Zoo fighting back from brink
A leopard appears healthy and strong as it paces the walls of its cage with a confident swagger and muffled growl that hints at its ferocity. It’s a welcome sight at Kampot province’s much-maligned Teuk Chhou zoo, which less than one year ago was struggling to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031355003/National-news/zoo-fighting-back-from-brink.html
Social Media Challenges ‘Official’ Version of Events
Seeing is believing—particularly in a country where the government controls the broadcast media and current affairs news, aired on pro-ruling party TV and radio, is often at odds with the country’s few independent media outlets. But in the aftermath of a violent clash between striking garment ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/social-media-challenges-official-version-of-events-47012/
Rainsy Amasses Support Ahead of Monday’s Rally
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Friday visited vendors in Phnom Penh’s Olympic and Russian markets and appealed to voters disgruntled by preliminary election results awarding a victory to the CPP to join a planned opposition rally at Freedom Park on Monday. As he toured both markets, ...
Khy Sovuthy and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-amasses-support-ahead-of-mondays-rally-40743/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rainsy-amasses-support-ahead-of-mondays-rally
គម្រោងផ្លូវដែករបស់ ADB មានកំហុសធំធ្វើឲ្យសហគមន៍នានាកាន់តែលំបាកនិងក្រីក្រ
ធនាគារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អាស៊ីហៅកាត់ថា ADB បានធ្វើឲ្យមានកំហុស “ធំ” នៅក្នុងការបង្កើតនិងអនុវត្តគម្រោងមួយដែលមានទំហំទឹកប្រាក់១៤៣លានដុល្លារ ដើម្បីស្ដារប្រព័ន្ធផ្លូវដែកដែលចាស់ទ្រុឌទ្រោម ជាកំហុសឆ្គងដែលបានធ្វើឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជាច្រើនរយ ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/10481/
(English) 2,500 workers in Bavet SEZ go on strike
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Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/2500-workers-in-bavet-sez-go-on-strike-56762/
(English) Not going without a fight
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May Titthara and David Boyle
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/not-going-without-fight
មកទល់ពេលនេះ អ្នកភូមិឃុំរកាជាង១៦០នាក់ហើយបានឆ្លងមេរោគអេដស៍
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ មន្ត្រីមួយរូបបានលើកឡើងថា មកទល់ពេលនេះ អ្នកភូមិជាង១៦០នាក់ហើយត្រូវបានធ្វើតេស្តឈាមរកឃើញថា មានផ្ទុកមេរោគអេដស៍នៅក្នុងឃុំរកា ខេត្តបាត់ដំបង ដែលជាហេតុធ្វើឲ្យមន្ត្រីសុខាភិបាល និងអ្នកជំនាញអន្តរជាតិ ...
ឃី សុវុឌ្ឍី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/21549/
Government Goes to China in Search of New Loans
Prime Minister Hun Sen will travel to China on Saturday to meet with the rising superpower’s new leadership, in a trip the government expects to yield nearly $2 billion in loans and aid. Most significantly, the Government is hoping to secure Chinese funding for a 1.67 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-goes-to-china-in-search-of-loans-17314/
Firm Given Rights to All ELC Timber in Ratanakkiri
The Ministry of Agriculture has signed a deal with Try Pheap Import Export to give the firm the right to purchase all timber felled in economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, according to a letter sent from the Agriculture Ministry to the Forestry Administration ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-given-rights-to-all-elc-timber-in-ratanakkiri-22788/
Private Ship Registry Did Not Monitor Compliance
The privately-operated International Ship Registry of Cambodia (ISROC), a South Korea-based company that owns the rights to register foreign vessels under the Cambodian flag, told ship owners last year that it was not monitoring their observance of international maritime laws, and that it was their ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/private-ship-registry-did-not-monitor-compliance-48532/
CNRP Touts Success on Second Day of Demonstrations
As leaders from the CPP and CNRP sat down for a round of top-level negotiations aimed at breaking the country’s prolonged political impasse on Monday, opposition supporters once again poured into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for the second day of demonstrations against alleged fraud in ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-touts-success-on-second-day-of-demonstrations-42529/
Cambodia Upgrades Diplomatic Relations With Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to upgrade Cambodia’s diplomatic relations with Japan to a “strategic level” during talks in Tokyo on Sunday, but also thanked his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, for making efforts to mend relations with neighbor China, according to media reports. During a state ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-upgrades-diplomatic-relations-with-japan-49386/
(English) Gov’t suspends freedom of association for unions
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-suspends-freedom-of-association-for-unions-53271/
(English) ADB Admits Fault in Rail Project, Pledges Compensation
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Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-admits-fault-in-rail-project-pledges-compensation-51210/
Congressional Hearing in US Pushes Cut to Cambodian Aid
At a congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday that scathingly rebuked Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling CPP, a U.S. lawmaker called for legislation to cut American aid to Cambodia following the national election on July 28. Representative Steve Chabot, who chaired the House Subcommittee ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/congressional-hearing-in-us-pushes-cut-to-cambodian-aid-34389/
Welfare plan full of goals, short on details
Cash transfers to the poor and public works programs for the unemployed are spelled out in a new five-year plan the government launched yesterday in a bid to expand the country’s threadbare social welfare programs. Though full of ambitious targets and budgets, the ‘National Social Protection ...
Cambodia’s trade with Hong Kong jumps 22%
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Hong Kong rose more than 22 per cent year-on-year in 2011, according to data from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, whose regional base is in Hanoi. Total trade was US$741 million, compared with $607 million in 2010. Cambodia’s exports to Hong ...
Graduates not up to scratch: report
Cambodia’s tertiary system is not producing enough of the right type of graduates to meet the economy’s demands, says a report launched by the World Bank last week. The 222-page report, titled “Putting Higher Education to Work”, states that “quantity gaps are particularly strong in ...
Garment factories: Minimum wage raise scrutinised
The presidents of three unions have appealed to the Garment Manufacturing Association of Cambodia to improve the “miserable” living conditions of its workers by providing higher wages and better benefits, a letter received by the Post yesterday shows. The letter is dated March 2 and signed ...
Telecom Cambodia Revenues Drop by $1 Million in 2011
Telecom Cambodia, one of three state-owned enterprises with plans to list on Cambodia’s stock exchange, saw revenues decline by 3 percent to $31 million last year, an official at the company said yesterday. Lao Saroeun, director general of Telecom Cambodia, said that revenues at the company ...