Investigation Into Man Shot Dead During Protest Yields Nothing
A week after one man was shot dead and several others injured during a standoff between the armed forces and protesters, an investigation into who was responsible is no closer to conclusion, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday. Security experts last week said the armed ...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/investigation-into-man-shot-dead-during-protest-yields-nothing-42911/
Twenty-Two Years On, Paris Peace Agreement Far From Realized
More than two decades after the Paris Peace Agreement, which was meant to open the way for peace and multiparty democracy in Cambodia, legal experts and human rights advocates said Tuesday the government has largely abandoned the vision of the accord. Speaking at a conference on ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/twenty-two-years-on-paris-peace-agreement-far-from-realized-45702/
World Toilet Day Highlights Sanitation Solutions
Tuesday marked World Toilet Day, the annual attempt to push the issue of open defecation back into the spotlight and highlight the preventable illnesses that are caused by what is still a very common practice in Cambodia, which has the lowest toilet coverage in Southeast ...
Simon Henderson and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-toilet-day-highlights-sanitation-solutions-47393/
U.S. gov't launches HIV research project in Cambodia
The United States government on Wednesday launched a HIV research project in Cambodia, aiming to collect and disseminate critical data that will help the country in the fight against HIV. Men Chean Rithy, coordinator for the newly-launched HIV Innovate and Evaluate Project, said the U.S. provided ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131211/us-govt-launches-hiv-research-project-cambodia
"Crime is a crime, and it cannot be justified for other aspirations" States the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson
On 3 March 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has posted a press statement stating by the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, “Crime is a crime, and it cannot be justified for other aspirations” on their official website. In the press statement, the Foreign Ministry’s ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
ODC participated in Barcamp ASEAN 2017
Barcamp ASEAN 2017 took place on October 21-22, at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The principle of the camp is to bring and gathers together the participants in Cambodia and the regional for the open exchange of knowledge, skills, and experiences on how ...
THY Try
Executive Director/Editor-in-ChiefTHY Try is an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia (ODC). In 2011, he joined ODC as an advisory board member, and later on, he became a chairman of the board. As an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief, Try plays an important role in increasing public access ...
Young activists take to the streets ahead of the Cambodian elections
Cambodia’s upcoming elections have been dubbed the “Cambodian Spring”, with an unprecedented number of young activists taking to the streets and social media, demanding a change. More than a third of registered voters are aged between 18 and 30, and the Opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-22/an-cambodian-spring-feature/4834450
Blood Stocks Drop to Critically Low Level
Stocks at the National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) are critically low and hundreds of units short of meeting demand, leading management at the center to publicly appeal for people to come forward and help restore the depleted reserves. Dr. Hok Kim Cheng, the NBTC’s director, said ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/blood-stocks-drop-to-critically-low-level-41240/
School buildings ‘failing test’
Two years out from the 2015 Millennium Development Goals’ target of universal access to education, Cambodia remains plagued by school infrastructure shortages, with a scarcity of classrooms and decrepit facilities that threaten students’ safety, NGOs and teachers say. At Slorkram Primary School in Battambang, teachers ...
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/school-buildings-%E2%80%98failing-test%E2%80%99
Report Finds Poor Implementation of Domestic Violence Law
Preliminary research in two provinces has found that a lack of implementation of the domestic violence law means that women continue to suffer abuse and more needs to be done to ensure that attitudes change and perpetrators are held accountable. Katherine Brickell, senior lecturer in Human ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-finds-poor-implementation-of-domestic-violence-law-50906/
Sihanouk statue waves down on Royal Palace
A familiar figure has popped up atop a building that authorities in Phnom Penh ordered demolished in October for violating height restrictions around the Royal Palace: a statue of late King Father Norodom Sihanouk. “I have built a King statue on the top of my building ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanouk-statue-waves-down-on-royal-palace-56896/
PPMM #22: Highwater Risk Analysis & [Forest Cover] Change Detection
PPMM #22: Highwater Risk Analysis & [Forest Cover] Change DetectionPlease consider yourself invited!In honor of the recent Water Festival, let’s re-celebrate it in our own geeky way – via mapping. WaterSHED Cambodia and 1001 Fountaines took a raincheck but expressed an interest in giving a ...
គណបក្សបែតងអូស្ត្រាលី អំពាវនាវឲ្យមានការស៊ើបអង្កេតភាពមិនប្រក្រតីក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតជាតិ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ មេដឹកនាំគណបក្សបៃតងអូស្ត្រាលី (Australian Greens Party) បានលើកឡើងថា ខ្លួនបានជំរុញឲ្យលោក ខេវិន រូដ (Kevin Rudd) នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីអូស្ត្រាលី គាំទ្រការស៊ើបអង្កេតករណីចោទប្រកាន់ថា មានភាពប្រក្រតីបានកើតឡើង យ៉ាងច្រើន ក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតជាតិកាលពីថ្ងៃអាទិត្យសប្តាហ៍មុន។ កាលពីខែតុលា ព្រឹទ្ធសភាអូស្ត្រាលី បានឯកភាពគ្នាថា អំពាវឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា “ រៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត សេរី និងយុត្តិធម៌ ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣ និងធានាថា ណបក្សប្រឆាំងនានាអាចចូលរួមយ៉ាងពេញលេញក្នុងកិច្ចការ នយោបាយកម្ពុជា ដោយមិនមានការយាយីផ្នែករូបវន្ត ឬក៏ផ្នែកតុលាការ ឬក៏ការគំរាមកំហែង”។ នៅក្នុងកិច្ចសម្ភាសជាមួយវិទ្យុអេបីស៊ីអូស្ត្រាលី (ABC Radio Australia) លោកស្រី គ្រីស្ទីន មីលណេ (Christine Milne) មេដឹកនាំគណបក្សបៃតង បានលើកឡើងថា ក្នុងនាមជាអ្នកផ្តល់ជំនួយដ៏ច្រើនមួយដល់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ប្រទេសអូស្ត្រាលីត្រូវក្រោកឈរឡើង និងបង្ហាញក្តីកង្វល់របស់ខ្លួនអំពីភាពមិនប្រក្រតី ដែលបានកើតឡើងនៅក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតទូទាំងប្រទេស កាលពីថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ សប្តាហ៍មុន។ លោកស្រី មីលណេ បានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា “ ប្រទេសអូស្ត្រាលីគួរតែប្រើ ប្រាស់ជំហររបស់ខ្លួននៅលើឆាកអន្តរជាតិ ក្នុងការគាំទ្រយ៉ាងសកម្ម នូវការសុើបអង្កេតពេញលេញ និងមានតម្លាភាព ចំពោះភាពមិនប្រក្រតីក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោត ហើយការ សុើបអង្កេតនេះ ត្រូវការគណៈកម្មាធិការឯករាជ្យមួយ និងមានជំនួយពីអង្គការសហ ប្រជាជាតិ និងអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលនានា”។ លោកស្រីបានមានប្រសា សន៍បន្តទៀតថា “ ចំពោះខ្ញុំ ច្បាស់ណាស់ថា មានភាពមិនប្រក្រតីយ៉ាងច្រើនគួរឲ្យកត់សម្គាល់នៅក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោត ខ្ញុំស្វាគមន៍ការដែលមានការលើកឡើងថា នឹងមានការពិភាក្សាគ្នា ហើយខ្ញុំក៏បានឮ [លោកប្រធានគណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ] សម រង្ស៊ី និយាយថា គោលបំណងនៃកិច្ចពិភាក្សាទាំងនោះ គឺដើម្បីបង្ហាញ ស្វែងរក ការពិត និងគ្មានអ្វីលើសពីនេះទៀតទេ ហើយនោះគឺជាអ្វីដែលខ្ញុំចង់ឃើញ នាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ន សម្រាប់ប្រទេសអូស្ត្រាលី ដែលត្រូវក្រោកឈរឡើងដើម្បីឲ្យមានការពិនិត្យមើលបញ្ហា ពីព្រោះមានការអះអាងយ៉ាងច្បាស់ថា គណបក្សប្រឆាំងបានទទួលជ័យជម្នះ ...
Thai Political Turmoil Could Affect Cambodia, Analysts Say
Political turmoil in Thailand, where protesters have overtaken government buildings and called for the premier there to step down, have sparked concerns in Cambodia that its diplomatic relations with its neighbor could again deteriorate. “The governments of Yingluck and Thaksin are close to Hun Sen,” ...
Sok Khemara,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/thai-political-turmoil-could-affect-cambodia-analysts-say/1803539.html
The Missing Link
Resources to feed and educate a child, access to shelter and a life free of abuse arc fundamental rights, yet each day millions of Cambodians struggle to meet their basic needs alone. With more than 30% of the population living below the national poverty line of ...
Controversial Dam Approved on Cambodia-Laos Border
Laos has notified the Mekong River Commission (MRC) that it will go ahead with the construction of the Don Sahong Dam, which environmentalists say could threaten the ecosystem of the Lower Mainstream Mekong and have a severe impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-dam-approved-on-cambodia-laos-border-44401/
Shorten Buildings or We Will, City Hall Tells Two Developers
The Phnom Penh municipal government will today issue announcements to two property developers ordering them to partially demolish buildings near the Royal Palace in order to reduce their height to comply with the original planning agreements, an official said. The two buildings—one owned by Vattanac Properties ...
Aun Pheap and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shorten-buildings-or-we-will-city-hall-tells-two-developers-45510/
No Demolition Yet as Buildings’ Deadline Nears
There was little sign Wednesday that two new buildings near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, which have been ordered to reduce their height, were any closer to demolition Wednesday, despite the approach of a one-month deadline from City Hall. Phnom Penh municipal officials said last ...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-demolition-yet-as-buildings-deadline-nears-46960/