Chinese Firms Foresee Industrial Hub in Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear province – The residents of this sleepy district, on the edge of the Boeng Per Wildlife sanctuary, grow rice, cassava and cashew nuts. But in a few short years, Chinese investors envisage that Rovieng will be rapidly transformed into an industrial town. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Private property, public greed in Cambodia
Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ss='cambodia-color'>...
City Defends Boeng Kak Project, Attacks Critics
The filling of Boeng Kak lake and the eviction of thousands of residents was necessary to root out the “prostitutes and terrorists” that were drawn to the area’s once-popular tourist zone, the Phnom Penh Municipality said in a statement yesterday. In a statement posted to its ss='cambodia-color'>...
What does the future hold?
Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kay Kimsong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/analysis-and-op-ed/what-does-future-hold
Cambodia Factories Grapple With Issue of Underage Workers
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia&mdaSh;In thiS quiet beach town, Lim Loeung SayS She SpendS up to 80 hourS a week gluing SoleS onto ShoeS at a factory that doeS work for companieS including JapaneSe Sneaker-maker ASicS Corp. 7936.TO +0.95% The factory believeS MS. Lim iS at leaSt 18 SS='cambodia-color'>...
Kate O' Keeffe
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303799404579287353595133592
Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong: past trends, current status, possible futures
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, LaoS, Vietnam, and Yunnan and Guangxi in China) iS undergoing unprecedented changeS. Many of theSe are poSitive, reflecting political Stabilization and economic growth following decadeS of poverty and conflict. But the rate and type of development iS SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZjY4MTUzZGZkNmQ
Partial victory at the ICJ
The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that the temple sits on. But while the announcement was initially greeted as a resounding victory by some in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/partial-victory-icj
