UN Security Council bid falls short
After more than a year of bitter campaigning, Cambodia saw its efforts to win one of five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council fall flat early this morning after the vote went to South Korea. In an election held at the UN General Assembly in ...
Activists’ Jail Sentences Under Review
A Cambodian court is asked to re-examine the jailing of Boeung Kak land activists. Cambodian authorities have asked a court to review the jailing of 13 women involved in a land dispute as protests over their sentences escalated with over 100 demonstrators threatening Thursday to march ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/boeung-kak-06142012183002.html
Kratie vendors protest pricey relocation site
In an effort to improve Kratie town’s aesthetics, authorities have ordered about 300 shop owners on central roads and along the river bank to relocate their operations or face physical removal. Vendors were given until today to move to a location about a kilometre away, but ...
Koh Rong airport plans foggy
Plans are in place for a new $10 million international airport on Koh Rong island, but questions remain as to when construction would commence and when funding would be available. Designs for the roughly 7,200-square-metre airport terminal, which will consist of Khmer- and resort-style architecture, were ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040564911/Business/koh-rong-airport-plans-foggy.html
Sub-Decree Regulating Public Service Is Passed
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a sub-decree designed to regulate the performance of the government’s administration by chastising institutions that fail to properly carry out their work in delivering public services. Though the legislation does not carry any punishment for officials that fail in ...
Illegal cosmetics chemicals trashed
Government officials yesterday disposed of some 30 tonnes of chemical substances they said Chinese nationals had intended to sell illegally as cosmetics. Long Sreng, deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s anti-economic crime department, said authorities seized the chemicals – some of which already were falsely packaged ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566459/National/illegal-cosmetics-chemicals-trashed.html
Majority of Unions Reduce Wage Demands
Six of the 10 labor unions negotiating with the country’s garment manufacturers over a new minimum wage for factory workers dropped their demands yesterday to $73 per month, breaking previous commitments by unions to stand at $91. Ken Loo, secretary-general of the Garment Manufacturers Association ...
Too many players vie in Kingdom’s ISP industry
Like the telecommunications industry in Cambodia, the market for internet service providers (ISP), too, is overcrowded, leading industry experts to say that the situation is preventing new investment. Data from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications showed that at the end of 2012, Cambodia had ...
IMF Says Cambodia’s Economic ‘Takeoff’ Not Yet Sustainable
Government action will be needed to ensure that nearly two decades of impressive economic growth continues in Cambodia, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report published Wednesday. In its 2013 World Economic Outlook, the IMF put Cambodia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2012 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/imf-says-cambodias-economic-takeoff-not-yet-sustainable-18880/
PTT petrol stations filling up
Thailand’s PTT Cambodia, a subsidiary of the kingdom’s state-owned oil and gas conglomerate PTT Public Company Limited, expects to more than double the amount of petrol stations it manages in Cambodia by the end of 2017, a senior executive in the company said this week. ...
Laura Ma
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ptt-petrol-stations-filling
King To Invite Both Parties to Open Assembly
Following a weekend of opposition demonstrations and rejection of official election results, King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday called for the two political parties embroiled in Cambodia’s post-election deadlock to open a legislative meeting on the Sept. 28 deadline. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has said ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-king-to-invite-both-parties-to-open-assembly/1746288.html
Cambodia sees fewer female lawmakers in upcoming parliament
Twenty-five out of the 123 lawmakers elected during the July 28 national election are female, the official election results have shown. Sunday. The figures indicated that the number of women-lawmakers in the upcoming fifth legislature of the National Assembly is lower than that of the previous ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/10/c_132708901.htm
Two Cambodian children hospitalized with H5N1
Cambodia’s health ministry today announced two more H5N1 avian flu cases, both in children, the hardest-hit group in that country so far. The patients are a 9-year-old boy from Battambang province and a 5-year-old girl from Kandal province, according to a joint statement today from Cambodia’s ...
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2013/08/two-cambodian-children-hospitalized-h5n1
Cham Prasidh’s wife anointed ‘oknha’
Tep Bopha Prasidh, a wealthy businesswoman and wife of Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh, has been anointed with the sought-after royal title of oknha. According to an August edition of the Royal Gazette, King Norodom Sihamoni signed off on the new title on July 11. Roughly translated as tycoon, oknha is a ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cham-prasidh%E2%80%99s-wife-anointed-%E2%80%98oknha%E2%80%99
OZ takes Renaissance scrip for cash
OZ Minerals has emerged with 16 per cent of Cambodia-focused Renaissance Minerals after agreeing to push back a deal that could have forced the gold explorer to stump up a $10 million payment on its Okvau deposit in the South-East Asian nation. Renaissance’s purchase of the ...
The West Australian News Staff
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/wa/18874668/oz-takes-renaissance-scrip-for-cash/
លោក វន់ ពៅ កាន់តែល្បីឈ្មោះពេលចេញពីឃុំ
នៅពេលលោក វន់ ពៅ ចាកចេញពីពន្ធនាគារ នៅរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ លោកដើរចេញមកមិនត្រឹមតែជាមនុស្សដែលមានសេរីភាពទេប៉ុន្តែ ថែមជាសកម្មជនល្បីម្នាក់ ក្នុងចំណោមសកម្មជនជាច្រើននៅក្នុងប្រទេស។ លោក វន់ ពៅ ឲ្យដឹងថា សមាគមសេដ្ឋកិច្ចប្រជាធិបតេយ្យឯករាជ្យក្រៅប្រព័ន្ធ (IDEA) មានសមាជិកថ្មីជាង ១ ពាន់នាក់ ...
Kevin Ponniah, ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា និង សែន ដាវីត
http://bit.ly/1mUU9pe
ក្រុមគ្រួសារ មិត្តភក្តិ និងក្រុមអ្នកគាំទ្រហែក្បួនដាក់កម្រងផ្ការំឭកវិញ្ញាណក្ខន្ធរបស់លោក ជា វិជ្ជា
កាលពី១០ឆ្នាំមុនគឺនៅថ្ងៃទី២២ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ២០០៤ លោក ជា វិជ្ជា ប្រធានសហជីពសេរីកម្មករ បានដើរទៅអានកាសែតនៅតូបលក់កាសែតមួយនៅជិតវត្តលង្កា ហើយកាសែតដែលគាត់អាននៅថ្ងៃ ...
ឃី សុវុឌ្ឍី និង Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/latest/9738/
ក្រុមហ៊ុនចិនផ្តល់សេវារថយន្តក្រុងបន្តដោយមិនបានដេញថ្លៃ
ក្រុមហ៊ុនចិនមួយឈ្មោះថា Global (Cam- bodia) Trade Development នឹងអនុវត្តប្រតិបត្តិការរបស់ខ្លួនជាក្រុមហ៊ុនផ្តល់សេវារថយន្តក្រុងដឹកអ្នកដំណើរក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញក្នុងថ្ងៃនេះ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ សាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា ក្រុមហ៊ុននេះមិនបានឆ្លងកាត់ដំណើរ ការដេញថ្លៃ ...
Simon Henderson និង សេក ឧត្តម
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11507/
(English) Rainsy says protests to resume in May during council elections
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...
Alex Willemyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-says-protests-to-resume-in-may-during-council-elections-55387/
(English) Gov’t as legit as junta: premier
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...
Vong Sokheng and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-legit-junta-premier