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People’s Assembly Will Rally at Freedom Park on Monday
About 1,000 members of the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly—a network of communities throughout the country that includes farmers as well as land and labor activists—will rally at Freedom Park on Monday to demand an end to the current political impasse. The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/peoples-assembly-will-rally-at-freedom-park-on-monday-45440/
Buildings Up for Demolition Broke Agreement, Not Restrictions
Phnom Penh’s governor on Thursday refused to confirm whether two buildings close to the Royal Palace will be pulled down after local district and commune officials said Wednesday that their demolition due to height violations was imminent. Governor Pa Socheatvong declined to comment on the reports ...
Simon Henderson and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/buildings-up-for-demolition-broke-agreement-not-restrictions-45425/
Media Groups Call On ‘Political Elite’ to Protect Reporters
More than a dozen journalism and human rights groups have called on Cambodia’s political forces to protect journalists and guarantee citizens’ access to an open and unobstructed press during the current political unrest. In a statement released Wednesday, the Cambodian Center for Independent Media, along with ...
Lindsey Peterson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/media-groups-call-on-political-elite-to-protect-reporters-45436/
CNRP to Hold Second 3-Day Mass Protest
The opposition CNRP has sent a letter to municipal authorities informing them that a mass demonstration planned for Wednesday at Freedom Park to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 signing of the Paris Peace Agreement will now be a three-day affair and include marches ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-to-hold-second-3-day-mass-protest-45412/
លោក សម រង្ស៊ី៖ សហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិស្វាគមន៍ការស្វែងរកយុតិ្ដធម៌ជូនពលរដ្ឋម្ចាស់ឆ្នោត
មេដឹកនាំបក្សប្រឆាំងដែលកំពុងស្វែងរកអន្តរាគមន៍ពីសហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិ ដោយបានឆ្លងកាត់ការធ្វើដំណើរនៅអឺរ៉ុប និងអាមេរិក បាននិយាយកាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញថា សហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិ បានគាំទ្រជំហររបស់លោក ក្នុងការស្វែងរកយុត្តិធម៌ជូនម្ចាស់ឆ្នោត ដែលលោកហៅថា ការលួចបន្លំសន្លឹកឆ្នោត កើតមានជាប្រព័ន្ធនៅក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតសភា កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកក្កដា។ ថ្លែងនៅក្នុងទីក្រុងវ៉ាស៊ីនតោន បន្ទាប់ពីបេសកម្មរបស់លោកបញ្ចប់នៅអឺរ៉ុប និងអាមេរិកនៅថ្ងៃនេះ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិមានប្រសាសន៍ថា រដ្ឋាភិបាល និងសភានៅក្នុងប្រទេសអ៊ឺរ៉ុប និងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក រួមទាំងប្រទេសជាច្រើនទៀត បានគាំទ្រគោលជំហររបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ក្នុងការទាមទារឲ្យមានការស៊ើបអង្កេតឯករាជ្យមួយ ពីភាពមិនប្រក្រតីនៃការលួចបន្លំសន្លឹកឆ្នោត។ លោកបានបញ្ជាក់ទៀតថា សហភាពអឺរ៉ុប និងប្រទេសដទៃទៀត បានសម្តែងនូវមន្ទិលសង្ស័យនៃលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតនេះ។ ...
ថុល ស្រីលក្ខណ៍
http://vodhotnews.com/16793
Land-titling process ‘urgent’, Oxfam says
Accelerating the mapping and titling of rural farmland should be an “urgent” priority of the government and civil society, particularly when it comes to protecting indigenous peoples’ and women’s rights, Oxfam representatives said yesterday. The remarks followed the release of an EU-funded survey of rural communities’ ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-titling-process-%E2%80%98urgent%E2%80%99-oxfam-says
បក្សប្រឆាំងគ្រោងធ្វើបាតុកម្ម៣ថ្ងៃជាប់គ្នាទាមទារយុត្តិធម៌ឆ្នោត
តំណាងគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានដាក់លិខិតជូនសាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ពីគម្រោងដឹកនាំធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្មអហិង្សា ៣ថ្ងៃជាប់គ្នា ចាប់ពីថ្ងៃទី២៣ ខែតុលា នៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ដោយរំពឹងថា មានមនុស្សរាប់ម៉ឺននាក់ចូលរួម។ បញ្ហានេះ អាជ្ញាធររាជធានីភ្នំពេញ មិនទាន់កំណត់បែបណាទេ ដោយរង់ចាំពិភាក្សាគ្នារវាងអាជ្ញាធរក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ ឬស្ថាប័នពាក់ព័ន្ធជាមុនសិន ទើបសម្រេចជាក្រោយ។ លិខិតផ្ញើជូន លោក ប៉ា សុជាតិវង្ស អភិបាលសាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ចុះថ្ងៃទី១៦ ខែតុលា ចុះហត្ថលេខាដោយតំណាងដឹកនាំធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្មគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានឲ្យដឹងថា គោលបំណងធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្ម ៣ថ្ងៃ គឺដើម្បីស្វែងរកការពិត និងយុត្តិធម៌ជូនពលរដ្ឋ ពាក់ព័ន្ធភាពមិនប្រក្រតីនៃលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតតំណាងរាស្ត្រអាណត្តិទី ៥។ លោក ហូរ វ៉ាន់ តំណាងដឹកនាំធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្ម បានឲ្យដឹងថា បាតុកម្មអហិង្សានេះក៏នឹងទាមទារឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាល គោរព និងអនុវត្តឲ្យបានពេញលេញតាមកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងសន្តិភាព ទីក្រុងប៉ារីស ថ្ងៃទី២៣ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩១ ព្រមទាំងធានាឲ្យមានការគោរពសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងអនុវត្តឲ្យបានត្រឹមត្រូវតាមគោលការណ៍ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ សេរីពហុបក្ស ដូចមានចែងនៅក្នុងរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា។ លោក ហូរ ...
ដែន អយុធ្យា
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/politics/cnrp-plan-to-rally-domonstration-three-days-10172013074214.html
លោកសម រង្ស៉ីសរសើរស.រ.អា.និងសហភាពអឺរ៉ុបដែលមិនគាំទ្ររដ្ឋាភិបាលថ្មីនៅកម្ពុជា
រដ្ឋ VIRGINIA — មេដឹកនាំគណបក្សជំទាស់គឺលោកសម រង្ស៉ីកោតសរសើរជំហរស.រ.អា.និងសហភាពអឺរ៉ុបដែលមិនគាំទ្រ រដ្ឋាភិបាលថ្មីនៅកម្ពុជា។ លោកថ្លែងថា ជំហរនេះជាការ លើកទឹកចិត្តខ្លាំងសម្រាប់អ្នកតស៊ូដើម្បីលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យក្នុង ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ថ្លែងទៅកាន់ក្រុមពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរអាមេរិកាំងជាច្រើននាក់ក្នុងរដ្ឋ វីជីនៀ កាលពីយប់ថ្ងៃអង្គារ មេដឹកនាំគណបក្សជំទាស់គឺលោកសម រង្ស៉ីបានអះអាងថា ស.រ.អា.និងសហភាពអឺរ៉ុបបានផ្តល់កម្លាំងចិត្តយ៉ាងខ្លាំងដល់ការ តស៊ូដើម្បីលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និងលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតយុត្តិធម៌ ដោយមិនគាំទ្ររដ្ឋាភិបាលរបស់លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុន សែន ដែលលោកអះអាងថា កើតចេញពីការបន្លំសន្លឹកឆ្នោតពលរដ្ឋ។ ...
សង្គមស៊ីវិល គណបក្សប្រឆាំង គាំទ្រជំហរកែទម្រង់ការបោះឆ្នោតរបស់CPP តែទាមទារឲ្យមានតុល្យភាពអំណាចក្នុងរដ្ឋសភា
គណបក្សប្រជជនកម្ពុជាបានប្រកាសពីជំហរកែទម្រង់ប្រព័ន្ធបោះឆ្នោតនៅ កម្ពុជា កាលពីថ្ងៃទី ១៤តុលាកន្លងមកថ្មីៗនេះ ក្នុងពេលដែលវិបត្តិនយោបាយក្រោយការបោះឆ្នោត មួយផ្នែកធំត្រូវបានគេស្តីបន្ទោសថា បណ្តាលមកពីប្រព័ន្ធបោះឆ្នោត ពេលបច្ចុប្បន្នមិនយុត្តិធម៌។ សង្គមស៊ីវិល និងគណបក្សប្រឆាំងបានគាំទ្រជំហរ របស់គណបក្សកាន់អំណាច ក្នុងរឿងនេះ តែបានទាមទារថា មានតុល្យភាពអំណាចក្នុងរដ្ឋសភា រវាងគណបក្សឈ្នះឆ្នោតទាំងពីរ ទើបការកែទម្រង់នេះមានប្រសិទ្ធភាព។ ...
Angkor Beer Chief Behind Controversial Laos Border Dam
As the director of one of Cambodia’s largest breweries, Malaysian businessman Goh Nan Kioh has made millions selling Angkor Beer to Cambodians. But now his latest business venture, a controversial mainstream Mekong dam in Laos, is drawing the ire of environmentalists who believe that it will ...
Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkor-beer-chief-behind-controversial-laos-border-dam-45312/
Hunger Reduced, Malnourishment Next Issue
Cambodia has reached its millennium development goal of reducing by half the number of people who suffer from hunger, but more needs to be done to make sure that the population now receives the right nutrients, officials said on World Food Day Wednesday. Making the announcement ...
Denise Hruby and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hunger-reduced-malnourishment-next-issue-45363/
Profits dip for water authority
Second-quarter net profit for the exchange-listed Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority dropped nearly 26 per cent to $2 million from the same quarter a year ago, according to the most recent financial report released on October 11. Sim Sitha, the director-general of PPWSA, said the decrease ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/profits-dip-water-authority
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
World Bank Sees Challenges to Government Income Target
Cambodia appears unlikely to meet its target of becoming a high middle-income nation by 2030 and years of gains it has made reducing poverty could be erased by even a modest shock to the economy, according to the latest World Bank data. World Bank senior country ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/world-bank-sees-challenges-to-government-income-target-45405/
New highway to run through Boeung Tompong
A new highway that is being built is expected to not only reduce traffic jams, but to also open up a large area for real estate development. The new highway, called Samdech Techo Hun Sen Blvd, runs from the intersection of Road 271 and Monivong Blvd ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/new-highway-run-through-boeung-tompong
A raft of complications
Riun Pau ran out of food last week. For the 13-year-old and her family, that moment was the culmination of weeks of distress caused by flooding that had already ravaged their Battambang home and farmland. Pau’s neighbours are experiencing similar problems. In Battambang, 67.3 per cent ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/raft-complications
International Support Growing for Cambodian Polls Probe: Sam Rainsy
growing behind his party’s call for an independent probe into claims of fraud and other irregularities in the country’s recent elections. Speaking in Washington following his visit to Europe, Sam Rainsy said that governments and parliamentarians in the European Union, the United States and several other ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/probe-10172013183118.html
Death Toll Rises Even as Floodwaters Recede
As floodwaters begin to recede, the extent of the humanitarian crisis and infrastructural damage is slowly being revealed, and in many places the situation is potentially worse than it was following the devastating floods in 2011, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). Keo Vy, ...
Simon Henderson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/death-toll-rises-even-as-floodwaters-recede-45349/
Flooding damage escalates
Flooding has affected close to 287,000 hectares of rice fields, with about 27,800 considered damaged beyond repair, according to government statistics released on Monday. The data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reveal that rising waters have affected about 11 per cent of the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/flooding-damage-escalates
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 ...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/demolition-order-for-2-buildings-near-royal-palace-45306/
Former Mfone staff to get paid
Over eight months after Cambodian mobile operator Mfone filed for bankruptcy, the defunct provider’s former staffers should get their outstanding salaries in November, according to the case’s court-appointed administrator. Bankruptcy administrator Ouk Ry said yesterday that deals have been made on many of the failed telecom’s ...
Anne Renzenbrink and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/former-mfone-staff-get-paid
Authorities ‘ignoring’ children behind bars
Eight-year-old Sokun* spent almost the first seven years of his life in prison. Unlike other Cambodian children who have the freedom to play and run free, countless hours of his early life were spent in a hot, squalid and teeming cell in the prison where his ...
Kevin Ponniah and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-%E2%80%98ignoring%E2%80%99-children-behind-bars
CNRP thumbprints confiscated in Poipet
Opposition officials in Poipet have requested the provincial government intervene after a village chief on Monday confiscated a book of Cambodia National Rescue Party supporters’ thumbprints. Mean Sarith, chief of the CNRP working group in the border town, said Seng Long, the Cambodian People’s Party village ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-thumbprints-confiscated-poipet
China's Exim Bank lends $121m to Cambodia for irrigation, power grid
The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) on Wednesday signed up to provide a concessional loan of $121 million to Cambodia for irrigation system and power transmission line development. The agreement was inked between Cambodian Finance Minister Aun Porn Moniroth and visiting Chairman of the Exim ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/818151.shtml#.Ul9cuPnTxe8