In the money at CNRP rally
Thousands of opposition supporters at Freedom Park cheered in a near-ecstatic frenzy yesterday as Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy compared the demonstration to those held by the ruling party with an eye to the bottom line. “The [Cambodian People’s Party] uses money to pay ...
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/money-cnrp-rally
After Sam Rainsy’s Call, No Answer From CPP
At about 10 a.m. Thursday morning, during a press conference at the CNRP’s Phnom Penh headquarters, opposition leader Sam Rainsy dialed the phone number of CPP Interior Minister Sar Kheng and told a few dozen reporters in attendance that he would broadcast their conversation over ...
Colin Meyn and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/after-sam-rainsys-call-no-answer-from-cpp-46444/
Japan's Orix to Buy 6% Stake in Cambodia's Acleda Bank
Orix Corp., Japan’s top leasing company, has agreed to buy a 6% stake in Cambodia’s largest bank by assets, Acleda Bank PLC, according to people close to the matter. It would be the first investment by a major Japanese financial institution in the Southeast Asian country, ...
Atsuko Fukase and Chun Han Wong
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304644104579191612248592376
Budget leaves $1.5b unassigned
Transparency watchdogs have warned that $1.5 billion of unallocated funds in next year’s budget will only encourage nepotism and embezzlement. The Draft Budget Law was approved at the National Assembly on Tuesday in a unanimous vote of 66 ruling Cambodian People’s Party MPs. The $3.4 billion ...
Daniel Pye and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/budget-leaves-15b-unassigned
(English) Cambodia Police, Garment Workers Clash Amid Strike
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Sun Narin and Chun Han Wong
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303799404579283802423278442
Cheam Yeap Says NEC Must Participate in Further Talks
Veteran CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said Tuesday that his party would not join further talks with the opposition CNRP to resolve election-day irregularities unless it is invited to do so by the National Election Committee (NEC). With final election results set to be released by September ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cheam-yeap-says-nec%E2%80%88must-participate-in-further-talks-39516/
In Cambodia, monks get political after unpopular elections
During Pchum Ben, a Cambodian religious holiday that came to a close last week, Venerable Keo Somaly got up before dawn. By 5 a.m. each day, the 32-year-old monk was dressed in his saffron robe and chanting prayers. Not long after, with the sun still hanging ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/belief/cambodia-monks-politics-election
Groups insist on equal rights
Seila, a tall, heavily made-up woman with orange-blonde hair, said she was in a park in Siem Reap last year when policemen approached her, put a gun to her head and told her if she ran, they would shoot. Legally, the Kingdom’s Constitution protects the ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-insist-equal-rights
ភាគហ៊ុនបានធ្លាក់ចុះក្រោម៥០០០រៀល
តម្លៃហ៊ុនរដ្ឋករទឹកក្រុងភ្នំពេញ (PPWSA) បានបន្តធ្លាក់ចុះក្រោម ៥០០០ រៀលក្នុងមួយហ៊ុនពេលបិទការជួញដូររបស់ខ្លួន កាលពីថ្ងៃច័ន្ទហើយមានវិនិយោគិនតែម្នាក់គត់បានលក់ភាគហ៊ុនជាង ២០ ០០០ នៅលើទីផ្សារនេះ។ ...
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia%E2%80%99s-only-stock-plummets-shares-sold
Cops nab 2 in foreigner shootings
A man suspected of robbing and shooting two foreign nationals late last month was shot four times on Monday night during a shootout with police before being taken into custody. Police also apprehended a second, uninjured suspect after the shootout. Chea Sovann, 32, and Sa Ravan, ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-nab-2-foreigner-shootings
Cambodia hosts int'l vaccine, immunization meeting
The Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) Board meeting was held here on Thursday to decide which new vaccines will be added to the organization’s portfolio. The two-day meeting brought together 160 people who are representatives of donors and developing countries, civil society organizations, vaccine ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/21/c_132906783.htm
Rainsy’s speech under fire
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has landed in hot water with women’s rights activists after publicly questioning whether Prime Minister Hun Sen was being “weaker than a woman” by not calling for a new election like Thai leader Yingluck Shinawatra in the face of popular protests. Speaking ...
Kevin Ponniah and Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy%E2%80%99s-speech-under-fire
(English) Indigenous woes probed
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Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-woes-probed
Former Boeng Kak Residents Demand More Compensation
More than 200 former residents of the Boeng Kak community protested Thursday outside City Hall to demand more compensation to the original amount they received when forcibly evicted from around the lake in 2009. The protesters—who accepted payouts from the private developer Shukaku to make way ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-boeng-kak-residents-demand-more-compensation-43692/
Cambodian economy expected to remain buoyant: ADB
Cambodia’s economic growth rate is expected to exceed 7 percent both this year and next, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. The ADB maintained its forecast for this year’s economic growth at 7.2 percent, supported by strong exports and robust construction and service sectors. The ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/131002/cambodian-economy-expected-remain-buoyant-adb
(English) Three missing after Mekong riverbank collapse in Kandal
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Khuon Narim and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-missing-after-mekong-riverbank-collapse-in-kandal-52710/
(English) Deal scrapped; strike ends
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Mom Kunthear and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deal-scrapped-strike-ends
(English) Two Siblings from Kratie Die From Bird Flu on Same Day
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Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-siblings-from-kratie-die-from-bird-flu-on-same-day-51979/
(English) Illegal logging case ‘closed’ against RCAF officer
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-logging-case-closed-against-rcaf-officer-52343/
តម្លៃអង្ករម្លិះកម្ពុជាកំពុងធ្លាក់ចុះខណៈថៃគ្រោងបញ្ចេញពីស្តុក
គេហទំព័រ Oryza ដែលបោះផ្សាយអំពីឧស្សាហកម្មអង្ករបង្ហាញថា តម្លៃអង្ករក្រអូបកម្ពុជាសម្រាប់នាំចេញបានធ្លាក់ចុះយ៉ាងខ្លាំង នៅក្នុងរយៈពេលពីរខែដើមឆ្នាំនេះ។ អ្នកនៅក្នុងឧស្សាហកម្មអង្ករបារម្ភថា តម្លៃអាចនឹងបន្តធ្លាក់ចុះរហូតប្រទេស ...
ចាន់ មុយហុង
http://www.postkhmer.com/business/business/111362-2014-03-03-04-30-45