NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
Fresh Faces on CPP’s Shortened List of Lawmakers
When the ruling CPP takes its seats in the new National Assembly, its members of Parliament will include a few new faces, and significantly less old ones, according to ratified election results announced by the National Election Committee (NEC) on Sunday. The CPP’s poor showing in ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/fresh-faces-on-cpps-shortened-list-of-lawmakers-41902/
Rainsy’s reasoning questioned
While the opposition party steps up its efforts to persuade the international community to cut ties with a government it says was formed by a “constitutional coup”, lawyers and analysts yesterday questioned whether the party’s reasoning has any legal basis. In a letter sent to the ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy%E2%80%99s-reasoning-questioned
Cambodian Garment Factories Come Under Scrutiny
A monitoring group backed by the United Nations said it would begin to publicize garment factories’ compliance with worker rights and safety standards in Cambodia, a controversial program that its organizers say will be the world’s most extensive initiative to improve working conditions at plants. The ...
Kate O'keeffe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303818704579089810120675896.html
Environmentalists Say Dam Project Could Be Disastrous
While fears have been raised over the imminent construction of the Don Sahong dam in Laos, environmentalists on Monday said Cambodia should not forget that it has a project of its own that would be equally as disastrous to the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ...
Denise Hruby and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/environmentalists-say-dam-project-could-be-disastrous-44573/
Neutrality of Red Cross in Question After Bun Rany’s Speech
It was the bloodiest battle since Waterloo. Yet the carnage wrought 150 years ago by the Italian and French troops, fighting under Napoleon III, and the forces of the Austrian Hungarian Empire, was overshadowed by its aftermath. While 30,000 had died on the battlefield, more than 40,000 ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/neutrality-of-red-cross-in-question-after-bun-ranys-speech-46497/
Government Sold National Ship Registry Rights
Cambodia has no control over Cambodian-flagged ships complicit in illegal activities on the high seas as the government sold the authority to register ocean-going vessels, under Cambodia’s national flag, to a company in South Korea for $6 million, a Council of Ministers official claimed Thursday. On ...
Denise Hruby and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-sold%E2%80%88national-ship-registry-rights-48186/
Cambodia Garment Wages Set to Rise as H&M Pushes New Approach
Swedish clothing giant H&M recently announced a program to boost wages for garment workers in its sub-contractor factories around the world, including in Cambodia, where the company is a leading buyer. H&M’s announcement comes at the end of a turbulent year in the garment sector ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-garment-wages-set-rise-hm-pushes-new-approach/1803179.html
Can’t see the forest …
The percentage of Cambodia covered in forest has fallen from about 72 per cent in 1973 to only about 46 per cent in 2013, satellite image data released yesterday shows. A series of animated maps that Open Development Cambodia (ODC) produced from NASA satellite images detail ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/can%E2%80%99t-see-forest-%E2%80%A6
កម្មវិធីរោងចក្រកាន់តែប្រសើរនៅកម្ពុជា មិនបង្ហាញទំនាក់ទំនងរវាងរោងចក្រល្មើសច្បាប់និងម្ចាស់ម៉ាក
អគាររោងចក្រ យូអេសអេ ហ្វូលី ហ្វៀលហ្គាមិន (USA Fully Field Garment) ដែលមានទីតាំងស្ថិតក្នុងខណ្ឌមានជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះមិនមានអ្វីនៅខាងក្នុងទេ ហើយនៅខាងក្រោមមានសំរាមរាយបា៉ាយ និងឡាំងពេញដោយស្លាកសម្គាល់ម៉ាកសម្លៀក ...
Simon Henderson និង ឃី សុវុទ្ធី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12876/
ស្ត្រីជំនួយការមេផ្ទះនឹងបញ្ជូនទៅធ្វើការនៅបរទេសឡើងវិញ ប៉ុន្តែនៅតែមានការព្រួយបារម្ភអំពីសុវត្ថិភាព
បន្ទាប់ពីការផ្អាកបញ្ជូនស្ត្រីជំនួយការមេផ្ទះទៅធ្វើការនៅបរទេសរយៈពេលបីឆ្នាំដោយសារតែមានការរំលោភបំពានធ្ងន់ធ្ងរជាច្រើនករណីពីសំណាក់ក្រុមហ៊ុនជ្រើសរើសពលករ និងថៅកែរបស់ពួកគេនោះ ស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា ...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14477/
(English) Teachers Told to Expel Corruption From Classrooms
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Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/teachers-told-to-expel-corruption-from-classrooms-51158/
គណៈប្រតិភូកម្ពុជាចូលរួមកិច្ចសន្ទនាគោលនយោបាយអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ស្តីពីការថែទាំ និងការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍កុមារតូច នៅឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី
គណៈប្រតិភូកម្ពុជាដឹកនាំដោយលោកបណ្ឌិត អ៊ុម រម្យណី រដ្ឋលេខាធិការក្រសួងអប់រំ យុវជន និងកីឡា បានចូលរួមកិច្ចសន្ទនាគោលនយោបាយអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ស្តីពីការថែទាំ និងការអប់រំកុមារតូច (SEAPD on ECCE) ដែលធ្វើឡើងនៅទីក្រុងហ្សាកាតា ប្រទេស ...
បុគ្គលិក ខ្មែរថាមស៍
http://rb.gy/nkohl
Exchanges provide windows to economies
Stock market a good choice for long-term investors Stephen Hsu, a native of Taiwan, runs Phnom Penh Securities, one of a dozen underwriters licensed by the SECC to prepare companies for IPOs on the CSX and to engage as an intermediary with the public for trading ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/exchanges-provide-windows-to-economies.html
Hunters and Hunted
Unable to effectively police the Cardamoms alone, the Cambodian government partners itself with several international NGOs. The forests directly north of Highway 48 arc patrolled with the help of Wildlife Alliance. Beginning in 2002 with two ranger stations, Wildlife Alliance now operates six outposts in the ...
Kratie Village Sealed After Girl’s Killing
Kratie city – Soldiers and military police yesterday blocked all access to a village where a 14-year-old girl was shot dead by security forces on Wednesday while the authorities launched a massive operation to evict hundreds of families from the area under a cloak of ...
CNRP Walks Out of NEC Complaints Hearing
The opposition CNRP on Thursday walked out of an election complaints session at the headquarters of the National Election Committee (NEC), claiming the body was investigating complaints improperly and without the presence of its leadership. The CNRP, which has called for a transparent and independent investigation ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-walks-out-of-nec-complaints-hearing-39840/
Report calls out Pheap
Logging tycoon Try Pheap’s rapidly expanding land empire, criticised by rights groups for displacing families and encroaching on protected forest areas, has grown to almost 70,000 hectares in size and is helping to facilitate a cross-border illegal logging operation, a report released today alleges. The Cambodian ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-calls-out-pheap
(English) Stability, growth require job creation
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Colin Meyn and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stability-growth-require-job-creation-53317/
Chinese Firms Foresee Industrial Hub in Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear province – The residents of this sleepy district, on the edge of the Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary, grow rice, cassava and cashew nuts. But in a few short years, Chinese investors envisage that Rovieng will be rapidly transformed into an industrial town. ...