The Phnom Penh Post
2016 brings spike in landmine deaths
The number of people killed in landmine incidents nearly doubled in the first half of the year, with 20 deaths compared to 11 for the same period in 2015, though injuries declined by almost half, from 55 to 29, according to the Cambodia Mine Action ...
Bun Sengkong and Donna M Airoldi
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/2016-brings-spike-landmine-deaths
US delegation urges gov’t to speed up reform
Cambodia must accelerate economic reform and develop a sense of “urgency” if it wishes to continue to attract American investment amid growing regional competition, the head of the US-ASEAN Business Council said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-delegation-urges-govt-speed-reform
Japanese capital flooding in to Cambodia
Total Japanese investment in Cambodia under the Kingdom’s qualified investment project (QIP) scheme surged tenfold during the first half of the year, driven by Japan’s improved economy and a hefty capital injection by one of its biggest retail giants. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-capital-flooding-cambodia
Weekly check-in rejected by NGOs in Oddar Meanchey
An annual reporting requirement under the contentious Law on Associations and NGOs, or LANGO, is being intentionally misinterpreted by local police, according to a group of NGOs in Oddar Meanchey province. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/weekly-check-rejected-ngos-oddar-meanchey
Nike aims for traction in Cambodia with first retail store
American sporting goods giant Nike has opened its first dedicated retail store in Cambodia in what observers have described as another sign the Kingdom’s strong economy and rising incomes had not gone unnoticed by international retail giants. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nike-aims-traction-cambodia-first-retail-store
China thanks Cambodia for efforts to water down ASEAN SCS statement
Hours before ASEAN foreign ministers released a long-negotiated, but ultimately watered down communiqué on the contentious South China Sea, China’s foreign minister singled out Cambodia for praise for holding out against a push for a stronger statement. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-thanks-cambodia-efforts-water-down-asean-scs-statement
Exercise fad sends sales of bicycles freewheeling
With a greater number of Cambodians devoting time and money to exercise, bicycles are shedding their lowly image as a cheap means of transportation and fast becoming a symbol of the wealthier, more health-conscious elite. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exercise-fad-sends-sales-bicycles-freewheeling
Disney buys up carbon credits in Mondulkiri
The Walt Disney Company has purchased $2.6 million in carbon credits in the forests of Mondulkuri province – marking the largest carbon credit sale to date in Cambodia and breathing life into a carbon-trading program many had written off as all but dead. ...
Phak Seangly and Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disney-buys-carbon-credits-mondulkiri
UN rapporteur Rhona Smith defends approach
UN Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith has responded to growing concerns among the human rights community that she is not fulfilling her mandate. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-rapporteur-rhona-smith-defends-approach
Pay-parking firm seeks more space in Phnom Penh
Sonatra Carling, the Japanese-Cambodian joint venture behind Phnom Penh’s first automated toll-parking system, sustained losses during its first year of operation, but remains committed to the project and is looking to expand the model to other areas of the capital, a company executive said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pay-parking-firm-seeks-more-space-phnom-penh
Untreated cleft palate rates world's highest, says report
Cambodia has the highest rate of untreated cleft lip and palate in infants, out of more than 100 low- and middle-income countries, a new global study has found. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/untreated-cleft-palate-rates-worlds-highest-says-report
Wildlife book looks to put dent in poaching
World Wildlife Fund for Cambodia and the Ministry of Environment launched a glossy, 76-page picture booklet about the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province yesterday, with the goal of educating the public about the benefits of protecting wildlife and countering poaching. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-book-looks-put-dent-poaching
ELC holders put onus for disputes on gov’t
Recently appointed Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon held a first-ever meeting with economic land concession (ELC) grantees yesterday and was promptly met with a barrage of complaints. ...
Phak Seangly and Chin Sreyleap
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elc-holders-put-onus-disputes-govt
New law bypassing illicit cigarettes
The tobacco industry has urged the government to crack down on cigarette smuggling ahead of new laws mandating graphic health warnings, saying failure to do so gave smuggled products a competitive edge. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-law-bypassing-illicit-cigarettes
Capital taps private firm to manage its lighting
Phnom Penh Municipality has reached a deal with PPDEC, a previously little known company, to privatise the capital’s public lighting system, a city official said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capital-taps-private-firm-manage-its-lighting
Rice brand has yet to stick
The private sector’s campaign to develop a single recognisable umbrella brand for Cambodia’s premium varieties of fragrant rice looks increasingly tenuous after a government body voiced objections to the name selected, and argued instead that the country should market each variety of rice under its ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-brand-has-yet-stick
Poll observers wary of potential intimidation
With voter registration due to start in six weeks, independent election monitoring organisations said yesterday that the current political climate and recently enacted legislation has them fearing for the safety of their observers. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poll-observers-wary-potential-intimidation
Tonle Sap wetland on the brink of a crisis
In a statement last week, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature identified ongoing fires in flooded forests as a major threat to the Tonle Sap lake. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://m.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-wetland-brink-crisis?utm_content=buffer27079&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Ethnic forest patrol ambushed in Preah Vihear
Four members of a forest patrol were ambushed in Preah Vihear’s Cheam Pen community forest on Tuesday afternoon, according to deputy forest chief Ros Lim. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-forest-patrol-ambushed-preah-vihear
Scientists using DNA to track Mekong’s ‘monsters’
Environmental DNA collection could be a “silver bullet” for tracking and protecting critically endangered fish in the Mekong, according to a new report. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/scientists-using-dna-track-mekongs-monsters
Thai transport quotas to rise
Cambodia and five other countries that share the Mekong River have agreed to open their borders to more commercial truck and tourist bus traffic as part of a transnational agreement aimed at promoting regional logistics and tourism, a senior transport official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-transport-quotas-rise
Red tape ‘delays’ NEC computers
With less than two months before voter registration is due to start for the upcoming commune elections, the delivery of vital computer equipment has reportedly been delayed by two weeks due to an import duty bungle, while only a fraction of the required workers have ...
Bun Sengkong and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-tape-delays-nec-computers
Call for faster land titling for indigenous communities
NGO Forum director Tek Vannara yesterday called on the Ministry of Land Management to speed up collective land titling for indigenous communities. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://bit.ly/2afc0Mv
Car sales sputter on tax hike
Authorised dealerships of new cars and trucks have said a recent increase in the specific tax on vehicle imports has put a dent in profits, with some dealers claiming sales have slowed since the tax hike went into effect in April. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/car-sales-sputter-tax-hike