China Donates $19M During Asean Defense Meet
As the region’s top brass gathered in Phnom Penh for the Sixth Asean Defense Ministers Meeting, it was Beijing that once again stole the show with Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie signing off on nearly $19 million in military aid to Cambodia. In the country on ...
Siem Reap’s US$1bn airport delayed
No ground was broken in May on the New Siem Reap International Airport (NSRIA), a US$1 billion Korean investment, and officials say no definite date has been set for work on the project as the developer looks for new partners. NSRIA Co Ltd, an equal joint ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012060656613/Business/siem-reaps-us1bn-airport-delayed.html
UN calls for independence in killing probe
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday called on the government to ensure its investigation into the deaths of forestry activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana remained independent, and raised concern over an apparent increase in attacks on ...
Xayaburi construction forging ahead
Construction of the main structure of the supposedly on-hold Xayaburi dam could begin by the end of this year, the Thai company contracted to build it said yesterday. Ch Karnchang chief executive Plew Trivisvavet said preparatory work at the site of the proposed US$3.8 billion, 1,285-megawatt ...
Upcoming Book Assesses Benefits and Limitations of Foreign Aid
A new book by a Cambodian-born author, due to be published this month, is set to bring the debate over Cambodia’s dependence on foreign aid into the spotlight. Since 1992, Cambodia has received more assistance for its development than almost any other country on the planet. ...
Strikes at two factories stretch into weekend
More than 600 workers from Kandal province’s Tae Young Co factory yesterday continued to strike, insisting on the return of 16 dismissed workers. Yesterday’s strikes came a day after the Kandal Provincial Court delayed questioning eight of the fired workers over charges that they incited an illegal ...
Cambodia Unsuccessful in Bid for UN Security Council Seat
The U.N. General Assembly’s vote for the Asia-Pacific non-permanent seat on the Security Council went to the wire yesterday night, as a second ballot had to be held when none of the contenders, Cambodia, South Korea and Buthan, won a clear two-thirds majority. After the ...
Maids find local Champion
The abuse of Cambodian maids overseas has become one of the most documented human rights violation here. But as the Government, media, NGOs and aid agencies focus their energies on domestic laborer living abroad, advocates have begun to urge that closer attention be paid to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111359705/National-news/maids-find-local-champion.html
Opposition Wants Debt Lowered in 2013 Budget
The opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) has requested the National Assembly to reduce by 75 percent the amount of new debt the government is allowed to take on next year under the latest draft of the 2013 national budget. Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay, who sent the ...
Land Ministry Officials Charged With Corruption
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged four senior officials at the Ministry of of Land Management with corruption and placed them in pretrial detention at Prey Sar prison on Thursday evening, officials said. on Monday, Sa Reth Boramy, deputy director of the ministry’s department of land ...
Infrastructure spending rises
Between 2008 and 2012, Cambodia’s spending on public infrastructure amounted to about US$2.5 billion — a sum an opposition politician says is too low and is ineffectively put to use. In his opening remarks at the seventh Cambodia Outlook Conference, Prime Minister Hun Sen said public ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022261558/Business/infrastructure-spending-rises.html
Rainsy Asks Constitutional Council to Clear Election Candidacy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday asked the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) to reinstate him as a voter and candidate for Sunday’s election, privileges he lost due to criminal convictions that King Norodom Sihamoni recently pardoned. “I would like the Constitutional Council of Cambodia to ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-asks-constitutional-council-to-clear-election-candidacy-36629/
Cambodia, Bangladesh ink visa exemption deal for diplomatic, official passport holders
Cambodia and Bangladesh on Friday signed a visa-free agreement for diplomatic and service passport holders in a bid to strengthen bilateral ties in politics, trade, investment and tourism, officials said. The deal was inked here between Long Visalo, secretary of state at Cambodian Ministry of Foreign ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/03/c_132357925.htm
Authorities, NGOs Brace For Floods
Provincial authority and humanitarian NGOs are preparing for severe flooding in Kompong Thom province as floodwaters flow south from inundated Preah Vihear province along the Stung Sen River. Leng Vireak, senior manager for disaster response at NGO world Vision, said that the situation was stable ...
Desperate for a Cure, Thousands Flock to Child Healer
DAMBE DISTRICT, Kompong Cham Province – Lying on makeshift stretchers, seated in cheap wheelchairs, blind people wearing dark glasses, children with twisted limbs and slack jaws—all sat on the dirt clasping smoking sticks of incense and muttering quiet prayers Tuesday, hoping to be healed. Among ...
Mech Dara and Kate Bartlett
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/desperate-for-a-cure-thousands-flock-to-child-healer-46239/
NGOs threaten to sue over Don Sahong dam
Environmentalists and NGOs are threatening to sue developers of a controversial hydropower dam, claiming the project would cause irreversible damage to the Mekong River. The Don Sahong dam, a 260-megawatt project proposed on a site less than two kilometres north of the Cambodian-Lao border, is expected ...
Sen David and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-threaten-sue-over-don-sahong-dam
(English) Details meted out for election panel
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Kevin Ponniah and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/details-meted-out-election-panel
អវត្តមានគណបក្សប្រឆាំង មានការដេញដោលតិចតួចក្នុងសម័យប្រជុំសភា
ក្នុងចំណោមតំណាងរាស្ដ្រនៃគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាចំនួន៦៤រូប ដែលមានវត្តមាននៅក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំនៅថ្ងៃពុធនេះ មានតំណាងរាស្ដ្រប្រមាណដប់រូបប៉ុណ្ណោះ ដែលសកម្មក្នុងការចោទសួរដេញដោលសេចក្តីព្រាងច្បាប់ស្តីពីផ្លូវថ្នល់។ សេចក្តីព្រាងច្បាប់នេះមាន១៣ជំពូកនិង៨១មាត្រា ...
ស៊ុយ ហ៊ាមខេមរា
http://khmer.voanews.com/content/ruling-party-debates-roadways-law-without-opposition/1885070.html
សម រង្ស៊ី ចេញទៅក្រៅប្រទេសពេលស្ថានការណ៍កំពុងឡើងកម្តៅ
នៅពេលស្ថានការណ៍នយោបាយកម្ពុជាកំពុងឡើងកម្តៅមេដឹកនាំគណបក្ស ប្រឆាំងលោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានចាកចេញទៅបរទេសឯលោក កឹម សុខា ត្រូវនៅចុះជួបប្រជាជនតាមបណ្តាខេត្ត។ ខណៈមន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលនឹងទៅចូលរួមក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំក្រុមប្រឹក្សាសិ ...
មាស សុខជា
http://postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/109685-2014-01-24-03-33-05
(English) Firm ordered to stop clearing land
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Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/firm-ordered-stop-clearing-land