Critics Say Hun Sen’s Land Title Program Is Biased
A controversial land titling program set up by Prime Minister Hun sen has been suspended ahead of the July 28 elections, but critics say the program should not be restarted. The titling program itself began in December 2012 and is expected to end after elections scheduled ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government’s Limits on Information Leaving Voters in the Dark
Reporters in Cambodia seeking statistics from government ministries and departments are used to being given the brush-off from time to time, but in the run-up to the July 28 national election, things appear to have worsened. The Council for the Develop­ment of Cambodia (CDC) has for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia's trade with S. Korea up 12% in 5 months
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea haS reached 329 million U.S. dollarS in the firSt five monthS of thiS year, up 12 percent over the Same period laSt year, Showed the lateSt figureS from the Korea Trade- InveStment Promotion Agency to Phnom Penh on SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-07/17/c_132549530.htm
Thai Co-Op Seeks To Boost Cambodia’s Market Access
A delegation from a Thai agricultural co-operative yesterday discussed means of improving agricultural products and market access with representatives of the Ministry of Commerce in Phnom Penh. Kamit Likhitvidhayavuth of the Thai co-operative said his team aimed to strengthen market access for Cambodian goods. No agreement ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hun Sen’s Land Titles Receive Rare Praise From Germany
Since Prime MiniSter Hun Sen announced an ambitiouS new plan Some 10 monthS ago to make nearly half a million familieS official land ownerS, hardly a week goeS by that a rural community doeS not complain of local officialS trying to Scam the project. But when SS='cambodia-color'>...
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Worse than Potholes, Street 63 Roadwork Hurts City’s Image
SkyScraperS, SupermarketS and high-end clothing StoreS along Sihanouk Boulevard may reflect the increaSingly affluent Side of Phnom Penh, but turning down buSy Street 63 toward Central Market the Scene iS more warzone than ASean capital, with air thick with duSt and the road peppered with SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/worse-than-potholes-street-63-roadwork-hurts-citys-image-28799/
Cambodia’s Small Businesses Serve as Backbone of Sustainable Economy
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen announced in late March that the nation was on target to move from the status of a low-income to a lower-middle-income nation by the end of 2013, ranking it the 15th country that obtained high economic growth in the world in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Garbage Mounts at Freedom Park Ahead of Rainsy’s Return
The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) plans to give its leader, sam Rainsy, a hero’s welcome when he returns to the country on Friday after nearly four years in self-imposed exile. But unless action is taken quickly, Mr. Rainsy will be forced to deliver his first ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garbage-mounts-at-freedom-park-ahead-of-rainsys-return-35225/
Wang Yi’s Show of Support for Government Is Applauded
A government spokesman on Thursday welcomed remarks of support for the ruling CPP from China’s foreign minister, saying they showed Cambodia’s main benefactor was an example to other foreign states. Following meetings with Prime Minister Hun sen and Foreign Min­ister Hor Namhong on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Lewis and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/wang-yis-show-of-support-for-government-is-applauded-40662/
New Campaign Aims to Clean Phnom Penh’s Drainage System
The Phnom Penh Municipality on Saturday launched a new campaign to clean up the city&rSquo;S drainage SyStem in an effort to alleviate chronic flooding during the rainy SeaSon. The campaign would encourage people to diScard their waSte correctly and would alSo See City Hall cleaning the SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-campaign-aims-to-clean-phnom-penhs-drainage-system-40812/
Sar Kheng Warns NGOs Not to Aid CNRP’s Demonstrations
Interior Minister sar Kheng on Wednesday released a statement warning civil society groups that they would be in breach of their operating contracts should they offer support, directly or indirectly, to the opposition CNRP at its planned three-day demonstration beginning sunday. The warning comes a day ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sar-kheng-warns-ngos-not-to-aid-cnrps-demonstrations-42204/
U.S., EU urge Cambodia elected parties to continue talks
The United StateS and the European Union on Monday urged Cambodia&rSquo;S ruling and oppoSition partieS to continue their dialogue towardS electoral reformS and Settlement of national problemS. “The United StateS callS for a tranSparent review of irregularitieS in the July 28 national electionS which would help SS='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet Staff News
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/23/c_132743699.htm
Hun Sen’s Cabinet Approves $3.5B Draft Budget
Prime Minister Hun sen’s new Cabinet on Friday approved a 2014 draft budget of $3.5 billion, a 13 percent increase over this year’s budget, but gave no details as to how the money would be spent. The CPP also said it will go ahead with a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-cabinet-approves-3-5b-draft-budget-45985/
Cambodia’s Opposition Calls for Halt to Foreign Investment, Loans
Prime Minister Hun sen’s government as the two sides remained stalled in talks in a deadlock over disputed national elections. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said in a public statement that it could not guarantee that any agreements made with Hun sen’s ruling Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/investment-10292013173412.html
Cambodian Villagers Demand Land Activist’s Release Ahead of Appeal
More than 200 villagers involved in three different land disputes gathered in front of Cambodia’s top court in the capital Tuesday to demand the release of jailed rights campaigner Yorm Bopha ahead of her final appeal against a criminal conviction later this week. Yorm Bopha’s impending ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/appeal-11192013183435.html
Foreign Minister’s Son to Step Down as UK Envoy
Hor Nambora, the son of Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, will step down as Cambodia’s ambassador to Britain, according to an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cheung Buntheng, undersecretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, said Tuesday that Meas Kimheng, an adviser to Mr. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreign-ministers-son-to-step-down-as-uk-envoy-47397/
CPP to Inform King, NEC of Opposition’s Assembly Boycott
National Assembly President Heng samrin will in the coming days send the National Election Committee (NEC) an official letter informing it of the opposition party’s boycott of parliament, according to local media, possibly the first step in the ruling party’s plan to have the opposition’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-to-inform-king-nec-of-oppositions-assembly-boycott-49348/
King Sihamoni and Queen Mother Donate to Sunday’s Victims
Two days after the killing of an unarmed man near Phnom Penh’s Monivong Bridge, officials on Tuesday offered little information on the progress of an investigation into the killing, and rights workers expressed concerns that the inquiry would lack credibility. King Norodom sihamoni and Queen Mother ss='cambodia-color'>...
Koh Kong’s Rainbow Lodge Plans on Paying It Forward
KOH KONG – The dullness of a rainy day accentuates the lush shades of green rainforest of the Cardamom Mountains in Koh Kong province. Float down the Tatai River and you see bobbing turquoise, red and yellow canoes tied up along the banks—in their vivid ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lindsey Peterson and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kongs-rainbow-lodge-plans-on-paying-it-forward-44775/
Canadia Bank’s Credit Chief Aided $2.3M Embezzlement
One of the four suspects who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the theft of $2.3 million from Canadia Bank was the head of the bank’s credit section during the time that the embezzlement scheme was carried out, according to a senior adviser ss='cambodia-color'>...
Colin Meyn and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/canadia-banks-credit-chief-aided-2-3m-embezzlement-44777/