Japanese to bolster SEZ development
A GROUP of Japanese businessmen yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Sonatra Group chairman Sorn Sokna to develop a special economic zone along the Mekong River at the site of the Prey Veng ferry terminals. The ferry service is expected to become redundant when the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030561750/Business/japanese-to-bolster-sez-development.html
Thais to set up maize plant
THAI agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods is setting up a new silo and drying plant for maize in Pailin province. The exact investment cost is not known. According to a newspaper report in The Nation, the plant, together with a planned feed-meal plant in Laos, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030561742/Business/thais-to-set-up-maize-plant.html
SRP Campaign Videos Put Focus on Evictions
While the CPP in Phnom Penh has spent much of the campaign period broadcasting speeches by Prime Minister Hun Sen, hosting music concerts and sending well-known comedians into the streets to work the crowds, the SRP has a starker campaign focus. When the sun sets, 10 ...
Villagers Protest Loss of Local Crematorium to Private Firm
More than 100 villagers in Russei Keo district’s Prek Liep commune protested outside the Pur Thiproek pagoda on Saturday against plans to remove the crematorium, claiming the head monk had agreed to sell the land to a local property company. “That crematorium was built by ...
Energy security linked to firm borders
Energy supplies will be more secure once territorial disputes between Thailand and Cambodia are resolved, Department of Mineral Fuels director-general Songpob Polchan said on Friday. Mr Songpob said that the sooner Thailand and Cambodia are able to work out their differences, the sooner they can exploit ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/330370/end-to-border-row-to-help-energy-sector
Thai Representative Meets With Koh Kong ‘Blood Sugar’ Families
Some 200 Koh Kong farmers locked in a long-running land dispute with two sugar plantations met Tuesday with a representative of the Thailand-based owners for the first time since the land dispute began in 2006. Khamrom Phochai, a Thai national and representative of Thailand’s Khon Kaen ...
Last Tai Yang Strikers Hoping for Resolution
Workers who were left stranded after protests at three Tai Yang Enterprises garment factories dragged on for months earlier this year were waiting for a long awaited resolution when they attended the arbitration yesterday. The 53 employees of the Kandal provincial factory, which supplies Levi’s and ...
Second-hand, first in imports
Cambodia imported almost 10 times as many used clothes as new ones in the first 11 months of last year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Some 79,217 tonnes of used garments worth $61.5 million were brought in during that period, compared ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030461731/Business/second-hand-first-in-imports.html
Villagers Camp Out to Protest ‘Land Grab’
More than 100 people from two communes in Kratie province’s Sambor district gathered yesterday for a three-day protest in front of the provincial office of Think Biotech, a Korean-owned timber company villagers say is encroaching on their land. As of yesterday evening, 10 armed policemen ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765854/National/villagers-camp-out-to-protest-land-grab.html
អ្នកភូមិ៖ កម្មសិទ្ធិដីធ្លីថ្មីមិនត្រូវបានទទួលស្គាល់
ដប់គ្រួសារដែលជាប់ក្នុងជម្លោះដីធ្លីដ៏យូរអង្វែងមួយជាមួយនឹង ក្រុមហ៊ុន Pheapimex Group ក្នុងស្រុកក្រគរខេត្តពោធិសាត់បានឱ្យដឹងថា កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ក្រុមហ៊ុននេះបានបដិសេធមិនទទួលស្គាលកម្មសិទ្ធិដីធ្លីថ្មីនេះដែល បានផ្តល់ទៅឱ្យពួកគេនិងបានរារាំងពួកគេ ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032764723/National/new-land-titles-not-recognised-villagers.html
Village forest activists strike back at 3 firms
A community forest patrol group trying to fight the destruction of protected forest in Kratie province’s Snuol district have, for the second time in two weeks, seized equipment from those they accuse of illegal logging. About 100 people from Svay Chreah, Snuol, Sre Cha, Pi Thnou ...
Chartered carrier takes off
Newly established Wat Phnom Airlines completed its maiden flight to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport on July 10. But its predecessor, grounded Tonlesap Airlines, is said to owe the same airport more than $50,000 in landing fees. The local chartered carrier “is officially in business after it ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chartered-carrier-takes
Garment Sector Stable Despite Workers Leaving Jobs
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) yesterday said a recent exodus of workers from factories in Phnom Penh to the provinces over concerns related to a recent military build up in the capital would not threaten stability in the sector. Ken Loo, secretary-general of GMAC, ...
Construction of new airport planned for 2014
After being delayed twice, construction of the New Siem Reap International Airport (NSRIA) is expected to start in early 2014, a senior government official said yesterday. Tek Reth Samrach, chairman of the NSRIA steering committee, said a detailed plan must be completed by the airport’s two ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-new-airport-planned-2014
Navy loggers opened fire: NGO
NGO Wildlife Alliance has publicly accused members of the Royal Cambodian Navy of opening fire on patrolling rangers on the Tatai river in Koh Kong’s Smach Meanchey district after they tried to seize an allegedly illegal shipment of rosewood. At about 11pm on October 10, a ...
Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/navy-loggers-opened-fire-ngo
(English) UN Envoy to Gauge Progress of Rights, Reforms in Cambodia
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Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/envoy-06112014173419.html
(English) Union leader violates protest law: Phnom Penh official
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The Cambodian Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=M2MxNjBiZGRhZWU
សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក និងរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា បានចេញផ្សាយការបញ្ចូលកម្មវិធីថ្មីគឺបំណិនជីវិត
កាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារ សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក និងរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា បានចេញផ្សាយមគ្គុទេសអប់រំ ដែលនឹងជួយសាលារៀននៅកម្ពុជាឱ្យមានប្រសើរឡើងក្នុងការពង្រឹងមធ្យោបាយសិក្សារបស់សិស្ស បើយោងតាមសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍របស់ប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វ ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន Xinhuanet
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/28/c_133081282.htm
(English) In Restarted Talks, Cambodia Parties Fail to Agree on NEC Membership
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Rachel Vandenbrink
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/talks-06122014172356.html
(English) Preah Vihear temple under repair
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Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-temple-under-repair