Opposition Asks ADB To Suspend Funding to Cambodia
Opposition leader sam Rainsy has asked the Asian Development Bank to suspend funding to Cambodia, whose government he says was not formed legally following the July elections. In a letter to ADB President Takehiko Nakao, sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-asks-adb-to-suspend-funding-to-cambodia/1766436.html
Demolition Order for 2 Buildings Near Royal Palace
Government officials have ordered the immediate demolition of two buildings located within blocks of the Royal Palace because the structures are taller than the allowed limit for buildings surrounding the palace, officials said Wednesday. One building, owned by Vat­tanac Properties, is located a block from the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/demolition-order-for-2-buildings-near-royal-palace-45306/
Increasingly, Cambodians Say They are ‘Suffering’: Poll
An increasing number of Cambodians see themselves faring worse, a Gallup polls suggests. In a global survey released earlier this month, the Us-based firm ranked Cambodia near the very bottom in terms of life satisfaction, and it found that 34 percent of surveyed Cambodians consider themselves ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vannarin Neou
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/increasingly-cambodians-say-they-are-suffering/1819008.html
Rainsy tells supporters to heed fall of Yanukovich
SA&rSquo;ANG DISTRICT, Kandal province &ndaSh; A little over a month after SupporterS of Prime MiniSter Hun Sen forced the cancellation of an oppoSition party rally here, CNRP leaderS Sam RainSy and Kem Sokha returned to addreSS followerS and promiSe that the change that Swept away SS='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-tells-supporters-to-heed-fall-of-yanukovich-53273/
Three convicted over clash with police on Monivong Bridge
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday sentenced three men of six suspects to prison terms for their role in the september 15 clashes on Monivong Bridge between police and stone throwing youths, during which a man was killed and several were wounded by police ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-convicted-over-clash-with-police-on-monivong-bridge-53388/
ADB Admits Fault in Rail Project, Pledges Compensation
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has for the first time admitted to major flaws in its efforts to protect the roughly 4,000 families losing land to a $143 million project it is funding to rehabilitate Cambodia’s dilapidated railway system. On Friday, the ADB said it would ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-admits-fault-in-rail-project-pledges-compensation-51210/
Cambodia route reopens for Uighur refugees
Recent arrests by Thai authorities of groups of suspected Uighur refugees along the Cambodian border have experts convinced that Cambodia has once again become a transit hub for members of the minority group fleeing religious and political persecution in China. Last week, 14 Uighurs were reportedly ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-route-reopens-for-uighur-refugees-57340/
Development of mega-airport continues, despite opposition by locals
Families who have to make way for Phnom Penh’s new mega airport are refusing to relocate to land set aside for them, and are demanding more monetary compensation for what they’re being forced to vacate. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/development-of-mega-airport-continues-despite-opposition-by-locals/
With vague details, pro-government unions accuse labor groups of inciting members to form new union
some 200 unions and federations have accused two prominent independent labor organizations of inciting its members to leave and establish a new union. The claim was denied by one of organizations, which said it has never trained members of any of the signatories — many ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/with-vague-details-pro-government-unions-accuse-labor-groups-of-inciting-members-to-form-new-union/
Model secondary schools embrace digital education
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and sport has initiated a campaign to elevate the standard of model schools by implementing digital education for students in selected secondary schools in Phnom Penh. The initiative aims to enhance student achievement and is set to expand across the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/model-secondary-schools-embrace-digital-education
City poised for shopping mall boom
After spending $30 on clothes, Chan Pheavy sat down for lunch in the food court of sorya Mall, plunking her shopping bags on the floor beside her. “It is very comfortable to do shopping here,” Pheavy, 25, who works for a commercial bank in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/city-poised-shopping-mall-boom
NEC Admits 270,000 Names Were Duplicated on Voter List
Just two months after the contested national election, commune officials across the country on Tuesday began the annual 20-day process of registering voters, while the National Election Committee (NEC) announced that 270,000 duplicated names would be removed from the voter list used in July. NEC secretary-General ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-admits-270000-names-were-duplicated-on-voter-list-44151/
Government to Spend $13.7M on Appeal Courts
The government will spend a total of $13.7 million in the next three years to build new appeal courts outside of Phnom Penh along with free accommodation for judges and prosecutors across the country, according to the draft budget law for 2014, which is scheduled ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-to-spend-13-7m-on-appeal-courts-46853/
Poor Education Could Cripple Business Growth
Low-quality education is jeopardizing business growth in Cambodia, and local graduates will not be employable in skilled jobs if the government does not quickly implement educational reforms, business executives warned Thursday at the Cambodian Market Intel 2013 seminar in Phnom Penh. During an hourlong panel discussion ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-listed-as-nsa-collection-point-48188/
Floods a Yearly Trial for Those Living Along Mekong
TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province &ndaSh; From November to May, the Mekong River iS quiet. So iS life for the hundredS of thouSandS of people who live along itS bankS, which in Cambodia formS a 155,000 Square km baSin covering Six provinceS and Phnom SS='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-a-yearly-trial-for-those-living-along-mekong-44143/
Home for the holidays
Still agitated 20 minuteS after the rally in front of SL Garment ProceSSing (Cambodia) Ltd had diSperSed yeSterday, Choem Som Im held up Seven fingerS aS She jerked her armS forward and Spoke in an equally Sharp tone. The dilemma, faced by many garment workerS, SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/home-holidays
Specter of Typhoon Approaching Raises Fears of More Floods
As monthlong flooding that has so far left 122 dead slowly subsides, officials and relief agencies were on sunday concerned that a powerful typhoon approaching Vietnam may bring more heavy rain and the risk of more floods to provinces where tens of thousands of families ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/specter-of-typhoon-approaching-raises-fears-of-more-floods-45003/
Customs' taxing dilemma
Average Cambodians are to pay the price for stamping out corruption in the customs department. Prices for basic goods, such as food and clothing, rose recently after the department was ordered last week to clean up its act and apply the official tax rate, importers told ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-taxing-dilemma
Petition Rally for Prisoners’ Release Ends Peacefully
A week after they began their campaign, activists and rights groups handed out the last of their petitions to embassies across Phnom Penh on Wednesday, hoping to solicit the help of foreign governments in securing the release of 23 men arrested earlier this month at ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/petition-rally-for-prisoners-release-ends-peacefully-51135/
A year after law, acid easily available on streets
“What law? No one has ever come to speak to me about that,” said 33-year-old Lim Vannak, scanning the large plastic buckets of corrosive acids she had lined up on the pavement of Phnom Penh’s street 144 on a recent morning. Acid in the wrong hands ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and Alice Cuddy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/a-year-after-law-acid-easily-available-on-streets-51663/