Cambodia's opposition to mark International Human Rights Day
The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will stage mass rallies in capital Phnom Penh and tourist city of Siem Reap on Dec. 10 to celebrate the International Human Rights Day, a party spokesman said Thursday. “We plan to mobilize 20,000 people in Phnom Penh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-opposition-to-mark-international-human-rights-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131205/cambodias-opposition-mark-international-human-rights-day
Union reps claim factory beatdown
Union representatives who claim they were beaten to within an inch of their lives yesterday after they handed out pro-union leaflets in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district have vowed to take legal action. The 10 union members, who represent four different unions – the Union <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-reps-claim-factory-beatdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-reps-claim-factory-beatdown
MFIs downplay debts
Two of the leading microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia said yesterday that they have identified a relatively small fraction of borrowers who were affected by flooding and would provide relief on their repayment schedules if necessary. The comments come after both Prime Minister Hun Sen and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-downplay-debts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfis-downplay-debts
New Tuol Kok Mall to Add to District’s Growth
A new open-Air mAll sporting high-end luxury shops And restAurAnts in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kok district is the lAtest expAnsion of the suburbAn neighborhood, though widespreAd commerciAlizAtion of the AreA could still tAke yeArs, property executives sAid MondAy. The mAll, cAlled TK Avenue, opened FridAy At <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-tuol-kok-mAll-to-Add-to-districts-growth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Joshua Wilwohl and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-tuol-kok-mall-to-add-to-districts-growth-49777/
Red Cross Gives Aid to Borei Keila Families
Phnom Penh municipality and the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) on Sunday donated money and food rations to 176 families from Borei Keila—where thousands of people have been violently evicted from their homes in recent years after the land was sold to a private company. Phnom Penh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/red-cross-gives-aid-to-borei-keila-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/red-cross-gives-aid-to-borei-keila-families-39096/
Cambodia, US Extend Artifacts Trade Agreement
Cambodia and the U.S. have signed an extension to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that imposes strict import restrictions on artifacts dating from the Bronze age to the end of the angkor Empire. Hab Touch, director-general for tangible heritage at the Ministry of Culture and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-us-extend-artifacts-trade-agreement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Simon Henderson
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=34061&action=edit&message=1
Boats seized in dredging crackdown
More than 100 sand-pumping systems and 40 boats have been impounded by the Kandal provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology in order to prevent riverbank collapse as water levels continue to rise. Chun Penglong, the provincial department director, told the Post yesterday that navy police and the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boats-seized-in-dredging-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boats-seized-dredging-crackdown
Death Toll Rises Even as Floodwaters Recede
As floodwAters begin to recede, the extent of the humAnitAriAn crisis And infrAstructurAl dAmAge is slowly being reveAled, And in mAny plAces the situAtion is potentiAlly worse thAn it wAs following the devAstAting floods in 2011, According to the NAtionAl Committee for DisAster MAnAgement (NCDM). Keo Vy, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/deAth-toll-rises-even-As-floodwAters-recede/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Simon Henderson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/death-toll-rises-even-as-floodwaters-recede-45349/
Germany provides 64 mln USD to Cambodia for development projects
The German government on Wednesday signed up to provide 64 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for two-year projects in health, rural development, governance reform, and education. according to a press release after the signing ceremony, 27 million U.S. dollars would be allocated to health, 26.5 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/germany-provides-64-mln-usd-to-cambodia-for-development-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131204/germany-provides-64-mln-usd-cambodia-development-projects
Cambodia’s aviation sector rapidly growing: report
Capitalising on booming travel from Vietnam and China, the domestic aviation sector has enjoyed 18 per cent passenger growth for the second year running, according to a new report, which describes Cambodia as having one of the fastest-growing markets in Southeast asia. The report, by the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-aviation-sector-rapidly-growing-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia%E2%80%99s-aviation-sector-rapidly-growing-report
PM decries copyright theft
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on government bodies, local authorities, international organisations and the private sector to dial back Cambodia’s widespread theft of copyrighted works, like film and music, and encouraged the creation of more original, home-grown cultural works. Copying other countries’ cultural output – <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-decries-copyright-theft/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-decries-copyright-theft
ILO convention still debated
The government has no intention of withdrawing its signature from the International Labour Organization’s freedom of association convention, despite calls for it to reconsider its position, a Ministry of Labour spokesman said yesterday. “I don’t think we will withdraw. The prime minister [Hun Sen] has already <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ilo-convention-still-debated/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-convention-still-debated
Cambodia Opposition Party Threatens to Call Off Talks
The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) threatened Tuesday to call off talks aimed at breaking an eight-month political deadlock with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party, accusing it of using the negotiations to cling on to power. CNRP chief Sam Rainsy said his party <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-opposition-party-threatens-to-call-off-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/
Chemicals used for soap, not drugs, police say
Thirty tons of chemicals seized by police on Wednesday were used to make counterfeit soap, officials confirmed Thursday, refusing to release the name of the Chinese national arrested in connection with the raid. The liquid and solid chemicals were stored in blue vats, bottles and sacks <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chemicals-used-for-soap-not-drugs-police-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chemicals-used-for-soap-not-drugs-police-say-56444/
Xu Qiliang visits Chinese doctors working in Cambodian military hospital
Xu Qiliang, visiting vice- chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, on Thursday visited a group of 10 Chinese doctors working at the Preah Ketomelea Hospital, known as the Military Hospital, in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Xu was accompanied by Chay Saing Yun, secretary <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/xu-qiliang-visits-chinese-doctors-working-in-cambodian-military-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Asean-China-Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-05/09/c_133322029.htm
Government urges NGOs to support migrant workers from Thailand
Relevant organizations have been actively cooperating with the government in providing transportation service for illegal migrant workers to return to their home after they were sent back by the junta in Thailand. The temporary estimation for the aid so far amounts to nearly 200,000$. The government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-urges-ngos-to-support-migrant-workers-from-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NDUzNzQxYjI3N2R
India’s rice dump may impact local exports
With the Indian government set to inject five million tonnes of rice in to its domestic market, Cambodia’s rice producers fear that any spillover into the global rice trade may impact local exports. David Van, acting secretary-general of a newly established Cambodia Rice Federation, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indias-rice-dump-may-impact-local-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/india%E2%80%99s-rice-dump-may-impact-local-exports
Italy millers slam ‘unfair’ EBA
Cambodia duty-free rice exports to the European Union have this week come under fresh attack from producers in Italy, who say the beneficial treatment is restricting the potential of Italian rice exports. an Italian agriculture collective of farmers, which includes representatives from the Italian association of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/italy-millers-slam-unfair-eba/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/italy-millers-slam-%E2%80%98unfair%E2%80%99-eba
Hundreds threatened by erosion of Mekong banks
Erosion along the banks of the Mekong River in Kompong Cham province’s Srei Santhor district has caused 16 families to move their homes and is threatening hundreds more, officials warned Sunday. Koh andet commune chief Yan Yet said at least 16 homes have been dismantled since <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-threatened-by-erosion-of-mekong-banks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hundreds-threatened-by-erosion-of-mekong-banks-65069/
Cambodia needs more actions to curb bird flu: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that the country needed to prepare more measures to curb the spread of H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which broke out the worst last year and this year. “We have done a lot to control the spread of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-needs-more-actions-to-curb-bird-flu-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/28/c_133220954.htm