The Phnom Penh Post

Villagers from forest communities in nine provinces called on the government yesterday to take action after alleging that “the rich and powerful” are causing the “serious destruction” of their livelihoods. The villagers, with the support of two NGOs – the Children’s Development Association and Community Peace-Building ...

A Battambang woman and teen were both struck and killed by lightning in two different districts on Monday, police said yesterday. A 28-year-old woman from Rokak Kiri district was taken to the commune hospital after she was killed by a lightning strike, according to Keo Vichet, ...

When union leader Vorn Pov was finally allowed to give testimony yesterday on the third day of the trial of 23 men arrested during a garment strike in January, he found himself cut off by an attorney ordering him to answer only the exact question ...

Opposition to Australia’s proposal to send refugees to Cambodia is growing, with the Australian Greens’ immigration spokeswoman yesterday saying the party would try to block it in the Senate. Sarah Hanson-Young told The Sydney Morning Herald that Cambodia would be “a fundamentally unacceptable place for Australia to dump ...

Cambodia’s largest financial institution, Acleda Bank, has been adopted into the World Economic Forum’s group of Global Growth Companies (GGC), an exclusive club made up of some of the world’s fastest-growing medium-size firms. The WEF yesterday announced that 20 companies from the Asia-Pacific region had been ...

Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith has pledged to meet with Daun Penh District Governor Sok Sambath to discuss the targeting of journalists by hired district security guards, said UNESCO country representative Anne Lemaistre, who met with the minister on Friday. The minister is also keen on ...

The government has a response to teachers’ request for health insurance: We’ll provide it if you buy it. At a meeting in Takeo province this past weekend, the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) said an upcoming teacher strike would include health insurance on the list of ...

The Swift Rubber Company demolished three homes in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Chum district last week without compensation, telling about 120 families to leave immediately or face the destruction of more houses, according to villagers and rights group Adhoc. ...

Cambodia’s exports to Japan increased sharply by 39 per cent over the first three months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Total exports reached more than $178 million at the end of March, ...

Some 250 families in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district have sought intervention from rights group Adhoc to help resolve a land dispute involving a business they allege is headed by the son of former provincial governor Kang Heang. Families from three villages say Heang, who ...

Amret Microfinance received a $10 million boost yesterday by a loan from German development bank KfW, according to a joint statement from the finance institutions. Chea Phalarin, chief executive officer of Amret Microfinance Institution, said yesterday that the new loan – equal to nearly double its ...

The newly formed Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), an organisation aimed at uniting the entire rice sector under one representative body, will be headed by Sok Puthyvuth, son of Deputy Prime Minister Sok An. Puthyvuth, who is also CEO of SOMA Group, a multifaceted business that includes ...

After receiving burns to 40 per cent of his body in an acid attack and undergoing surgery five times, 41-year-old Hak Ay now has blurred vision in both eyes, according to the Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity (CASC). The survivor of this year’s first recorded acid attack ...

The trial of 23 men arrested at violent demonstrations in early January continues at 8am today, and unionists are planning on rallying outside the court in a show of solidarity. About 100 union members will join staff from the Cambodian Labour Confederation and the Coalition of ...

After Caltex managers allegedly reneged on an agreement to pay workers a $20 bonus to suspend a strike for two months, employees say they would only return if the deal is in writing. In a Friday meeting, the Cambodian Food and Service Workers Federation agreed with ...

ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ថ្នាក់​ក្រោម​ជាតិ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា បាន​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​យ៉ាង​រលូន កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ ដោយ​លទ្ធផល​ល្អ​ប្រសើរ​របស់​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ក្នុង​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ​សង្កាត់​ពី ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​លទ្ធផល​រឹងមាំ​នៅ​ថ្នាក់​ស្រុក-ក្រុង ខណ្ឌ និង​ខេត្ត​រាជធានី​បើ​ទោះ​លទ្ធផល​ទាប​ជាង​ការ​ព្យាករ​ទុក​ក៏​ដោយ។ ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ គឺ​បើក​ចំហ​ចំពោះ​សមាជិក​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ឃុំ​សង្កាត់​ជាង ១១ ០០០ នាក់​នៅ​ក្នុង​កម្ពុជា ហើយ​លទ្ធផល​គឺ​ស្រប​តាម​សមាជិក​បក្ស បើ​យោង​តាម​លទ្ធផល​ក្រៅ​ផ្លូវ​ការ​ដែល​ប្រកាស​ដោយ​គណបក្ស​ទាំង​ពីរ។ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ឈ្នះ​សំឡេង​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​ពីរ គឺ​ស្រុក​មួយ​នៅ ខេត្ត​ព្រៃវែង និង​មួយ​ទៀត​នៅ ខេត្ត​កំពង់ចាម ហើយ​ទទួល​បាន​អាសនៈ​សរុប​ប្រហែល ២៣ ភាគរយ​ជា​តួលេខ​ដែល​កើន​ឡើង បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​លទ្ធផល​បោះឆ្នោត​មុនៗ​ហើយ​បាត់​តិចតួច​បំផុត​ធៀប​នឹង​អាសនៈ​ដែល​គណបក្ស​នេះ​មាន​នៅ​ថ្នាក់​ឃុំ-សង្កាត់។ ...

In a first for the Kingdom’s organic rice, the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC), successfully exported its produce to Hong Kong earlier this month, the organisation’s top official confirmed yesterday. ...

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has defended its decision not to pay a survivors’ pension to the family of a teenager killed in a ceiling collapse at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu province last May. On the anniversary of the collapse on ...

Inspired by Australian mining regulations, the Cambodian government is considering a raft of changes to the mineral resources mining law, including a rethink of the sector’s comparatively high tax rate. Citing discussions held with Western Australia state mining industry representatives last week, Meng Saktheara, secretary of ...

Two factories in the Manhattan Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town have fired more than 40 workers since thousands-strong strikes ended early this month, unions say. Terminations at Best Way and Fico garment factories were bosses’ way of exacting revenge for the ...

Prominent businessman and Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat yesterday questioned what he had done to warrant a verbal attack from opposition party leader Sam Rainsy, who said on Wednesday that the tycoon had grabbed land from people in Koh Kong province and should ...

Cambodian men drink more than the global norm and their liquor habits are on the upswing, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization. People – especially men – throughout the Western Pacific and Southeast Asian regions are drinking more, according to the WHO’s ...

Rights groups are calling out the Australian government for being “curiously absent” from discussions about further compensation for thousands of families affected by a railway rehabilitation project that it co-funded with the Asian Development Bank. The bank has borne the brunt of criticism over botched resettlement ...

The amount of land used to grow longans has doubled in the past two years, but a lack of supply-chain infrastructure is hampering farmers’ ability to get top dollar for their product, the fruit’s body says. Sreng Sreang, deputy director of the Pailin Longan Farmers’ Community ...