CPP, CNRP second meeting produces three point agreements
Monday morning’s meeting held at the National Assembly between the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leaders ended around 1:30 in the afternoon, producing a joint agreement by both parties. After the meeting the two opposing party senior officials announced ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
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Cambodia suffers fewer natural disasters than Vietnam or Thailand
Cambodia suffered far fewer natural disasters than either Vietnam or Thailand over the last decade but twice as many as Laos, the World Bank said Monday. Data published in the annual World Development Report also showed that the incidence of natural hazards in Cambodia in between ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NWIxNzIwYjE3MGZ
Cambodia parliament holds session as opposition continue to boycott
Cambodia’s ruling party- controlled National Assembly on Thursday convened its first plenary session to elect members for the body’s nine commissions, while the opposition party has continued to boycott the parliament over July’s disputed election. Sixty-eight lawmakers of the Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party on ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/816822.shtml#.UldrLdKBlxI
Out with the old: factory
Amid concerns of legal violations on the part of their employer, about 400 workers at the USA Fully Field garment factory in the capital’s Meanchey district accepted payouts for their factory closing – even though it hasn’t. Workers protested last week in fear that the factory ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/out-old-factory
Japan auto parts firm seeks plant in PPSEZ
Auto parts manufacturer Denso Cambodia, which has rented space in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) since July, will expand operations by building its own factory, according to a company representative. Administrative manager Seng Chanthy said yesterday that the factory will cover 10 hectares and ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-auto-parts-firm-seeks-plant-ppsez
Maybank Cambodia Optimistic Over Cambodia's Medium-to-long-term Prospects With Four New Branches
Maybank Cambodia Plc, with 12 branches in the Indo-Chinese country, is optimistic over Cambodia’s medium-to-long-term prospects with its four additional branches opened today, bringing its total network there to 16 branches. With the opening of the branches, the bank expects them to boost its total deposits ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=990183
ADB provides 3 mln USD to Cambodia for flood relief
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing emergency humanitarian assistance of 3 million U.S. dollars to help Cambodia recover from devastating floods that have affected 1.7 million people and caused an estimated 1 billion U.S. dollars in damage, the Bank said in a statement on ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/20/c_132903465.htm
Interior minister says opposition divided over negotiations
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday blamed stalled negotiations over the disputed results of July’s national election on divisions within the opposition CNRP, whose leaders he said were of two minds about resuming talks. Top-level talks between Prime Minister Hun Sen and CNRP President Sam Rainsy, ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/interior-minister-says-opposition-divided-over-negotiations-49394/
NEC opens safety ballot boxes from Siem Reap
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday opened the safety ballot boxes from Siem Reap province to search for and verify any supposed election irregularities contained in documents 1102 and 1108, on Friday. The opening of ballot boxes from the 12 voting stations was held at ...
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Cambodian needs effective policy measures for power sector: report
Cambodia requires effective policy measures to accelerate its development plans for the power sector, according to the summary of a market research report distributed Saturday. UK-based PR Carbon said the report noted that Cambodia’s power sector comprise targets for developing a national power grid to distribute ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MTNkZjkxMjU2OTc
Angkor Wat ticket sales revenue up
Revenue from ticket sales to foreign tourists visiting Angkor Wat reached $41.4 million in the first nine months of 2013, a 14 per cent year-on-year increase, according to data from the Apsara Authority, which manages the site. official data show that almost 1.5 million foreign ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-wat-ticket-sales-revenue
Intimidation charges levelled
Three officials from Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district were charged on September 10 for threatening and intimidating a villager after he filed a lawsuit related to the corrupt sale of community land in 2011, according to a letter obtained by the Post yesterday. Romas Svang, 47, of Yatung commune, received ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/intimidation-charges-levelled
US urges 'Restraint' in Cambodia after violence
The United States on Friday appealed for peaceful dialogue and denounced violence in Cambodia after police opened fire on protesting garment workers, killing three people. “The United States deeply regrets the recent loss of life in Cambodia during violent clashes between protesters and government security forces,” ...
AFP News Staff
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Authorities Burn 60 Homes in Pursat Province
More than 60 wooden homes in Pursat province were burned to the ground Wednesday by officials in Veal Veng district, who claimed that the owners were living on state land, rights group Licadho said. “On Wednesday morning, police, military police, RCAF soldiers and the deputy provincial ...
Ben Sokhean and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-burn-60-homes-in-pursat-province-52093/
Locals seeking justice after ‘broken deal’
Villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Chum district are demanding their land back, claiming buyers from a local company failed to uphold a 2007 deal. The 66 ethnic Kreung families filed a complaint on Friday after workers from a nearby rubber plantation started to slash and burn the 400 ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-seeking-justice-after-%E2%80%98broken-deal%E2%80%99
Jail time for governor if summons ignored
The governor of Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district will face arrest if he fails to appear for a second summons to Ratanakkiri Provincial Court to answer questions about his alleged involvement in the illegal logging of protected land around the Ou’Sinlair waterfall, the court said yesterday. The ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jail-time-governor-if-summons-ignored
ADB plan falls short: families
Families forced to leave their homes to make way for a railway rehabilitation project funded by the Asian Development Bank and the Australian government have told the bank that a draft compensation plan it has drawn up to remedy their situation is inadequate. On Monday, Inclusive ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adb-plan-falls-short-families
Teenager charged for hacking government site
A 17-year-old high school student was charged Wednesday after he confessed to hacking a government website and creating a Facebook page on which he encouraged people to attack government websites as well as the websites of pro-government groups, officials confirmed, though the exact charges are ...
Eang Mengleng and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/teenager-charged-for-hacking-government-site-60512/
Despite Employer’s Concessions, Workers Vow to Continue Protest
Workers at the Beautiful Spring Footwear factory in Takeo province refused to end a two-day protest on Saturday after management ceded to most of their demands but refused to raise their good-attendance bonus. The factory’s roughly 1,000 workers started protesting outside the building on Friday, two ...
Cambodia holds gov't-private sector dialogue after 2-year hiatus
The Government-Private Sector Forum was held here on Tuesday after it has had a hiatus for two consecutive years because of Cambodia’s ASEAN chairmanship in 2012 and general election in 2013. The Tuesday’s dialogue was presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen with the participation of ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=204497