As Soldiers Leave Kratie Village, Problems Remain
After a three-day blockade, soldiers pulled out over the weekend from the Kratie province village where a teenage girl was shot dead last week by government security forces, officials said yesterday. However, human rights workers denied a report by a provincial official that freedom of ...
Unlike Past Elections, Property Investors Remain Buoyant
Ahead of elections 10 years ago, people across the country would hoard rice in case the vote sent the country spiraling into a state of turmoil. Businesses across the country would bide their time before making any major investments. And those who could afford to ...
Garment Exports Booming Despite Concerns
Despite criticisms over safety, outbreaks of sometimes violent industrial action and a raise in the minimum wage that it was warned would scare off manufacturers, Cambodia’s garment sector is booming, according to government figures. A report on state newswire Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Friday said ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/garment-exports-booming-despite-concerns-34035/
Judge Denies Coercion Claim in Land Dispute Assault Case
A father whose three children were badly beaten by employees of a rubber plantation has accused a Ratanakkiri Provincial Court judge of threatening to send two sons, aged 14 and 21, to jail unless they accept $1,000 in compensation and drop the assault complaint. Ry Saron ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judge-denies-coercion-claim-in-assault-case-26546/
Finance Ministry Accused of Ignoring Education Sector
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday again publicly accused the Ministry of Finance of not injecting enough funds into the education sector in order to bring Cambodia in line with the rest of Southeast Asia. Speaking at the close of a two-day workshop to formulate the ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/finance-ministry-accused-of-ignoring-education%E2%80%88sector-41040/
Embassies Warned CNRP Wants Coup
The government has informed foreign embassies in the country that the opposition’s threatened demonstrations over the election results are intended to illegally overthrow the elected CPP-led government, a ministry spokesman said Wednesday. Lieutenant General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, said that letters were ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/embassies-warned-cnrp-wants-coup-41248/
Website of Company Running Ship Registry Closed Down
The website of the International Ship Registry of Cambodia (ISROC), a private company based in South Korea that bought the rights from the government to register foreign vessels under the Cambodian national flag for $6 million, is no longer operating. The shutdown means that foreign vessels ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/website-of-company-running-ship-registry-closed-down-48428/
CNRP Lawmakers in Siem Reap as Boycott Starts
CNRP lawmakers on Sunday took an oath in front of Angkor Wat swearing they would boycott today’s opening session of the National Assembly and promising “not to betray the conscience of the people.” With the opposition in Siem Reap, the ruling CPP—which officially won a majority ...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-lawmakers-in-siem-reap-as-boycott-starts-42886/
Brands tell GMAC to dial it down
Some of the world’s largest clothing brands have warned the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia of possible business ramifications should the factory representative continue with plans to impede labour monitoring. Thirteen major buyers, including Gap, H&M, Levi’s, Nike and Puma, have signed a letter to GMAC ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/brands-tell-gmac-dial-it-down
(English) CPP Parliament Approves Two Ministers, 2014 Budget
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-parliament-approves-two-ministers-2014-budget-49542/
Police Presence Light at Rowdy CNRP Rally in Freedom Park
Police maintained a subtle, and mostly unarmed, presence at a rowdy opposition rally that filled Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday, despite persistent tensions over last month’s contested national election and a beefed-up security presence around the city. Even as the crowd swelled to well over ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/police-presence-light-at-rowdy-cnrp-rally-in-freedom-park-40918/
Familiar feel to shuffle
Ten of the Kingdom’s 24 ministerial positions are set to be reshuffled at the launch of the new government, according to an internal party memo obtained yesterday. Among those tapped for a cabinet position is Say Sam El – the 34-year-old son of Senate deputy president ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/familiar-feel-shuffle
MobiTel Named in Leaked Australian Phone Tap Document
When one of Australia’s top intelligence agencies in 2009 presented staff with a slideshow detailing their attempts to intercept mobile telephone calls by Indonesia’s president, first lady and top officials, it also revealed other possible spying targets—including one of Cambodia’s largest mobile operators, MobiTel, according ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mobitel-named-in-leaked-australian-phone-tap-documents-47672/
(English) Obfuscation reigns over ban on demonstration
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Kuch Naren and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/obfuscation-reigns-over-ban-on-demonstration-53621/
(English) Unrest among disabled security guards at SL Garment Factory
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Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unrest-among-disabled-security-guards-at-sl-garment-factory-56892/
(English) No clubs near schools, Council of Ministers says
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-clubs-near-schools-council-of-ministers-says-58464/
(English) How Cambodia’s secretive timber auctions are fueling the illegal logging trade
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Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/how-cambodias-secretive-timber-auctions-are-fueling-the-illegal-logging-trade-63919/
កញ្ញា សេង ធារី ចាប់ផ្ដើមធ្វើកូដកម្មអត់អាហារ ក្រោយអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិថាការឃុំខ្លួនជាការធ្វើឡើងតាមអំពើចិត្ត
កញ្ញា សេង ធារី ដែលកំពុងជាប់ឃុំក្នុងពន្ធនាគារ បានចាប់ផ្ដើមធ្វើកូដកម្មអត់អាហាររយៈពេល១០ថ្ងៃរបស់ខ្លួននៅថ្ងៃចន្ទ ដែលកូដកម្មនេះធ្វើឡើងមិនដល់មួយសប្ដាហ៍ផងបន្ទាប់ពីរបាយការណ៍អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិបានប្រកាសថាកញ្ញាគឺត្រូវបានឃុំ ...
Jack Brook និង រ៉ាន់ ស្រីដែត
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/seng-theary-begins-hunger-strike-after-un-declares-her-arbitrarily-detained/
Sand for Singapore's Growth Comes at Environmental Cost to Poorer Neighbors
KOH KONG, Cambodia (AP) — Round a bend in Cambodia’s Tatai River and the virtual silence of a tropical idyll turns suddenly into an industrial nightmare. Lush jungle hills give way to a flotilla of dredgers operating 24 hours a day, scooping up sand and piling ...
No Power Leads to No Water In Sihanoukville
The water shortage that has led to tens of thousands of households in Sihanoukville without running water for the past week occurred after provincial officials decided to limit power to a water pumping facility operated by the tourist town’s privately-owned distributor, a manager at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-power-leads-to-no-water-in-sihanoukville-16858/