Capital taps private firm to manage its lighting
Phnom Penh Municipality has reached a deal with PPDEC, a previously little known company, to privatise the capital’s public lighting system, a city official said yesterday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-taps-private-firm-to-manage-its-lighting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capital-taps-private-firm-manage-its-lighting
New baby makes waves on way to hospital
A baby was born at sea on Monday afternoon in Koh Kong province after a mother went in labor on a boat on her way to hospital. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-baby-makes-waves-on-way-to-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24536/new-baby-makes-waves-on-way-to-hospital/
Wheelchair accessible tuk-tuk debuts
The maker of a new tuk-tuk prototype retrofitted with a wheelchair ramp hopes to usher in a new era of wheelchair-friendly travel in Phnom Penh. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wheelchair-accessible-tuk-tuk-debuts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wheelchair-accessible-tuk-tuk-debuts
Garment factory floor collapse injures 4 in Cambodia
Four Cambodian garment workers were slightly injured on Tuesday after part of the floor in a garment factory collapsed into a pond built underneath, a local police chief confirmed. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-factory-floor-collapse-injures-4-in-cambodia-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141021/garment-factory-floor-collapse-injures-4-cambodia
Villagers speak up as reservoir plan digs into their rice fields
Villagers in Banteay Meanchey province on Saturday protested against a local military official’s plan to build a reservoir on their land, then sell the dirt at a profit. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-speak-up-as-reservoir-plan-digs-into-their-rice-fields/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-speak-up-as-reservoir-plan-digs-into-their-rice-fields-78502/
PM’s cabinet refuses Khmer Krom petition
A cabinet secretary for Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday refused to accept a petition from a Khmer Krom activist group because, he said, it was “not my job.” href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pms-cabinet-refuses-khmer-krom-petition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pms-cabinet-refuses-khmer-krom-petition-84960/
Laotian meth smuggler arrested in Stung Treng
A Laotian man was arrested in Stung Treng province on Tuesday after crossing into Cambodia with nearly a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine, a police official said Wednesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laotian-meth-smuggler-arrested-in-stung-treng/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/laotian-meth-smuggler-arrested-in-stung-treng-89274/
Ethnic minorities in Mondolkiri band together in new political party
Indigenous people in Mondolkiri province have joined together to form a new political party to give a voice to the country’s minority groups, a party official said Wednesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ethnic-minorities-in-mondolkiri-band-together-in-new-political-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ethnic-minorities-in-mondolkiri-band-together-in-new-political-party-93253/
Task of Obtaining Passport Is Adding To Illegal Migration Problem
Thousands of Cambodians cross the border via illegal checkpoints into Thailand every year. Some end up working in slave-like conditions on illegal fishing trawlers. Others work in factories while getting paid under the table. It is often a last resort fraught with danger and uncertainty and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/task-of-obtaining-passport-is-adding-to-illegal-migration-problem/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Court Questions Cambodian, Chinese Businessmen Over Fraud
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday questioned two businessmen over allegations of fraud and using forged public documents, including claims they faked a signature from Prime Minister Hun Sen in a mining transaction, court and police officials said. Deputy prosecutor Var Sakada said Cambodian Al href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-questions-cambodian-chinese-businessmen-over-fraud/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-cambodian-chinese-businessmen-over-fraud-40923/
Levi Strauss Pulls Out From Embattled SL Garment Factory
A Singaporean-owned garment factory whose workers have been on strike since early August is no longer producing clothes for American denim giant Levi Strauss, a brand representative and a factory worker said Monday. The workers of SL Garment Factory in Meanchey district—which still makes clothes for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/levi-strauss-pulls-out-from-embattled-sl-garment-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/levi-strauss-pulls-out-from-embattled-sl-garment-factory-44015/
New Concerns as NEC Releases More Unsealed Polling Records
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday publicly opened 12 official polling records from Siem Reap province, but seven of them had been either torn or improperly sealed, sparking fresh concerns from the opposition CNRP that they had been tampered with. The unsealed packages—known as “safety href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-concerns-as-nec-releases-more-unsealed-polling-records/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/new-concerns-as-nec-releases-more-unsealed-polling-records-41524/
Cambodia should hold referendum to decide on reelection: political analysts
Cambodia should hold a referendum to decide whether the country calls a reelection or not after allegations of serious irregularities during July’s election that handed victory to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party, political analysts said. Kek Galabru, president of a renowned human rights group href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-should-hold-referendum-to-decide-on-reelection-political-analysts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Nzweek News Staff
http://www.nzweek.com/world/cambodia-should-hold-referendum-to-decide-on-reelection-political-analysts-2-105897/
City Hall Announces New Plan to Raise Living Standards of Poor
City Hall announced a new plan to improve living standards in the city’s poorest areas Tuesday on International Human Rights Day, while representatives for the urban poor continued to call on the municipality to issue longsought after land titles. Addressing a crowd of 600 at Olympic href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-announces-new-plan-to-raise-living-standards-of-poor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-announces-new-plan-to-raise-living-standards-of-poor-49078/
Fight to save B’bang heritage finds new allies
When an old building formerly owned by the state was demolished on the outskirts of Battambang City in February, for some, it was the last straw. The giant, freestanding colonial-era mansion with the round windows, the blue shutters and the cracking yellow paint had become one href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fight-to-save-bbang-heritage-finds-new-allies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fight-to-save-bbang-heritage-finds-new-allies-59105/
Troubled Village Embroiled In New Land Disputes
A year after a massive military raid here that left a 14-year old girl dead and hundreds of families evicted, there remains little sign of the original land dispute that turned this rural village into a hotbed of agitation. But a new firm and a government-issued href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/troubled-village-embroiled-in-new-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/troubled-village-embroiled-in-new-land-disputes-25184/
One Year After Journalist’s Slaying, Still No Justice in Sight
One year ago today, Hang Serei Odom, a journalist in Ratanakkiri province, received a fateful phone call. After telling his wife he was going to meet a military police officer, he bid her goodnight. He left his house in Banlung City at about 7 p.m. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-year-after-journalists-slaying-still-no-justice-in%e2%80%88sight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-year-after-journalists-slaying-still-no-justice-in%E2%80%88sight-41907/
Low salaries stifle education reform efforts
Sao Sothy’s home is small and the furniture is sparse. There are no tables or chairs. In one room, there is a small bed, but her family of four sleeps on mats in the living room. Hanging on the otherwise bare walls is Ms. Sothy’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/low-salaries-stifle-education-reform-efforts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Emily Wilkins and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-salaries-stifle-education-reform-efforts-56752/
Gems in the rough in Ratanakkiri
“These are the best quality stones,” Lat Yun says with a grin. Nestled in his outstretched hand are three unassuming rocks. “I don’t know what they’re called, I just know they’re the best.” The gemstones of Ratanakkiri are a mineral called zircon, but in Cambodia, they href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gems-in-the-rough-in-ratanakkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gems-rough-ratanakkiri
Exchanges provide windows to economies
Stock market a good choice for long-term investors Stephen Hsu, a native of Taiwan, runs Phnom Penh Securities, one of a dozen underwriters licensed by the SECC to prepare companies for IPOs on the CSX and to engage as an intermediary with the public for trading href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exchanges-provide-windows-to-economies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/exchanges-provide-windows-to-economies.html