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The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
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Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
Navy arrests 4 Cambodian rosewood smugglers
- 10 May 2013
- Pattaya Mail
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
- Cambodian fishing boats / illegal logging / luxury wood / Rayong Bay / rosewood / Royal Thai Navy / Royal Thai Navy ships / Siamese rosewood / Thailand / The HTMS Chao Phray / Vietnamese waters
Royal Thai Navy ships intercepted a Cambodian fishing boat illegally smuggling 10 million baht in Siamese rosewood out of the kingdom. The HTMS Chao Phraya staffed with military, customs and forestry office personnel captured the 18-meter-long fishing vessel carrying 296 logs in its fish holds ...
http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/navy-arrests-4-cambodian-rosewood-smugglers-25782?ref=pmci
‘Power cuts just a transitional problem’
- 10 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Coal / Coal / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Minerals and mineral products / Non-renewable energy production
- biomass power plants / coal-fire plants / diesel / EdC / Electricite du Cambodge / Electricity / electricity cuts / electricity shortages / Fuel / grid / hydropower / Kamchay hydropower dam / Kampong Speu / Kandal / Keo Ratanak / Laos / Phnom Penh / Power cuts / Power shortages / renewable energies / Sarah Thust / Sihanoukville / Solar / Thailand
Recurring power cuts and power shortages draw sharp complaints from Cambodia’s public, the political opposition and business owners. Keo Ratanak, director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EDC), talked to the Post’s Sarah Thust. What is EDC doing to reduce electricity cuts here? The issue of power shortage is ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065532/Business/power-cuts-just-a-transitional-problem.html
Cambodian Parliament Ratifies ASEAN-China Maritime Transport Agreement
- 10 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
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The National Assembly of Cambodia on Friday ratified the agreement on maritime transport between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, saying the agreement is essential to develop trade and economic ties between ASEAN and China. “The agreement aims to facilitate and foster ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/10/c_132372924.htm
Delta Electronics eyes Cambodia expansion
- 10 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Delta Electronics (Thailand), one of the world’s leading producers of power supplies and electronic components, plans to expand to Cambodia and Myanmar, the Bangkok Post reported on Wednesday. “There is no indication of a specific timeframe for the expansion, but the company sees these countries . ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065533/Business/delta-electronics-eyes-cambodia-expansion.html
Cambodia's trade with its neighbors slows in Q1
- 9 May 2013
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Trade
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Cambodia saw a slow rise in trade volume with Vietnam and a slight decrease with Thailand in the first quarter of this year, according to the figures provided on Wednesday. The figures said Cambodia’s total exports to Vietnam was worth 221 million U.S. dollars during ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-05/09/c_132370565.htm
Private property, public greed in Cambodia
- 9 May 2013
- The Politico
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- American Sugar Refining / Cambodia Daily newspaper / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cambodian Center for Human Rights president Ou Virak / CCHR / Chinese aid / Chum Bun Rong / Deputy Director Chum Bun Rong / Displacement / Disputed Land / Domino Sugar / ELCs / forced evictions / Khmer Rouge / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Provice / land compensation / Land Law 2001 / Land-grabbing / Laos / Myanmar / National Land Authority / New York / Ou Virak / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / sugar / sugar cane / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle sugar / Thailand / The State Department annual Human Rights Report / TTY rubber company / United Nations / United States aid / Vietnam War
Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ...
Cambodia’s Economic Opportunity
- 9 May 2013
- The Diplomat
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While significant obstacles remain, the success of the rice sector is a potentially crucial driver in Cambodia’s prosperous and equitable development. Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements recently, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. ...
http://thediplomat.com/2013/05/09/cambodias-economic-opportunity/
Trade with Vietnam increases
- 9 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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- aquatic products and seafood / bilateral trade / Cambodia / Cambodia and Vietnam bilateral trade / cashew nuts / cereal products / Chinese aid / confectionery / Corn / dried tobacco / Exports / garments / industrial sector / machinery products / made-from-steel products / Meng Saktheara / metal products / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy director general Meng Saktheara / paddy rice / paper / Phnom Penh / rubber latex / steel / Thailand / Trade / Trade Deficit / transportation vehicles / vegetables and fruits / Vietnam Embassy / Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia / ផលិតផលកៅស៊ូ
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and neighbouring Vietnam rose more than 10 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, data from the Vietnam Embassy in Phnom Penh showed. Officials said cross-border trade facilitation by both countries significantly contributed to the growth. But they said ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050965501/Business/trade-with-vietnam-increases-2013.html
Investor Decries Export Tax on Cambodian Seafood
- 9 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Exports / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Sihanoukville / Trade
- export tax / FAO / fish proc¬essing industry / General Department of Customs / Hong Kong / Hong Kong investor / Jonathan Choi / Ministry of Commerce / Naga World casino / Phnom Penh / Seafood industry / shrimp-processing factory / Sihanoukville / Sok Sivithyea / Sunwah / Sunwah Group / Thailand / U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
A major Hong Kong investor in Cambodia has claimed that a government duty on seafood exports is stunting the country’s fish processing industry. Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group began operating a shrimp-processing factory in Sihanoukville in 1994, and its plans in the country now include building a ...
Cambodia enjoys travel growth
- 8 May 2013
- TTR Weekly
- Industries / Siem Reap / Tourism
- Africa / Asia-Pacific / Chinese aid / Japanese aid / Laos / Ministry of Tourism / Oceania / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Airport / Siem Reap / Siem Reap airport / Siem Reap Province / South Korean aid / statistics and tourist Information Department / Thailand / Tourism / transport / travel
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 19.9% growth in February according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department. The country welcomed 385,760 visits compared to 321,870 during the same month in 2012. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, Monday, data showed neighbouring Vietnam was the top supplier ...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2013/05/cambodia-enjoys-travel-growth/
Milled Rice Exports Rise in the First Four Months
- 8 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Rice / Trade
- Duty-free exports / E.U Everything But Arms Initiative / E.U. / EBA Agreement / Europe / Everything But Arms Agreement / Everything But Arms Treaty / Exports / FAO / Green Trade / Green Trade Director Thon Virak / Investment / irrigation / Milled Rice / paddy rice / rice / Rice Market / Rice Market Monitor report / rice mill investment / rice mills / rice yields / Thailand / Thon Virak / U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization / unprocessed paddy
Milled rice exports have seen dramatic growth this year as the sector begins to take advantage of duty-free exports to European countries, an official and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. Thon Virak, director of state-owned rice exporter Green Trade, said Tuesday that in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/milled-rice-exports-rise-in-first-four-months-22826/
Committee Formed to Sell Off Mfone’s Assets
- 8 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Judiciary and courts
- bankruptcy / CAT Telecom PLC / Huawei / Huawei telecom company / Japanese aid / Mfone / Mfone administrator Ouk Ry / Mfone’s major creditors committee / Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications / Ministry of Finance / MobiTel / Mobile Phones / Monivong Boulevard / NEC company / Ouk Ry / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / telecommunications / Thaicom / Thailand / the general department of taxation at the Finance Ministry / the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia
The administrator dealing with the debts of defunct mobile operator Mfone yesterday established a committee to sell off the company’s remaining assets. Since it filed for bankruptcy in January, more than 1,000 creditors, including former staff, have claimed Mfone owes them a combined $160 million. Mfone’s remaining ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/committee-formed-to-sell-off-mfones-assets-22715/
Old Soldiers Won't Fade Away
- 7 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber
- Adhoc / Adhoc Senior Investigator Chan Soveth / Chan Soveth / Commune Thma Da / conservation zone / economic land concession / ELC / Hun Sen Volunteer Youths / Khmer Rouge Soldiers / Khoy Sokha / MDS / MDS Concession / MDS Import Export Co Ltd / MDS Import-Export Co Ltd Owner Oknha Try Pheap / Protected Forest Zone / Pursat / Pursat Province / Pursat Provincial Governor Khoy Sokha / Royal Government / rubber / rubber company / social land concessions / Thai-Cambodia Border / Thailand / Veal Veng district
“I don’t know how to protect the territorial integrity [of the nearby Cambodian-Thai border] – even my three hectares of land I cannot protect,” said Bun Chanthorn, 54, one of hundreds of retired and active soldiers who since 2010 have been battling the local authorities ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050765451/National/old-soldiers-won-t-fade-away.html
Sugar Firm Files Defense in Cambodian Lawsuit
- 6 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Sugar / Trade
- CLEC / Community Legal Education Center / Disputed Land / ELCs / Equitable Cambodia / Exports / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / KSL company / London / sugar / sugar cane / sugar plantations / Tate & Lyle / Thailand / U.K.’s High Court of Justice / UK / United Nation Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
British sugar firm Tate & Lyle has denied knowing of the alleged abuses at two Cambodian plantations accused of illegally driving hundreds of families off their farms and says that the families have no right to ask the company for compensation, according to the firm’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-sugar-firm-files-defense-in-cambodian-lawsuit-21913/
Pushing the ELC envelope
- 3 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected forest / Public land lease
- Adhoc / Adhoc provincial co-ordinator Chhay Thy / Andong Meas / Beng Hong Socheat Khemaro / Chan Tong Yves / Doan Nguyen Duc / Eang Vuthy / ELCs / HAGL / Hoang Anh Andong Meas / Hoang Anh Andong Meas representative / Hoang Anh companies / Hoang Anh Daun Penh / Hoang Anh Lumphat / Hoang Anh Ouyadav / illegal logging / It Nody / Land Law / Lumphat / Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary / luxury timber / Matthew Rendall / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Land Management / NGO Equitable Cambodia / Nicolas Agostini / Oddar Meanchey / Ratanakkiri Province / Sciaroni & Associates / Seng Mony / Thailand / Virachey National Park
Three companies accused of illegal logging in Ratanakkiri province are in possession of a combined 30,000 hectares of economic land concessions (ELCs) that are likely illegal because they are owned by the same parent firm. Hoang Anh Andong Meas, Hoang Anh Lumphat and Hoang Anh Ouyadav ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050365405/National/pushing-the-elc-envelope.html
Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF
- 3 May 2013
- Channel News Asia
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- deforestation / hydroelectric project / Junta Rules / Laos / Laos’s Xayaburi dam / Mangroves / Mekong forest / Mekong region / Mekong river / Mekong river Ecosystem / Myanmar / rice / rice paddy / Rubber plantation / Southeast Asia / Southern Mekong Sections / Thailand / wildlife / WWF / Xayaburi dam
BANGKOK: Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday. Forests are being cleared for commodities such as rubber and rice while illegal logging is decimating ...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mekong-forest-facing-sharp-decline-wwf/661574.html
Cambodia Angkor Air plans network and fleet expansion ahead of PAL-backed Cambodia Airlines launch
- 2 May 2013
- CEPA Centre for Aviation
- Economy and commerce
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Cambodia Angkor Air is planning rapid fleet and network expansion as competition intensifies in the Cambodian market. The Cambodian flag carrier is expected to more than double its fleet by the end of 2015 and launch services to several new markets, including mainland China, Hong ...
Cambodia Must Up its Game in Rice Exports
- 2 May 2013
- The Asia Foundation
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Rice / Social development / The poor
- agricultural sector / AusAid / Cambodia Agricultural Value Chain / CAVAC / Commercial banks / Dr. Hang Chuon Naron / EU markets / fertilizers / GDP / insecticides / irrigation canals / Kampong Thom / Kampot / Laos / loan portfolios / Milled Rice / Ministriy of Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fishery / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Ministry of Economy and Finance Dr. Hang Chuon Naron / Ministry of Water Resources Management / paddy rice / paddy rice production / petroleum products / Policy Paper on Paddy Production and Rice Export / rice export sector / Rice Policy / Sihanoukville Port / Takeo / Thailand / The Asia Foundation / The Philippines / transportation infrastructure
Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements last month, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. Over the last few years, Cambodia has emerged as a major rice exporter in the region, due in large part ...
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2013/05/01/cambodia-must-up-its-game-in-rice-exports/
Thai Trade Expo Draws Thousands of Cambodian Visitors Despite Ongoing Border Row
- 2 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Economy and commerce / Imports / Trade
- Abhisit Vejjajiva / Amparwon Pichalai / Brunei / Diamond Island Exhibition Center / Embassy of Thailand / Holland / Hun Sen / ICJ / International Court of Justice / Jiranan Wongmongkol / Kao Kim Hourn / Mao Thora / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Commerce Secretary of State Mao Thora / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Kao Kim Hourn / Netherlands / Pheu Thai Party / Phnom Penh / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Preah Vihear Temple / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Surapol Maneepong / Thai baht appreciation / Thai Commerce Ministry's International Trade Promotion Department / Thai Embassy Charg d'Affaires Surapol Maneepong / Thai Embassy's Foreign Trade Promotion Office / Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra / Thailand / Thaksin Shinawatra / The Netherlands / UNESCO / Yingluck Shinawatra
Thousands of Cambodian people visited and bought Thai products on Thursday at a large scale exhibition although simmering border spat between the two countries remains unsolved. “Even though border dispute is still going on, trade and investment ties between Thailand and Cambodia are still good,” Amparwon ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-05/02/c_132355223.htm
High Risk Seen in Kingdom’s Business Environment: Report
- 2 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Asian Development Bank Deputy Director Peter Brimble / Brittan / Cambodia Country Risk Report / Climate Change / Constrains to Investment / Economic Governance / economic land concession / Economic Land Concession Scheme / forced eviction / H&M / Indonesia / Investment Analysis / Investment Concern / investment law / Investment Risk / Investor Protection / Japanese aid / labor rights / labor standards / labour standards / Maplecroft / Myanmar / National Arbitration Centre / Peter Brimble / Philippines / Puma / Tate and Lyle / Thailand / trade facilitation / UK / United Kingdom
Corruption, a weak judicial system and the potential for complicity with human and labour rights abuses are key risks for firms looking to invest in Cambodia, a new report [by Maplecroft, a UK-based global risk and strategic consulting firm] analysing investment risk in the Kingdom ...
Report Says Quarter of Forests Have Been Cleared in 40 Years
- 2 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rubber
- Agence Kampuchea Presse / Burma / Cambodia / Chinese aid / deforestation / Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong Region / forest cover / Greater Mekong region / Hun Sen / illegal logging / Laos / Mekong region / Plantations / primary forest / Prime Minister Hun Sen / rubber plantations / Thailand / timber / World Wildlife Fund / WWF
Cambodia has lost almost a quarter of its forests in the past 40 years due to rapid development and China’s demand for timber, according to a new report released yesterday by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on the Greater Mekong Region. Looking at five countries in ...
Made in Cambodia: Foreign Industry Calls on Cambodia as the Next “Low-Cost” Alternative in All Things Manufacturing
- 1 May 2013
- Cambodian Business Review
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Special economic zones / Trade
- ASEAN / Automotive Component Manufacturing / Bangkok / Bangkok City / Bretton Sciaroni / Cambodian Economic Association / CEA / CEA President Chan Sophal / CH Steel Wire Industries / Chan Sophal / Chinese aid / Coca-Cola / Constrains to Economy of Scale / Consumer Product Manufacturing / Crown Cork / Denso / Denso Cambodia Co. Ltd. / Denso Executive Vice President Sojiro Tsuchiya / Export Revenue from Manufacturing / FDI / Ford Motor / foreign direct investment / Foreign Direct Investment Diversification / garment manufacturing / Garment Manufacturing Association of Cambodia / Global Supply Chain / GMAC / Hiroshi Uematsu / Hydroelectric Energy / hydroelectric plants / IBC’s Chairman Bretton Sciaroni / Indonesia / International Business Chamber of Cambodia / investment policy / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / labor disputes / Labor Shortage in China / Laurelton Diamond / light manufacturing / Low-cost Alternatives / Ltd / Mansin Co. Ltd. / Manufacturing Diversification / Microchips Assembly Lines / Minebea Co. / Minimum Wage Establishment / Nikko-Kinzoku Cambodia / Offshoring / Offshoring Risks Diversification / Offshoring Trends / Philippines / Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone / Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) / PPSEZ / PPSEZ managing director Hiroshi Uematsu / Production Competitiveness / Regional Supply Chain / Relative Advantage / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / Sojiro Tsuchiya / Technological Constrains to Development / Thailand / Tiffany & Co / Tiger Beer / Value-added Manufacturing Plants / Wage Negotiation / Yamaha Motor / Yazaki Corp.
About a decade ago, global manufacturing firms staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. The consensus was the continued development of a regional supply chain that had formed in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, ...
More Workers stopped From Entering Thailand
- 1 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Labor
- Banteay Meanchey / Banteay Meanchey Province / Community Legal Education Center / Garment factories / GDP / Gross Domestic Product / Hun Sen / labor shortage / Manteay Meanchey provincial deputy chief Sam Chin / migration / minimum wage / Moeun Tola / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Sam Chin / Thailand
Police at border checkpoints have in the past weeks stopped more than 2,200 people in Banteay Meanchey province from crossing into Thailand to look for better paid work, officials said yesterday. The focus on Cambodian workers migrating to Thailand-many illegally-comes amid a shortage of labor at ...