The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia has sole objective for US
Cambodia intends to submit a petition to the United States government to extend the duty-free privileges of its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) scheme to include footwear, giving local manufacturers a competitive advantage in the world’s biggest consumer market. But hopes are dimming as the ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-has-sole-objective-us
Fresh sand ‘fraud’, claims NGO Mother Nature, as sand numbers between Taiwan and the government appear to be off by more than 1.5M tonnes
More than $30 million in Cambodian sand exports registered by Taiwan appear to be missing from Cambodia’s customs records, according to data from both governments, marking yet another large-scale discrepancy in the Kingdom’s figures on the trade. ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fresh-sand-fraud-claims-ngo-mother-nature-sand-numbers-between-taiwan-and-government-appear
Sok Touch spins ‘revolt’ theory
University researcher Sok Touch yesterday took the government’s oft-used “colour revolution” narrative one step further by characterising practically every major political development since the 2013 post-election protests as part of one concerted attempt to foment insurrection in the Kingdom. ...
Ananth Baliga and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-touch-spins-revolt-theory
Hello, deer
Four endangered hog deer, once thought to be extinct in Cambodia, were caught on camera in Kratie province for the first time in a decade, according to the World Wildlife Fund. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hello-deer
Cambodia lags Asean peers in eliminating tariffs
More than 96 percent of tariffs in Asean have been eliminated, but certain parts of the 10-nation economic bloc including Cambodia lag behind others in full implementation of the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga), the Ministry of Commerce said in a Facebook post yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-lags-asean-peers-eliminating-tariffs
UN urges government to protect rights
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday urged the Cambodian government to guarantee all political and civil rights ahead of next year’s election, while the government’s Human Rights Committee dismissed allegations of wrongdoing. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-urges-government-protect-rights
‘Seiha’ releases Sokha video
Material apparently aimed at incriminating jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha continued to flow in over the weekend, with pro-government leaker “Seiha” releasing another video of Sokha expressing his gratitude to the US government for its assistance in building democracy in Cambodia. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seiha-releases-sokha-video
Party leader files suit over misuse of funds
Cambodia Youth Party leader Pich Sros filed a lawsuit on Friday against activist monk But Buntenh and Pa Nguon Teang, founder of the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media, accusing the pair of embezzling money from the late Kem Ley’s funeral fund. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/party-leader-files-suit-over-misuse-funds
More business for private eyes
Private investigators have long operated in Phnom Penh’s seamy shadows, hired to follow and document the liaisons of philandering tycoons, help foreign authorities locate fugitives or track down missing persons. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-business-private-eyes
Probe leads to 8kg drug bust
After months of investigation, anti-drug officials with the Ministry of Interior cooperated with police forces in three Phnom Penh districts to arrest four suspected drug traffickers, seizing 8 kilograms of drugs on Saturday, according to the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD). ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/probe-leads-8kg-drug-bust
Exam pass rate increases
The number of students who passed Cambodia’s high-stakes grade-12 exam saw only a slight increase this year, signalling that scores may be plateauing after an overhaul to weed out rampant cheating in 2014. ...
Soth Koemsoeun and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/exam-pass-rate-increases
Daily founder claims liability
The founder of the now-shuttered Cambodia Daily, Bernard Krisher, has told Prime Minister Hun Sen in a letter that he will travel to the Kingdom to take on any tax liabilities of his daughter, Deputy Publisher Deborah Krisher-Steele, stemming from the paper’s dispute with the ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/daily-founder-claims-liability
Cambodia, China sign MoU over trademarks
Cambodia inked a memorandum of understanding with China yesterday that aims at providing better facilities for trademark and brand registration in both countries. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-china-sign-mou-over-trademarks
CNRP meetings ‘banned’ in Kampong Chhnang
Opposition members in Kampong Chhnang say they have been banned from meeting since the arrest of CNRP leader Kem Sokha on Sunday, with the provincial police chief yesterday saying he would “not allow” the party to “discuss politics”. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-meetings-banned-kampong-chhnang
Hun Sen vows to stay in power another decade for the sake of ‘stability’
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday pledged to remain in power 10 more years to “maintain stability” in Cambodia, going on to blame the fatal crackdown on wage protests in 2014 on a “conspiracy” orchestrated by the beleaguered opposition. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-vows-stay-power-another-decade-sake-stability
Daily trio face tax department charges
The Tax Department yesterday escalated its attack on the Cambodia Daily by filing a legal complaint accusing its founder and two directors of obstructing the tax process and tax evasion, which could see them face up to six years in prison. ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/daily-trio-face-tax-department-charges
Government says reports of GM crops in Cambodia are ungrounded
The government has denied the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the agricultural sector amid persistent reports that some local farmers may already be cultivating genetically engineered “hybrid” seeds, warning that countries could restrict or ban the import of Cambodian agricultural products if use ...
Cam McGrath and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-says-reports-gm-crops-cambodia-are-ungrounded
More condemn shutdown of Daily
International condemnation of the government’s aggressive pursuit of a tax dispute with the Cambodia Daily continued to pour in yesterday, with the US Embassy in Phnom Penh calling the closure of the hard-hitting newspaper a “sad day for the press and for Cambodia”. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-condemn-shutdown-daily
Villagers suspect protesters were sent by sugar company
Following protests against land rights NGO Equitable Cambodia (EC) on Friday, several villagers in affected communities in Kampong Speu’s Oral district voiced concern yesterday that the protests might have been staged by the company that the communities stand in conflict with. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-suspect-protesters-were-sent-sugar-company
‘Red-handed treason’: Kem Sokha faces 30 years after being charged under Article 443
Jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha was officially charged with treason yesterday, about 36 hours after he was arrested at his Phnom Penh residence and sent to a Tbong Khmum prison. If Sokha is found guilty, his party could be dissolved based on new legislation that prevents ...
Leonie Kijewski, Niem Chheng and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-handed-treason-kem-sokha-faces-30-years-after-being-charged-under-article-443
Interest in going organic grows with local farmers
The Cambodian Centre for Study and Development in Agriculture (Cedac), an organisation that supports local farming families and agricultural development projects, has seen strong interest in organic farming and expects to double the number of certified organic farmers and area under cultivation within a year. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/interest-going-organic-grows-local-farmers
Cambodia, Laos to set up border committee
Cambodia and Laos have agreed to create a joint committee to solve a long-running border dispute between the two countries, officials announced yesterday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-laos-set-border-committee
Sihanoukville facing a trash crisis
Sihanoukville officials are scrambling to figure out how they will collect rubbish throughout the city – one of the top tourism destinations in the country – if waste management firm Cintri makes good on a recent threat to halt services on September 14, raising concerns ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-laos-set-border-committee
Nontariff barriers continue to hinder regional trade
While tariffs across the Asia-Pacific region have dropped over the last 20 years as a result of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, nontariff barriers such as red tape and quotas continue to hinder the economic growth of Cambodia and other countries in the region, the ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nontariff-barriers-continue-hinder-regional-trade