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Difficult rainy season ends
As a fickle rainy season that has seen areas of the country plagued by drought draws to a close, Cambodia’s rice production remains nearly on target, though food insecurity is still a problem for individual communities, according to the World Food Programme.The season’s slow start ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/difficult-rainy-season-ends
Mesco set to draw first gold from Ratanakkiri mine
Mesco Gold has established the required surface-level infrastructure and is awaiting government approval to begin the extraction of gold at its Phum Syarung mine in Ratanakkiri province, the company’s director said yesterday.The Indian mining firm is poised to become the first operational commercial mine in ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mesco-set-draw-first-gold-ratanakkiri-mine
Khmer Power Party targets Sokha, PM
The fledgling Khmer Power Party has backed calls for Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha to resign as the National Assembly’s deputy president. ...
Vong Sokheng and Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/khmer-power-party-targets-sokha-pm
Ratanakkiri official defends disputed land
A Ministry of Interior immigration official at the centre of a long-running land dispute in a gem mining district of Ratanakkiri spoke out for the first time yesterday, just days after 200 villagers protested what they termed their illegal eviction.The villagers from Bakeo district’s Keh ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-official-defends-disputed-land
Single brand to strengthen market for fragrant rice
Cambodia must focus on building a single recognisable brand for its premium fragrant rice to strengthen its international marketing efforts, Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol said yesterday. Cambodia’s Phka Rumduol – a long-grain, aromatic variety of rice – has been awarded the World’s Best Rice ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-brand-strengthen-market-fragrant-rice
Terror used as pretext: report
Cambodia has been named among states accused of using counter-terrorism measures to clamp down on human rights and civil society in a report released this week by the United Nations’ special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism.Speaking in New York on Monday, the British rapporteur ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/terror-used-pretext-report
Automation key to customs efficiency
Private-sector enterprises urged Cambodia’s Customs Department yesterday to introduce an online application and payment system for shipments, rather than the manual method used currently that eats into time and resources. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/automation-key-customs-efficiency
Rights report decries sugar firm’s tactics
Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol, is responsible for violating the rights of hundreds of villagers in Oddar Meanchey who saw their land grabbed, homes destroyed and livestock killed to make way for plantations, according to the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT). ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-report-decries-sugar-firms-tactics
PM condemns attack
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday condemned the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly on Monday, before then insisting the violence was wholly unrelated to the pro-ruling party rally from which its perpetrators emerged.In a rare televised address to the nation, the ...
Chhay Channyda, Meas Sokchea and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-condemns-attack
New fertiliser factory to target local market
Taiwan Fertiliser Company, a Taiwanese manufacturer and seller of fertilisers and chemical products, intends to build a fertiliser factory in Preah Sihanouk province to supply the local market, a company representative said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-fertiliser-factory-target-local-market
UK backs STEM push
Young Cambodians will be urged to consider a career in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), through a joint initiative launched yesterday by the Ministry of Education, the British Embassy and the international employment and training organisation IDP Education. ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uk-backs-stem-push
Raids net apparel knock-offs
Investigations are continuing after Siem Reap’s economic police conducted four raids last Saturday on shops selling knock-offs of products from US-based outdoor apparel and equipment brand The North Face, police sources said yesterday.The raids were conducted on four stores – Cambodia Outlet, Duty Free Outlet, ...
Ananth Baliga and Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/raids-net-apparel-knock-offs
Raid reveals 1,800 smuggled smartphones
Customs authorities seized nearly 1,800 smuggled Huawei smartphones during a raid on Monday on a private residence in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, a customs official said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/raid-reveals-1800-smuggled-smartphones
Rogue moto market raided, but no arrests
Customs officials and local police yesterday raided a motorbike market in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district they said was illegally selling vehicles without licence plates or paperwork. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rogue-moto-market-raided-no-arrests
‘World watching’ inquiry
The Ministry of Interior yesterday said it would establish a special commission to investigate the brutal attacks against two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly on Monday, a probe the party suggested should have no excuse for failure amid “clear video evidence” of the perpetrators’ ...
Meas Sokchea, Chhay Channyda and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-watching-inquiry
Doctor’s unintentional murder charge dropped
A doctor who had been accused of causing a woman to die in labour because he abandoned her during childbirth to go to a party had charges against him dropped by the Court of Appeal on Monday. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/doctors-unintentional-murder-charge-dropped
Congestion costing ‘$6 million a month’
Phnom Penh authorities yesterday offered an economic argument for ministries, motorists and citizens to respect traffic laws, claiming that congestion-related costs in the capital were setting the country back about $6 million per month. ...
Pech Sotheary and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/congestion-costing-6-million-month
Yields from fishing take a dive
Exports of fresh fish and fish products fell significantly during the first nine months of the year, raising concerns about businesses and families operating in the Kingdom’s fisheries sector.Fresh and frozen fish export shipments fell 21 per cent during the first nine months of the ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/yields-fishing-take-dive
Ramp plan for public areas gets gov’t push
In efforts to improve conditions for its disabled citizens, the government yesterday announced that it plans to order the installation of ramps and access signs at all public places. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ramp-plan-public-areas-gets-govt-push
Crash payouts still in limbo
The families of victims killed or injured by a deadly road accident in Svay Rieng province in May are accusing the bus company involved of not paying out the court-ordered compensation in full.On May 20, a tourist bus from the 15 SH Bus Company tried ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crash-payouts-still-limbo
Ministry puts brakes on Pailin dump plans
The Ministry of Environment has called on local authorities in Pailin province to find a new location for a 34-hectare dumpsite currently planned for a protected forest.Environment Minister Say Sam Al, who led a team to inspect the site on October 3, wrote to Pailin ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-puts-brakes-pailin-dump-plans
Guns gathered, burned in Preah Vihear
Police in Preah Vihear yesterday burned nearly 1,600 homemade rifles confiscated from villagers around the province.Preah Vihear provincial authorities said that officers collected the 1,574 DIY illegal weapons from “everywhere” across the province. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/guns-gathered-burned-preah-vihear
Prey Lang patrol yields illegal loggers' chainsaws
During its latest round of patrols this week, the Prey Lang Community Network confiscated 12 chainsaws from alleged illegal loggers in Preah Vihear, which it plans to hand over to the local Forestry Administration. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-patrol-yields-illegal-loggers-chainsaws
Olympia Plaza to rise on $60M investment
Local conglomerate Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) will invest $60 million in the construction of Olympia Plaza, a seven-storey shopping mall being built inside the company’s mixed-use Olympia City project in central Phnom Penh, the company confirmed yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/olympia-plaza-rise-60m-investment