Talks could restart after Rainsy return
Talks between the opposition and ruling parties to break the political deadlock that has now dragged on for more than six months could soon occur, Cambodia National Rescue Party officials said yesterday, ahead of party leader Sam Rainsy’s return from abroad. Kuoy Bunroeun, head of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/talks-could-restart-after-rainsy-return/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/talks-could-restart-after-rainsy-return
Phnom Penh Governor tells officials to monitor city’s markets
Acting on direct orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen, Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Pa Socheatvong on Tuesday called on municipal officials to strictly monitor the companies that collect daily fees from the city’s market vendors. Mr. Hun Sen called out the governor in a speech on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-governor-tells-officials-to-monitor-citys-markets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Insurance investment in construction and property see year-on-year increases
Cambodia’s insurance business is continuing to make strides, with the total value of engineering insurance reaching approximately $4 million in 2013, a significant increase compared to 2012. According to data recently released by the Insurance Association of Cambodia, the value of engineering insurance purchased in 2013 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/insurance-investment-in-construction-and-property-see-year-on-year-increases/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Britain eyes 5 bln USD trade volume with Cambodia by 2020: envoy
British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy David Puttnam said Thursday that the country looked to boost bilateral trade volume with Cambodia to $5 billion by 2020. “The bilateral trade between the UK and Cambodia reached $1 billion last year and we expect the trade volume will hit href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/britain-eyes-5-bln-usd-trade-volume-with-cambodia-by-2020-envoy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Global Times
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/846621.shtml#.UxlBOD-Sylt
Cambodia envoy lauds Clark airport growth
Cambodia Ambassador Tuot Panha said the viability of Clark International Airport will make it one of the progressive international gateways in the Philippines. The ambassador said she would like to see flights between Clark and Phnom Penh or Clark and Siem Reap, now one of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-envoy-lauds-clark-airport-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sun Star News Staff
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/03/09/cambodia-envoy-lauds-clark-airport-growth-332246
Cambodia urges religious leaders to help stop violence against children
Cambodia on Monday called on all religious leaders to help stop violence against children by making their followers fully aware of children’s rights, officials said. “We urge all religious leaders to use their religious texts and teachings to stop parents from using violence against children and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-urges-religious-leaders-to-help-stop-violence-against-children/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/850380.shtml#.UzElCPmSxqU
Tourism numbers give boost to Sihanoukville property prices
Property has seen a boost in Sihanoukville city in the first quarter of this year, underpinned by increased tourist numbers year-on-year. Cheng Kheng, director of CPL Real Estate Company and president of the Cambodian Valuers and Estate Agents Association, said the outlook on property in Sihanoukville href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourism-numbers-give-boost-to-sihanoukville-property-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/tourism-numbers-give-boost-sihanoukville-property-prices
Industry urged to go green
Small and medium-size enterprises (SME) have been urged by the Cambodian government to employ more environmentally friendly practices at a green industry workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday. Cham Prasidh, minister for the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, said SMEs and handicraft producers’ reliance on fossil fuels href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/industry-urged-to-go-green/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industry-urged-go-green
How can ASEAN realize its economic integration by 2015?
The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, has chosen 2015 as the year to realize its economic integration as the ASEAN Economic Community. Yet, there are only several months left, ASEAN doesn’t seem to be ready. How can ASEAN realize this goal? Although href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/how-can-asean-realize-its-economic-integration-by-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MTZhZWQ0N2FhZjI
Two more Anonymous Hackers arrested
Two more alleged members of the hacking group Anonymous Cambodia were arrested Thursday for attacking the website of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) and taking it offline for more than two hours this week, an official confirmed Friday. “We arrested two men and they were both sent href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-more-anonymous-hackers-arrested/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-more-anonymous-hackers-arrested-57976/
Defendants cut off as 23’s trial goes on
When union leader Vorn Pov was finally allowed to give testimony yesterday on the third day of the trial of 23 men arrested during a garment strike in January, he found himself cut off by an attorney ordering him to answer only the exact question href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/defendants-cut-off-as-23s-trial-goes-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara, Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/defendants-cut-23%E2%80%99s-trial-goes
Six evicted Boeng Kak families strike land deal
Six families that were evicted from the Boeng Kak lake community, including long-time activist Heng Mom, confirmed Wednesday that they had accepted a deal from Phnom Penh City Hall for plots of land and titles in the same neighborhood. The families have agreed to plots of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-evicted-boeng-kak-families-strike-land-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-evicted-boeng-kak-families-strike-land-deal-61833/
Minister lauds controversial sugar industry
Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Wednesday lauded the country’s controversial sugar industry and the jobs it has created, saying that companies operating in the sector need to be defended against the widespread criticism they have been receiving. Rights groups and the opposition CNRP have undertaken href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-lauds-controversial-sugar-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-lauds-controversial-sugar-industry-64810/
Rainsy talks election fallout with visiting us delegates
Representatives from the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on Friday met with senior leaders from the opposition CNRP to discuss the political situation in Cambodia since last year’s disputed national election. In the hourlong meeting at CNRP headquarters, which U.S. delegate Paul Grove declined to comment href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-talks-election-fallout-with-visiting-us-delegates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-talks-election-fallout-with-visiting-us-delegates-52962/
Gender gains lacking: report
Cambodian women are bumping up against a steadfast glass ceiling, according to an annual report by the Cambodian National Council for Women. The report, released yesterday, tracks what the government has done to execute the prime minister’s 16 recommendations regarding women’s access to and engagement in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gender-gains-lacking-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-gains-lacking-report
Economic police officers charged for taking payment
Two Phnom Penh economic police officers were charged with misappropriation of public funds Tuesday by the municipal court and placed in pretrial detention at Prey Sar prison, according to court staff. Theng Ramy, a clerk for the court’s prosecution office, identified the charged officers as Sok href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/economic-police-officers-charged-for-taking-payment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/economic-police-officers-charged-for-taking-payment-53534/
Opposition warns to end negotiation, stage protest
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy warned that the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would stop negotiation with the Cambodian People’s Party if there is no agreement on reform of members of National Election Committee (NEC). The CPP and CNRP failed to issue joint statement in their href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/opposition-warns-to-end-negotiation-stage-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MGRiYTUwYzdlMTc
Old problems persist in new NGO draft law
The latest version of the government’s draft law on NGOs, which was approved by the Council of Ministers in January, is identical to an earlier version made available to civil society in 2011, with several outstanding concerns still intact, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/old-problems-persist-in-new-ngo-draft-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/old-problems-persist-new-ngo-draft-law
Security dressed down
For months now, Daun Penh district security forces, identifiable by their dark blue uniforms, black motorbike helmets and merciless truncheon swinging, have been unleashed on protesters, opposition and otherwise, as the all-too-willing enforcers of government-approved crackdowns. But as district forces have begun targeting more journalists during href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/security-dressed-down/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/security-dressed-down
Standards must improve: official
Small food and beverage makers are at risk of being uncertified when the ASEAN economic community takes shape in 2015, with the vast majority far from achieving international quality and safety standards, a government official says. Him Phanith, the deputy director of National Productivity Center, said href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/standards-must-improve-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/standards-must-improve-official