daphne Chen
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prime-minister-take-back-islands-inactive-developers
King Norodom Sihamoni welcomes new Senate, urges respect for human rights
King Norodom Sihamoni, in an opening speech on Monday to Cambodia’s newly minted Senate, urged the legislative body to uphold human rights and justice. King Sihamoni warmly congratulated the 62-member Senate on its new mandate following almost a year of what observers have described as ...
Ben Sokhean and Erin Handley
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-norodom-sihamoni-welcomes-new-senate-urges-respect-human-rights
New marine protected area designated off Kep
A new marine protected area has been established off the coast of Kep province to protect biodiversity and prevent illegal fishing, officials said on Sunday. A directive by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially established the marine fisheries management area, which spans more ...
Yesenia Amaro
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-marine-protected-area-designated-kep
Haulers protest high fees at border
A small crowd of goods transporters protested at the Pailin customs office on Saturday, demanding that authorities reduce the fees for imported goods, a request that was firmly denied. Chum Voeun, Stung Kach commune police chief, said that about 18 vendors protested, claiming they could ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/haulers-protest-high-fees-border
Report shows China demand will fuel growth of rice exports
Cambodia’s rice production and exports will likely continue to grow this year and next year despite low milling rates, buoyed by strong demand from China, according to a report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In the report released last week, the USDA ...
Robin Spiess
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/report-shows-china-demand-will-fuel-growth-rice-exports
PM warns unions ahead of poll
In a closed-door meeting with garment industry union leaders on Sunday, Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered his audience to ensure that factory workers don’t organise political protests or associate with the remnants of the now-dissolved opposition party. While no audio from the speech was released ...
Yon Sineat, Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-warns-unions-ahead-poll
Cambodia telecom companies urged to pay overdue regulatory fees
The government has issued a new warning to telecommunications companies that have yet to deliver outstanding payments to the Kingdom’s ministries, giving regulators until the end of the month to settle their debts. ...
Hor Kimsay and Robin Spiess
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-telecom-companies-urged-pay-overdue-regulatory-fees
Government readying 80,000 security forces for July election
Some 80,000 security personnel will be deployed for July’s upcoming national election, including a volunteer “citizen” force, raising concerns from election and rights observers about possible voter intimidation. State newswire AKP reported the numbers on Thursday, writing that the forces “will be deployed to ensure ...
Andrew Nachemson and Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-readying-80000-security-forces-july-election
Officials investigating Koh Kong villagers' allegations of UDG compensation fraud
Koh Kong officials are looking into claims that residents of Bak Roneas village affected by a massive project by the company Union Development Group were not properly compensated. The villagers filed a complaint with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet early this year, claiming they did ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-investigating-koh-kong-villagers-allegations-udg-compensation-fraud
Huge timber haul seized in Kratie raid, suspects sought
Kratie provincial authorities were searching on Wednesday for the owners of hundreds of cubic metres of first-grade timber found loaded onto seven heavy trucks during a raid on a warehouse in Snuol district. After getting a tip-off, Military Police, police, Forestry Administration and court officials ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/huge-timber-haul-seized-kratie-raid-suspects-sought
Economic outlook positive, ease of doing business still lagging: ADB
Cambodia’s economic outlook remains positive and the economy is forecast to grow at a robust 7 percent this year and next year, according to a report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday. Growth in exports, strong foreign direct investment, growing tourist arrivals ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/economic-outlook-positive-ease-doing-business-still-lagging-adb
Poipet SEZ signs first lease to Japan firm
Japanese firm Sumitronics signed a lease to become the first tenant at the Poipet Special Economic Zone, which was established as a subsidiary of the publicly listed Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) in 2014. The electronics firm leased a 1-hectare plot of land in ...
Robin Spiess
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/poipet-sez-signs-first-lease-japan-firm
Hun Sen officially launches Kantha Bopha foundation in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday announced the creation of a foundation to raise money to support the country’s five Kantha Bopha children’s hospitals in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Hun Sen also said tycoon Kith Meng had donated property valued at $8 million that ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-officially-launches-kantha-bopha-foundation-cambodia
Interior Ministry releases dossier of evidence outlining alleged KNLF bombing 'plot'
The Ministry of Interior released a 14-page dossier of purported evidence against self-exiled political dissident Sam Serey on Wednesday, and government mouthpiece Fresh News leaked audio recordings of alleged associates seeking to buttress Prime Minister Hun Sen’s accusation that Serey was plotting a Khmer New ...
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-releases-dossier-evidence-outlining-alleged-knlf-bombing-plot
Endangered banteng dies in trap in Kampong Speu
An endangered banteng died of wounds inflicted by a hunter’s snare on Saturday as an attempt to rescue it was mounted weeks after it was first spotted injured in a Kampong Speu community forest. A patrol team in the Bram Beymom Community forest in Thpong ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-banteng-dies-trap-kampong-speu
Court rejects activists’ appeal to reopen case
The Appeal Court has rejected a plea from two Boeung Kak activists to restart an investigation into a nighttime attack on lake residents, journalists and others in 2013 at Phnom Penh’s Wat Phnom by thugs and plainclothes police officials. ...
Kim Sarom and Ananth Baliga
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-rejects-activists-appeal-reopen-case
Grassroots party lays out policy platform
The Grassroots Democratic Party has created a 125-point policy document outlining its priorities were it to be elected to office in the July national elections. The fledgling party has said that it will contest the elections, though any further deterioration in the country’s current political ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grassroots-party-lays-out-policy-platform
Cambodia, Vietnam ink double taxation agreement
Cambodia has signed a double taxation agreement with Vietnam that protects each country’s nationals from dual taxation, according to a news release from the General Department of Taxation released on Tuesday. The agreement was signed on Saturday on the sidelines of the Greater Mekong Subregion ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-vietnam-ink-double-taxation-agreement
Kuoy villagers ignore summons
Six ethnic Kuoy villagers, citing fear of arrest, refused to appear for questioning in Preah Vihear on Wednesday over the confiscation of four pieces of equipment being used to clear community land by a subsidiary of the Chinese sugar company Rui Feng. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kuoy-villagers-ignore-summons
Garment workers to be reimbursed
The Ministry of Labour on Tuesday released the names of four factories whose workers will be compensated after their employers absconded owing back pay and severance. Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng said abandoned workers at Benoh Apparel, Yu Fa Garment Industry, Great Honour Textile Factory ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers-be-reimbursed