Government Blames Child Flood Deaths on ‘Careless’ Mothers
The first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on Monday blamed some of the deaths in this year’s floods on “careless” mothers. “Maybe the mothers are careless, maybe they don’t pay much attention to their children, so they drown,” NCDM First Vice ...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-blames-child-flood-deaths-on-careless-mothers-45666/
Malaysia Says No Draft Agreement on Maids Yet
Malaysia has not yet received a draft agreement aimed at protecting Cambodian migrant domestic workers from abuse, but the government is pressing Cambodia to lift its two-year moratorium on sending maids, a Malaysian official said Wednesday. In October 2011, Prime Minister Hun Sen imposed a ban ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/malaysia-says-no-draft-agreement-on-maids-yet-46399/
Cambodia to Sign Accord on Maids to Malaysia
The Cambodian and Malaysian governments will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) within three months that will restart the business of sending Cambodian domestic workers to the country after a two-year moratorium, a Labor Ministry official said Friday. After meeting with representatives from the Malaysian Home ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-to-sign-accord-on-maids-to-malaysia-46491/
(English) Rights Group Reaffirms Stance on Use of ‘Yuon’
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Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-group-reaffirms-stance-on-use-of-yuon-49477/
CNRP Asks Canada to Clarify Stance on Election
Representatives of the opposition CNRP in Canada have sent a letter to the Canadian government asking that it clarify its stance on the results of Cambodia’s national election after a former Cabinet minister took part in an international observer team that deemed the elections free ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-asks-canada-to-clarify-stance-on-election-40006/
Groups seek UN help on health rights issues
Legalisation of same-sex marriage, comprehensive sex education and non-discriminatory guidelines for health workers treating LGBT people and those living with HIV/AIDS are among a handful of ways to bolster human rights in Cambodia, according to a submission delivered to the United Nations ahead of the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-seek-un-help-health-rights-issues
NEC White Paper on General Election (full text)
The following is the full text of an Executive Summary of the White Paper on the 2013 General Election for the National Assembly issued by the National Election Committee on Thursday: on 28 July 2013, the general election for the 5th mandate of Cambodia’s National Assembly ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTUzM2YwZWQ3OTB
CNRP Touts Success on Second Day of Demonstrations
As leaders from the CPP and CNRP sat down for a round of top-level negotiations aimed at breaking the country’s prolonged political impasse on Monday, opposition supporters once again poured into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for the second day of demonstrations against alleged fraud in ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-touts-success-on-second-day-of-demonstrations-42529/
Factory management agrees on pay advance for holiday
Management at the Chhin Chin garment factory yesterday agreed to meet workers’ demands to receive their wages before the Pchum Ben holiday after a 150-worker demonstration briefly blocked National Road 4 in front of the factory. Workers at the factory, which is located in Phnom Penh’s ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-management-agrees-pay-advance-holiday
One Week on, Shooting Investigation Has Yielded Nothing
One week after police opened fire On civilians during clashes that broke out during an SL Garment Factory protest, killing bystander Eng Sokhom and injuring nine others, arrests have yet to be made On the back of an investigatiOn that victims said appears to be ...
Mech Dara and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-week-on-shooting-investigation-has-yielded-nothing-47387/
Anti-Eviction Activist Yorm Bopha Freed on Bail
The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily freed jailed Boeng Kak anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha on bail, but sent her case back to the Court of Appeal to be reinvestigated. During the hearing, which lasted an hour and a half, dozens of monks and supporters of the ...
Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-eviction-activist-yorm-bopha-freed-on-bail-47709/
No consensus on next move in SL drama
After the management of an embattled garment factory this week refused to follow a government order to reinstate 19 dismissed union leaders and activists, unionists and observers are at a divergence of opinion over how the state should respond. “It’s fairly unprecedented,” Dave Welsh, country director ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-consensus-next-move-sl-drama
New Association to Take on Illegal DVD Sales
The Motion Picture Association of Cambodia (MPAC), an independent body that aims to protect intellectual property, officially opened its doors Wednesday, vowing to put an end to the sale of pirated DVDs in Phnom Penh as its first order of business. “We are goingto serve everybody ...
Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-association-to-take-on-illegal-dvd-sales-48122/
(English) Property Prices on the Rise in Phnom Penh
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Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/property-prices-on-the-rise-in-phnom-penh-49622/
(English) Cambodia considers giving visa for Japanese on airplane
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Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140304/cambodia-considers-giving-visa-japanese-airplane
(English) British institute preparing report on garment factory safety
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Y2EyZTc5ODg0YWF
(English) Sam Rainsy says attacks on Vietnamese 'isolated' incidents
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NTA0OTcyZmI2Y2U
(English) Kuoy villagers say patrols put logging on pause
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May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kuoy-villagers-say-patrols-put-logging-pause
(English) Giant development in Cambodia hinges on Chinese buyers
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Chris Horton
http://www.property-report.com/cambodias-mega-development-lures-chinese-investors-34672
(English) Giant Development in Cambodia Hinges on Chinese Buyers
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Chris Horton
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/realestate/commercial/giant-development-in-cambodia-hinges-on-chinese-buyers.html?_r=1