Cambodian PM Claims Opposition Acknowledged Ruling Party Victory
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday threatened to release an audio recording in which opposition leader Sam Rainsy purportedly acknowledged a ruling party election victory during a meeting between the two leaders aimed at ending a political deadlock. Sam Rainsy’s Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) ...
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/recording-09262013165941.html
Villagers Ask Chinese Embassy to Intervene Against Dam Investors
Communities threatened by the planned construction of three hydropower dams in Stung Treng and Ratanakkiri provinces will today submit to the Chinese Embassy a petition demanding that the embassy intervene against Chinese companies investing in the dams. The petition, to be presented in Chinese, Khmer and ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-ask-chinese-embassy-to-intervene-against-dam-investors-49144/
(English) Kratie villagers block road after officials torch homes
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Aun Pheap and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kratie-villagers-block-road-after-officials-torch-homes-52232/
(English) Aeon microfinance booms with mall on horizon
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George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aeon-microfinance-booms-with-mall-on-horizon-58122/
គ្រួសារតាមផ្លូវរថភ្លើងនៅតែប្រឈមភាពមិនច្បាស់លាស់ ខណៈបេក្ខភាពក្រុមប្រឹក្សាសង្កាត់រក្សាភាពស្ងៀមស្ងាត់ជុំវិញដំណោះស្រាយ
អ្នកស្រី សេង ផា អាយុ ៦៣ឆ្នាំ មិនអាចអានអក្សរនៅលើខិតបណ្ណរបស់គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ដែលបានបិទលើជញ្ជាំងផ្ទះឈើរបស់អ្នកស្រីនោះទេ។ ប៉ុន្តែអ្នកស្រីស្គាល់បេក្ខភាពមួយរូបក្នុងចំណោមបេក្ខភាពក្រុមប្រឹក្សាសង្កាត់សរុប ៣៥នាក់ ក្នុងសង្កាត់បឹងកក់២។ ...
Doubt lingers despite Kratie dispute accord
About 160 villagers from Kratie province’s Meanchey village cancelled plans to block National Road 7 yesterday after provincial authorities and a Vietnamese rubber company agreed to their requests regarding an ongoing land dispute, but some expressed skepticism that the agreement would last. Village representative Saren ...
Illness strikes Borei Keila evictees
Woes continued for 26 relocated former Borei Keila residents, who fainted after vomiting and suffering diarrhoea at Tuol Sambo Village in Dangkor district’s Prey Veng commune on Saturday. Khum Khern, village chief of Tuol Sambo, told the Post that most of the villagers who had fainted ...
Looming oil funds put Cambodia at crossroads
On Sunday, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap will attend a forum on the evolving oil and gas sector with about 400 university students. If all goes according to plan, Chevron Corporation will begin to extract oil from Cambodian waters in little over a year. Though the amount ...
Cambodian PM Removes City Governor For Shooting Allegation
The Governor of Bavet city Chhouk Bundit, who is suspected of being involved in shooting three garment workers last month, was removed from his position to make way for the court to look into the case. “Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a letter on Monday to ...
Philippines set to sign rice supply deal with Cambodia
The Philippines is close to signing a government-to-government rice supply agreement that would make Cambodia a potential supplier of the grain staple to Manila, along with Vietnam and Thailand, agriculture officials said on Monday. The Southeast Asian neighbours aimed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...
កម្ពុជា នឹងចាកផុតពីប្រទេស LDC នៅឆ្នាំក្រោយ
អស់រយៈពេលជាពីរទសវត្សរ៍ហើយដែលកម្ពុជាសម្រេចបានកំណើនសេដ្ឋកិច្ចគួរឲ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍ ជាមួយនឹងកិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងក្នុងការកាត់បន្ថយភាពក្រីក្រ និងការបង្កើនសកម្មភាពឧស្សាហកម្មកំពុងចាប់ផ្ដើម។ ប្រសិនបើវាបន្តលើដំណើរផ្លូវនោះ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជានឹងផ្លាស់ ...
Ananth Baliga
http://bit.ly/1LQuMRp
Money machines
The secong Cambodia International Textile and Garment Exhibition from August 17 to 20 aimed to boost the Kingdom’s all-important garment sector by highlighting high-tech machinery which could boost factories’ productivity and bottom lines. Over 2,700 square meters at the Diamond Island Convention and Exhibition Center, the ...
Bonsues 'won't' end strikes
A pay rise for the nation’s garment workers is imminent, but if recent strikes are anything to go by, the US$10 monthly increase from September 1 won’t be enough to stop them from walking off the job. Central to the demands of strikers at four garment ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082858320/National-news/bonuses-wont-end-strikes.html
Cambodians protest Xayaburi in Bangkok
Cambodians were among anti-Xayaburi dam protesters who demonstrated outside Thai Parliament in Bangkok yesterday, urging Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to halt construction and tear up an agreement to buy the proposed dam’s power. A group of Cambodians travelled to Bangkok especially to raise their concerns about ...
Hun Sen says Hydropower Is the Key to Stable Electricity Prices
Cambodia’s focus on hydropower will reduce its independence on oil and ensure nationwide access to electricity at a stable price, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech Saturday during the inauguration of a $47.1 million hydropower dam in Koh Kong province. However environmental groups ...
Water Supply Shares Fall Below Launch Price
The share price of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) fell 50 riel yesterday to 6,250 riel, or about $1.52, bringing the authority’s share price lower than its initial public offering (IPO) in April. The decline matches views expressed by investors here that the authority’s ...
Conference focus on social enterprises
Cambodia’s second conference on social enterprise is set to take place tomorrow with the aim of tackling poverty, social exclusion and health and environmental problems, organisers say. The all-day conference, at the Cambodia-Japan Conference Centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, will facilitate discussions among participants ...
Companies to face court for illegal logging, land clearing
In what’s believed to be an unprecedented move, the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has ordered two companies holding economic land concessions to face court questioning on accusations of illegal logging and land clearing. Deputy prosecutor Ros Saram said he summonsed Vietnamese-owned Company 72 last week and will ...
Hun Sen Puts Freeze on Land Concessions
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday issued a moratorium on economic land concessions, temporarily halting a long-standing policy of granting land to private companies and those with powerful political connections that has sparked growing concerns from national and international human rights groups. The prime minister’s announcement comes ...
Arrested Land Officials Now Free on Bail
Four Land Management Ministry officials charged with corruption last week were released on bail yesterday, less than five days after arriving at Prey Sar prison for detention ahead of trial, officials said. Srung Leang, director of the prison’s center no. 1, said he received the written release order ...