Cambodia forecasts 4 mln foreign tourists in 2013
Cambodia is predicted to greet 4 million foreign visitors this year, an expected 12 percent rise year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Monday. “Last year, we received 3.58 million foreign tourists, up 24 percent year-on-year, and generated total revenue of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars,” he ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/travel/2013-02/18/c_132176370.htm
General Accused of Smuggling $1M In Goods
Military police in Preah Sihanouk province said yesterday that they impounded four trucks carrying retail goods worth about $1 million that a lieutenant general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces had imported from Thailand without paying tax duty. The unpaid import duty amounted to about ...
US calls for release of Boeung Kak activists
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the Cambodian government to release 13 Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial last month, telling Foreign Minister Hor Namhong at a meeting in Washington that such a move would support freedom of expression. “The secretary ...
Villagers Fight Evictions Near Int'l Airport
More than 250 families ordered to leave their homes next to Phnom Penh International Airport to make way for expansion plans yesterday with City Hall to fight the eviction. The 256 families living in three villages in Pur Senchey district’s Choam Chao commune are demanding compensation ...
Rights Groups Call on Thai, Lao Leaders to Halt Dam
A group of Cambodian NGOs sent a letter to the prime ministers of Thailand and Laos on Friday calling on them to stop the construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong River and respect the 1995 Mekong Agreement. “We would like to urgently call ...
Families stand firm on eviction
A group of families whose homes are in the way of a municipal road-widening project rejected an offer from city hall on Friday to relocate and receive financial compensation, representatives from the community said. Located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in Tuol Kork district, community ...
Cambodian-Thai delegation visits cross-border railway site
A Cambodian-Thai delegation visited the cross-border railway site in Stung Bot Wednesday to examine the old line and a metal bridge which is being replaced, officials said. In addition to Stung Bot, where a new international border crossing is planned for Banteay Meanchey province, the officials ...
Thumbprint dubious: court
The legitimacy of a lawsuit filed by prominent businesswoman Chhin Sokountheary, also known as “Crocodile Grandmother”, accusing Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema of abusing his power by stealing some 34 hectares of privately owned land is being called into question by the Phnom Penh Municipal ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032564664/National/thumbprint-dubious-court.html
Another complaint in Sen Sok
Yet another resident of Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district came forward yesterday to join “Crocodile Grandmother” Chhin Sokoutheary in accusing city and district officials of issuing a false sub-decree to acquire land in the vicinity of Pong Peay Lake in Phnom Penh Thmey commune. Chea Savean, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032062038/National/another-complaint-in-sen-sok.html
Cambodia Signs Landmark Arms Trade Treaty
Cambodia has signed an international treaty designed to regulate the trade in conventional weapons, becoming the 114th country to formally pledge its support for the agreement, which was adopted by the U.N.’s General Assembly in April. Sea Kosal, Cambodia’s ambassador to the U.N. in New York, ...
Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-signs-landmark-arms-trade-treaty-45904/
Inmates watch as waters near
Prisons in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang province have been seriously affected by flooding but have not yet been evacuated, according to local rights groups and prison officials. A clogged sewage system has plagued Battambang’s provincial prison, according to Bun Sorn, but extra pumps have alleviated ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inmates-watch-waters-near
Council Orders Discipline of Election Staff in Siem Reap
The Constitutional Council on Thursday ordered the National Election Committee to discipline staff members at seven voting stations in Siem Reap province for irregularities in July’s national election. The Council, which acts as the appeals body for election complaints, said in its decision that disciplinary action ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/council-orders-discipline-of-election-staff-in-siem-reap/1743918.html
Women’s health gets $14m boost
Taking strides to curb Cambodia’s high maternal and child mortality rates, health officials yesterday launched a $14 million initiative to improve women’s limited access to reproductive health care. During the three-year Partnering to Save Lives campaign, funded by AusAid, NGOs Care Cambodia, Marie Stopes and Save ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women%E2%80%99s-health-gets-14m-boost
(English) Maina Kiai calls on Cambodia government to lift ban on public assemblies
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Standard Digital News Staff
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000104438&story_title=kiai-calls-on-cambodia-government-to-lift-ban-on-public-assemblies
(English) Groups seek audience with Senate over Judicial Reform Drafts
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Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/groups-seek-audience-with-senate-over-judicial-reform-drafts/1928506.html
(English) Illegal book hawkers warned
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Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-book-hawkers-warned
ការសម្លាប់ទេសចរបរទេសមានការកើនឡើងខ្លាំង
នៅក្នុងឆ្នាំ ២០១៣ មានភ្ញៀវទេសចរបរទេសចំនួន ២១ នាក់ ត្រូវបានគេសម្លាប់នៅប្រទេស កម្ពុជា ដែលចំនួននេះមានការកើនឡើងជិតពាក់កណ្តាល បើប្រៀបធៀបទៅនឹងឆ្នាំ ២០១២។ នេះបើយោងតាមរបាយការណ៍ប្រចាំឆ្នាំដែលចេញផ្សាយដោយក្រសួង មហាផ្ទៃ បានឲ្យ ...
សែន ដាវិត
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/110970-2014-02-21-03-09-03
(English) Police say mistake made, kidney transplants legal
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Khy Sovuthy and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-say-they-made-mistake-kidney-transplants-legal-66261/
(English) Police arrest 9 for suspected kidney ring at military hospital
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សហជីពចង់ឲ្យ EDC កែទម្រង់គម្រោងបញ្ចុះតម្លៃអគ្គិសនីកម្មករ
សហជីពកម្មករមួយចំនួនកំពុងលើកសំណើកំណែទម្រង់ចំពោះគម្រោងរបស់អាជ្ញាធរអគ្គិសនីកម្ពុជា (EDC) ក្នុងការបញ្ចុះតម្លៃអគ្គិសនីដល់កម្មករកាត់ដេរនៅរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ដោយមន្ត្រីសហជីពបានបញ្ជាក់កាលពីម្សិលមិញថា ការរៀបចំបច្ចុប្បន្ននៅស្មុគស្មាញណាស់ក្នុងការអនុវត្តឲ្យបាន ...
Sarah Taguiam និង ប៉ិច សុធារី
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