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Environment Ministry breaks ground on new location
The Ministry of Environment broke ground Monday on its new location on a piece of land near Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island after the environment minister called off a land swap that had been shrouded in secrecy. About 200 officials attended the ceremony in Chaktomuk commune, ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-breaks-ground-on-new-location-60873/
Hun Sen to visit Bangladesh next week
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a delegation to visit the People’s Republic of Bangladesh next week, according to a statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ODgxYjhiYjdiOTc
Myanmar military chief to visit Cambodia on ties
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services, will pay a four-day visit to Cambodia on Wednesday to bolster bilateral ties and cooperation. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=223239
Cambodian PM meets foreign guest, ends rumors of stroke
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen received a foreign guest at the capital’s Peace Palace on Monday morning, ending rumors that he had suffered a severe stroke. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-06/09/c_133394437.htm
Provinces told to speed up pension applications
In a government directive signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday, provincial staff were ordered to submit their lists of military and civil service pensioners to the ministries of Finance and Social Affairs by the second week of each month to ensure timely delivery ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/provinces-told-to-speed-up-pension-applications-60717/
Corruption not rampant: Hun Many
Hun Many, the youngest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen and an elected lawmaker in Kampong Speu province, has defended his party against allegations of nepotism, corruption and election irregularities in a foreign TV interview. In a wide-ranging Channel News Asia interview that aired on Friday, ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/corruption-not-rampant-hun-many
Cambodian opposition slammed over charges of loss of territory to Vietnam
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s administration on Friday hit out at opposition leaders for accusing the government of ceding territory to Vietnam at a ceremony this week commemorating the 65th anniversary of loss of land belonging to the Khmer Krom ethnic minority to Hanoi. Government spokesman ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/freedom-park-remains-closed-to-public/1931123.html
A bridge too far for Sokha?
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha has drawn the ire of the government and civil society groups after on Wednesday accusing Vietnam of orchestrating the Koh Pich bridge stampede that killed more than 350 people in 2010 as part of a plot to “eliminate the Khmer ...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bridge-too-far-sokha
Rights groups concerned over Australian refugee deal
Cambodian human rights organizations say they have major concerns over a deal with Australia that could send unwanted refugees to Cambodia. The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee says Cambodia’s track record of human rights abuse and corruption make people “living on the margins” vulnerable to abuse. Australia ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rights-groups-concerned-over-australian-refugee-deal/1929653.html
Cambodian PM vows to protect environment for sustainable development
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that environmental protection is the most important measure to ensure the sustainable development of economy and society. In his message on the 42nd International Environment Day that falls on June 5, Hun Sen said the government is committed to ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NDc1ZjhjNDQ2MzF
Poipet poor ‘bearing brunt of water woes’
A private utilities company owned by wealthy businessman and ruling Cambodian People’s Party Senator Kok An is fulfilling only about half of Poipet’s demand for clean water, despite being contracted to supply the whole town, according to the city governor. With priority for the distribution of ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-poor-%E2%80%98bearing-brunt-water-woes%E2%80%99
Maids still missing as deal with Malaysia nears
When Ros Srey Pich was 19, she signed a contract with a recruitment agency that would send her to work as a maid in Malaysia. The recruitment agency, Job Asia, had sourced the teenager from what is now Tbong Khmum province, telling her poor family that ...
Phorn Bopha and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/maids-still-missing-as-deal-with-malaysia-nears-60302/
Questions over spending plan
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a new five-year National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) – the guiding policy document used by the government – requiring an estimated $26.58 billion in spending and investment, or more than $5.3 billion a year, until 2018. The plan ...
May Kunmakara and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/questions-over-spending-plan
Cambodia marks Children's Day, calling for end to violence against children
Cambodia celebrated the International Children’s Day on Sunday with calls for an end to violence against children. The celebration, themed “Together to eliminate violence against children”, brought together some 2,500 participants including officials, diplomats, development partners, teachers and students. Currently, the country has about 5.48 million ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-06/01/c_133376627.htm
Boy caught up in protests faces 11 years in jail
As several hundred garment workers from the SL Garment factory pelted police with rocks during a protest near the Stung Meanchey pagoda in November, Men Sok Sambath, a 14-year-old scrap collector, decided to join the crowd. “I saw other people throwing rocks at the [police] truck, ...
Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boy-caught-up-in-protests-faces-11-years-in-jail-59934/
Construction, sales of Casa Meridian to get under way this weekend
The Hong Kong-invested Casa Meridian project plans to launch sales and start construction at the end of this month. Casa Meridian is a skyscraper condominium development on Diamond Island (Koh Pich), which developers there hope will become a modern commercial and residential area of Phnom Penh ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/construction-sales-casa-meridian-get-under-way-weekend
Cambodia to stay neutral in China-Vietnam territorial row
A meeting last week between China’s president, Xi Jinping, and the prime minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, will see the Southeast Asian country maintain a neutral stance regarding the territorial dispute between China and Vietnam over the Paracel islands in the South China Sea, Hong ...
Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1501&MainCatID=15&id=20140528000058
NGOs lobby China, companies over Sesan dam
A group of 15 local and international rights groups Tuesday sent a slew of letters to the Chinese government and companies involved in the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in Stung Treng province seeking a halt to dam construction due to serious environmental and social ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-lobby-china-companies-over-sesan-dam-59807/
PM ends exile gov’t talk
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that his government will work with the Thai junta that came to power in a coup last week, and quashed speculation that the ousted Shinawatra clan may be allowed to set up a government in exile in Cambodia. In a ...
Vong Sokheng and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-ends-exile-gov%E2%80%99t-talk
Cambodia not to interfere in Thai internal affairs: PM
Cambodia saw the military coup in Thailand last week as Thai internal affairs and the country would not meddle in Thai affairs, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday. The prime minister said Cambodia shares border with Thailand, so it is vital to continue maintaining relations ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/27/c_133365232.htm
March to PM’s house halted
Representatives of more than 400 families who watched as their homes were burned during an eviction this month in Kratie’s Snuol district were blocked by authorities yesterday as they attempted to take their grievance to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s doorstep. Though tensions initially ran high, the ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/march-pm%E2%80%99s-house-halted
Is Cambodia engulfed in a human rights crisis?
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed Australia is working on an agreement with Cambodia that would see refugees currently on Nauru resettled there. But Human rights lawyer David Manne, who launched a successful High Court challenge to the former government’s proposal to resettle refugees in ...
ABC News Staff
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-26/is-cambodia-engulfed-in-human-rights-crisis/5446002
Hun Sen returns from fruitful week in China
Prime Minster Hun Sen arrived back in Phnom Penh on Sunday after a weeklong visit to China for an international summit during which Chinese Premier Xi Jinping pledged $145 million in aid and soft loans to Cambodia. On Monday, AKP reported that China promised to ...
Phorn Bopha and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-returns-from-fruitful-week-in-china-59560/
Cambodia keeps cool after coup in Thailand
As news broke yesterday evening that the Thai political situation had evolved from martial law to a full-blown coup d’etat, Cambodian government officials said they hoped the army’s takeover would be transitional and dismissed any concerns that tensions could rise on the Cambodia-Thailand border. ”We wish ...
Kevin Ponniah and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-keeps-cool-after-coup-thailand