Official Explanation for Canceled Water Festival Questioned
From the leadership of the opposition CNRP down to Phnom Penh’s street vendors, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s explanation for once again canceling the city’s annual Water Festival—recent flooding in the provinces—is being met with mounting skepticism. In a government decree on Sunday, Mr. Hun Sen said ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-explanation-for-canceled-water-festival-questioned-44565/
Ex-Finance Minister’s Sister Buys Up More Ethnic Jarai Lands
About 50 ethnic Jarai families in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district have sold their farmland and part of the forests their culture depends on to the sister of former Finance Minister Keat Chhon, rights group Adhoc said Monday. Last year, the ethnic minority Jarai in the district ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-finance-ministers-sister-buys-up-more-ethnic-jarai-lands-45093/
(English) CPP Rallies to Hun Sen; NEC Says Early Poll Not Possible
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Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-rallies-to-hun-sen-nec-says-early-poll-not-possible-49602/
Angkor’s Management Plan to Be Overhauled
Cambodia’s Apsara National Authority, which manages Angkor Archaeological Park, will this week unveil a “revolutionary” new concept for Angkor’s management that will vastly decentralize responsibility for the preservation of the temple complex, according to Anne Lemaistre, Unesco representative in Cambodia. The new Angkor Heritage Management Framework, ...
Michelle Vachon
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkors-management-plan-to-be-overhauled-48235/
GMAC និយាយការពារកងកម្លំាងប្រដាប់អាវុធដែលសម្លាប់កម្មករ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ សមាជិកជាន់ខ្ពស់ម្នាក់នៃសមាគមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរនៅកម្ពុជាហៅកាត់ថា GMAC បានសម្ដែងការគាំទ្រចំពោះការប្រើអំពើហិង្សាបណ្ដាលឲ្យមានមនុស្សស្លាប់ពីសំណាក់កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថលើកម្មករកម្មការិនីធ្វើកូដកម្មដែលអំឡុងពេលនោះ មនុស្សប្រាំនាក់បា ...
អូន ភាព និង Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9098/
Democratic Reform Needed to Ensure Growth, Prosperity
With the long-ruling CPP sworn in to govern for another five years despite the opposition CNRP abstaining from sitting in the National Assembly due to election irregularities, a new report argues that imminent threats to Cambodia’s future development can only be overcome with significant government ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/democratic-reform-needed-to-ensure-growth-prosperity-43690/
(English) Cambodian Opposition Leaders Go Into Hiding Amid Protest Crackdown
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/clampdown-01042014123656.html
(English) CNRP tries to balance foreign powers
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Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-tries-to-balance-foreign-powers-57074/
អ្នកកាសែតទទួលការរិះគន់ពីគណបក្សប្រជាជន ដោយសារហៅ រដ្ឋសភាឯកបក្ស
រដ្ឋសភាឯកបក្សបានបើកសម័យប្រជុំពេញអង្គលើកទី៣របស់ខ្លួនដល់ ...
ហ៊ុល រស្មី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14746/
(English) A year after law, acid easily available on streets
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Sek Odom and Alice Cuddy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/a-year-after-law-acid-easily-available-on-streets-51663/
(English) Low salaries stifle education reform efforts
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Emily Wilkins and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-salaries-stifle-education-reform-efforts-56752/
Revision for Reuters
Yesterday a Reuters news story, “Insight: China gambles on Cambodia’s shrinking forests,” which also ran in today’s Phnom Penh Post and Cambodia Daily, mentioned Open Development Cambodia, and suggested that we are partnering with a local advocacy group to track concessions. This is not accurate. Like ...
IMF cuts 2011 growth outlook to below 6%
Damage to Cambodia’s rice crop from widespread flooding earlier this year will likely cause economic growth to fall below 6 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which yesterday offered the lowest gross domestic product (GDP) prediction so far In a statement, the IMF chose ...
City Hall hands out Boeng Kak land titles
Marking another milestone in the years-long struggle between the government and the families of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake community, Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema handed out 254 land titles to lakeside residents at City Hall on Saturday. But with the government shrouding the titling process ...
Kingdom’s consumers told to save gas
Economy and Finance Minister Keat Chhon yesterday urged consumers to limit their gasoline consumption in the face of rising prices, saying the Cambodian government would not boost the hundreds of millions of dollars he claimed it already offered in fuel subsidies. Speaking at the Ministry of ...
Fire Insurance Costs Soar for Garment Sector
Large payouts last year by local insurance companies to two garment factory owners and regional natural catastrophes have resulted in a huge hike in the cost of fire insurance for commercial premises in Cambodia, brokers said. Cambodia’s insurance industry paid out some $24 million in fire ...
Wary of China, Companies Head to Cambodia
Tiffany & Company is quietly building a diamond-polishing factory in Cambodia, a country popularly associated more with killing fields and land mines than baubles. Some of Japan’s biggest manufacturers are also rushing to set up operations in Phnom Penh to make wiring harnesses for cars and ...
Construction Sector Faces Chronic Labor Shortage
Cambodia’s construction sector is facing a massive labor shortage due to a recent boom in construction projects throughout the country and workers migrating en masse to Thailand in search of higher wages. In 2012, the construction sector expanded rapidly with the total value of approved projects ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/construction-sector-faces-chronic-labor-shortage-19742/
Mobile Firms Agree to Stop Price Dumping
Cambodia’s nine mobile phone operators on Friday agreed to refrain from engaging in unfair competition by offering generous top-up bonuses aimed at increasing their market share, officials said. Mao Chakrya, director of the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC), said that all of the country’s operators agreed ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mobile-firms-agree-to-stop-price-dumping-20689/
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 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-say-homes-being-purposely-flooded-33317/