Government, ADB Differ on Rail Project
The government claims to have finished nearly a third of the work needed to rehabilitate the long-dilapidated railway line from Phnom Penh to the Thai border at Poipet, twice the figure reported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the main financier of the over-budget and ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-adb-differ-on-rail-project-41263/
Oxfam accuses Coke and Pepsi of taking land from the poor
Land covering an area the size of Italy has been taken from indigenous communities around the world by suppliers to the biggest names in the food and drinks industry, according to a major new report. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among the companies criticised by Oxfam for ...
Jamie Merrill
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/oxfam-accuses-coke-and-pepsi-of-taking-land-from-the-poor-8852161.html
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Jack Brook និង ឃួន ណារីម
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/rights-groups-file-complaint-against-dutch-mfi-investor-oikocredit/
Deutsche Bank, IFC Rubber Investments Questioned
Deutsche Bank and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) have poured millions of dollars into Vietnamese rubber companies operating in Cambodia that have engaged in illegal logging and forced evictions of local farmers, the environmental rights group Global Witness says in a new report ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deutsche-bank-ifc-rubber-investments-questioned-23598/
ការលេងល្បែងនៅកាស៊ីណូ ណាហ្គាវើល ក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញនៅតែបន្តទោះមានការតវ៉ាក៏ដោយ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ការលេងល្បែងស៊ីសងនៅតែបន្តដូចធម្មតានៅឯកាស៊ីណូ ណាហ្គាវើល ជាសណ្ឋាគារ និងកាស៊ីណូ តែមួយគត់នៅក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ដែលទទួលបានអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណត្រឹមត្រូវ ទោះបីជាមានការបន្តការតវ៉ាពីសំណាក់បុគ្គលិកដែល ...
ហុល រស្មី និង Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/1204/
Levi Strauss Pulls Out From Embattled SL Garment Factory
A Singaporean-owned garment factory whose workers have been on strike since early August is no longer producing clothes for American denim giant Levi Strauss, a brand representative and a factory worker said Monday. The workers of SL Garment Factory in Meanchey district—which still makes clothes for ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/levi-strauss-pulls-out-from-embattled-sl-garment-factory-44015/
Calls for Angkor Beer Boycott Over Laos Dam Investment
Environmental groups and a local community leader in Stung Treng province have called for a nationwide boycott of the popular Angkor Beer brand to protest the beverage company’s links to a controversial hydropower dam to be built in Laos. Laos announced earlier this month that it ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/calls-for-angkor-beer-boycott-over-laos-dam-investment-45646/
(English) Concern over migration chief’s family connections
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Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/concern-over-migration-chiefs-family-connections-57202/
Cambodian greens see red in upcoming dams
For Meach Mean, a veteran campaigner against hydropower dams in Cambodia’s northeast, this year has brought a double dose of bad news. First, he says, two Chinese hydropower companies have begun feasibility studies into a pair of dams planned for tributaries of the Mekong River ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/environment/231/details/353963/cambodian-greens-see-red-in-upcoming-dams
Blending may fuel energy sector
A container storage facility off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province that allows Cambodia to blend oil before export could hold the key to sustainable growth in the country’s nascent energy sector, according to a Danish oil and gas expert. With Chevron positioned to lead offshore ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/blending-may-fuel-energy-sector
Students Urge All Sides to Keep Election Protests Peaceful
More than 200 students and opposition supporters marched Sunday around Phnom Penh’s Wat Phnom with flowers in hand, urging parties to refrain from violence during Saturday’s protest against last month’s contested national election results and for recent incitement charges against two students to be dropped. The ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/students-urge-all-sides-to-keep-election-protests-peaceful-41556/
លក់អស់ទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិដើម្បីស្វែងរកយុត្តិធម៌ក្នុងជម្លោះជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនស្ករស
អ្នកស្រី ហុយ ម៉ៃ បានបាត់បង់គ្រប់យ៉ាង ដោយសារតែតម្រូវការលើពិភពលោកដែលត្រូវការស្ករ និងជីវឥន្ធនៈតម្លៃថោក។ ស្រ្តីអាយុ ៥៤ ឆ្នាំ មានកូន ៨ នាក់រូបនេះ បានខិតខំតស៊ូប្រឆាំងជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុន Mitre Phol ដែលជាក្រុមហ៊ុនស្ករសដ៏ធំបំផុតនៅអាស៊ី និងអ្នកផ្គត់ផ្គង់ដ៏សំខាន់មួយក្នុងចំណោម ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា និង Daniel Pye
http://bit.ly/1G5VNj0
In Cambodia, Cyber Casinos Fall Into a Legal Gray Area
In 2010, the Ha Tien Vegas Entertainment Resort, a casino investment on Kampot province’s border with Vietnam that included luxury karaoke rooms and suites, launched with high hopes of attracting Vietnamese gamblers. At the end of December, Ha Tien Vegas closed down. To the north, in ...
Maybank Cambodia aims to be in top 5 by 2015
Maybank launched yesterday its locally incorporated company in Cambodia, Maybank (Cambodia) Plc, and will also build a 10-storey corporate office with the aim of becoming one of the top five banks there by 2015. Currently ranked seventh in terms of assets among 33 banks operating ...
Cambodia Upgrades Diplomatic Relations With Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to upgrade Cambodia’s diplomatic relations with Japan to a “strategic level” during talks in Tokyo on Sunday, but also thanked his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, for making efforts to mend relations with neighbor China, according to media reports. During a state ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-upgrades-diplomatic-relations-with-japan-49386/
(English) New Cambodian Land Disputes Despite Moratorium on Key Concessions
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Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/disputes-01302014194318.html
One Year After Journalist’s Slaying, Still No Justice in Sight
One year ago today, Hang Serei Odom, a journalist in Ratanakkiri province, received a fateful phone call. After telling his wife he was going to meet a military police officer, he bid her goodnight. He left his house in Banlung City at about 7 p.m. ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-year-after-journalists-slaying-still-no-justice-in%E2%80%88sight-41907/
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
(English) EU Parliamentarian Probes Sugar Plantations in Cambodia
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Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-parliamentarian-probes-sugar-plantations-in-cambodia-51166/
(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/