The Phnom Penh Post

More than 30 families evicted from a former airport site in Preah Vihear province’s Chea Ksan district have filed four complaints with the provincial court since April against district governor Sok Hay. Lor Chan, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, said a total of 31 families ...

Acleda Bank is trying to protect its customers from getting bamboozled by a phone scam in which callers allegedly posing as bank employees ask for money transfers in exchange for a prize, according to a statement and ads placed in a local newspaper. An Acleda ...

Two days before a land activist’s scheduled sentencing, about 400 people affected by land grabs demonstrated at Pursat Provincial Court in support of the man who frequently protests against the Pheap Imex Company. About 12,000 families are now involved in land disputes around a Pheap ...

Cargo shipments moving in and out of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) increased 29 per cent in the first six months of this year when compared to the same period in 2012, according to official data. The figures show that imported and exported goods amounted ...

As trade activity between Cambodia and China intensifies, banks are seeing an increase in deals transacted in yuan, the Chinese currency. Operating in Cambodia since 2010, Bank of China’s Phnom Penh Branch has been trying to promote business transactions in yuan, and has seen a significant ...

In the past few years, the explosive events at Boeung Kak lake – including violent evictions and arrests – have gone largely unreported outside the Kingdom’s independent media outlets. Outspoken community representative Tep Vanny has been under attack from her fellow Boeung Kak residents, who ...

Less than two months after staffers at a Vietnamese rubber concessionaire were charged over setting homes aflame during a land dispute, the company has been accused of burning and bulldozing more than 900 cashew nut trees and eight hectares of plantation land in O’Chum district, ...

A new Malaysian player in Cambodia’s expanding banking sector aims to capture the “emerging affluent” with its mobile and online services. Malaysian-based Hong Leong Bank will begin operating in Phnom Penh today, with a branch on Street 214. Joe Farrugia, CEO of Hong Leong Bank Cambodia, ...

Acting opposition leader Kem Sokha will have a rare chance to face off against a ruling party opponent in a nationally televised debate before the election. The debate will be one of two broadcast on TVK on July 20 and 21 in a series organised by ...

The government has called on private sector partnership for investment in Cambodia’s infrastructure; a move officials say will help funnel more foreign funds into the country. Speaking at a seminar on Public Private Partnership (PPP), the Minister of Commerce, Cham Prasidh, conceded that help was needed ...

Cambodia saw a one per cent rise in inflation in April compared with the same month last year, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics (NIS). Sim Ly, an official at the NIS said there was a slight increase in food and ...

Trade volume between Cambodia and China was valued at $1.79 billion in the first four months this year, a 42 per cent increase compared to the  same period last year, according to the Chinese embassy in Cambodia. In 2012, bilateral trade between the countries reached about ...

Throngs of young Cambodian People’s Party supporters have gathered on the corners of Sihanouk and Sothearos Boulevards for days now, their mere presence a testament to the CPP’s ostensibly broad-based popularity. They represent a powerful voting bloc in a country where the lion’s share of the ...

Rem Vannak remains in poor health after enduring about two years of 21-hour days working for no pay on a fishing boat in Fiji, where he was beaten when he complained. Lin Yu Shin, who owns Giant Ocean – the company Vannak worked for that allegedly ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ប្រាប់​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍​នេះ​ថា រហូត​មក​ដល់​ពេល​នេះ គ.ជ.ប បាន​ទទួល​ពាក្យ​បណ្តឹង​ចំនួន ៧០ ដែល​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​នោះ ៦១ បណ្តឹង​ប្តឹង​ចូល​គណៈកម្មាការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ឃុំ-​សង្កាត់ និង ៩ បណ្តឹង​ប្តឹង​ចូល​គណៈកម្មការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​រាជធានី​-ខេត្ត។ ...

Thanks to a more stable and undisturbed supply chain, sales of new cars in Cambodia have risen dramatically over the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2012. But the purchases pale in comparison to the country’s thriving second-hand market. Kong ...

Direct private chartered flights from different parts of China to Cambodia are booming as the number of Chinese tourists visiting the Kingdom is mounting, industry insiders told the Post yesterday. As early as July 10, a chartered flight will launch from Wuhan, the largest city in ...

Chea Kea, owner of the Daimond Crown casino on the border with Thailand in Pailin province, is investing in a $4 million feed processing warehouse that will also be used to store commodities and house farm animals. Construction on the warehouse, which is expected to ...

As tensions subside between Thailand and Cambodia over the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, site officials are welcoming a steady increase of international tourists. At 5,240, foreign visits are up 56 per cent in the first six months of the year, compared to the same period ...

Russian sailor Andrey Mantula plans to build what he is calling Cambodia’s first marina off the beaches of Preah Sihanouk province. Mantula, who has lived in Cambodia for one year, is heading up the project. He expects construction to start on October 1 of this year. ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ អគ្គ​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ពន្ធនាគារ​នៃ​ក្រសួង​មហា​ផ្ទៃ បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្តី​ណែនាំ​ចំនួន​ពីរ​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​រឹត​បន្តឹង​សន្តិសុខ សុវត្ថិភាព និង​សណ្តាប់ធ្នាប់​បន្ថែម តាម​មណ្ឌល​អប់រំ​កែប្រែ​នៅ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស ក្នុង​ពេល​បើក​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​បោះឆ្នោត និង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​បោះឆ្នោត​ទី២៨ ខែ​កក្កដា ដោយ​ហាម​មិន​ឲ្យ​យក​រថយន្ត​ឬ​មធ្យោបាយ​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូន​ជា​កម្មសិទិ្ធ​របស់​រដ្ឋ​ ទៅ​ធ្វើ​សកម្មភាព​បម្រើ ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ទេ។ ...

Civil society organisations and local communities yesterday called on the government to cancel an order banning all media from broadcasting foreign election-related reports in the five days before the election. The joint statement, signed by 21 civil society groups, comes after the government on Saturday rescinded ...

The expanding banking sector and the spread of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in rural areas have failed to elbow informal, unlicensed money lending out of the market, industry experts say. Fast and easy access to money – as well as the fear of “losing face” by borrowing ...

Some 400 garment workers yesterday gathered outside the Ministry of Social Affairs to plead for government intervention against a factory owner who fled without paying them overdue wages three months ago. Khem Chamnan, a Free Trade Union representative from the Pine Great (Cambodia) factory in Phnom ...