Opposition Barred From Meeting Detainees for a Second Day
Riot police and security forces prevented an opposition delegation from meeting with 23 protest detainees in Kampong Cham province on Tuesday, for second day in a row. No violence was reported, as the delegation from the Cambodia National Rescue Party met with more than 100 police ss='cambodia-color'>...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-barred-from-meeting-detainees-for-a-second-day/1844162.html
Cambodian minorities join meetings at UN headquarters in New York
A group representing Cambodia’s indigenous communities traveled to New York this week, meeting with UN officials and other minority groups from 70 countries. Cambodia’s minorities face a host of problems, particularly as they try to maintain a way of life that relies on traditions and the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-minorities-join-meetings-at-un-headquarters-in-new-york/1920346.html
Leaked draft of Cambodia's proposed cyber law reveals threat to free expression
TV news viewers in Cambodia are fed a steady diet of praise for the government and top officials. Whether they’re giving speeches that go on for hours, cutting a ribbon at a new development project, or shaking hands with foreign dignitaries, government leaders are presented ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kyle James
http://www.dw.de/leaked-draft-of-cambodias-proposed-cyber-law-reveals-threat-to-free-expression/a-17629723
Some fear political deal will hurt long-term democracy
A deal between the ruling party and opposition in July may have ended a yearlong political deadlock, but some rights workers now worry the compromises will not be worth the long-term costs to Cambodian democracy. But Ou Virak, chairman of the board at the Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/some-fear-political-deal-will-hurt-long-term-democracy/2545890.html
British fraudster’s appeal dismissed by court
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the lateSt appeal by jailed BritiSh buSineSSman Gregg Fry&Shy;ett to have hiS trial for fraud delayed becauSe he failed to file hiS appeal requeSt within the permitted timeframe. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/british-fraudsters-appeal-dismissed-by-court-77554/
Aviation authority to monitor Thai safety concerns
Cambodia’s aviation authority says it has no plans to follow in the footsteps of some of Asia’s largest nations and ban new flights from Thai-based carriers, after an international audit has raised “significant safety concerns” about the standards of Thailand’s aviation authority. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aviation-authority-monitor-thai-safety-concerns
Business bribery is rife: report
Cambodia has again ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world with the release of global anti-bribery association TRACE’s bribery risk index. According to the index, titled the TRACE Matrix and released on November 11, Cambodia is the fifth most at risk country ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/business-bribery-rife-report
Women’s Rights activists stage flash mob to raise awareness
A group of activists staged a flash mob in Phnom Penh’s Wat Botom park Thursday evening, performing the Madison and the cha-cha-cha to bring attention to women’s rights in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/womens-rights-activists-stage-flash-mob-to-raise-awareness-79215/
PPWSA, VCGP sign $103.3M deal for water treatment plant in Bakheng
In a move towards enhancing Cambodia’s water infrastructure, the Phnom Penh Water Authority (PPWsA) and Vinci Construction Grands Projets (VCGP) have finalised $103.3 million contract yesterday for the design and construction of the third drinking water treatment plant in Bakheng. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501471588/ppwsa-vcgp-sign-103-3m-deal-for-water-treatment-plant-in-bakheng/
MFI deposits seen growing
The value of deposits with Cambodia’s 31 microfinance institutions grew more than 96 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to last year, a rise industry experts say is due to the political stability and economic growth of the Kingdom. Official data ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110859631/Business/mfi-deposits-seen-growing.html
USAID Review of Health NGO Finds Litany of Irregularities
A financial review by USAID, the U.S. government&rSquo;S development arm, into local health NGO Reproductive and Child Health Alliance (RACHA) haS found financial miSmanagement coupled with a lack of tranSparency and overSight within the organization that may point to evidence of fraudulent activity. Well-known for itS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/usaid-review-of-health-ngo-finds-litany-of-irregularities-49464/
US-Asean Meeting Addresses Economic, Security Cooperation
At the U.S.-ASean meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yeSterday, the U.S. and the 10 ASean member nationS agreed to further their cooperation in all areaS, including Security to enSure peace in the region. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Clinton Discusses Boeng Kak Prisoners With Hor Namhong
The U.S. haS called on the Cambodian government to give fair legal treatment to the 13 women recently jailed for demonStrating againSt their evictionS from the Boeng Kak area, according to a U.S. State Department SpokeSwoman. Cambodian Foreign MiniSter Hor Namhong met with U.S. Secretary of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Rights champion urges women to seek justice in courts
An increasing number of women who are victims of violence are looking for solutions outside the country’s dysfunctional court system, the president of rights group Licadho, Pung Chhiv Kek, said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14743//
Hotel Shuts Down Asean NGO Panels
Four workshops at the Asean Peoples’ Forum concerning pressing issues such as land rights and events in Burma were blocked by the owner of the venue where the forum was being held on Friday, as they were considered too politically sensitive, the organizer said. Out of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Final poll results confirm first single-party Assembly
In an unprecedented situation in Cambodian politics, the official results of the July 29 national elections have declared that the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will take all 125 seats in the National Assembly on the back of it receiving 76 per cent of the votes. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-poll-results-confirm-first-single-party-assembly-0
Official preliminary results show higher voter turnout
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Saturday announced the official preliminary reSultS of the Sixth Cambodian national electionS. The reviSed figureS Show voter turnout on July 29 waS in fact 83.02 per cent &ndaSh; higher than the 82.89 per cent revealed in unofficial reSultS Shortly SS='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-preliminary-results-show-higher-voter-turnout
On world rabies day, a call for cooperation
Government officials and public health workers met with about 100 students at the Ministry of Health’s school of nursing in Phnom Penh on Monday to mark World Rabies Day, calling for a united effort to eradicate a virus that kills hundreds of Cambodians each year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meghan Tribe
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-world-rabies-day-a-call-for-cooperation-95814/
Malaysia’s giant opens first Cambodia supermarket
Malaysia-based retailer Giant, one of the largest players in Asia, has launched its first store in Cambodia, opening in Phnom Penh’s Grand City Mall as part of a major expansion into the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24085/malaysia---s-giant-opens-first-cambodia-supermarket/
More Cambodians traveling abroad as tourists
The number of Cambodians traveling overseas as tourists increased to nearly 700,000 in the first half of the year, up 26 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Experts in the industry welcomed this trend and pointed out ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28454/more-cambodians-traveling-abroad-as-tourists/