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    Australian diplomat bites back

    Austalian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has responded to one of her predecessors, Gareth Evans, who accused her of failing to deliver a “robust critique” when she met Hun Sen on February 22 in a Friday op-ed that excoriated Cambodia’s political leaders for abuses. In an interview ...

    Kevin Ponniah
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australian-diplomat-bites-back

    Pailin governor orders 19 families to move off his land

    More than 60 police and military police informed 19 families farming on a plot of land in Pailin province’s Sala Krao district on Saturday that they would have to move as they were growing crops on state land. However, Prak Sophima, provincial coordinator for rights group ...

    Aun Pheap
    http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pailin-governor-orders-19-families-to-move-off-his-land-53397/

    Government responds to Rainsy’s Cambodia, Ukraine comparison

    The Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PQRU) on Friday published an extended criticism of a speech made by opposition leader Sam Rainsy last week in which he promised his supporters that the political change that swept Ukraine’s president from power​​ would soon ...

    Phorn Bopha
    http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-responds-to-rainsys-cambodia-ukraine-comparison-53401/

    After Chinese company’s visit, villagers fear dam construction

    Following a visit by representatives of the Chinese company planning to build a controversial 108-MW hydropower dam in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley, local officials and residents say they fear that construction on the project, which will require the evacuation of an estimated 1,500 villagers, ...

    Sani Sinary
    http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-chinese-companys-visit-villagers-fear-dam-construction-53409/

    Unions plan forum

    The leaders of 18 unions and union confederations this week will invite ruling and opposition party members to take part in a public forum where labour relations issues will be discussed. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), yesterday said the letters have ...

    Mom Kunthear
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-plan-forum

    Rice prices continue to fall

    As buyers swoop in to purchase Thai rice at garage-sale prices, Cambodian exporters are dealing with lower than usual rates, and the results are being felt all the way down the supply chain to the farmers themselves. New figures from rice industry publication Oryza show that ...

    Chan Muy Hong
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-prices-continue-fall

    Parties on NEC roster for election

    Three parties – the Cambodian People’s Party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party and Funcinpec – were registered for the May 18 municipal, district and provincial council election as of Saturday, according to the National Election Committee. “As the deadline will close on March 3rd, I think ...

    Vong Sokheng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-nec-roster-election

    Battle over river in Svay Rieng

    Authorities in Svay Rieng town are ignoring locals’ complaints over a Chinese firm that has allegedly been filling in a river in preparation to build a canal, villagers said yesterday. More than 130 families in Svay Teu commune, Svay Rieng province, have delivered petitions to provincial ...

    Kim Sarom
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battle-over-river-svay-rieng

    Cambodia's solar solution

    Australia-based energy company Star8 officially launched operations on Friday at its solar-powered factory just outside of Phnom Penh. The ceremony marked the commencement of production on solar-powered tuk-tuks, the mainstay of the company. Hun Many, the youngest son of Premier Hun Sen, and Alison Burrows, the Australian ...

    David Boyle and Koam Chanrasmey
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/video/cambodias-solar-solution

    Talks could broaden: analysts

    While a bipartisan election reform committee meeting today is meant only to discuss technical reforms and leave key political concessions to future top-level talks, observers yesterday said a lot more is likely to be on the table. That hope comes despite public barbs having been traded ...

    Kevin Ponniah
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/talks-could-broaden-analysts

    Cambodia rejects US report on human rights abuse

    Cambodia rejected a report of the US State Department, which attacked the government of Prime Minister Hen Sen for widespread abuse against human rights. The 31-page report highlighted a flawed and poorly managed electoral process in July’s general election process. The report raised a number of ...

    The Cambodia Herald News Staff
    http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZmQ5NGRjZWRmMDI

    Cambodia's floating villages face uncertain future

    Cambodia’s floating villages have adapted to the ebb and flow of Southeast Asia’s largest lake for generations, but modernisation and a scarcity of fish are now threatening their traditional way of life. Houses, schools, hairdressers and even dentists — entire communities bob around on the Tonle ...

    New Vision News Staff
    http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/653084-cambodia-s-floating-villages-face-uncertain-future.html

    Cambodia launches one-month intercensal economic survey

    Cambodia on Saturday began a one-month intercensal economic survey, aiming to update basic statistics on establishments and enterprises in the country.     Planning Minister Chhay Than announced the survey launching and called for cooperation among the public, particularly enterprise owners and local authorities in order to lead ...

    Shanghai Daily News Staff
    http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=203965

    US reports long list of human rights concerns in Cambodia

    The U.S. State Department on Friday released a damning assessment of the conduct of Cambodia’s elections and also took note of the “arbitrary and possibly unlawful” killing of a bystander by government forces and other human rights concerns in a report on human rights around ...

    Lauren Crothers
    http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-reports-long-list-of-human-rights-concerns-in%E2%80%88cambodia-53386/

    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 ...

    Khuon Narim
    http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-convicted-over-clash-with-police-on-monivong-bridge-53388/

    Cambodia, Britain sign MOU to fight crimes

    Cambodia and Britain signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to fight against cross-border crimes. “The MOU focused on cooperation between the General Commissariat of National Police and Britain’s National Crime Agency to fight against crimes and related violations,” said Kirt Chantharith, national police spokesman. ...

    The Cambodia Herald News Staff
    http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZTRmODY4NWYxOGZ

    Verdict due today for Kbal Thnal six

    A Phnom Penh municipal judge is expected to announce a verdict this morning for six people arrested in connection with a September clash at the Kbal Thnal overpass, a week after the verdict was originally expected. Authorities took the six men into custody at the overpass ...

    Sean Teehan
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/verdict-due-today-kbal-thnal-six

    Long-term plans for durian

    Though an occasional mango or pineapple can be spotted on Eung Uy Kheam’s sleepy farm in Kampot province, it’s the 130 durian trees that the fourth-generation farmer calls his cash crop. In Kampot, on Cambodia’s southwest coast, a pilot project led by the provincial Department ...

    Chan Muy Hong and Daniel de Carteret
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/long-term-plans-durian

    Election ranks low: study

    Cambodia’s national election in July ranked 69th out of 73 elections held worldwide between mid-2012 and the end of 2013 for electoral integrity, an election research group based at the University of Sydney and Harvard University has found. The Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) collected assessments from ...

    Kevin Ponniah
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-ranks-low-study

    Villagers in land dispute are summoned, but not questioned

    Five Kompong Chhnang villagers locked in a land dispute with a company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, who had repeatedly tried—and failed—to file a complaint with their provincial court, were summoned for questioning at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court ...

    Kuch Naren
    http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-in-land-dispute-are-summoned-but-not-questioned-53334/

    Murder down, crime up

    Phnom Penh’s murder rate was halved in 2013 as compared with 2012, but the same could not be said for crime cases across the board, which jumped a whopping 62 per cent last year, municipal police announced yesterday. “There were a total of 775 cases of ...

    Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/murder-down-crime

    Stability, growth require job creation

    Cambodia is entering a new phase of economic growth in which the development of a skilled workforce will be critical to social stability and regional competitiveness, government officials and economists said Thursday at the 2014 Cambodia Outlook Conference. Delivering the keynote speech at the conference, Prime ...

    Colin Meyn and Hul Reaksmey
    http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stability-growth-require-job-creation-53317/

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