Cambodia's GDP per capita to hit 1,130 USD in 2014: PM
Cambodia’s GDP per capita is expected to reach 1,130 U.S. dollars this year, an estimated increase of 8 percent from 1,043 U.S. dollars last year, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=235977
Ranariddh’s adviser quits royalist party
Noranarith Anandayath, the long-serving personal secretary of former First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, said Sunday that he has resigned from the prince’s newly formed political party and is considering joining the CPP. ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ranariddhs-adviser-quits-royalist-party-70310/
Villagers blocked from stopping construction
Security guards hired by the Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) thwarted an attempt Friday by 10 villagers to bring a halt to the company’s clearing of land in Koh Kong province, locals said. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-blocked-from-stopping-construction-71588/
CNRP lawmakers visit prisoners on hunger strike
Opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua said a group of 10 convicted anti-eviction activists on hunger strike at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison were in a weak state during her visit to the facility Monday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmakers-visit-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-74732/
Battambang families told to make way for new park
Battambang town authorities have notified 600 families living in the provincial capital’s Prek Preah Sdech commune that they need to relocate due to the construction of a large public garden to beautify the city. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-families-told-make-way-new-park
South Korea to double Cambodian migrant worker permits
The South Korean government will double the number of Cambodian migrant workers who are granted permits to take up employment in the country’s manufacturing, construction and agriculture sectors each year, officials said on Monday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/south-korea-to-double-cambodian-migrant-worker-permits-78099/
One-time NEC fave weighs call
The head of a local rights group who was once touted as the consensus choice for the revamped National Election Committee’s key ninth member will soon announce whether she will officially withdraw her candidacy. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/one-time-nec-fave-weighs-call
Families renew call for help in land dispute
Representatives of 29 families involved in a land dispute with the Defense Ministry in Phnom Penh visited the National Assembly on Thursday, seeking a response to a petition they submitted last month asking for intervention. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-renew-call-for-help-in-land-dispute-82538/
Apsara fires back at villager accusations
Describing complainants as opportunists, the Apsara Authority on Sunday rejected allegations that it has not complied with a sub-decree ordering it to return 220 hectares of land to local villagers in Siem Reap province. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-fires-back-villager-accusations
Cambodia protests Indian Angkor Wat replica
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday sent a diplomatic note to India’s Ministry of External Affairs expressing its concern over a planned temple that resembles Angkor Wat and insisting that its construction be halted. ...
Alex Consiglio and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-protests-indian-angkor-wat-replica-85131/
Former Beehive workers protest over severance pay
Nine former employees of Beehive radio station protested in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to demand that owner Mam Sonando respect an Arbitration Council ruling that he pay them severance after firing them earlier this year. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-beehive-workers-protest-over-severance-pay-85372/
Sihanoukville police set sights on tuk-tuk “mafia”
Municipal officials and the police have started identifying and registering the city’s previously unregulated tuk-tuk and moto drivers, following a constant flow of complaints about them from tourists and business owners, officials say. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12285/sihanoukville-police-set-sights-on-tuk-tuk----mafia---/
CNRP to start selling ‘participation’ shares Saturday
The CNRP will on Saturday begin accepting donations for the television station it plans to launch before the end of this year and selling “participation” rights in the business, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-to-start-selling-participation-shares-saturday-86345/
Gov’t to reinvestigate Union leaders’ slayings
An interministerial committee has been established to once again investigate the assassinations of Free Trade Union leaders Chea Vichea, Hy Vuthy and Ros Sovannareth between 2004 and 2007, according to a government decree obtained Thursday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-reinvestigate-union-leaders-slayings-86605/
Registration open for LANGO meet
The National Assembly has announced that members of the public hoping to participate in the consultation regarding Cambodia’s contentious draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations (LANGO) will have until Tuesday to register. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/registration-open-lango-meet
Milestone in eye health
Officials from the Ministry Of Health’s national eye health program yesterday released a report announcing that trachoma, an eye infection that can lead to blindness, is no longer a public health problem in Cambodia. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/milestone-eye-health
Opposition leader threatens to play American card
Meach Sovannara, lead spokesman for the opposition, threatened to play the American card if the Municipal Court does not drop its investigation of him for his role in violent protests at Freedom Park last year. ...
Chea Takihiro and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13505/opposition-leader-threatens-to-play-american-card/
Cambodia’s military ties with China strengthening
Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh made a five-day trip to China last week, meeting with high-ranking military officials and receiving pledges of assistance from the Chinese military. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-military-ties-with-china-strengthening/2871797.html
Corruption reporting kudos for Post journos
A tale of alleged bribery in Kampot earned Post journalist Phak Seangly first place yesterday as Transparency International Cambodia awarded its first-ever prizes for Outstanding Reporting on Corruption in Cambodia. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/corruption-reporting-kudos-post-journos
Microfinance loans up 47 percent in first 6 months
Cambodia’s microfinance sector is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, with loan disbursements in the first six months of this year increasing almost 50 percent on last year, according to an industry association. ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/microfinance-loans-up-47-percent-in-first-6-months-90039/