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/
Specter of Typhoon Approaching Raises Fears of More Floods
As monthlong flooding that has so far left 122 dead slowly subsides, officials and relief agencies were on Sunday concerned that a powerful typhoon approaching Vietnam may bring more heavy rain and the risk of more floods to provinces where tens of thousands of families ...
Simon Henderson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/specter-of-typhoon-approaching-raises-fears-of-more-floods-45003/
Customs' taxing dilemma
Average Cambodians are to pay the price for stamping out corruption in the customs department. Prices for basic goods, such as food and clothing, rose recently after the department was ordered last week to clean up its act and apply the official tax rate, importers told ...
Daniel de Carteret and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-taxing-dilemma
(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
លោក ស៊ូប៊ែឌី សន្យាលើកសំណើរបស់សហជីពទៅពិភាក្សាជាមួយរដ្ឋាភិបាល
អ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេសរបស់ឧត្ដមស្នងការអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិទទួលបន្ទុកផ្នែកសិទ្ធិមនុស្សប្រចាំកម្ពុជា បានមកដល់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដើម្បីពិនិត្យមើលការអនុវត្តផ្នែកគោរពសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស។ ជាងនេះទៀត អ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេសរូបនេះ ក៏គ្រោងនឹងជួបសន្ទនាជាមួយដៃគូពាក់ព័ន្ធនានា និង ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/human-rights/rally-at-un-office-01122014222212.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/
(English) Factory owners boycott wage talks for Cambodian garment workers
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/talks-04242014182701.html
អ្នកកាសែតទទួលការរិះគន់ពីគណបក្សប្រជាជន ដោយសារហៅ រដ្ឋសភាឯកបក្ស
រដ្ឋសភាឯកបក្សបានបើកសម័យប្រជុំពេញអង្គលើកទី៣របស់ខ្លួនដល់ ...
ហ៊ុល រស្មី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14746/
(English) Be glad you’re not paid in rice, Prime Minister tells teachers
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Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/be-glad-youre-not-paid-in-rice-prime-minister-tells-teachers-53965/
(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/
Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
ផ្សារហ៊ុនស្ថិតក្នុងសភាពស្ងប់ស្ងាត់រយៈពេលពីរឆ្នាំតាំងពីចាប់ផ្តើម
ផ្សារមូលបត្រកម្ពុជាបានដំណើរការអស់រយៈពេលជិតពីរឆ្នាំមកហើយ តាំងពីត្រូវបានបើកសម្ពោធនៅក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ នៅចំពោះមុខមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលពោរពេញដោយមោទនភាព មន្ត្រីហិរញ្ញវត្ថុជាន់ខ្ពស់ និងក្រុមវិនិយោគិនមកពីទូទាំងតំបន់។ ...
ហ៊ុល រស្មី និង Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/business/2661/
Rainsy’s reasoning questioned
While the opposition party steps up its efforts to persuade the international community to cut ties with a government it says was formed by a “constitutional coup”, lawyers and analysts yesterday questioned whether the party’s reasoning has any legal basis. In a letter sent to the ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy%E2%80%99s-reasoning-questioned
PHNOM PENH CONDOMINIUM MARKET IS BOOSTED BY HIGH SALES RATES, PROMPTING FURTHER CONSTRUCTION
The condominium market in Phnom Penh is still very much within its early stage of development and thus is unlikely to flourish until there is a cultural shift towards owner occupants relocating to condominium developments within the city. This however will be heavily dependent on the ...
Cambodian Business Review Staff, P.18
http://www.cambisreview.com
Neutrality of Red Cross in Question After Bun Rany’s Speech
It was the bloodiest battle since Waterloo. Yet the carnage wrought 150 years ago by the Italian and French troops, fighting under Napoleon III, and the forces of the Austrian Hungarian Empire, was overshadowed by its aftermath. While 30,000 had died on the battlefield, more than 40,000 ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/neutrality-of-red-cross-in-question-after-bun-ranys-speech-46497/
Opposition’s Demand for TV Access Crucial, Futile
Speaking on the first day of the opposition’s three-day mass demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park last month, CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann announced to an electrified crowd that the party would be seeking its own television station in negotiations with the ruling CPP. With the ...
Tep Vanny—From Boeng Kak Protester to Globe-Trotting Advocate
On the morning of September 23, anti-eviction champion Tep Vanny was grappling with a legion of security guards blocking the entrance of the Daun Penh district offices while fellow protesters dismantled a razor-wire barricade nearby. The next day, she was on a plane to Washington ...
Mech Dara and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tep-vanny-from-boeng-kak-protests-to-globe-trotting-advocate-44583/
Government Suspends Logging in Stung Treng Dam Concession
The government has ordered Ang & Associates Lawyer Co. Ltd., a company headed by well-known businessman Kith Meng, to cease logging in an area of Stung Treng province where a hydropower dam will be built. Sesan district governor Yeang Srey Sary said Thursday that a delegation ...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-suspends-logging-in-stung-treng-dam-concession-45878/
Cambodian ruling party faces test over next 5 years
Cambodian political analysts said Prime Minister Hun Sen needs to make “serious and deep reforms” over the next five years to restore his popularity after his party survived with a slim majority in July’s disputed general election. Sok Touch, deputy director of the Royal Academy ...
Global Times
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/829846.shtml#.Up_bWNIW2ls
Museum for money planned
In January, officials broke ground on the new $4 million headquarters for the Cambodia Securities Exchange. Situated along a northern stretch of Freedom Park, a short skip from Wat Phnom, the French colonial-era building is a suitable home for the two-year-old bourse, which now operates ...