Report Shows Election Irregularities Favored CPP
In areas where electoral irregularities were the most pronounced during July’s national election, the ruling CPP saw a significant increase in its share of votes compared to that of the opposition CNRP, according to a report compiled by a coalition of human rights NGOs known ...
Colin Meyn and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-shows-election-irregularities-favored-cpp-48237/
CNRP Requests Migrant Worker Draft Agreement
The opposition CNRP has written to the embassies of Singapore and Malaysia requesting copies of draft agreements with the Cambodian government on sending migrant workers to the countries that they say they were not privy to. A Ministry of Labor official last month said the government ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-requests-migrant-worker-draft-agreement-48622/
Flooding Caused Evacuation of 31,000 Houses
More than 31,000 households were evacuated and 168 people died across 20 provinces during this year’s rainy-season flooding, according to the Humanitarian Response Forum (HRF), which released its final report on the flooding Monday. In general, flooding did not affect Cambodia as badly as in 2011, ...
Denise Hruby and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/flooding-caused-evacuation-of-31000-houses-48969/
(English) Rainsy Takes to Tuk-Tuk for Latest Opposition Protest Rally
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Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-takes-to-tuk-tuk-for-latest-opposition-protest-rally-49474/
Organizations Push for Employment of Disabled Persons in Provinces
Local and international organizations on Tuesday marked International Day of Persons With Disabilities by calling on the government to extend its efforts to employ more disabled people beyond Phnom Penh’s environs. A sub-decree attached to the government’s Disability Law, enacted in July 2009, states that the ...
Matt Blomberg and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/organizations-push-for-employment-of-disabled-persons-in-provinces-48540/
Hunger Reduced, Malnourishment Next Issue
Cambodia has reached its millennium development goal of reducing by half the number of people who suffer from hunger, but more needs to be done to make sure that the population now receives the right nutrients, officials said on World Food Day Wednesday. Making the announcement ...
Denise Hruby and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hunger-reduced-malnourishment-next-issue-45363/
Sam Rainsy To Call Sar Kheng Over Negotiations
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy plans to call CPP Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Thursday to discuss restarting negotiations between the two parties. Mr. Rainsy said that he hoped Mr. Kheng would clarify whether the CPP is unconditionally open to further negotiations, or if the party is ...
Colin Meyn and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sam-rainsy-to-call-sar-kheng-over-negotiations-46355/
Suy Sem Set for Reinstatement as Minister of Mines and Energy
The National Assembly will vote this month to decide whether the ruling CPP’s recently removed Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, Suy Sem, will be appointed as the new Minister of Mines and Energy, CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun said Friday. Mr. Sem’s return to his old, ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/suy-sem-set-for-reinstatement-as-minister-of-mines-and-energy-48820/
Cambodian garment manufacturers, trade unionists talk over pay rise with no agreement
Cambodia’s garment manufacturers and trade unionists on Monday began a negotiation on pay rise for garment workers in 2014 but reached no any agreement because the union representatives demanded to double the current wage. The talk was made between the employers represented by Nang Sothy, co-chair ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/16/c_132972280.htm
Cambodian police trained to fight money laundering, terror financing
With an aim of facing the growing challenge in Southeast Asia concerning money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime has stepped in to provide Cambodian police with skills in order to curb this threat, according to a statement ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/130826/cambodian-police-trained-fight-money-laundering-terror
Government Raises Salaries for Commune, Village Officials
The government has decided to double the salaries of local government officials at the commune and village level from the beginning of next year, according to a government sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen shortly before the national election. The sub-decree, released in the Royal ...
Khy Sovuthy and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-raises-salaries-for-commune-village-officials-41574/
FTU Requests Week Off for Workers to Join Rally
The Free Trade Union (FTU) requested that the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) permit workers nationwide to take a weeklong holiday in order to participate in the opposition’s planned demonstrations, according to a letter sent by the FTU this week. Signed by union president Chea ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/ftu-requests-week-off-for-workers-to%E2%80%88join-rally-42214/
Parkson's Cambodia expansion seen boosting earnings in the long term
PETALING JAYA: Parkson Holdings Bhd (PHB)’s expansion into Phnom Penh, Cambodia, via its proposed Parkson Mallwould provide it with a steady income stream in the long term, mainly from rental yield, according to Affin Investment Bank. The proposed location of the mall – directly opposite the Phnom Penh ...
Local Groups Say They Must Protect Forest, as Government Fails
Local watchdog groups say they have been forced to take forest protection into their hands, due to a failure of government to do so. “As we have seen: the National Assembly, the Senate and the government do not work,” Ouch Leng, head of the Cambodian Human ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/local-grouos-say-they-must-protect-forest-as-government-fails/1800429.html
Panasonic to donate lanterns to Angkor villages
Panasonic, a leading manufacturer of electronics, will donate 1,500 solar lanterns to the UNESCO Phnom Penh Office to distribute to the poorest villages in Angkor Park on Tuesday, according to a press release issued by UNESCO. UNESCO will in turn hand the lanterns to the APSARA ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MmFiMWZhZGRiYmR
Bunong Living on Land Concession Evicted
An indigenous Bunong minority community in Mondolkiri province’s Keo Seima district on Wednesday filed a complaint claiming that authorities had destroyed their homes, but authorities allege that the villagers are living on land owned by a private company. Villagers claim that since November, 37 homes in ...
Mech Dara and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bunong-living-on-land-concession-evicted-48732/
(English) Government Creates New CPP-Majority Province
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Phorn Bopha and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-creates-new-cpp-majority-province-50391/
(English) Leave King Out of Politics, Royal Cabinet Demands
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Colin Meyn and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/leave-king-out-of-politics-royal-cabinet-demands-50990/
(English) US Broadcaster Rejects Cambodian Claims of ‘Bias’
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VOA Khmer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-broadcasters-rejects-cambodia-claims-of-bias/1841443.html
(English) Cambodia's micro-lenders see 44 pct lending growth last year
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Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=199165