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Cambodia, China sign MoU on e-commerce
Cambodia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday to support the development of the Kingdom’s e-commerce business operations. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-china-sign-mou-e-commerce
Timber oknha misses hearing
An oknha accused of overseeing a massive illegal logging scheme in Mondulkiri has yet to appear for a court summons issued more than a month ago, according to the investigating judge. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-oknha-misses-hearing
‘Marine park’ off Koh Rong planned
The waters of the Koh Rong Archipelago may yet receive an additional layer of administrative protection, the Ministry of Environment announced last week, although how the proposed “marine park” will function remains to be seen, stakeholders said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/marine-park-koh-rong-planned
Metfone branch found with lumber in Kandal
Authorities in Kandal province arrested 19 people in a timber raid at a Metfone shop, but released 15 after questioning, including the branch’s director. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/metfone-branch-found-lumber-kandal
KrisEnergy seeks nod for 3D survey of Block A
Singapore’s KrisEnergy, the operator of Cambodia’s offshore Block A in the Gulf of Thailand, announced late last week that it has submitted documentation to the Ministry of Environment for a proposed 1,200-square-kilometre 3D seismic survey of its offshore tenement next year. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krisenergy-seeks-nod-3d-survey-block
Hun Sen says no need for international community to recognise elections
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday said he didn’t care whether the international community endorsed next year’s elections – the legitimacy of which critics have questioned amidst a crackdown on the opposition – raising concerns the Kingdom could find itself isolated if world powers decline ...
No rallies for Sokha trial, says ministry
The Ministry of Interior has said it will not allow any demonstrations in front of the Supreme Court during a hearing on Thursday to decide if the opposition CNRP will be dissolved, while the Koh Kong provincial governor’s office warned it will prevent residents from ...
Kong Meta and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-rallies-sokha-trial-says-ministry
Bangladesh rice deal shelved
Cambodia has failed to finalise the terms of a massive 250,000-tonne delivery of rice to Bangladesh, with industry insiders claiming that shipments have been cancelled as millers do not currently have the stockpiles to meet export demand while hopes for further negotiations appear to be ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bangladesh-rice-deal-shelved
Battambang facility soon to start drying rice
A massive centralised rice drying facility in Battambang province being developed by Thaneakea Srov (Kampuchea) Plc will soon be operational, while its adjacent rice storage operations are on track to be completed early next year, the CEO of the company said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/battambang-facility-soon-start-drying-rice
Voter registration wraps with two-thirds of remaining eligible voters still unregistered
Registration for next year’s national elections closed yesterday with a rush of last-minute sign-ups, though two of every three remaining eligible voters still remain unregistered in an atmosphere that observers say raises questions about the legitimacy of next year’s planned national election. ...
Kong Meta and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-wraps-two-thirds-remaining-eligible-voters-still-unregistered
Kratie cops caught ignoring timber hauls
Police in Kratie province were caught on video letting potentially illegal timber transporters pass through their checkpoints on Monday night, with provincial police yesterday suggesting they were powerless to crack down on such shipments as many transporters possessed axes and machetes and were addicted to ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-cops-caught-ignoring-timber-hauls
Hun Sen gives nod to creation of ecotourism task force
Prime Minister Hun Sen approved the establishment of a new interministerial task force yesterday that will work to develop and manage community-based ecotourism locations in a bid to find sustainable ways to draw tourists to destinations across the Kingdom. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-gives-nod-creation-ecotourism-task-force
US has new plan for UXO removal in Cambodia after cutting CMAC funding
One day after it was revealed that the United States would discontinue funding for the Cambodian government’s explosives removal body, the US Embassy said it would fund a separate “world-class removal program” in the eastern part of the country, following a competitive bidding process. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-has-new-plan-uxo-removal-cambodia-after-cutting-cmac-funding
Former local CNRP officials who defected to CPP met with distrust
Kry Lay lined up in early June to vote for the party he wanted to run Kampong Cham province’s Srak commune in the eastern part of the country. A former Sam Rainsy Party commune, the locale’s electorate delivered what Lay, a local farmer, wanted – ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/former-local-cnrp-officials-who-defected-cpp-met-distrust
Small-scale farmers will suffer under draft agricultural law: advocates
Farmers and agricultural NGOs slammed the seventh and final draft of a controversial agricultural law at a workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday, claiming that the law would benefit large corporations at the expense of small farmers if passed. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/small-scale-farmers-will-suffer-under-draft-agricultural-law-advocates
Government plans new cassava policy
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak has announced that the government will be spearheading a new National Cassava Policy which aims to address challenges in the industry and work towards ensuring a sustainable and resilient crop, strong value chains and greater regional market presence. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-plans-new-cassava-policy
US cuts funding to CMAC amid government’s war of words with superpower
The United States has cut funding next year for the Cambodian Mine Action Centre following months of criticism from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government of America’s war legacy in the Kingdom. ...
Ananth Baliga and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-cuts-funding-cmac-amid-governments-war-words-superpower
CNRP members ‘seek asylum’
Members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have started applying for asylum in other countries amid a tightening crackdown on the party at home, according to a senior party official who is himself seeking asylum. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-members-seek-asylum
Hun Sen offers ultimatum for CNRP officials: defect or risk a five-year ban
Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened yesterday to impose a five-year ban on more than 100 unnamed senior CNRP officials, seemingly under a controversial provision of the Law on Political Parties, while insisting that the main opposition party will indeed be dissolved this month by the ...
Niem Chheng, Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-offers-ultimatum-cnrp-officials-defect-or-risk-five-year-ban
Few NGOs compliant with law
Thousands of organisations have failed to meet the deadline for filing their financial reports under the controversial Law on Associations and NGOs (Lango), according to a ministry official. ...
Kong Meta and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/few-ngos-compliant-law
EU expresses concerns over rights
A European delegation on a two-day visit to the Kingdom yesterday expressed concerns about recent political developments in Cambodia, saying that the deteriorating political and human rights situation could have consequences for development assistance and trade. ...
Mech Dara and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-expresses-concerns-over-rights
Rainsy claims Monyvann working with ruling party to stage ‘coup’ in CNRP
With the opposition under pressure from the government and teetering on the brink of dissolution, former CNRP President Sam Rainsy has claimed party lawmaker Mao Monyvann is attempting a leadership change in light of current party leader Kem Sokha’s detention – an allegation that was ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-claims-monyvann-working-ruling-party-stage-coup-cnrp
Court upholds Sokha detention for ‘treason’
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the legality of CNRP President Kem Sokha’s detention on widely condemned charges of “treason”, despite a team of defence lawyers laying out their arguments against his imprisonment for the first time before a court. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-upholds-sokha-detention-treason
Student group suspended for ‘violating law on NGOs’
A student group was suspended by the Ministry of Interior yesterday for a series of violations of the Law on Associations and Non-governmental Organisations (Lango), including the highly controversial Article 24, which requires organisations to remain “politically neutral”. ...
Soth Koemsoeun and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-group-suspended-violating-law-ngos