Rubber company suspends projects as World Bank investigates
A World Bank-supported rubber company accused of land grabs has suspended some of its projects, as an investigation by the bank continues. The Hoang Anh Gia Lai company, which received support from the bank’s International Finance Corporation, said in a decision following an April 2 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rubber-company-suspends-projects-as-world-bank-investigates/1908775.html
Authorities pass buck as hit-and-run investigation stalls
As hit-and-run victim san Chan lies in a hospital bed awaiting justice for his brother’s death, officials from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, police and traffic police are pointing fingers at one another, while the driver remains at large. A week ago today, Mr. Chan, 18, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-pass-buck-as-hit-and-run-investigation-stalls-60309/
Reporter drops threat complaint, court says
A journalist who filed a complaint with the Pursat Provincial Court alleging that a soldier threatened to kill him over an illegal logging report withdrew his complaint after the soldier was internally disciplined, court officials and military police said Monday. sak Rom, a reporter with Kapit ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reporter-drops-threat-complaint-court-says-60888/
16 Cambodian workers rescued in Thailand, Malaysia
Cambodian embassies rescued 13 Cambodian workers in Thailand and three maids in Malaysia, Koy Kuong, spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said saturday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YzZmNTA3ZTljZjN
Anti-refugee protest dogged by xenophobia
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through central Phnom Penh yesterday morning calling for a controversial refugee resettlement deal between Australia and Cambodia to be scrapped. While the protesters echoed human rights concerns that have been repeatedly made about the scheme, an undercurrent of xenophobia was also present. After ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/anti-refugee-protest-dogged-xenophobia
Journalist investigating illegal logging shot dead
A 49-year-old journalist reportedly investigating illegal logging in Kratie province was shot dead early sunday morning. Within hours, police arrested three men—a commune police chief, a military police officer and a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier—for the murder, officials said. Taing Try, who contributed to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/journalist-investigating-illegal-logging-shot-dead-69629/
Tuk-tuk groups clash with metal pipes, chains
Two rival groups of tuk-tuk drivers clashed Monday evening in front of Phnom Penh’s railway station in Daun Penh district, beating each other with metal pipes and chains over a dispute regarding passengers, police said Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tuk-tuk-groups-clash-with-metal-pipes-chains-79047/
Plans moving forward for Japanese SEZ
Cambodia is actively working to establish the Cambodia-Japan special Economic Zone (sEZ) to attract more Japanese investment, given its current status as a key trade and investment partner, according to a press release from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). CDC first vice-president ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plans-moving-forward-for-japanese-sez
Obama Presses Hun Sen on Human Rights
U.S. PreSident Barack Obama preSSed Prime MiniSter Hun Sen on the government&rSquo;S human rightS record during a cloSed-door meeting between the two leaderS in Phnom Penh yeSterday, calling for fair electionS and the releaSe of all political priSonerS. In the firSt viSit to Cambodia by a SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/obama-presses-hun-sen-on-human-rights-record-6174/
Officials Consider Export Numbers Fishy
The Ministry of Commerce has released figures showing Cambodia’s export of fishery goods including fresh and dried fish products have decreased drastically in the first quarter of the year, though several government officials viewed the figures with scepticism. Cambodia exported 49.9 tonnes of fish products in ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050365392/Business/officials-consider-export-numbers-fishy.html
Riot Police Stop March on Last Day of Summits
A group of roughly 100 anti-eviction protestors were blocked by riot police yesterday from marching to Prime Minister Hun sen’s Peace Palace to appeal to U.s. President Barack Obama for help in reforming Cambodia’s land rights policy. The protest, which took place at the Boeng Kak ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia Real Estate Could Benefit From QE3
Cambodia’s highly dollarized economy could benefit from a rush of foreign capital into Asia unleashed by the U.s. Federal Reserve’s latest economic stimulus, unlike some of its Asian neighbors, as it lifts demand for real estate and garment exports in the developing country, a senior ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578106160673901682.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Human trafficking still rife in Cambodia, US report says
Amid numerous reports of Cambodian women being trafficked to China and men being used as forced labor on fishing boats, the U.s.’ latest Trafficking in Persons report again said Cambodia is not doing enough to combat human trafficking. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/human-trafficking-still-rife-in-cambodia-us-report-says-89840/
Foreign Ministry is ready to talk with Cambodia over overlapping sea area
Bangkok–secretary General to the Foreign Minister Mr. Nawin Boonsert said the negotiation over the overlapping sea area between Thailand and Cambodia would be clarified once the Cabinet was clear on its agenda. Following Cambodia’s Petroleum Organization expressing intention to clarify the demarcation points in the sea ss='cambodia-color'>...
Regulator sees growth
Camcontrol revenues for the first nine months of the year hit Us$7.9 million, surpassing the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s revenue goal of $6 million for the year. Kong Putheara, director of the Ministry of Commerce’s statistics department, this week said the unexpected growth came from ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011110352505/Business/regulator-sees-growth.html
The Mekong river stories from the heart of the climate crisis interactive
The fate of 70 million people rests on what happens to the Mekong river. With world leaders meeting in Paris next week for crucial UN climate talks, John Vidal journeys down south-east Asia’s vast waterway – a place that encapsulates some of the dilemmas they ss='cambodia-color'>...
New Laos dam draws criticism
News that Laos will move ahead with the proposed 912-megawatt Pak Beng dam, which would be the third mainstream dam in Laos’ Lower Mekong River, has sparked criticism from environmental groups who say downstream countries should decide the fate of potentially harmful development projects. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-laos-dam-draws-criticism
Cambodian parliament passes law that could destroy the opposition
Cambodia’s parliament today passed a controversial provision that severely curtails the power of the country’s opposition parties and effectively bans former opposition leader sam Rainsy from returning to power. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Logan Connor
http://sea-globe.com/cambodian-parliament-passes-law-destroy-opposition/
Land Rights Worry UN
A mission to examine political rights in Cambodia has been increasingly overshadowed by the Kingdom’s dire land rights situation, the 2012 report from Cambodia’s UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights, published yesterday, shows. Cambodia’s rapporteur, surya subedi, conducted two fact-finding missions to Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pakistan-Cambodia ties set to strengthen
PAKISTAN iS looking to further improve itS trade, inveStment and touriSm tieS with Cambodia, officialS Said. Data from the EmbaSSy of PakiStan ShowS that bilateral trade between the two countrieS haS been good in recent yearS. In 2011, the total value of two-way trade reached $16 SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012121760307/Business/pakistan-cambodia-ties-set-to-strengthen.html