No Plan to Shut Beehive Radio, Gov’t Says
As questions linger over the fAte of the independent Beehive RAdio stAtion in the wAke of its owner’s Arrest, A government officiAl yesterdAy insisted there were no plAns to stop it from broAdcAsting, despite its often criticAl stAnce towArd the ruling pArty. “No plAn to shut <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/no-plAn-to-shut-beehive-rAdio-govt-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Climate change to affect Mekong production
Climate change will have a significant effect on major industrial and food crops in the Lower Mekong basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, says a new study. The study, conducted by the Mekong adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Project for the U.S. agency <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/climate-change-to-affect-mekong-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Villagers Say Homes Being Purposely Flooded
More than 120 families in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district sent a letter on Monday to the district governor asking for his help in addressing the flooding problem that has seen some of their homes collapse and has forced many to seek temporary accommodation elsewhere, villagers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/villagers-say-homes-being-purposely-flooded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-say-homes-being-purposely-flooded-33317/
Largesse and threats ahead of election
Prime Minister Hun Sen warned thousands of villagers yesterday that his most popular initiatives, including his far-reaching land-titling scheme, will simply disappear if he is not re-elected in July’s national election – amid suggestions his campaigning has unofficially begun. In a marked shift from his apparent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/largesse-and-threats-ahead-of-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032664688/National/largesse-and-threats-ahead-of-election.html
Decision Pending in Dispute Between Villagers, Businesswoman
Farmers in Kompong Chhnang province locked in a land dispute with a local businesswoman are waiting for the government to make a decision on who owns the property after student volunteers measured the area earlier this month as part of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nationwide <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/decision-pending-in-dispute-between-villagers-businesswoman/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/decision-pending-in-dispute-between-villagers-businesswoman-20022/
NagaWorld strikers fired en masse
Nagaworld casino has fired more than 400 workers who have spent about 10 days striking to demand a wage increase, union leaders, workers and a leaked internal memo have revealed. a list of names, obtained by the Post yesterday, was emailed to management and senior staff <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/nagaworld-strikers-fired-en-masse/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062466447/National/nagaworld-strikers-fired-en-masse.html
Cambodian Opposition Leader Asks King to Intervene in Election Dispute
Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy has called on the country’s king to step in to resolve a political crisis over recent disputed polls as time runs out for legal challenges before officials announce final election results this weekend. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president made <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodian-opposition-leader-asks-king-to-intervene-in-election-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-09042013175946.html
Land Dispute Families Submit Complaint Over Snake Attack
Three families involved in a land dispute with a private company filed a complaint Monday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court accusing the company’s owner, businessman Khun Sear, of waging an ongoing campaign of intimidation as he tries to force the families from their homes <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/land-dispute-families-submit-complaint-over-snake-attack/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/land-dispute-families-submit-complaint-over-snake-attack-46605/
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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/report-shows-election-irregularities-favored-cpp/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Colin Meyn and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-shows-election-irregularities-favored-cpp-48237/
‘SolarTuk’ coming in March
Solar-powered tuk-tuks could be rolling off the assembly lines in Phnom Penh as early as March next year, allowing local tuk-tuk drivers a cost-effective and greener alternative to using petrol, according to the company manufacturing the vehicle. Star 8, the australia-based alternative energy firm behind the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/solartuk-coming-in-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Daniel de Carteret and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/%E2%80%98solartuk%E2%80%99-coming-march
H&M pledges living wage for textile workers in Bangladesh and Cambodia
H&M has pledged to pay a living wage to 850,000 textile workers after expressing frustration over a lack of action by governments to address working conditions in asian factories in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster. The world’s second-biggest clothing retailer said it would support <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hm-pledges-living-wage-for-textile-workers-in-bangladesh-and-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sean Farrell
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/25/h-m-living-wage-textile-workers-bangladesh-cambodia
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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/organizations-push-for-employment-of-disabled-persons-in-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Matt Blomberg and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/organizations-push-for-employment-of-disabled-persons-in-provinces-48540/
Way of life vanishing: villagers
Since 2011, an estimated 3,000 resin trees have been illegally razed by rogue loggers and a land concessionaire operating in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom district, villagers claimed yesterday. Resin trees are a vital source of income for the Phnong ethnic community in Sokdom commune, according to Thleuk <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/way-of-life-vanishing-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/way-life-vanishing-villagers
(English) Number of women in politics back in focus
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Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-women-politics-back-focus
(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/
អត្រាភាពក្រីក្រធ្លាក់មកនៅ ២០ ភាគរយចន្លោះពីឆ្នាំ ២០០៤ ដល់ ២០១១
តាមការសិក្សារបស់ធនាគារពិភពលោក ដែលចេញផ្សាយកាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានឲ្យដឹងថា អត្រាភាពក្រីក្រ កម្ពុជា បានធ្លាក់ចុះយ៉ាងខ្លាំងចន្លោះពីឆ្នាំ ២០០៤ ដល់ ២០១១ គឺពីជាង ៥០ ភាគរយ មកនៅត្រឹម ២០ ភាគរយ ប៉ុន្តែ ការធ្លាក់ចុះនេះពុំមាន <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/poverty-gains-precarious/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Stuart White
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/110971-2014-02-21-03-19-44
(English) Cambodia offers best practices against trafficking
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Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-offers-best-practices-against-trafficking-53731/
(English) Families petition City Hall over wall built in road
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Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-petition-city-hall-over-wall-built-in-road-58176/
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីឲ្យនគរបាលរកពីមូលហេតុកើនចោរ
ន្ទាប់ពីមានតួលេខបង្ហាញអំពីការកើនឡើងជាង ១០០ ភាគរយនៃបទល្មើសលហុទៅលើជនបរទេសរដ្ឋមន្រ្តីក្រសួង មហាផ្ទៃ លោក ស ខេង កាលពីម្សិលមិញបានឲ្យមន្ត្រីស្រាវជ្រាវរកមូលហេតុ។ លោក ស ខេង បានថ្លែងថា៖ «យើងនឹងបន្តស៊ើបអង្កេតនិងស្វែងរកមូលហេតុអំពីបទល្មើសហើយថា ក្នុងនោះ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/bag-snatchings-jump-eu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
វង្ស សុខេង និង Joe Freeman
http://postkhmer.com/national/2011-01-03-04-07-05/114202-2014-05-13-01-22-15
(English) New Futuristic Tuk-Tuks Arrive on the Streets of Phnom Penh
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Emily Wilkins and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-futuristic-tuk-tuks-arrive-on-the-streets-of-phnom-penh-52616/