Floods a Yearly Trial for Those Living Along Mekong
TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province – From November to May, the Mekong River is quiet. So is life for the hundreds of thousands of people who live along its banks, which in Cambodia forms a 155,000 square km basin covering six provinces and Phnom ...
Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-a-yearly-trial-for-those-living-along-mekong-44143/
Opposition Lays Out Reform Demands at ‘People’s Congress’
Amidst an opposition boycott of the National Assembly, CNRP leaders on Sunday announced to about 10,000 supporters gathered in Phnom Penh their tentative plans to push the one-party CPP government to investigate irregularities in the July election and enact a broad slate of reforms. As patchy ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/opposition-lays-out-reform-demands-at-peoples-congress-44450/
We’ll always have Paris
It may not be a milestone anniversary, but the significance of this day 22 years ago is something the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party wants everyone to remember when it begins its latest mass protest this morning, a spokesman said yesterday. From today until Friday, ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/we%E2%80%99ll-always-have-paris
Official Says Legality of Sanctuary Logging Unknown
A district-level Environment Ministry official in Ratanakkiri province on Wednesday claimed that he had no way to determine the legality of logging operations by firms with private land concessions inside the province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. The claim by Chou Sopheak, director of Lumphat district’s environment department, ...
Aun Pheap and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-says-legality-of-sanctuary-logging-unknown-47518/
BHP Billiton Faces Bribery Charges After Abandoned Project
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the country’s financial regulator have informed Australia-based mining giant BHP Billiton it could still be charged over allegations the company bribed overseas officials, which include claims of improper payments to members of the Cambodian government. Prime Minister Hun Sen ...
Activists Doubt Cambodia Pledge to Stop Land Concessions
Activists are skeptical that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will follow through on a pledge to stop a contentious practice of appropriating rural land for commercial use, an issue that hurt the leader and his party in elections in July. In its new five-year political platform ...
Chun Han Wong
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-341290/
Home for the holidays
Still agitated 20 minutes after the rally in front of SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd had dispersed yesterday, Choem Som Im held up seven fingers as she jerked her arms forward and spoke in an equally sharp tone. The dilemma, faced by many garment workers, ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/home-holidays
(English) Threat to unleash ‘paratroopers’ in land dispute
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/threat-to-unleash-paratroopers-in-land-dispute-51740/
តុលាការចោទប្រកាន់តំណាងសហជីពបន្ថែមទៀតមុនកិច្ចប្រជុំជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនធំៗ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ តុលាការខេត្តតាកែវបានចោទប្រកាន់តំណាងសហជីពប្រាំបីនាក់ពីបទញុះញង់ឲ្យកម្មករចូលរួមធ្វើកូដកម្ម ដោយធ្វើឲ្យការចោទប្រកាន់តំណាងសហជីពកើនដល់១៧នាក់ហើយនៅខែនេះតែមួយ។ ការចាប់ខ្លួនតំណាង ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14819/
(English) CMAC Closes Probe Into Fire Amid Allegations of Corruption
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Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cmac-closes-probe-into-fire-amid-allegations-of-corruption-51543/
រដ្ឋសភាកោះហៅរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងរ៉ែនិងថាមពលមកសាកសួរអំពីការកាប់ឈើនៅទន្លេសេសានក្រោម
តំណាងរាស្ត្រជាន់ខ្ពស់គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាមួយរូបបានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា រដ្ឋ ...
ឃី សុវុឌ្ឍី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14851/
(English) Labor Leaders Say Negotiations Should Continue
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Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/labor-leaders-say-negotiations-should-continue/1837064.html
(English) Not going without a fight
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May Titthara and David Boyle
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/not-going-without-fight
Agriculture and fishing
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Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away
Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ...
New Mortgage Program Helps Cambodia's Poor Find Better Homes
If you’ve applied for a mortgage recently, you know how hard it can be. The bank demands all kinds of obscure documents and wants proof of almost every asset you own. But an innovative mortgage program halfway around the world will evaluate your application without ...
http://www.wbur.org/npr/176121367/new-mortgage-program-helps-cambodias-poor-find-better-homes
Underage, Overworked
Child labour is being used at a footwear factory owned by the same Taiwan-based company as Wing Star Shoes – where two workers were killed in a ceiling collapse this month – numerous employees have told the Post. A former Ying Dong employee said the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052965915/National/underage-overworked.html
Grand Plans for $80-Billion Capital City Fit for a Techo
If Phoeung Sophoan has his way, Phnom Penh’s days as Cambodia’s capital city are numbered. A secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Mr. Sophoan has big plans for a new 35,000-hectare capital city north of Phnom Penh called “Samdech ...
NGOs Say ‘Rose Revolution’ Case Is Baseless
Rights groups on Monday urged the government to drop its incitement charges against four people arrested last week and accused of plotting to topple the government by handing out yellow roses to security forces and urging them to turn their guns against Prime Minister Hun ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-say-rose-revolution-case-is-baseless-40188/
Logging mogul blasted
Logging tycoon Try Pheap has come under fire from two separate reports alleging that he is using his vast network of concessions and licences to decimate protected forests across Cambodia. One of the reports, an exhaustive four-month investigation by a local NGO, also looked at the ...
Phak Seangly and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-mogul-blasted