The Phnom Penh Post

Four Preah Vihear villagers filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc yesterday, requesting help in gaining permission to farm 93 hectares of land the Provincial Forestry Administration barred them from last year. The four complainants represent 65 families who have farmed the area in Kolen district ...

The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit has sent a letter to the Ministry of Information asking it to respond to allegations that its officials demanded bribes to let applicants pass exams for jobs in the ministry, a letter published on the ACU’s website reveals. ACU President Om Yentieng’s ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea nearly reached the $1 billion dollar realm in 2012, a hike of nearly 100 per cent from the year before, senior officials said yesterday. According to official data from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, total bilateral trade between ...

Three families lodged complaints with authorities in Banteay Meanchey on Monday, requesting that action be taken against a recruitment firm that sent their family members to work in Thailand on tourist visas, a move that subsequently led to their arrest. Leng Yen, a monitor with ...

While the country’s tax revenue grew about 20 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2012, experts say the amount still isn’t high enough to accurately reflect the country’s GDP growth. Stephen Higgins, former CEO of ANZ ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្នុង​សេចក្តី​ថ្លែង​ការណ៍​មួយ​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ថា គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា​តែង​តាំង​រដ្ឋ​លេខាធិការ​ស្រ្តី​ម្នាក់​និង អនុ​រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ​ស្រ្តី​ម្នាក់​ទៀត ក្នុង​ក្រសួង​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នីមួយៗ ប្រសិន​បើ​ខ្លួន​ឈ្នះ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ជាតិ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៨ ខែ​កក្កដា។ លោក ជា ស៊ីម ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា បាន​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​ឯកភាព នៅ​លើ​ការ​សន្យា​របស់​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​អចិន្រៃ្តយ៍​គណបក្ស​ដែល​បាន​បង្ហាញ នៅ​លើ​គេហទំព័រ​របស់​គណបក្ស​នេះ​កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ ដើម្បី​បង្កើន​ចំនួន​ស្រ្តី​ក្នុង​តួនាទី​តំណែង​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់។ ក្នុង​ឯកសារ​នោះ​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ថា៖ «យើង​ត្រូវ​[ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ចម្រុះ]ដើម្បី​បង្ហាញ​អំពី​សេចក្តី ប្រាថ្នា​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ក្នុង​ការ​បង្កើន​ចំនួន​ស្រ្តី​ក្នុង​ថ្នាក់​ដឹក​នាំ​នៅ​គ្រប់​ស្ថាប័ន ជាតិ​ទាំង​អស់។ ...

While exports of Cambodian rice have been booming, analysts are predicting that new competition from Myanmar could eventually rain on the parade. Cambodia exported nearly 176,000 tonnes of rice in the first six months of the year, a 125 per cent increase from the same period ...

Despite facing a rampant graft problem that has seen Cambodians paying bribes far more often than their regional neighbors, they have growing faith in the government’s ability to fight it, a Transparency International survey has found. TI’s 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, which measures perceptions of corruption ...

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 ...