Exports to US rise by 0.2 per cent
Cambodia’s total exports to the United States increased by 0.2 per cent over the first 10 months of the year, a year-on-year analysis from the US Department of Commerce showed.
The data showed exports to the US totalled $2.296 billion between January and October this
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Energy security linked to firm borders
Energy supplies will be more secure once territorial disputes between Thailand and Cambodia are resolved, Department of Mineral Fuels director-general Songpob Polchan said on Friday.
Mr Songpob said that the sooner Thailand and Cambodia are able to work out their differences, the sooner they can exploit
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In Kompong Thom Province, Cricket Yield Skyrocketing
After years of poor yields, the cricket farmers of Kompong Thom province have more than tripled their average catch compared with the same time last year due to early rains, an agriculture official said yesterday.
Ou Bunsophoan, director of the Kompong Thom provincial agriculture department, said
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Borei Keila evictees given hope
Borei Keila families have slept under staircases near piles of rubbish since they were forced from their homes on January 3, but they are hopeful of compensation following an unexpected visit from city officials last week.
Representative Chum Ngan, 39, said village, commune and Phnom Penh
Mobile Phone Subscriptions Near 20 Million
The number of mobile telephone subscriptions reached nearly 20 million at the end of June, representing 135 percent of the total population, the telecoms minister said last week.
The number of mobile subscriptions first topped Cambodia’s total population of 14.5 million people in November last year,
Land Issues Are Dominating Talks Between Citizens, Lawmakers
Land conflicts, discrimination, corruption and inequality dominated discussions between citizens and lawmakers at forums across the country this year, according to the U.S.-based organization the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
In its annual report, obtained yesterday, the NDI noted “significant consistencies in the concerns facing Cambodians across
CAMBODIA: Rural poor lose out in land deals
Land governance policies in Asia, especially concessions made to private companies, are leaving the region’s poorest vulnerable to human rights abuses, experts say.
“Land-grabbing by the rich and powerful continues,” Suson Bunsak, executive secretary of the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee, said at the recent Asia
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Court Drops Investigation Into Killing of Activist Chut Wutty
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday said it had dropped its investigation into the killing of environmental activist Chut Wutty, allegedly by a now-deceased military police officer in April.
The court made the surprise announcement during the tril of Rann Boroth, who took the stand yesterday for the
Trade show starts on Wednesday
After a two-year hiatus, the CamBuild, CamFood and CamHotel exhibitions are back at Diamond Island this week, starting on Wednesday and going through to Friday.
Andrew Siow, director of the Kuala Lumpur-headquartered AMB Exhibitions, says the three industry shows at the same time should attract more
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Strikes put on pause for King Father
The Free Trade Union expects thousands of workers from across the country to join FTU president Chea Mony in paying respects to the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk on Tuesday.
To make up for the lost day of work, workers will instead work on October
Majority of Packages Sent Abroad Contain Local Delicacies
Seventy percent of all outbound parcels leaving Cambodia via the state-owned postal service contain local food products that are delivered to Cambodians living abroad, an official at Cambodia Post said yesterday.
Ork Bora, general director of Cambodia Post, said that of the total 26,678 packages, not
Fertilizer factory won’t hire non-CPP members, workers claim
Workers applying for jobs at a fertilizer factory in Kandal province claim they were passed over in favour of applicants who were members of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP).
Prey Treng II village chief Hang Suon and two job applicants told the Post yesterday that Five
Cambodia forecasts 4 mln foreign tourists in 2013
Cambodia is predicted to greet 4 million foreign visitors this year, an expected 12 percent rise year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Monday.
“Last year, we received 3.58 million foreign tourists, up 24 percent year-on-year, and generated total revenue of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars,” he
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General Accused of Smuggling $1M In Goods
Military police in Preah Sihanouk province said yesterday that they impounded four trucks carrying retail goods worth about $1 million that a lieutenant general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces had imported from Thailand without paying tax duty.
The unpaid import duty amounted to about
Cambodia to cede two villages to Vietnam
Cambodia would have to give two villages to Vietnam if it wanted to retain another two deemed the territory of the Kingdom’s eastern neighbour by the former French Indochina colonial administration, a government minister said yesterday.
Last year, the Cambodian government announced it was speeding up
Villagers Fight Evictions Near Int'l Airport
More than 250 families ordered to leave their homes next to Phnom Penh International Airport to make way for expansion plans yesterday with City Hall to fight the eviction.
The 256 families living in three villages in Pur Senchey district’s Choam Chao commune are demanding compensation
Officials Halt Construction on 240 Apartment Project
Police and Phnom Penh municipality officials yesterday halted construction on a seven-story high-end apartment complex on Street 240 in Daun Penh district.
Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Kep Chuktema was accompanied by police officials who entered the 240 apartment complex, which has been under construction for several
Families Evicted From Canal as Part of Clean-Up
Three families were evicted and their houses torn down by authorities in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district yesterday after officials claimed that residents there were polluting a canal with rubbish.
The authorities last week warned that families living inside 38 houses in Niroth commune were illegally occupying
Trade with Thailand increases
Trade between Cambodia and Thailand increased by about 40 per cent to US$3 billion in the first nine months of this year in comparison with the same period last year, according to figures provided by the Royal Embassy of Thailand in Cambodia.
According to Nat Vimonchandra,
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Japanese delegation seeks business options
Some 140 Japanese investors arrived in Cambodia yesterday to meet with local government leaders and other stakeholders in an effort to boost economic cooperation between the two countries.
According to the Japanese Embassy in Cambodia, the delegation arrived in the country yesterday afternoon, following a visit
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