European body sends a message
The European Parliament, representing one of the country’s largest donors, on Friday called for a moratorium on forced evictions, an overhaul of elections and even went so far as to suggest to the European Union that it suspend tariff-free imports of agricultural goods linked to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Investment options for Cambodian telcos
With Myanmar’s telecom industry showing signs of gradually opening, operators in Cambodia’s overcrowded telecom market see opportunities for potential investment. But in stride with the market’s latent potential come challenges, industry experts say, and lessons learned locally need to be applied overseas. “Myanmar remains one of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022061463/Business/investment-options-for-cambodian-telcos.html
Rubber Firm Clears Kreung Land, Sparking Latest Complaint
Representatives of nearly 200 ethnic Kreung families living in Ra­tanakkiri province’s O’Chum district on Tuesday filed a complaint with local rights group Adhoc, accusing a Vietnamese rubber company of clearing their ancestral land, local officials and a rights worker said. Chhay Thy, provincial investigator for Adhoc, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rubber-firm-clears-kreung-land-sparking-latest-complaint-11876/
Short on Water in the Tonle Sap
Residents of a village in the middle of Cambodia’s Tonle sap “Great Lake” live surrounded by water, but don’t have enough access to clean water for drinking, cooking, and washing. The Tonle sap, a combined lake and river system that swells in the rainy season to ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/water-03202013141227.html
After vote, land issues heat up
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights yesterday expressed concern at a recent spate of land disputes coming on the heels of last month’s vote, and questioned whether campaign promises of resolving the Kingdom’s ongoing land issues had been forgotten now that the election has passed. The ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/after-vote-land-issues-heat
ADB seeks cooperation with ACU
Asian Development Bank (ADB) seeks cooperation with Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) to fight against corruption in projects that ADB funds. In a meeting saturday between Nuon sothimon, ACU’s department chief of juridical affairs and Lorraine Wang-Reyes, ADB’s principal integrity specialist, they discussed cooperation in combating ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NWJiMDc4OTM4MTF
Massage Parlor Raid Suspects Sent to Court
Seven VietnameSe nationalS arreSted during SimultaneouS raidS on a pair of maSSage parlorS in central Phnom Penh on ThurSday night have been Sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for their role in the alleged trafficking of minorS, police and a child-protection NGO Said Sunday. “We SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Woods and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massage-parlor-raid-suspects-sent-to-court-46521/
Rice exports to Thailand dive
Rice exports to Thailand plummeted in the first four months of the year as a result of that country’s surplus, which reached record levels at the end of 2013. Between January and April, Cambodia exported just 1,550 tonnes of rice to Thailand, down 89 per cent ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-thailand-dive
Italy millers slam ‘unfair’ EBA
Cambodia duty-free rice exports to the European Union have this week come under fresh attack from producers in Italy, who say the beneficial treatment is restricting the potential of Italian rice exports. An Italian agriculture collective of farmers, which includes representatives from the Italian Association of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/italy-millers-slam-%E2%80%98unfair%E2%80%99-eba
Getting on the same page
In what is shaping up to be the first of several pivotal garment wage talks, unions are to meet for the first time today to discuss the amount they should request for next year’s minimum wage – but labour leaders and observers say coming to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/getting-same-page
Wedding business a winning proposal
It’s no secret. Weddings in Cambodia are big, colourful and extravagant affairs. Guests drink and eat to their heart’s content, music draws revellers onto the dance floor and the party lasts for hours. But guests aren’t the only people having fun. Rising affluence paired with a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wedding-business-winning-proposal
Gambling on change
The Cambodian government is drafting a series of changes to the Kingdom’s gaming laws in a bid to draw major players from Macau and the Us to the market and potentially create a new tax base from the growing, if currently illegal, online betting industry, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gambling-change
City Hall backtracks amid White Building outcry
With momentum gathering behind a movement to renovate rather than raze Phnom Penh’s famous White Building, City Hall on Thursday backtracked on its assertion earlier this week that the building was destined for demolition. On Tuesday, Phnom Penh Governor Pa socheatvong said the iconic apartment block ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Chan Cheuk Yin
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-backtracks-amid-white-building-outcry-67556/
Nearly 50 abused brides repatriated last year
The number of Cambodian women caught in abusive marriages in China is increasing dramatically, according to rights groups, which last year helped repatriate nearly 50 brides who had been either trafficked abroad or lured by the promise of a better life. Local rights groups Adhoc and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nearly-50-abused-brides-repatriated-last-year-76897/
Council approves Aeon 3 project
Japan’s Aeon Mall Co is to spend more than $200 million building its third shopping mall in Phnom Penh as the firm eyes the Kingdom’s burgeoning middle-class. Construction on Aeon Mall 3 in the capital’s Meanchey district is to begin early next year as a result ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/council-approves-aeon-3-project
CSX index up 7.25 per cent, $1.25 million in shares traded
Following a bruising first quarter, the Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX) index has picked up over the last few days after Acleda Bank Plc’s (ABC’s) initial public offering (IPO). At Thursday’s close, the index ended 7.25 per cent higher at 793.59 points. Trading volume reached 280,791 ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/csx-index-725-cent-125-million-shares-traded
Blows at capital protest
A union representative is accused of beating a rival over the head with a walkie-talkie during a factory protest yesterday in the latest burst of violence in one of Cambodia’s special economic zones. Bou sokray, 25, a representative for the Coalition of Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032255198/National-news/blows-at-capital-protest.html
New committee created to protect Koh Kong Krao
Prime Minister Hun sen has created a committee tasked with monitoring Koh Kong sEZ Co Ltd’s development of Koh Kong Krao island in Koh Kong province’s Koh Kapi commune. The Council of Ministers first announced the development project on June 14, 2019, according to Hun ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-committee-created-protect-koh-kong-krao
ICT agreement signed
Cambodia and Malaysia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in order to cooperate and share Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in order to develop the health, government and logistics sectors. Cambodia’s National ICT Development Authority met with the Malaysian Ministry for science, Technology and ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072550612/Business/ict-agreement-signed.html
World Bank Influence Curbed by ‘New’ Donors
The World Bank is losing influence in Cambodia to “emerging donors” and making no major headway in stemming corruption, the Bank’s Independent Evaluation Groups said in a report released Wednesday. specifically focused on the World Bank;s 2007 anti-corruption initiative through 2010, the report uses six ss='cambodia-color'>...