The Phnom Penh Post

Relentless floodwater in Banteay Meanchey has killed at least seven people since late last month, when water began inundating the province, national disaster officials confirmed. Fatalities from the deluge in Banteay Meanchey include four adults and three children, National Committee for Disaster Management chief Keo Vy ...

Several tour guide associations in Siem Reap received a prepared statement from the Provincial Department of Tourism asking them to sign and thumbprint a note of acceptance of the election results released by the National Election Committee on Monday. At least half a dozen of ...

What happened to Cambodia’s electric car? The short answer is, the wait continues. More than seven months after its owners unveiled the new and improved Angkor EV 2013 to great fanfare, they are chronically short of funding and assembly is taking place in piecemeal fashion. Seang Chan ...

Phnom Penh municipal governor Pa Socheatvong has ordered a complete suspension of all sand-dredging activities while the municipality investigates whether the companies are operating illegally, a spokesman said. The order came during a meeting yesterday between the governor and his subordinates, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche ...

Candidates for a government program that sends Cambodians to work in South Korea can file paperwork closer to home this year, as applications will now be distributed in 13 provinces. Applications will be available until Friday in provincial labour offices in Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong ...

Police seized about 600 pieces of luxury-grade rosewood weighing about 2,000 kilograms during a raid in Oddar Meanchey province on Sunday, but are still deciding whether to arrest the owners of the property on which it was found, an official said. Bun Heng, a communal forestry ...

In the wake of last month’s election, production levels at Cambodian garment factories are still below the norm as lingering fears of political unrest keep workers at home and away from the capital. Shrugged off at the outset as a natural byproduct of the election that ...

Two weeks ago, Kandal erupted. Skirmishes broke out at multiple polling stations where voters were left off the list, and at least one was forced to shut down as locals blocked what they claimed were outsiders from voting. In the end, this hotly contested province swung ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng sat down with representatives from 10 civil society organisations on Friday for what Cambodian Center for Human Rights president Ou Virak described as a “very frank discussion” of how to handle the investigation into the multitude of alleged irregularities in last ...

Although some of its users have made a habit of posting content critical of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, Facebook will be not be banned or restricted in any way, Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said on Saturday. Just days after Metfone customers were not able ...

Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc (EGA), a NASDAQ-listed company that supplies NagaWorld Casino with slot machines and operates casinos in Poipet town and Pailin province, reported a net loss of $385,000 from continuing operations in the second quarter of 2013, according to a statement from the ...

CIMB Bank announced over the weekend that it will enlarge mortgage loans provided to clients, going from 70 per cent last year to 80 per cent financing of the total purchase price of properties for 2013. Heng Thida, head of retail financial services for the Malaysia-based ...

Key players in all quarters of the garment industry have expressed concerns that workers, fearing a violent election-related conflict, may leave work and return to their home provinces after their next pay cheque. In a statement, the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) joined ...

Trade volume between Cambodia and Japan had grown 19 per cent in the first six months of 2013 compared with the same period last year, figures from the Japan External Trade Organisation show. Cambodian exports to Japan were up 31 per cent in the first six ...

Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce and long-time ruling party stalwart Cham Prasidh said yesterday that post-election demonstrations could prevent growth and even result in small-scale looting. “If they want to destroy the economy, they have to protest more and more in order to destroy,” he said. Speaking ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បាន​ប្រកាស​អញ្ជើញ​ជា​ថ្មី​ម្តង​ទៀត ដល់​​គណបក្ស​​ឈ្នះ​ឆ្នោត​ទាំង​ពីរ ឲ្យ​ចូល​រួម​ប្រជុំ​ដើម្បី សម្រេច​បង្កើត​គណៈកម្មការ​ពិសេស​មួយ សម្រាប់​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ ផ្ទៀង​ផ្ទាត់​របាយ​ការណ៍​អំពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ទាំង​ឡាយ ក្នុង​ថ្ងៃ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត។​ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​សេចក្តី​អំពាវនាវ​របស់​ គ.ជ.ប ​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី ០៩ ខែ​សីហា​នេះ។ គ.ជ.ប បាន​ទទួល​ពាក្យ​បណ្តឹង​អំពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ក្នុង​ថ្ងៃ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​ តាំង​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ នីតិ​កាល​ទី៥ ចាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២ ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៦ ខែ​សីហា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ កន្លង​មក​ដែល​មាន​ចំនួន ១២៥​បណ្តឹង។ ក្នុង​សេចក្តី​អំពាវនាវ​បាន​សរសេរ​ថា ចំពោះ​មុខ​ការ​ទទួល​ខុស​ត្រូវ និង​ក្នុង​ស្មារតី​ស្ថាបនា​សំដៅ​ធ្វើឲ្យ​សម្រេច​នូវ​យន្តការ​មួយ​មាន​ តម្លាភាព គ.ជ.ប មាន​ជំនឿ​យ៉ាង​មុតមាំ ចំពោះ​សុ​ឆន្ទៈ​របស់​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ទាំង​ពីរគឺ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និង​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ក្នុង​ការចូលរួម​ប្រជុំ​បង្កើត​គណៈកម្ម​ការ​នេះ ឲ្យ​បាន​ឆាប់​រហ័ស ដើម្បី​ដោះ​ស្រាយ​បញ្ហា ដែល​មាន​នៅក្នុង​របាយ​ការណ៍ នៃ​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី ដែល​គណៈកម្មាធិ​ការ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត បាន​ទទួល។ ខណៈ​តួលេខ​លទ្ធផល​បឋម ប្រកាស​ដោយ គ.ជ.ប ត្រូវ​គ្នា​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​អះអាង​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ដែល​អះអាង​ថា បាន​ឈ្នះ ៦៨ ...

Following an investigation of alleged illegal logging by Vietnamese Company 72 in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district forests yesterday morning, provincial Forestry Administration officials claimed nothing seemed awry. Four villagers patrolling the forest at the border of Vietnam reported they had seen six Vietnamese loggers with two tractors, ...

Their work is far from over, but Jarai minority villagers in Ratanakkiri province took another important step forward yesterday in their quest for communal land titles. More than 200 residents of O’Yadav district’s Pate commune signed declarations outlining the ways in which they make use of ...

For the first time since a railway rehabilitation project was launched in 2006, Cambodian rice is now being transported from Phnom Penh to the Sihanoukville port along the country’s southern line for export, operators Toll said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Phnom Penh cargo loading station, ...

A tropical storm that raked Vietnam for the past two days has affected five Cambodian provinces, with severe flooding and damage in three of them. Tropical storm Mangkhut descended on Northern Vietnam on Wednesday and yesterday, deluging the Mekong River and flooding areas of Banteay Meanchey, ...

n a rare public statement, King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday weighed in on the disputed election, calling for the parties to reach a “peaceful” resolution. “For the interest of the nation and our people, and for peace and national stability, I would like to appeal to the ...

Royalist party Fun­cinpec has joined the opposition in calling for international involvement in an investigation into election irregularities. “I have issued a request to ask for the creation of an independent committee to investigate the irregularities,” Funcinpec secretary-general Nhek Bun Chhay said. While the party failed to ...

After two years of assembling Hyundai vehicles in Cambodia for the domestic market, South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Company is increasing its production to meet rising demand, aiming to reach 800 units in 2013, a company’s representative said. Located in the Koh Kong Special Economic Zone, ...

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) yesterday raised concerns over the ongoing election results verification process, saying the manner in which it was carried out makes it almost meaningless as a tool to check returns. From Saturday to Tuesday, the National Election Committee carried out ...