Villagers protest over land disputes
About 200 people from Kampot and Kandal provinces gathered yesterday at the Land Ministry asking for two separate disputes with development companies to be resolved. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079672/villagers-protest-land-disputes/
Cambodia draft laws to ensure independence of the Court
Prime Minister Hun Sen said today that three draft laws will be adopted in the first semester of 2014 to ensure independence of the judiciary in Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=Y2UyZTZkYTYxNmJ
Knock-off superglue seized in Stung Treng
Military police in Stung Treng City last week raided eight apartments and market stalls where knock-off superglue was being manufactured and sold, an official said Monday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/knock-off-superglue-seized-in-stung-treng-74270/
Trafficking victims rescued from Malaysia, Indonesia
A Cambodian couple “trafficked” to work in Malaysia returned home Friday morning after being “rescued” by the Cambodian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, a government official said yesterday. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trafficking-victims-rescued-from-malaysia-indonesia-79797/
Illegal homemade fishing bomb injures five
Five people were injured Monday when a homemade bomb destined for illegal fishing exploded as it was being assembled in Battambang province’s Kamrieng district, police said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-homemade-fishing-bomb-injures-five-77670/
Evicted villagers running out of options
After having her home burnt down, being arrested and driven from land she says is her family’s, Yoa Sa-aim is clinging to her last option. ...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12749/evicted-villagers-running-out-of-options/
Research team: CNRP, CPP maps identical
The Royal Academy of Cambodia border research team said yesterday the maps showing the country’s borders being used by the government and the opposition were identical. ...
Chea Takihiro and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14303//
Hongkong Land plans to break ground in 2012
Hongkong Land, one of Asia’s largest property investment companies, plans to have excavators move in on one of its four properties in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district that it bought earlier this year, according to an official at the company. John Brinsden, country adviser for Jardine ...
A refuge for river dolphins
The government yesterday moved to protect endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River, announcing plans for a 180-kilometre-long conservation area that would stretch from the Lao border through Stung Treng province to Kratie town. Touch Seang Tana, chairman of the Commission for Conservation and Development of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030154794/National-news/a-refuge-for-river-dolphins.html
French Scholar ‘Shocked’ Over Damage to Riverside Home
Leaning over the railing on the roof of the Khmeroyal Hotel along Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay, 54-year-old scholar and long-time Cambodian resident Oliver de Bernon peered across at his crumbing riverfront apartment yesterday. Residents of the block Between streets 178 and 184 on Sisowath Quay ...
Living wage a ‘Human Right’
Panellists at the first “Permanent People’s Tribunal” on wages and conditions for Cambodian garment workers yesterday released their findings, declaring that a living wage for workers should be considered a “human right”. The hearing included two days of testimony by workers, labour experts and brand-name buyers. While ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012020954412/National-news/living-wage-a-human-right.html
Asian Development Bank Takes Over Lead Foreign Donor Role
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is taking over from the World Bank as lead foreign donor in Cambodia following the departure of the World Bank’s country manager, the ADB said yesterday. The switch followed a year in which the World Bank imposed a funding freeze ...
Investors show confidence in The Peak
After a suit and tie gala event at Sofitel this month that aimed to drum up local support for the newly launched luxury residence The Peak – the most expensive condominium project to date at a tune of $580 million, Rithy Sear, WorldBridge Chairman, announced ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/investors-show-confidence-peak
Sihanoukville gets a wake up call
Sihanoukville has long been a part of the government’s plan to develop the Southern coast as Cambodia’s next tourism hotspot after Siem Reap, and if recent arrival numbers are anything to go by it seems to be growing in appeal. However, as new property developers ...
George Styllis
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/sihanoukville-gets-wake-call
Secretary-General Says Asean to Delay Start of Economic Union
The plan to create an economic union in the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will likely see a delay of a year, Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said at the meeting of the bloc’s energy ministers in Phnom Penh. During the meeting, Mr. Surin said ...
Cambodia's highly competitive mobile phone industry poised for change
The nation is awash with SIM cards, and that is indicative of an industry that, as most observers see it, is simply overcrowded. But [mobile phone] operators, despite their special promotions and a young population in love with phones, are finding themselves squeezed as margins ...
Pol Pot-Era Airbase Earmarked as Future Tourist Gateway
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday that in order to manage future tourist numbers, the government will construct a new international airport on the site of the Kampong Chhnang airbase, which was built by slave labor during the Khmer Rouge regime. Mr. Hun Sen said that ...
Draft Law for Lower Sesan Dam Details Plans for Compensation
A draft law on the financing of a controversial dam project in Stung Treng province obtained yesterday shows that about $38 million will be spent on the resettlement of almost 800 families. This marks a significant decrease from the more than 1,000 families the companies ...
Olympic Organizing Committee to Investigate Cambodian Factory
The London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog) plans to investigate allegations that a Cambodian factory producing Olympic merchandise for Adidas is not paying workers a sustainable living wage, a spokesman for Locog said yesterday. The investigation is a response to an article published Saturday ...
Economy Strong but IMF Warns of Risks
Strong exports, increasing numbers of tourists and a recovering real estate sector are driving strong economic growth this year, but the gross domestic product outlook could still be offset by an unstable global economy, weak demand from the West and an overheating banking sector, the International ...