Pay delay frustrates disabled community
More than one year after the government passed legislation to bring in a pension for people with disabilities living in poverty, a preliminary committee to workshop how to locate such disabled people has still not been formed, officials said yesterday. In June last year, the ss='cambodia-color'>...
US hears Boeung Kak women
The US ambaSSador at large for Global Women&rSquo;S ISSueS &ndaSh; an office in the US State Department &ndaSh; met with five of the Boeung Kak lake female activiStS on Saturday in a SidelineS meeting of a Lower Mekong gender policy dialogue. “It waS a full SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071657436/National-news/us-hears-boeung-kak-women.html
As All Eyes Turn To Cambodia…
Along the Phnom Penh waterfront the city’s landmark flags have been raised and the street children and beggars are being removed – an unwanted sight for a government out to impress the biggest gathering of world leaders this country has ever seen. At the center of this will ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://thediplomat.com/asean-beat/2012/11/15/as-the-world-descends-on-cambodia/
Hanging by a Thread
Cambodia’s tradition of silk production is one that dates back as far as the 13th century. A long-standing symbol of status for the rich and the country, ancient Angkorian silk producing Cambodia bore unique weaving and reeling techniques that have been passed down from generation ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/320823/hanging-by-a-thread
Hun Sen’s Niece Brings Hard Rock Restaurant to Cambodia
Hard Rock Cafe, the iconic U.S. reStaurant franchiSe known for itS collectionS of rock &lSquo;n&rSquo; roll memorabilia, will open reStaurantS in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, in a deal with a local firm owned by the niece of Prime MiniSter Hun Sen, company repreSentativeS Said SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-niece-brings-hard-rock-restaurant-to-cambodia-15652/
Online Trader Eyes Kingdom
An online trading firm based in the tax haven of Cyprus is planning to open a subsidiary in Cambodia, an account manager at IronFX’s headquarters in Cyprus said yesterday. “We are on the planning stage in Cambodia. We are now studying law and regulations in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013043065307/Business/online-trader-eyes-kingdom.html
Development pushes poor from land as Cambodia dams its rivers
“From my view, I don’t want to have it, but it is development, we can’t stop them,” says srekor’s village chief, Leang saroeurn. Cambodia’s impressive yearly GDP growth rates of 7 percent for the last decade have come, in part, through a ravenous consumption of the countries ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Quinlan
http://asiancorrespondent.com/120212/development-drives-displacement-as-cambodia-dams-its-rivers/
Voices divided pre-ASEAN
Protecting human rights, especially those of Cambodian migrant workers traversing borders to countries such as Malaysia, dominated discussions at yesterday’s AsEAN Peoples’ Forum, one of two competing pre-summit forums that claim to be giving a voice to Cambodians. speaking at yesterday’s forum, seng sakda, director-general ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955323/National-news/voices-divided-pre-asean.html
Asean NGO Coalition Claims Members’ Rights Violated
Members of the Asean People’s Forum, a coalition of NGOs that convened in Phnom Penh last week, declared yesterday that their rights had been violated after four workshops on sensitive issues were canceled by the venue where they met. In a statement representing more than 1,200 ss='cambodia-color'>...
More evictees may have recourse through IFC
Rights groups say families being forced off their land by development projects recently revealed to have World Bank Group backing could probably file successful complaints against the institution, effectively forcing it to help the families save their homes or at least win better compensation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/evictees-may-recourse-ifc-119213/
Cambodia worst in region for rule of law: report
Cambodia ranked 112 out of 113 countries surveyed globally and dead last in the East Asia and Pacific region when it comes to the perceived rule of law, a new report released today states. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-worst-region-rule-law-report
Expansion of Int’l Airports to Double Capacity
Cambodia Airports will invest $100 million next year to expand the size of its airports in siem Reap City and Phnom Penh and double the number of passengers that can pass through its two main hubs in the country, an official airport operator said yesterday. Emmanuel ss='cambodia-color'>...
Looking back at riel history
For the past decade, Cambodia’s economy has steadily grown with GDP growth surpassing 5% on a compounded annual basis for the past twelve years. Nearly 58% of the populace is engaged in agriculture, while the service sector employs 26% and industry accounts for the remaining ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071057308/Business/history-of-the-riel.html
Cambodia's trade with U.S. down 2 pct in first 2 months
The bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United StateS waS worth about 499 million U.S. dollarS in the firSt two monthS of thiS year, down 2 percent compared with 510 million U.S. dollarS at the Same period laSt year, the StatiSticS of the U.S. SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-04/16/c_132313606.htm
Cambodian dam feeding false hopes
RATANAKIRI PROVINCE, Cambodia – “I prefer the dam to the fish,” says middle-aged farmer Ton Noun, when asked his opinion on a proposed 400 megawatt dam on the sesan river near his home in northeastern Cambodia. Then he chuckles and asks, “What fish?” That’s because ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michelle Tolson
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/SEA-02-181213.html
US Ambassador Says Corruption Scares Off American Firms
U.S. AmbaSSador William Todd on ThurSday Said that deSpite hiS effortS to promote Cambodia aS an attractive deStination for buSineSS, major American companieS are reluctant to inveSt here aS they Still perceive the country aS indelibly corrupt. “I believe now iS the time for big U.S. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Woods and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-ambassador-says-corruption-scares-off-american-firms-42799/
Rights Groups Condemn Killing of Protesters
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), along with local rights groups Licadho and Adhoc, denounced the Friday shooting of protesting garment workers by police in a joint statement released in Paris on Monday. “The killing of demonstrators by government authorities is totally unacceptable. The government ss='cambodia-color'>...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-groups-condemn-killing-of-protesters-50315/
Predictions mixed for post-new year garment strike
Along Phnom Penh’s industry-heavy Veng sreng street on Wednesday, garment factories lay idle in observance of Khmer New Year. The dorms around them were empty, save for the few workers who could not afford the bus ticket home for the holiday, which ended Wednesday. Eight unions ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/predictions-mixed-for-post-new-year-garment-strike-56624/
PAL still keen on Cambodia Air venture
FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has not lost its interest in pursuing a joint-venture agreement with Royal Group of Cambodia (RGC) to establish Cambodia Airlines Co. Ltd. PAL President Ramon s. Ang confirmed that his airline’s discussions for investment in the Cambodian carrier are ongoing, as ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lorenz S. Marasigan
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/business/companies/32817-pal-still-keen-on-cambodia-air-venture
Villagers in limbo as dam starts
Construction at the controversial Lower sesan II dam site in stung Treng province has already begun, according to villagers, who will today petition several ministries, the Chinese embassy and the headquarters of the Royal Group to open negotiations with them. According to the villagers, who travelled ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-limbo-dam-starts