World Bank Tight-Lipped on Resumption of Financial Assistance
The World Bank has declined to say whether it will resume providing financial assistance to Cambodia, despite a bank official allegedly telling anti-eviction protesters last week that the organization planned to do so next year.
In August 2011, World Bank country director for Southeast Asia Annette
Nearly 100,000 tourists visit Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple in 2012
Cambodia’s world heritage Preah Vihear temple greeted some 99,490 domestic and foreign tourists in 2012, up 79 percent from 55,580 visitors in 2011, statistics from the Preah Vihear provincial tourism department showed Wednesday.
The Hindu temple had been a flashpoint of deadly armed clashes between Cambodian
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2013-01/02/c_132076419.htm
Real Estate Market Showing Signs of Recovery
Land prices in Cambodia continued to recover in the last half of 2012, especially in urban areas, following a collapse of the market in 2008, real estate investors say.
Keuk Narin, vice president of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, told VOA Khmer that commercial land prices
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/real-estate-market-showing-signs-of-recovery/1580588.html
Villagers Hit as Pond Dries Up
Hundreds of residents in five villages in southern Cambodia have been deprived of their sole source of water as a massive pond in their area has dried up, villagers said.
The affected villagers of Sre Ronnong commune in Takeo Province’s Tram Kork district have been buying
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/water-02012013195339.html
More SIM cards sold, providers to shrink
Sales of SIM cards reached 19.7 million last year, a 21 per cent rise from the 16.2 million sold in 2011, data from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (MPTC) shows.
In contrast to the use of SIM cards, the number of telco operators decreased.
In
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031861984/Business/more-sim-cards-sold-providers-to-shrink.html
Cambodia launches National Council on Green Growth
Cambodia on Tuesday officially inaugurated the National Council on Green Growth, aiming at developing a sustainable economic society with natural resource and environment sustainability.
Cambodia has adopted several legal instruments for the green growth implementation. Those included the roadmap for green growth, the memorandum of
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-03/19/c_132246075.htm
Cambodian PM to visit China to advance bilateral ties
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that he will pay an official visit to China early next month to meet with new Chinese leaders for talks on further enhancing bilateral relations.
“I hope that new Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-03/25/c_132260956.htm
Workers to get back pay before election
Social Affairs Ministry officials yesterday promised that about 750 workers from the shuttered Pine Great garment factory will receive their overdue salaries before the election.
Yesterday Touch Somuth, a member of the Social Affairs Ministry committee formed to resolve the issue, said the committee was
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-get-back-pay-election
Cambodia's rubber exports up 29 pct in 5 months
Cambodia reported a 29 percent rise in dry rubber exports in the first five months of 2013, but revenues from the exports rose only 4 percent due to price decline in international markets.
Currently, the country has about 300,000 hectares of rubber trees, according to
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-07/19/c_132556398.htm#
Insuring for higher education
Canada-based life insurance company Manulife has launched a product intended to provide parents with security for their children’s education, and officials at the firm say they are optimistic about its prospects.
Manulife’s research found that even families who were financially struggling would take advantage of
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042365160/Business/insuring-for-higher-education.html
Jarai Villagers Ask UN for Help in Land Fight
More than 300 ethnic Jarai families from Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district in longstanding land disputes with two Vietnamese land concessionaires submitted a petition to UN human rights officers yesterday asking for help.
Village representative Romas Chvat said locals were participating in an NGO-led workshop on protest
Fixed-line users rise
The number of fixed-line telephone subscribers in Cambodia increased by four per cent in 2012 compared to 2011, standing in sharp contrast to a mobile phone subscriber growth of 22 per cent in the same period, statistics show.
According to figures from the Ministry of Posts
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060466029/Business/fixed-line-users-rise.html
IPU Finds Assembly Has Little Loans Oversight
Cambodia’s National Assembly is lacking, compared to other countries’ parliaments, in the oversight it exercises over new loans taken out by the government from international financial institutions, according to a new report.
The study, published Tuesday by Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the World Bank, found
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/ipu-finds-assembly-has-little-loans-oversight-36432/
Officials talk disaster plan
The National Committee for Disaster Management is meeting with officials from throughout the country in Phnom Penh this week in the wake of a slew of destructive storms that have wreaked havoc in the first four months of 2013.
Officials will gather for the second and
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Gov’t rights report to be sent to UN
The government will today submit its second report to the UN Human Rights Council as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process that takes stock of human rights progress in each UN member state.
Governments are required to report to the council every four and
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-rights-report-be-sent-un
NGO pair sought over Korea work scam
Authorities issued an arrest warrant last week for the director of a local NGO involved with an operation that allegedly bilked thousands out of money by claiming the company could find them work in South Korea.
Warrants for the arrests of Theun Samnang, head of NGO
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-pair-sought-over-korea-work-scam
Hun Sen rejects opposition calls to hold new election, step down
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday rejected opposition calls for him to dissolve the National Assembly to pave the way for a new election and to step down from power.
“I want to stress that there is no re-election, no one dissolves the legislature and
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/131220/hun-sen-rejects-opposition-calls-hold-new-election-ste
Monks enter forest fray
Months ago, Chinese engineers were posting markers for a hydropower dam opposed by villagers in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley. This week, in marked contrast, monks draped trees in iconic saffron sashes as they blessed the very forest the dam would destroy. The saffron robes
Daniel Quinlan and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monks-enter-forest-fray
Illegal logging suspects arrested
Two men were arrested and charged on Sunday with smuggling more than 2,000 kilograms of luxury-grade rosewood from Kampong Thom to Siem Reap town, anti-crime officials said yesterday.
Thanh Ti, 21, and Viet Thy Thanh, 19, were caught manning a truck transferring 2,400 kilograms of rosewood
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logging-suspects-arrested
UN Envoy Continues Meetings With CNRP, NGOs
U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi, who is on his 10th fact-finding mission to Cambodia, met with opposition CNRP leader Sam Rainsy on Tuesday ahead of a planned meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen and other senior government officials Wednesday.
Reached by telephone after the meeting
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-continues-meetings-with-cnrp-ngos-50589/
