IMF forecasts higher growth for Cambodia in 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday forecast Cambodia’s economy will grow by 7.2 per cent this year, 0.2 percentage point higher than last year. ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1034270
Soybean Prices Increase as Farmers Move Away From Crop
The decreasing amount of farmers harvesting soybeans last year has limited supply and raised prices at the markets roughly 42 percent to 4,000 riel per kg, or about $1, according to an agricultural official and farmers. Cheam Chan Sorphaon, director of the provincial agriculture department in ...
World Bank upgrades Cambodia's growth forecast for this year
The World Bank upgraded Monday its GDP growth forecast for Cambodia to 7.0 percent for this year, up 0.3 of a percentage point from its last projection in December. “In Cambodia, a likely stabilization in high-income country conditions should support further improvements in garment production and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MjcxMzgzNzA1NWR
Export Values Up 21 Per Cent
Cambodian export values increased more than 21 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, and officials said the rise was a positive sign for the Kingdom’s economic growth. According to the Ministry of Commerce’s export data ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042465194/Business/export-values-up-21-per-cent.html
Transparency NGOs Call for CPP to End Parking Corruption
A group of NGOs released a statement Thursday calling on the CPP government of Prime Minister Hun Sen to begin its program of promised post-election reforms by ending the practice of overcharging for motorcycle parking outside of local markets. The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability-Cambodia, a ...
Ben Sokhean and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/transparency-ngos-call-for-cpp-to-end-parking-corruption-48213/
Cambodia May Lure Up to 10 IPOs a Year, Korea Bourse Says
Cambodia’s stock market, which is set to open next week after several delays, may be able to lure five-to-10 initial public offerings a year, according to Korea Exchange Inc., the Cambodian government’s partner in the bourse. State-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will start trading ...
New Prime Minister Hun Manet vows to keep peace as his father steps down
After 38 years in power, Hun Sen finally stepped down from the prime minister role, leaving the top job to his eldest son Hun Manet this week but retaining significant powers. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/new-prime-minister-hun-manet-vows-to-keep-peace-as-his-father-steps-down/
Experts urge agriculture investments as farmers face low rice prices
Ruon Thol plans to harvest his rice crop early next month. The farmer spent more than 6 million riel (about $1,500) this wet season to cultivate his four hectares of farmland in Battambang province’s Banan district. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/experts-urge-agriculture-investments-as-farmers-face-low-rice-prices/
Court Warns Kem Sokha to Cease ‘Political Activity’
A Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge on Wednesday rejected the prosecution’s request that former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha be rearrested for allegedly violating his bail conditions. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/court-warns-kem-sokha-to-cease-political-activity/
Daun Ov community in Dangkor district has submitted a petition to the city hall to resolve the land issue
Nearly 80 people representing 56 families in Daun Ov community, Sangkat Cheung Ek, Khan Dangkor, who are worried about eviction, have urged the Phnom Penh authorities to expedite the issuance of land titles. And on-site development. ...
Phon Sotthyroth and Runn Sreydeth
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/daun-ouv-community-in-dangkor-district-has-submitted-a-petition-to-the-city-hall-to-help-resolve-the-land-issue/
Puma-supplier employees lose their jobs again in alleged union-busting
Thirteen employees at a Puma-supplying factory have lost their jobs after participating in a union election earlier this year. ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/puma-supplier-employees-lose-their-jobs-again-alleged-union-busting/
Five representatives of citizens detained by Battambang Provincial Court for violating private land economic concessions
Five out of six people’s representatives were remanded in custody on Friday, June 23, in connection with a case of encroachment on state-owned private land leased to the Rath Sambath Company in Ota Teak village, Ta Tok commune, Samlot district, Battambang province. ...
STT report: urban poor communities fear forced evictions, no land titles
Sahmakum Teang Tnaut Organization (STT) has published a report, titled Land Security of Urban Poor Communities, detailing land insecurity issues plaguing urban poor communities in Phnom Penh, who have expressed fear of eviction and inadequate compensation. ...
Pou Soreachny and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/stt-report-urban-poor-communities-fear-forced-eviction-no-land-titles/
US defense secretary Lloyd Austin confirms restoration of US-Cambodia ties, joint military drills
Cambodia and the US will restore relations, restart military exercise, and accept Cambodian military students to study at West Point, according to a Facebook post by senate president Hun Sen who met US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday morning. ...
Raising women’s involvement in agri, food industry despite challenges
A group of innovative women in the field of food and agriculture in Cambodia discussed the opportunities and challenges of establishing a network to support and promote farmer products in an event organized by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Embassy in ...
Sovann Sreypich and Pou Soreachny
https://cambojanews.com/raising-womens-involvement-in-agri-food-industry-despite-challenges/
Thailand frees six Cambodian refugees six months after detention at Paris Peace Agreement training
Six refugees who were arrested during a Paris Peace Agreements (PPA) training on December 29 last year and detained at the Suan Plu Immigration Detention Center in Thailand were released from mid-June to June 25. ...
Seoung Nimol and Tep Suokeany
https://cambojanews.com/thailand-frees-six-cambodian-refugees-six-months-after-detention-at-paris-peace-agreement-training/
New professional journalism charter speedily implemented only days after input deadline
The Ministry of Information seemingly rushed the promulgation of the Charter for Professional Journalism on Tuesday, only days after the deadline for input by media associations with just a few suggestions included. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/new-professional-journalism-charter-speedily-implemented-only-days-after-input-deadline/
Funan canal activity silent a month after groundbreaking; ministries start interviewing residents
A month after groundbreaking, the $1.7 billion Funan Techo Canal has not seen construction yet, although the relevant ministries have commenced interviews with affected people, likely in relation to compensation, but there is no further information on it so far. ...
Seoung Nimol and Tang Porgech
https://cambojanews.com/funan-canal-activity-silent-a-month-after-groundbreaking-ministries-start-interviewing-residents/
HRW: rights of Indigenous Chong residents violated in Southern Cardamom carbon offset project
A new report alleges that conservation NGO Wildlife Alliance forcibly evicted, arrested and mistreated members of the Indigenous Chong community who live in the Cardamom Mountain National Park in the name of a carbon offset scheme. ...
Leila Goldstein and Soeung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/hrw-rights-of-indigenous-chong-residents-violated-in-southern-cardamom-carbon-offset-project/
No closure yet for slain anti-logging fighter Chut Wutty after 12 years, activists call for reinvestigation
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and activists called on the government to reinvestigate the case of anti-logging activist Chut Wutty who was shot dead on April 26, 2012. ...
