Opposition Gives Hard Deadline for Political Negotiations
The Cambodia opposition says it is holding firm to a threat to boycott the Sept. 23 opening session of parliament, potentially stalling the formation of a new government, if a political solution is not found by Sept. 22, as leaders from both sides met for ...
VOA Khmer Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-gives-hard-deadline-for-political-negotiations/1751659.html
Plans to Reform Economy for Asean Integration
Cambodia’s newly appointed minister of commerce said Thursday that he plans to reform the country’s economy ahead of Cambodia’s entrance into the Asean Economic Community (AEC) 2015, though he and other officials did not say how they plan to accomplish that goal. Speaking to reporters on ...
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/plans-to-reform-economy-for-asean-integration-46469/
(English) Government acknowledges critical IRI public opinion poll
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LAUREN CROTHERS
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-acknowledges-critical-iri-public-opinion-poll-51639/
(English) Government agrees to review of railway evictees
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Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-agrees-to-review-of-railway-evictees-57745/
(English) CPP piles on talking points in election reform talks
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Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-piles-on-talking-points-in-election-reform-talks-54408/
(English) Voter list overhaul eyed
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Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-list-overhaul-eyed
Hun Sen Orders Anticorruption Education for Students
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday issued a statement ordering that anti-graft education be incorporated into the national schooling system as part of a wider effort to stamp out corruption in the country. The statement, released in the lead-up to International Anti-Corruption Day, which falls today, ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-orders-anticorruption-education-for-students-48830/
អង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សប្តឹងវិនិយោគិនស្ថាប័នមីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ Oikocreditពាក់ព័ន្ធការរំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស
អង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាលចំនួនបីបានដាក់ពាក្យបណ្តឹងកាលពីថ្ងៃចន្ទទៅកាន់ស្ថាប័នថ្នាក់ជាតិដែលឃ្លាំមើលការរកស៊ីរបស់ក្រុមហ៊ុនហូឡង់ដោយចោទប្រកាន់ស្ថាប័នមីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ Oikocredit របស់ប្រទេសនេះ ពីការបរាជ័យក្នុងការពិនិត្យអង្កេតដោយយកចិត្តទុកដាក់លើការវិនិយោគនៅក្នុងគ្រឹះស្ថានមីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុកម្ពុជា ដែលការអនុវត្តការផ្តល់ប្រាក់កម្ចីរបស់ពួកគេពាក់ព័ន្ធទៅនឹងការរំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស។ ...
Jack Brook និង ឃួន ណារីម
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/rights-groups-file-complaint-against-dutch-mfi-investor-oikocredit/
King Calls on Parties to Respect Constitution
King Norodom Sihamoni announced Friday that the political impasse that has been formed in the wake of the July 28 national election should be resolved by “competent institutions stipulated by the Constitution and laws” of the country. Both the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP claimed that ...
Colin Meyn and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/king-calls-on-parties-to-respect-constitution-41551/
Debts rise along with water level
With pant legs rolled up to his knees, Hoeuy Mon trudges through a brown and green patchwork of rice fields. His four hectares are in Tkov village, Prey Veng province, about 300 metres from his home. On most of the journey, walkways enclosing each square plot ...
Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/debts-rise-along-water-level
Finance Ministry Defends Ambiguity in 2014 Budget Bill
The Finance Ministry on Wednesday defended itself against recent reports that some 45 percent of the government’s $3.4 billion draft budget for 2014 remains unallocated, issuing a statement explaining that the money will pay for loans, subsidies and other vital expenses. According to the statement, ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/finance-ministry-defends-ambiguity-in-2014-budget-bill-47530/
Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away
Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ...
NGOs Say ‘Rose Revolution’ Case Is Baseless
Rights groups on Monday urged the government to drop its incitement charges against four people arrested last week and accused of plotting to topple the government by handing out yellow roses to security forces and urging them to turn their guns against Prime Minister Hun ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-say-rose-revolution-case-is-baseless-40188/
PHNOM PENH CONDOMINIUM MARKET IS BOOSTED BY HIGH SALES RATES, PROMPTING FURTHER CONSTRUCTION
The condominium market in Phnom Penh is still very much within its early stage of development and thus is unlikely to flourish until there is a cultural shift towards owner occupants relocating to condominium developments within the city. This however will be heavily dependent on the ...
Cambodian Business Review Staff, P.18
http://www.cambisreview.com
France, Australia Congratulate Hun Sen on Win
France and Australia have congratulated Prime Minister Hun Sen on his official re-election in July’s contested vote, with their endorsement coming as opposition leader Sam Rainsy visits Europe urging donors to suspend ties with the new government. While many other countries—mostly in Asia—were quick to congratulate ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/france-australia-congratulate-hun-sen-on-win-45001/
Punished At the Polls, Cambodia’s Long-Serving PM Is Smiling Again
His party is reeling from its worst-ever election result. His political opponents have grown bold and vocal. His people are protesting on the streets. So why is Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen smiling? The long-ruling autocrat emerged beaming from lengthy closed-door meetings this week with his ...
The Irrawaddy News Staff
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/44319
ព្រៃឈើកំពុងត្រូវបំផ្លាញដោយការសង់វារីអគ្គិសនី
គម្រោងទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី សេសាន ក្រោម ២ គឺជាកញ្ចក់តូចមួយដែលកំពុងឆ្លុះបញ្ចាំងអំពីប្រទេស កម្ពុជា។ ក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធអេកូចម្រុះបំផុតមួយនៅលើពិភពលោកនេះ ព្រៃឈើទាំងមូលត្រូវបានគេកាប់បំផ្លាញដោយមិនគោរពច្បាប់ ចំណែកឯគម្រោង ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី និង Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/waiting-deluge
Cambodia Plantations Not IFC’s First Controversy
In the wake of a new report from environmental rights group Global Witness rebuking the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank for investing in rubber plantations accused of illegal logging and forced evictions, both institutions have denied responsibility and deflected the blame ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-plantations-not-ifcs-first-controversy-23793/
Moody's: Cambodia's rating constrained by narrow economic base, policy limitations
Global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service said Thursday that despite rapid growth, the small size and the narrow diversification of Cambodia’s economy constrained its B2 rating. The limited effectiveness of monetary policy due to a high rate of dollarization was also a rating constraint, the rating ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2013-08/22/content_29799938.htm
B’bang ballots to be examined
The Constitutional Council yesterday ordered the opening of another batch of ballots and original documents, this time from eight contested polling stations in Battambang town, even as opposition members expressed doubt the council had the will to seriously investigate their complaints. Coming a day after the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/b%E2%80%99bang-ballots-be-examined