Radio Host Calls On Pupils to Denounce Teachers Talking Politics
The owner of the popular local aBC radio station on Thursday urged university students to call his station and inform listeners if their teachers discuss information that could be deemed critical of the government. an aBC radio employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity as <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/radio-host-calls-on-pupils-to-denounce-teachers-talking-politics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/radio-host-calls-on-pupils-to-denounce-teachers-talking-politics-45899/
Smart Mobile Sees 36% Revenue Growth
Malaysian telecommunications company axiata Group Berhad reported Wednesday that its Cambodian brand Smart has seen strong growth in the first nine months of the year, with revenue increasing by 36 percent compared with the same period last year. In its third quarter financial report, axiata said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smart-mobile-sees-36-revenue-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/smart-mobile-sees-36-revenue-growth-48215/
Profits dip for water authority
Second-quarter net profit for the exchange-listed Phnom Penh Water Supply authority dropped nearly 26 per cent to $2 million from the same quarter a year ago, according to the most recent financial report released on October 11. Sim Sitha, the director-general of PPWSa, said the decrease <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/profits-dip-for-water-authority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/profits-dip-water-authority
No heads-up for ‘smugglers’
Forestry AdministrAtion officers sent two suspected wildlife smugglers to court in Stung Treng province yesterdAy After they were Arrested while Allegedly smuggling disembodied heAds And hooves of the increAsingly rAre Chinese serow &ndAsh; A type of wild goAt &ndAsh; into CAmbodiA from LAos, officiAls sAid. ProvinciAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/no-heAds-up-for-smugglers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-heads-%E2%80%98smugglers%E2%80%99
Cambodia attracts over 879,000 tourists from ASEAN region
For the first semester of 2013, Cambodia attracted 879, 782 tourist arrivals from aSEaN region, plus 23.5 per cent if compared in the same period of last year, a report from tourism ministry obtained on Tuesday said. The figure of tourist arrivals from aSEaN for the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-over-879000-tourists-from-asean-region/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Southeast Asia Weekly Staff
http://www.thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/cambodia-attracts-over-879000-tourists-from-asean-region/
At Appeal Court, Ex-Soldiers Deny Violent 2012 Land Grab
Two disabled former soldiers convicted of razing the homes and grabbing the land of 30 rice farmers in Kampot province last year denied the charges during their hearing at the appeal Court on Thursday. Touch Soeuly, 57, and 11 other members of his Cambodian Disabled Rescue <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/at-appeal-court-ex-soldiers-deny-violent-2012-land-grab/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-appeal-court-ex-soldiers-deny-violent-2012-land-grab-49723/
Rice Exports Rise by More Than 170,000 Tons
Rice exports increased from 205,717 tons in 2012 to 378,856 tons in 2013 as a result of high demand from the European Union as well as countries in asia, according to figures released Thursday by the Ministry of agriculture. France imported the most Cambodian milled rice, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-rise-by-more-than-170000-tons/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/rice-exports-rise-by-more-than-170000-tons-49976/
Cambodian opposition renews protest warning
Cambodia’s long-time opposition leader Sam Rainsy once again threatened to call nationwide demonstrations if an independent committee was not established to look into allegations of poll irregularities. “We strongly insist the establishment of an independent committee to investigate election irregularities before the release of the final <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-renews-protest-warning/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Xinhua News Staff
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/8377805.html
មន្រ្តីបក្សប្រជាជន រង់ចាំថ្ងៃកំណត់ប្រជុំសភាអាណត្តិថ្មីលើកដំបូង
លោកជាម យៀប សមាជិកគណៈកម្មាធិការអចិន្ត្រៃយ៍របស់គណបក្សប្រជាជន កម្ពុជា និងជាសមាជិកសភាជាប់ឆ្នោតអាណត្តិថ្មី បានប្រាប់ វិទ្យុVOA កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធ ទី១១ កញ្ញា អោយដឹងពីការរង់ចាំមើលចំណាត់ការរបស់ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី ជុំវិញការកោះប្រជុំសភាថ្មីជាផ្លូវការ បើទោះជាកៀកការកំណត់ថ្ងៃប្រជុំសភាថ្មីជាលើកដំ បូងនៅថ្ងៃទី ២៣ ខែកញ្ញា ក៏ដោយ ហើយបានបញ្ជាក់ពីឆន្ទះរបស់គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជានឹងចូលប្រជុំ សភាដោយឯកបក្ស ប្រសិនបើគណបក្សជំទាស់មិនចូលប្រជុំ។ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%98%e1%9e%93%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9A%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8f%e1%9e%b8%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%80%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9f%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9A%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%b6%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%87/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
People Returning to City After Holiday Met by Roadblocks
Police and military police set up roadblocks on major highways leading into Phnom Penh on Sunday as the opposition held its first rally in the capital since the party boycotted the opening of parliament last month over contested election results. Some officials manning the roadblocks said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/people-returning-to-city-after-holiday-met-by-roadblocks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/people-returning-to-city-after-holiday-met-by-roadblocks-44455/
Anti-Eviction Activist Yorm Bopha Freed on Bail
The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily freed jailed Boeng Kak anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha on bail, but sent her case back to the Court of appeal to be reinvestigated. During the hearing, which lasted an hour and a half, dozens of monks and supporters of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-eviction-activist-yorm-bopha-freed-on-bail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-eviction-activist-yorm-bopha-freed-on-bail-47709/
Cambodia, China's Guangdong look to boost tourism cooperation
Representatives of 17 tourism- related companies from southeast Guangdong province of China on Friday met with their Cambodian counterparts in order to seek possibilities for tourism cooperation. The Chinese delegation was led by Zhao Yufang, Vice-Governor of Guangdong Province, while Cambodian side was headed by Pak <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-chinas-guangdong-look-to-boost-tourism-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
ECNS News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/12-14/92619.shtml
Another Election Monitor’s Report Finds Irregularities With Vote
Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) said it could not vouch for the official outcome of July’s national election because of the large number of ballots cast by people without proper paperwork or forms in lieu of official identification, yet another independent report casting doubts on the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/another-election-monitors-report-finds-irregularities-with-vote/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Zsombor Peter and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-election-monitors-report-finds-irregularities-with-vote-49737/
Cambodian security forces clear opposition protesters from capital's Freedom Park
Security guards, police in plainclothes and riot police, armed with batons and metal pipes, on Saturday forcibly cleared hundreds of pro-opposition’s demonstrators from the capital Phnom Penh’ s Freedom Park, where they have been protesting for three straight weeks against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. National <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-security-forces-clear-opposition-protesters-from-capitals-freedom-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/04/c_133018450.htm
Workers ‘locked inside’ during overtime strike
Workers at two different garment factories say that managers locked them inside their workplaces last week when they tried to participate in a boycott of overtime. Union representatives and rank-and-file employees at Kampong Speu province’s Complete Honour Footwear Industrial Cambodia Co, Ltd and Dai Yi Fashion <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-locked-inside-during-overtime-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-%E2%80%98locked-inside%E2%80%99-during-overtime-strike
CPP Could Benefit From Newly Created Phnom Penh Districts
The CPP could win 37 more commune councilor positions than it would have done before the creation of three new districts in Phnom Penh last year, and the opposition CNRP could gain 14, if the city’s 810 councilors vote along party lines in elections set <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-could-benefit-from-newly-created-phnom-penh-districts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-could-benefit-from-newly-created-phnom-penh-districts-51052/
Monks, Workers Hold Vigil for Slain Protesters
About 100 monks, Activists And workers returned on SAturdAy evening to the CAnAdiA IndustriAl PArk, where gArment workers clAshed with militAry police on JAnuAry 3, to prAy for the five protesters who were shot deAd in the violence And cAll for the releAse of 23 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monks-workers-hold-vigil-for-slAin-protesters/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/monks-workers-hold-vigil-for-slain-protesters-51222/
Government responds to Rainsy’s Cambodia, Ukraine comparison
The Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PQRU) on Friday published an extended criticism of a speech made by opposition leader Sam Rainsy last week in which he promised his supporters that the political change that swept Ukraine’s president from power would soon <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-responds-to-rainsys-cambodia-ukraine-comparison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-responds-to-rainsys-cambodia-ukraine-comparison-53401/
Funding boost for Cambodia’s hero mine-detecting rats NGO
The Belgian demining NGO aPOPO, which is pioneering the use of mine-detecting rats in the former battlefields of Cambodia, has received funding from the German government to expand its mine-clearance work in the country. In November, the government gave the green light for aPOPO to begin <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/funding-boost-for-cambodias-hero-mine-detecting-rats-ngo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/funding-boost-for-cambodias-hero-mine-detecting-rats-ngo-54308/
As political impasse continues, some donors hold on to funding
An increAsing number of NGOs in CAmbodiA Are fAcing the prospect of budget cuts, with money from foreign donors decreAsing As A politicAl deAdlock continues. CAmbodiA’s robust civil society relies on donor countries, but some hAve postponed funding while the country’s two rivAl politicAl pArties remAin <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/As-politicAl-impAsse-continues-some-donors-hold-on-to-funding/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/as-political-impasse-continues-some-donors-hold-on-to-funding/1864701.html