Rail gets rice exports on move
For the first time since a railway rehabilitation project was launched in 2006, Cambodian rice is now being transported from Phnom Penh to the sihanoukville port along the country’s southern line for export, operators Toll said on Wednesday. speaking at the Phnom Penh cargo loading station, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rail-gets-rice-exports-move
‘Power cuts just a transitional problem’
Recurring power cuts and power shortages draw sharp complaints from Cambodia’s public, the political opposition and business owners. Keo Ratanak, director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EDC), talked to the Post’s sarah Thust. What is EDC doing to reduce electricity cuts here? The issue of power shortage is ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065532/Business/power-cuts-just-a-transitional-problem.html
Cambodian, Chinese top diplomats pledge to advance ties
Cambodian and Chinese top diplomats on Wednesday pledged to maintain and further heighten bilateral ties and cooperation for the mutual benefits of the two countries and peoples. The pledge came after a bilateral talk between Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and visiting ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/21/c_132650650.htm
A big thumbs-down
A Phnom Penh municipal official said yesterday that they would investigate mounting complaints that authorities have been forcing the capital’s residents to thumbprint letters supporting the preliminary election results and promising not to join demonstrations. Residents in Daun Penh and Tuol Kork districts told the Post ss='cambodia-color'>...
Price rules pulled due to election
The government in May held back on implementing widely unpopular rules that would have raised the price of mobile phone calls so as to not upset consumers – and potential voters – just months ahead of the national election, according to Cambodia’s independent telecommunications regulator. “Before ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/price-rules-pulled-due-election
Parties Agree to Let UN Observe Election Investigation
The CPP and opposition CNRP agreed during a meeting at the National Assembly on Friday that the U.N. can observe an investigation into irregularities in last month’s national election, but continued to disagree that the National Election Committee (NEC) lead the investigation. After the two parties ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/parties-agree-to-let-un-observe-election-investigation-39056/
Sar Kheng Commends Armed Forces for Peaceful Election
Interior Minister sar Kheng has commended the country’s security forces for creating a safe environment during the July 28 election and the post-election period leading up to the convening of the National Assembly last week, according to a letter received Tuesday. In his “letter of appreciation,” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sar-kheng-commends-armed-forces-for-peaceful-election-44161/
Impunity Reigns as Fatal Shootings Continue to Go Unpunished
Impunity reigns in Cambodia on the back of two consecutive years of fatal shootings by state forces for which perpetrators have evaded justice, local rights group Licadho said Friday in a statement to mark International Day to End Impunity on saturday. since the start of 2012, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/impunity-reigns-as-fatal-shootings-continue-to-go-unpunished-47769/
Phnom Penh Fares Poorly in Livability Index
Phnom Penh is one of the least-livable cities in the world, but has also seen relatively strong improvement in quality of life over the past five years, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Global Livability Ranking released this month has found. The analysis of 140 cities, which ss='cambodia-color'>...
David Kaner
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom%E2%80%88penh-fares-poorly-in-livability-index-41445/
Cambodia Urged to Do More to Protect Women, Advance Rights
The government needs to do more to protect migrant workers, ensure that women have access to legal aid, bring cases of violence against women to court and draft an anti-discrimination law, the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) said in a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-urged-to-do-more-to-protect-women-advance-rights-45975/
Don’t bet on elections
The house always wins, except when there’s a disputed election scaring gamblers away from the tables. That’s the message from Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc, which operates casinos in Poipet town and Pailin province as well as supplying NagaWorld casino with slot machines. According to the company, Cambodia’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/don%E2%80%99t-bet-elections
Regional peers urge gov’t to probe deaths
An organisation made up of current and former elected representatives from across southeast Asia has called on the United Nations to investigate the deaths of two people shot by police during protests over the past three months. In a statement released yesterday, AsEAN Parliamentarians for Human ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/regional-peers-urge-gov%E2%80%99t-probe-deaths
Opposition Gives Hard Deadline for Political Negotiations
The Cambodia opposition says it is holding firm to a threat to boycott the sept. 23 opening session of parliament, potentially stalling the formation of a new government, if a political solution is not found by sept. 22, as leaders from both sides met for ss='cambodia-color'>...
VOA Khmer Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-gives-hard-deadline-for-political-negotiations/1751659.html
Oxfam accuses Coke and Pepsi of taking land from the poor
Land covering an area the size of Italy has been taken from indigenous communities around the world by suppliers to the biggest names in the food and drinks industry, according to a major new report. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among the companies criticised by Oxfam for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jamie Merrill
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/oxfam-accuses-coke-and-pepsi-of-taking-land-from-the-poor-8852161.html
Diabetes on Rise Due to Unhealthy Lifestyles
More than 1,000 people marched to the Kompong Thom provincial referral hospital on saturday to mark World Diabetes Day and raise awareness of the chronic disease, which affects 3 percent of Cambodians and is increasing due to changing diets. saturday’s event was organized by Mopotsyo, a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/diabetes-on-rise-due-to-unhealthy-lifestyles-47805/
Unions to Proceed With Mass Rally in Freedom Park Despite Ban
Unions planning a mass rally at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on sunday to call for the release of 23 detainees and a higher minimum wage in the garment industry say they will proceed with the event despite City Hall’s decision Thursday to deny permission. The nine ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government acknowledges critical IRI public opinion poll
The government of Prime Minister Hun sen has accepted the results of a recent public opinion poll carried out by the International Republican Institute (IRI), which found that fewer people support the direction the country is headed, the organization said Thursday. The annual survey found that ss='cambodia-color'>...
LAUREN CROTHERS
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-acknowledges-critical-iri-public-opinion-poll-51639/
India urges more trade action
The Indian ambassador to Cambodia is calling on the government to reduce exorbitant shipping costs and take better advantage of a tariff scheme that India offers, two obstacles that the diplomat says are discouraging bilateral trade. Ambassador Dinesh Patnaik said on Tuesday that Indian businesses exporting ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/india-urges-more-trade-action
New owners, old story
An existing moratorium on economic land concessions should be no impediment to pouring more cash into the Kingdom’s booming, and highly criticised, rubber trade, industry executives in the capital heard yesterday, as many current ELCs can simply be recycled to a new crop of investors. Ly ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-owners-old-story
Muddy Waters Have Authorities Singing the Blues
Authorities in Kratie and stung Treng provinces on Thursday said that they were investigating an unusual change of color in the Mekong River to a muddy, dark brown that was unnatural for this time of the year and was worrying residents. since the beginning of this ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/muddy-waters-have-authorities-singing-the-blues-50792/