CPP Says Hun Sen Remains in Role as Prime Minister
Amid swirling rumors that Prime Minister Hun Sen had left the country after his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) suffered a large loss of National Assembly seats in Sunday’s election, the CPP released a statement Tuesday insisting he was still in Cambodia and on the job. “Recently ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cpp-says-hun-sen-remains-in-role-as-prime-minister-37408/
US envoy calls for party talks
Peaceful and constructive dialogue will enable the ruling and opposition parties to “overcome the current impasse”, US ambassador to Cambodia William Todd has said. In a frank column in local media on Sunday, linked to from the US embassy in Phnom Penh’s website, Todd said the ...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-envoy-calls-party-talks
Information Minister Orders TVK to Scrap Tedious Coverage
If Information Minister Khieu Kanharith is any indication, even the government is tiring of state television. Mr. Kanharith announced on Facebook on Wednesday that he had personally ordered the state-run TVK channel to stop broadcasting the comings and goings of state officials on foreign excursions. Mr. ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/information-minister-orders-tvk-to-scrap-tedious-coverage-47680/
Cambodian opposition stages second big poll 'fraud' protest
Thousands of Cambodians are protesting, for the second weekend in a row, against the ruling party’s narrow election win in July. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said demonstrations would continue until vote irregularities were investigated. Police used water cannons to disperse protesters who tore down barricades near the ...
BBC News Staff
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24098788
After Violent Demonstrations, Hun Sen Encourages Peace
In the wake of last week’s mass demonstrations and heavy-handed police response, Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on Cambodians to promote a state of peace for the sake of the country’s social and economic development. In a letter written to mark the U.N.’s International Day ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/after-violent-demonstrations-hun-sen-encourages-peace-42913/
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នៅពេលឆាប់ៗនេះរដ្ឋសភាដែលគ្រប់គ្រងដោយគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជានឹង ផ្ញើលិខិតមួយច្បាប់ទៅគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត ( គ.ជ.ប.) ដើម្បីជម្រាបស្ថាប័ននេះជាផ្លូវការអំពីការធ្វើពហិការ មិនចូលប្រជុំសភាពីសំណាក់សមាជិកសភាគណ បក្ស ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8426/
What does the future hold?
Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. Sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become ...
Kay Kimsong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/analysis-and-op-ed/what-does-future-hold
(English) Svay Rieng Workers Strike Again, Throw Rocks
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Aun Pheap and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/svay-rieng-workers-strike-again-throw-rocks-49506/
Cambodia Tourism Industry Fears Fallout From Election Uncertainty
Enterprises in Cambodia’s biggest tourism hub have called on Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy to quickly resolve a festering election dispute that they say is threatening business prospects as tensions rise ahead of mass opposition protests next week. Travel companies ...
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/tourism-08302013144408.html
(English) Koh Pich: diamond in the rough slowly comes together
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Chris Horton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/koh-pich-diamond-rough-slowly-comes-together
Officials Breach Dam to Stop It From Bursting
Hundreds of families in Battambang province have been evacuated as authorities ordered a section of a dam to be cut away to release pressure on a reservoir that was threatening to burst and engulf the communities beneath it, as heavy rain continues to cause havoc ...
Ben Sokhean and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-breach-dam-to-stop-it-from-bursting-44790/
Wagering on warm fronts
A busty woman with a scratchy voice shrieks into an intricate set up of radios, microphones and walkie-talkies, her tone not unlike that of a breathless Flemington race-caller. The woman is in continuous contact with up to 100 men peppered over rice fields fringing Battambang, analyzing the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/1848-wagering-on-warm-fronts
Days-long sit-in planned by CNRP
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday told supporters in Kandal province to pack up their bed mats, pillows and rice and prepare for the long haul as he and deputy Kem Sokha outlined plans for a sit-in at Freedom Park that could drag on for days ...
Meas Sokchea and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/days-long-sit-planned-cnrp
Six Cambodians Injured in Capital Land Clash
At least six people were seriously injured Wednesday in clashes between about 100 villagers demanding land compensation and 300 security personnel in front of the home of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, activists said. According to villager representative Tep Vanny, the evictees from Phnom Penh’s Boeung ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/clash-03132013184900.html
Mfone’s Licence Revoked; Staff Terminated
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has revoked the operating licence of bankrupt phone operator Mfone, which went out of business two months ago, while more than 1,000 employees had their jobs officially terminated yesterday. The revocation of the licence and the mass dismissal of the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfones-license-revoked-staff-terminated-16474/
Police will not ‘be as strict’
The roads surrounding Independence Monument will once again be blocked off as a planned three-day opposition rally kicks off this morning, but military police maintained yesterday that they will not be as tightly enforced as they were when frustration over delays erupted into violence last ...
Vong Sokheng and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-will-not-%E2%80%98be-strict%E2%80%99
Sok An, US Ambassador Discuss Formation of National Assembly
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An met with the top U.S. diplomat in Cambodia on Friday to discuss the formation of the country’s National Assembly following the disputed July 28 election. Both the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP claim to have won the ballot, and the opposition ...
Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sok-an-us-ambassador-discuss-formation-of-national%E2%80%88assembly-39090/
(English) Data provides illustration of a constantly changing Cambodia
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Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/data-provides-illustration-constantly-changing-cambodia
EMAXX Telecom Commercially Launches 4G Network, Selects PureWave as Infrastructure Partner
Mountain View, Calif — PureWave Networks, Inc. announced today that it has been selected by EMAXX Telecom (Cambodia) Limited as the operator’s 4G infrastructure vendor. EMAXX Telecom expects to expand its mobile WiMAX network, already commercially operating in the cities of Phnom Penh and Sean ...
Protest in Cambodia leaves one dead
Violent clashes have erupted in Cambodia, leaving a protester dead and several wounded as thousands gathered to challenge strongman premier Hun Sen’s disputed election win. Security forces fired smoke grenades, tear gas and water cannon at rock-throwing opposition supporters in Phnom Penh in an escalation of ...
Sky News Australia News Staff
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=906497