Villagers Complain as Land is Razed in Oddor Meanchey
A fleet of bulldozers owned by an unknown company and accompanied by armed RCAF soldiers began razing some 300 hectares of contested farmland in Oddor Meanchey’s Anlong Veng district yesterday, village representatives said. “There were four soldiers with RCAF uniforms and AK-47s and every bulldozer ss='cambodia-color'>...
Benefits from ‘black gold’- Revenue from Cambodian oil fields could provide a big boost to development, if it’s done right
If Cambodia’s oil and gas sector is well managed, and transparent, it could provide the country a golden opportunity for investment, development and poverty reduction, said independent economist Chan sophal, who spoke at a recent gathering looking at the economies of oil-producing countries. Chan sophal said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Private Firms Approach Cambodia’s Bourse With Caution
When it became the first—and still the only—company to list on Cambodia’s stock market on April 18, the Phnom Penh Water supply Authority saw its share price shoot up some 50 percent on its first day of trading before beginning two weeks of steady decline. since ss='cambodia-color'>...
U.S. Supports Strengthening High-Level Legal Networks in ASEAN
Over 70 judges and justice ministry officials from throughout AsEAN gathered at a U.s.-supported AsEAN legal and judicial cooperation workshop in Cambodia this week for an unprecedented exchange of ideas on the rule of law in the AsEAN region. Representatives from the AsEAN senior Law Officials Meeting (AsLOM), AsEAN Member state judicial bodies, and the AsEAN ss='cambodia-color'>...
Huawei withdraws injunction
Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Co agreed yesterday to withdraw its injunction against Mfone in order to pave the way for a court-appointed administrator to sell the bankrupt company’s assets and compensate its many creditors. Along with other creditors, Huawei representatives expressed concerns that the assets would ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040964953/Business/huawei-withdraws-injunction.html
Global brands linked to latest shamed garment factory
Italian sportswear brand Kappa and U.s.-based retail giant Walmart apparently source clothing from the latest addition to the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) list of low-compliance factories, according to a union leader at the factory who provided the branded tags from the clothing her members cut ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sun Heng and Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/global-brands-linked-to-latest-shamed-garment-factory-63900/
Sihanoukville struggles to shake its seedy image
This tourist town counts itself among the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club and more than 1 million tourists each year are drawn to its tropical water and sandy shore. Yet when the U.s. Embassy last month warned its citizens to avoid some beaches ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-struggles-to-shake-its-seedy-image-66108/
Input floated on traffic law
A coalition of NGOs are to submit to the National Assembly today a list of recommended additions to the amended traffic law, a draft of which was approved by the Council of Ministers in August. Road safety advocates hope the amended law, which creates higher fines ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/input-floated-traffic-law
Property rights threatened, NGOs claim
A draft agricultural land law threatens to eliminate property rights and effectively remove all limitations on the size of economic land concessions, a coalition of civil society groups said in a statement released.The draft of The Law on the Management and Use of Agricultural Land, ss='cambodia-color'>...
David Boyle and May Titthara, P. 1
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072457586/National-news/property-rights-threatened-ngos-claim.html
Cambodian greens see red in upcoming dams
For Meach Mean, a veteran campaigner against hydropower dams in Cambodia’s northeast, this year has brought a double dose of bad news. First, he says, two Chinese hydropower companies have begun feasibility studies into a pair of dams planned for tributaries of the Mekong River ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.gulf-times.com/environment/231/details/353963/cambodian-greens-see-red-in-upcoming-dams
Mounting Foreign Concerns as 2013 Budget Plans Under Way
WASHINGTON DC &ndaSh; Seven oppoSition lawmakerS Say they have found new wayS to reduce the national debt and are requeSting that the National ASSembly&rSquo;S finance committee meet with them before drafting the 2013 national budget. The lawmakerS, from the Sam RainSy and Human RightS partieS, Say SS='cambodia-color'>...
Released Boeng Kak Women Back to Old Ways
Less than two weeks after being released from prison, the 13 women convicted in May for protesting evictions at Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community staged their first public action yesterday. The women, joined by about as many neighbors, submitted petitions to the Australian, French, U.K. and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia set to produce halal food
Cambodia is being considered as a site for halal food production and rice milling by the United Arab Emirates, according to the UAE’s Foreign Trade Minister sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi yesterday. speaking during an official meeting with Prime Minister Hun sen at the Peace ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ratings Agency Retains Stable Growth Outlook for Cambodia
Rating agency Standard & Poor&rSquo;S (S&P) on Friday reaffirmed Cambodia&rSquo;S long-term Sovereign credit rating of “B” due to the country&rSquo;S poSitive growth outlook, but again warned of riSkS related to the country&rSquo;S narrow economic baSe. “Economic output growth iS vulnerable due to the Still large SS='cambodia-color'>...
Starbucks to open its first outlet in Vietnam
Global coffee-chain giant StarbuckS will enter itS 12th ASian market next month when it openS an outlet in Vietnam&rSquo;S Ho Chi Minh City. RMA Cambodia CEO Rami Sharaf Said the expanSion into Vietnam did not automatically mean StarbuckS would enter Cambodia. “I don&rSquo;t think there iS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Arrivals of tourists up 20 per cent
Arrivals at the Kingdom’s two main international airports rose more than 20 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2013, according to data from Cambodia Airports. Officials said the rise reflects the normalisation of the world economy and the country’s political stability. According ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042965288/Business/arrivals-of-tourists-up-20-per-cent.html
Sihanoukville to be the site of first marina
Russian sailor Andrey Mantula plans to build what he is calling Cambodia’s first marina off the beaches of Preah sihanouk province. Mantula, who has lived in Cambodia for one year, is heading up the project. He expects construction to start on October 1 of this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mekong forest facing sharp decline: WWF
BANGKOK: Demand for farmland may strip the Greater Mekong region of a third of its remaining forest cover over the next two decades without swift government action, a leading conservation group warned Thursday. Forests are being cleared for commodities such as rubber and rice while illegal logging is decimating ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/mekong-forest-facing-sharp-decline-wwf/661574.html
Insurance premiums on the rise
The Kingdom’s total insurance premiums rose sharply in the first quarter of the year, compared with the same period the previous year, thanks largely to the growth of the economy and an influx of foreign direct investment, industry insiders said. Official data from the General Insurance ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765846/Business/insurance-premiums-on-the-rise.html
ILO Initiative Could Unravel Cambodia’s Garment Industry: Manufacturers
A move by the International Labour Organization to name and shame garment producers in Cambodia that flout workers’ rights and safety standards could damage the industry’s reputation and result in a drastic reduction in orders from buyers abroad, according to a senior manufacturing official. Last week, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/initiative-10042013150820.html