EU to Cambodia: Fix human rights or face economic hardship
Both Cambodia and Myanmar heavily depend on the European Union’s duty and quota free trade agreement. But the European bloc believes it is time that these countries address human rights abuses. ...
Ate Hoekstra
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-to-cambodia-fix-human-rights-or-face-economic-hardship/a-46294993
Salt producers told to add iodine or risk losing licence
Salt producers must now add iodine to their product or face losing their business licence after the government passed a Prakas banning sales of non-iodised salt. The move aims to tackle iodine deficiency, which is considered the leading preventable cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50490141/salt-producers-told-to-add-iodine-or-risk-losing-licence/
Does foreign policy not really partial to China or not?
As the followers political events mostly seen, Cambodia seem not adhere to the neutral foreign policy enshrined in its Constitution, yet the relationship between Cambodia and China and Cambodia – the United States, Prime Minister Hun Sen reaffirmed that Cambodia’s foreign policy is independence, not ...
Yeang Socheameta
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/politics/Is-Cambodia-foreign-policy-independent-02072016024601.html
Before Obama visit, Cambodians clear streets -- or take to them
As Barack Obama prepares for the first visit by a United States president to Cambodia this month, the country is reportedly preparing for him too — by hiding street children from sight in Phnom Penh While the government has tidied its streets, protesters have begun camping ...
Shorten Buildings or We Will, City Hall Tells Two Developers
The Phnom Penh municipal government will today issue announcements to two property developers ordering them to partially demolish buildings near the Royal Palace in order to reduce their height to comply with the original planning agreements, an official said. The two buildings—one owned by Vattanac Properties ...
Aun Pheap and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shorten-buildings-or-we-will-city-hall-tells-two-developers-45510/
Hor Namhong’s Son denies nepotism or abuse of power
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) released a statement Tuesday in which Hor Sothoun, the eldest son of Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong, defended himself against complaints of nepotism, abuse of power and mishandling of overtime bonuses in his position as permanent secretary-general in his father’s ministry. The ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hor-namhongs-son-denies-nepotism-or-abuse-of-power-54451/
‘One-way’ or the other Sothearos expansion will alleviate congestion
The ever congested part of Samdach Sothearos Boulevard between the Chamkar Mon traffic lights and the Russian Embassy is getting a much needed expansion. Especially since Aeon Mall opend in June 2014 the major arterial road was used beyond capacity. Long Dimanche, City Hall spokesman, said ...
Cambodian PM says gov't has no rights to control judiciary
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that he and his government have no rights to order the courts to arrest or release any suspects who have committed crimes. “I and the government have no rights to order the judiciary, the court to arrest anyone based ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/20/c_133803048.htm
Firm buying Boeng Kak land claims no knowledge of evictions
A Singapore-based firm whose subsidiary plans to buy land in Phnom Penh from which thousands of families have been forcibly evicted said Wednesday that the firm had no knowledge of the long-running land dispute. The firm, HLH Group, also denied any official or financial ties to ...
Zsombor Peter and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-buying-boeng-kak-land-claims-no-knowledge-of-evictions-62463/
Resurgent mobile deals could hurt margins, analysts say
‘Top up $2 and get 30 free minutes daily for 20 days. Top up $5 and expand the same offer for a month. And, for a $10 recharge, that half-an-hour freebie lasts 50 days.” Mobile operator Beeline, which announced the promotion in August, called it “another ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/resurgent-mobile-deals-could-hurt-margins-analysts-say
Cambodia deal says refugees will be settled outside Phnom Penh
The deal signed with Cambodia by immigration minister Scott Morrison will see refugees held on Nauru resettled “outside” Phnom Penh. As foreign minister Julie Bishop defended the deal on Sunday, a copy of the memorandum of understanding with Cambodia, which has been posted on Morrison’s official ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/27/cambodia-deal-says-refugees-will-be-settled-outside-phnom-penh
No Change to Reserve Requirement
Cambodia has decided not to increase its reserve requirement for banks to tackle inflation, National Bank of Cambodia Director General and spokeswoman Nguon Sokha said yesterdayThe Kingdom’s reserve-requirement rate for banks stands at 12 percent, meaning 12 percent of total deposits at banks must be ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011081851125/Business/no-change-to-reserve-requirement.html
No energy after national election
Residents here yesterday expressed concern about the lack of energy during the count process for Sunday’s national election. Many in Kampong Siem district’s Koh Mit commune said that they felt indifferent, even as the National Election Committee said that the voter turnout rate in the ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517412/no-energy-after-national-election/
PM says no more negotiations
Prime Minister Hun Sen renewed his vow over the weekend not to negotiate with former opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Hun Sen reiterated that he would hold direct talks with the international community over political issues in the Kingdom. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-says-no-more-negotiations
‘No manpower’ to move timber
Nearly 30 pieces of sralao and koki timber measuring 3m long and 30 to 40cm in diameter were found by locals at three sites in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam commune in Mondulkiri province on Tuesday. The timber was hidden in a forest around 1km from ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-manpower-move-timber
‘No land revolution’ coming: official
While vast tracts of Cambodia remain concentrated in the hands of a few and accusations of land grabbing remain rife, the broader distribution of land is more than equitable and could never lead to an uprising, the government official in charge of finding solutions to ...
Lay Samean and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-land-revolution-coming-official
PM: no land for Vietnamese
Prime Minister Hun Sen has implored those living along the border with Vietnam to stop renting land to Vietnamese nationals and ordered his government to speed up a demarcation process that has been slow to accurately define the country’s borders. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28647/pm--no-land-for-vietnamese/
No2 priority shows results
More than 600 villages, home to more than half a million people, have been declared “open-defecation free” as a result of a major program aimed at boosting the number of Cambodians who have access to hygienic toilets, according to Plan International. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no2-priority-shows-results
Doctor: TB vaccination no good
A prominent pediatrician announced on Sunday that the use of the Bacille Calmette-Huerin (BCG) vaccination for tuberculosis was not only ineffective, but could prolong suffering for children with the disease. Doctor Beat Richner, the founder of the Kantha Bopha Hospitals, took to Facebook on Sunday, ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27153/doctor--tb-vaccination-no-good/
No info on murder: Chevron
Petrol giant Chevron claims former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy and his lawyers have attempted to “besmirch” the company with a “burdensome” request seeking information about the murder of Kem Ley, according to a recent California court document. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-info-murder-chevron