The Phnom Penh Post
Advisers to Sokha out after ouster
More than 20 parliamentary staffers are out of a job after the removal of opposition deputy leader Kem Sokha as the parliament’s first vice president. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/advisers-sokha-out-after-ouster
Indian firms urged to invest in Kingdom
Cambodian officials and private sector representatives met a visiting Indian business delegation yesterday to pitch for more Indian investment in the country and to explore ways of increasing the relatively low level of bilateral trade and investment. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indian-firms-urged-invest-kingdom
Cambodian mangoes could soon roll to Seoul
The Ministry of Agriculture signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea yesterday to export Cambodian mangoes and expand its short list of export destinations, a ministry official said. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-mangoes-could-soon-roll-seoul
Protests over conditions break out at two garment factories
Hundreds of garment workers from two factories – in Phnom Penh and Kandal – yesterday burned car tyres in protest of the labour conditions at their workplaces.The 150 demonstrators in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district work for Conpress Holdings (Cambodia) Garment Factory Ltd. They demanded that ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-over-conditions-break-out-two-garment-factories
Rainsy says removal ‘insult’ to King
More than a month since he last stepped foot in Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Sunday once again took to Facebook, decrying the decision to strip his lawmaker status as “an insult to the King”. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-says-removal-insult-king
Outbreaks of lethal virus cyclical: study
A recently published study of a 2012 enterovirus outbreak that killed at least 54 Cambodian children has found that flare-ups of the virus tend to occur in a cyclical pattern, and that another one could be in store soon.Widespread in the Asia-Pacific region, the virus ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/outbreaks-lethal-virus-cyclical-study
Delay on delivery of planes to Sky Angkor
Sky Angkor Airlines said yesterday that a plan to lease two Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft from a Russian airline has been postponed, as the company has to sort out regulatory issues such as which aviation authority would be responsible in the event of a mishap. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/delay-delivery-planes-sky-angkor
Firm registry moves online
Local and foreign firms looking to register their business in Cambodia can now do it from any internet-connected device after the Ministry of Commerce yesterday launched its long-awaited online business registration portal.The new, paperless system enables prospective businesses to search for a company name, upload ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-registry-moves-online
Ministry tells Banlung governor to undo market swap
The government yesterday ordered the governor of Banlung town in Ratanakkiri province to return the concession granting control of Banlung market back to its original holder after he tried to switch managers without the government’s permission. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-tells-banlung-governor-undo-market-swap
Kingdom rice production to top 9.2 million tonnes
Cambodia’s total rice production this year will exceed 9.2 million tonnes, according preliminary estimates of rice harvested in 24 provinces and compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-rice-production-top-92-million-tonnes
Rainsy gets help from US Congress
Sixteen members of the US Congress have signed a joint letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen calling on the premier to “immediately cease the harassment and persecution” of the opposition.The letter, sent late last week, pointed to the National Assembly’s decision last month to expel ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-gets-help-us-congress
Villagers face court over ELC protest
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court has ordered nine villagers to appear on Wednesday to respond to allegations that they dismantled the office of a Malaysian rubber plantation company five months ago. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-face-court-over-elc-protest
Prisoner’s pardon fails to outpace her death
A Vietnamese woman imprisoned on child sex trafficking charges in 2009 received a humanitarian royal pardon last month, but only after she had been dead for more than a month, the rights NGO Licadho said yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisoners-pardon-fails-outpace-her-death
Dams may worsen arsenic problem: study
A Stanford University study conducted in Cambodia has shed new light on the natural introduction of the poison arsenic into groundwater – an established problem in Cambodia that could be exacerbated by hydrological development, particularly dams, researchers say.According to a report on their findings, published ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dams-may-worsen-arsenic-problem-study
Activists detained in Koh Kong
Environmental activists and community members in Koh Kong province were yesterday detained by guards from a sand dredging company while documenting the firm’s activities. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-detained-koh-kong
Minister of Economy and Finance talks 2016 budget
The National Assembly passed the government’s $4.3 billion budget for 2016 this week, which includes a plan to take on nearly $1 billion in foreign debt. The Post’s Siv Meng sat down with Aun Porn Moniroth, Minister of Economy and Finance, to discuss the revenue ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-economy-and-finance-talks-2016-budget
Cambodia Airports to incentivise Sihanoukville tourism
In a bid to increase tourist arrivals and promote Sihanoukville as a beach destination, Cambodia Airports, the private company that manages the Kingdom’s three international airports, announced yesterday that it will provide monetary incentives to airlines that bring in foreign visitors to the coastal city.Speaking ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-airports-incentivise-sihanoukville-tourism
Tycoon appeals weapons charges
Convicted tycoon Thong Sarath yesterday began an appeal of his June conviction for possessing and using illegal weapons.He was arrested in April after allegedly masterminding the assassination of another construction magnate, Ung Meng Cheu, in November last year. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon-appeals-weapons-charges
Student denies test bribe accusation
The former Battambang High School student who a local news website claimed earlier this week bribed education officials to secure a passing exam grade said yesterday that the certificate the website published is not his. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-denies-test-bribe-accusation
Doctor gets 25 years for HIV outbreak
An unlicensed doctor was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday after being found guilty by Battambang Provincial Court of “torture with aggravating circumstances” for infecting hundreds of people with HIV.Yem Chroeum, 56, stared at the ground as presiding judge Yich Chheanavy read out the ...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/doctor-gets-25-years-hiv-outbreak
Gov't touts internet record despite telecom bill concerns
Government officials defended the Kingdom’s record on internet freedom yesterday, despite concerns that recent and proposed legislation could curtail the rights of those speaking out online. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-touts-internet-record-despite-telecom-bill-concerns
New fisheries office inaugurated in Kep
The Fisheries Administration (FA) plans to strengthen its presence in Kep province with the opening of a new cantonment there, officials announced in an official ceremony yesterday morning.The move comes after what conservationists say has been a steady increase in illegal trawling in Kep Bay, ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-fisheries-office-inaugurated-kep
Labour law delayed after protests
The government has agreed to delay the passage of a controversial law governing the trade union sector, announcing it would set up a national workshop to work out the legislation’s thornier clauses on December 15. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-law-delayed-after-protests
Voter registration trial praised in spite of setbacks
The Electoral Reform Alliance yesterday held a roundtable discussion to pore over the results of a two-week trial of a new voter registration system. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-trial-praised-spite-setbacks