Associated Press
Obama to meet with Cambodia’s longtime ‘strongman’ amid rights concerns, but also growth
- 19 November 2012
- Associated Press
- Associated Press, The Washington Post
- Economy and commerce / Human rights / Social development
- Anti-corruption law / authoritarian rule / Cambodia today is a country for sale / Cambodia's National Budget / Corruption / cronyism / East Asia Summit / Economic Development / Environmentalists / free markets / General Election / Global Witness / Human Rights / Human Rights Watch (HRW) / International Republican Institute (IRI) / Journalists / Khmer Rouge / Killing fields / Labor organizers / Lao Mong Hay / logging companies / Machiavellian politicians / Mam Sonando / Monash University / Mu Sochua / multiparty liberal democracy / Opposition politicians / politicians / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Ronald Reagan / Sam Rainsy / Strongman of Cambodia / U.S. President Barack Obama / U.S. Republican Party / watchdog groups / White House
President Barack Obama arrives in Cambodia on Monday having just won four more years in office, but that is nothing compared to his host, Hun Sen. The 60-year-old Cambodian prime minister has held power since Ronald Reagan was in the White House, and says he’s ...
Court frees 13 Cambodian land eviction protesters
- 27 June 2012
- Associated Press
- Civil society / Concessions / Crime and law enforcement / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
- appeals court / compensation / evictions / foreign embassies / Heng Mom / homes / injustice / jailed / Judge / justice / prison / protesting / United States aid / women
An appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of 13 women who were jailed for protesting being evicted from their homes without adequate compensation, in a case that had critics had highlighted as an example of injustice. The women cheered in the courtroom, their supporters applauded and ...
Sand for Singapore's Growth Comes at Environmental Cost to Poorer Neighbors
- 22 August 2011
- Associated Press
- Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Industrial mining / Industries / Land / Marine and coastal areas / Mining / Pollution and waste / Tourism / Water resources
- AZ Kunming Singapore / AZ Orchid / barges / Benalec Holdings / Cambodia / Cambodian Government / Changi / Chea Manith / Chinese aid / Construction and Building Authority / Corruption / Dredging / ecotourism / emerging economies / environmental damage / environmental groups / environmental regulations / Environmentalists / exploitation / Exports / Fishing / Global Witness / Government officials / Gulf of Thailand / Hong Kong-register group / Illegal mining / King of Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Las Vegas Sands Corp / Laws / Ly Yong Phat / LYP Group / Malaysian aid / mangrove / Marina Bay complex / miners / Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology / Ministry of Industry Mining and Energy / Myanmar / National Development Ministry / Nature Tourism Community of Tatai / Nipah Island / Oliver Courtney / Philippines / Police / pollution / Prime Minister Hun Sen / reclamation / restrictions / rivers / Sand / sand extraction / sand mining / sand pirates / sand trade / seabeds / Singapore / Siphan Phay / smuggling / sustainable development / Tatai river / Tourists / Trade / Vietnamese company / villagers / wilderness areas / Winton Enterprised
KOH KONG, Cambodia (AP) — Round a bend in Cambodia’s Tatai River and the virtual silence of a tropical idyll turns suddenly into an industrial nightmare. Lush jungle hills give way to a flotilla of dredgers operating 24 hours a day, scooping up sand and piling ...
