Troubled Village Embroiled In New Land Disputes
A year after a massive military raid here that left a 14-year old girl dead and hundreds of families evicted, there remains little sign of the original land dispute that turned this rural village into a hotbed of agitation. But a new firm and a government-issued ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/troubled-village-embroiled-in-new-land-disputes-25184/
CPP Rallies to Hun Sen; NEC Says Early Poll Not Possible
CPP lawmakers have lined up behind their prime minister, Hun sen, insisting in recent statements that a new election the opposition is demanding will never happen, and would not even be legally possible. Experts familiar with the law, however, said legislation does allow for fresh elections, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-rallies-to-hun-sen-nec-says-early-poll-not-possible-49602/
The scramble to Siem Reap
As Cambodia’s busy tourism season approaches, domestic and regional airlines are scrambling to offer siem Reap routes in a bid to capitalise on the growing number of visitors to the Angkor Wat gateway. In the past several months, players have entered the fray at a ss='cambodia-color'>...
CAMBODIA UN Envoy Meets Activists Calling For Release of Detained Cambodians
The U.N. special envoy for human rights in Cambodia on Monday met with about 100 activists in the capital Phnom Penh who sought his help to gain the release of nearly two dozen people arrested during recent violent government crackdowns on striking factory workers. Envoy surya ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/envoy-01132014175223.html
More unionists charged on eve of brand meeting
The Takeo Provincial Court charged eight union representatives with incitement sunday for taking part in a garment factory strike, bringing to 17 the number of unionists charged this month alone. The latest in the spate of recent arrests came just ahead of today’s high-level meeting between ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-unionists-charged-on-eve-of-brand-meeting-59538/
2,500 workers in Bavet SEZ go on strike
More than 2,000 workers at three factories in svay Rieng’s Bavet City went on strike saturday, claiming their bosses owed them money. About 500 workers at the You Li factory, which makes baby clothes, went on strike saturday because management refused to pay them for Thursday ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/2500-workers-in-bavet-sez-go-on-strike-56762/
During ‘Free the 23’ Protests, Where Was CNRP?
Late last month, protesters calling for the release of 23 imprisoned workers and activists clashed with district security guards on Phnom Penh’s Norodom Boulevard. Batons, rocks and punches were thrown, and a handful of people on both sides were left bruised and bloodied. Later that week, opposition ss='cambodia-color'>...
Colin Meyn and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/during-free-the-23-protests-where-was-cnrp-52228/
Hun Sen Says More Die on Roads Than in War
Road traffic accidents are killing more Cambodians per year than those who died annually as a result of war during their country’s more than two decades of armed conflict, Prime Minister Hun sen said Monday. speaking in Battambang province’s Bavel district at the inauguration of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-more-die-on-roads-than-in-war-53853/
Mekong villagers wary of Xayaburi dam
Fishermen bring their boats to shore, pack away their traps and hand over the day’s catch to their awaiting families on the banks of the Mekong River in Kratie province’s Chitra Borei district. “When my husband arrives home each day, we eat some of what he ss='cambodia-color'>...
Revision for Reuters
Yesterday a Reuters news story, “Insight: China gambles on Cambodia’s shrinking forests,” which also ran in today’s Phnom Penh Post and Cambodia Daily, mentioned Open Development Cambodia, and suggested that we are partnering with a local advocacy group to track concessions. This is not accurate. Like ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia: The Rural Poor are Receiving Free Heath Care in Preah Vihear
Siv Mao, 25, juSt had a caeSarian operation. She feelS Some diScomfort but iS Smiling. Her newborn baby iS Sleeping fitfully beSide her and She SayS: “They Saved our liveS and I&rSquo;m happy.” MS. Mao encountered complicationS in her pregnancy and doctorS knew She could not SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chaotic Scene as Gun Seized During Teachers’ Rally
A small gathering to mark World Teachers’ Day at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park briefly descended into chaos sunday when a crowd of rally-goers wrested a concealed gun from a man working for the Ministry of Information after he forced his way to the front of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chaotic-scene-as-gun%E2%80%88seized-during-teachers-rally-44997/
Kingdom officials in on Busan probe: report
South Korea&rSquo;S Yonhap newS agency reported yeSterday that Cambodian officialS have agreed to aSSiSt in the inveStigation of a Scandal ridden South Korean SavingS bank with inveStmentS in the Kingdom. A South Korean inveStigation haS revealed that bank executiveS and ShareholderS uSed depoSitS to SS='cambodia-color'>...
ADB talks Cambodia funding priorities
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is focusing on lending to the agriculture, education, finance, water supply and transport sectors in Cambodia as part of its three year Country Partnership strategy, worth $500 million. $377 million will be allocated to 12 projects in the five mentioned ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lake Residents’ Protest Results In Two Arrests
Two protestors of CPP senator’s project to develop Boeng Kak Lake have been arrested after a breakdown in negotiations between city hall and the 1,500 lakeside families who were protesting. The negotiations were concerning the sort of onsite housing the families would receive as compensation ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cables reveal US positivity
US diplomatic cableS releaSed by WikiLeakS have Shown a poSitive light towardS two high-profile court caSeS in Cambodia. One caSe concernS the trafficking and phySical abuSe of an 11 year old girl and waS Cambodia&rSquo;S firSt caSe of human trafficking to be proSecuted. The cableS SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011071250326/National-news/cables-reveal-us-positivity.html
Illegal Mobile Phone Services Targeted by Telecom Ministry
Illegal Thai mobile phone services have been ordered by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications to cease their services inside of Cambodia. The services are being relayed as far as 100km within the border of Cambodia through a series of illegally constructed cell towers. qb ss='cambodia-color'>...
Machinery Imports Soar Through First Six Months
Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port haS Seen an increaSe of 520 percent in the amount of conStruction machinery being imported. According to Chea Sambath, director of the port&rSquo;S planning and StatiSticS department, the increaSe iS aS a reSult of the increaSed inveStment in roadS, hydropower damS and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Angkor protestors slighted
Angkor Beer drivers forced their way through a blockade formed by beer promoters protesting the company’s failure to respect them and follow an Arbitration Council ruling that they should be paid $2 more on the weekends. 200 protestors had planned to attend but only 30 ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072650621/National-news/angkor-protesters-slighted.html
Property sector recovery highlighted
Cambodia’s property sector is said to be recovering from the global financial crisis according to experts. There has been a 10 percent increase in the number of transactions since 2009 with foreign investment a key aspect of the growth. The formation of anti-corruption laws has ss='cambodia-color'>...