Borei Keila Land Dispute Residents Pray for Help
Former residents of the Borei Keila community who are embroiled in a land dispute with the Phanimex firm gathered yesterday for prayer service in an appeal to the government to resolve their dispute. The residents claim the company failed to provide replacement housing or land to ...
Cambodia, Thailand to Partner on Border Zone
In an effort to bolster bilateral trade, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh and his Thai counterpart, Boonsong Teriyapirom, agreed in Bangkok on Sunday to establish a special economic border zone, Thai media reported yesterday. Though it remained unclear when or where the zone would be set up, ...
Cambodian state-owned telecom firm sees 5% revenue drop in H1
The state-owned Telecom Cambodia reported a 5 percent decline in revenues in the first half of this year due to tough competition in the country’s telecommunication industry, company director general Lao Saroeun said Friday. During the January-June period this year, the firm earned a gross revenue ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-08/17/c_131792460.htm
Firms Go to Arbitration Over Failed Gold Mining License Deal
Despite touting its Cambodian venture on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE), a British registered mining firm’s plan to extract gold in Ratanakkiri province stalled and the firm may face legal action over a failed deal to obtain an exploration license. Astra Resources Plc. has also gone ...
IMF: Cambodia’s economy expected to grow 7 pct in 2012
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted Tuesday that Cambodia’s economy could grow as high as 7 percent this year, 0.8 percentage points higher than its April’s forecast of 6.2 percent. Speaking in a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, IMF’s Chief of Mission to ...
http://www.nzweek.com/world/imf-cambodias-economy-expected-to-grow-7-pct-in-2012-8368/
Firm Compensates Jarai After Ruining Graves
A Vietnamese rubber company in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district yesterday agreed to pay $4,000 in compensation to an ethnic Jarai community whose traditional graveyard was bulldozed by the firm last week, local officials said. During a meeting at the Paknhai commune police station, representatives of the ...
To Phnom Penh Relief, Dam Starts Operating
The Kirirom III Hydropower Station in Kompong Speu province started operating last month, providing 18 megawatts of electricity to both Kompong Speu and Phnom Penh, an official at state-owned Electricite du Cambodge said yesterday. The additional power from the $47 million dam will help alleviate Phnom ...
Boeung Kak 13 case shifts to Appeal Court
The case of the 13 imprisoned Boeung Kak women is in the hands of the Appeal Court now, the women’s defence lawyer said yesterday. Lawyer Harm Sunrith said that Phnom Penh Municipal Court had sent the case to the Appeal Court on Tuesday, adding that he ...
Court frees 13 Cambodian land eviction protesters
An appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of 13 women who were jailed for protesting being evicted from their homes without adequate compensation, in a case that had critics had highlighted as an example of injustice. The women cheered in the courtroom, their supporters applauded and ...
Kampot Pepper Demand Sees Production Increase
Growing demand abroad for Kampot pepper has resulted in production levels for the commodity increasing by 22 percent to 22 tons during this year’s harvest, officials said yesterday. Nguon Lay, president of the Kampot Pepper Association, said that the amount of farmland used to cultivate pepper ...
Royal Group to Import BMWs Into Cambodia
Cambodian conglomerate Royal Group will be the first authorized importer and dealer of BMW automobiles in the country, and has begun construction on a showroom and service center in Phnom Penh. Premium Auto Import Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Royal Group, aims to import roughly 200 ...
Cambodia, Vietnam Trade Rises
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia in the first four months of the year reached nearly US$1.3 billion, a 10 per cent rise over the same period last year. According to the Vietnam Trade office in Cambodia, Vietnam’s exports to Cambodia fetched over $1 billion while ...
The Cambodia Herald Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YzA1YWUwMDU3OTh
Villagers Make Heady Claims Against NGO
Families living in Koh Kong province have called on the provincial governor to intervene in what they claim are ongoing land disputes with Forestry Administration authorities and conservation NGO Wildlife Alliance. Thirty-eight families from Mondul Seima and Khemarak Pumin districts have 110 hectares of land between ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065550/National/villagers-make-heady-claims-against-ngo.html
Landmines kill 19 people in Cambodia in 8 months
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — Landmines have killed at least 19 people in Cambodia in the first eight months of the year, down from 26 deaths over the same period last year, the figures of the Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) showed Thursday. The latest ...
Xinhua
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-09/27/c_132756738.htm
(English) Vietnamese Shops Worry Over Possible Violence
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Ben Sokhean and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/vietnamese-shops-worry-over-possible-violence-50301/
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តំណាងបុគ្គលិករបស់ក្រុមហ៊ុនខេមប៊្រូ អិលធីឌី ដែលជាក្រុមផលិតស្រាបៀរដ៏ធំមួយក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា បាននិយាយកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា បុគ្គលិកក្រុមហ៊ុននេះជាង២០០នាក់ បានធ្វើការតវ៉ានៅខាងក្រៅក្រុមហ៊ុនក្នុងក្រុងព្រះសីហនុកាលពីម្សិលមិញដើម្បីទាមទារដំឡើងប្រាក់ខែ៣០ដុល្លារឲ្យដល់១២០ដុល្លារ។ ក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលផលិតស្រាបៀរអង្គរ ...
បែន សុខហ៊ាន
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14228/
(English) Cambodian opposition chief again calls for talks over political row
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Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=221336
(English) Deal making waves abroad
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Laignee Barron, Charles Rollet and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deal-making-waves-abroad
(English) Ruling Party Says It Needs Opposition as Competitor
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Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ruling-party-says-it-needs-opposition-as-competitor/1968062.html
(English) UXO injuries, deaths on the rise
Forty people were injured or killed by landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the first two months of 2014, a figure nearly twice as high as that recorded in the same period last year, a recent report from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre shows. In ...
Maria Wirth
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-injuries-deaths-rise