Legal Body Calls for Bar Association to Ensure Independence
The Bar Association of Cambodia should consider stricter standards on admission to the bar, make lawyers take regular mandatory training and set up a new disciplinary committee in order to ensure that Cambodia’s legal professionals are independent, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has said. The ...
Simon Lewis and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/legal-body-calls-for-bar-association-to-ensure-independence-40802/
CNRP Wants Presidency of Assembly Before Taking Seats
With the ruling CPP having voted in its National Assembly leadership and government ministers on Tuesday, officials from the CNRP said opposition lawmakers would not take their seats in parliament unless the party is guaranteed control over the National Assembly. “I think that the two-day meeting ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-wants-presidency-of-assembly-before-taking-seats-43141/
Report Finds Disaster Committee Severely Lacking
The government’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) fails to meet regularly and is void of an annual budget to cover its operations while most of its staff members are totally unaware of their job description, according to a report released in March and funded ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-finds-disaster-committee-severely-lacking-43998/
Delays continue to constrain launch of Cambodia Airlines
For Cambodians aspiring to a career in aviation, this weekend looks promising. Almost seven months after its formal establishment, Cambodia Airlines is hosting a career fair in Phnom Penh. The airline is moving forward by looking for staff – from captains, first officers and cabin crew ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/delays-continue-constrain-launch-cambodia-airlines
មន្ត្រីម្នាក់៖ ដៃគូជាយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រថ្មីជាមួយជប៉ុនមិនធ្វើឲ្យប៉ះពាល់ដល់ទំនាក់ទំនងជាមួយចិន
ពេលត្រឡប់មកពីបំពេញទស្សនកិច្ចផ្លូវរដ្ឋនៅប្រទេសជប៉ុន កាលពីម្សិលមិញ មន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលរបស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន មួយរូបបានបដិ សេធថា ការបង្កើនទំនាក់ទំនងថ្មីជាមួយប្រទេសជប៉ុន និងសេចក្ដី សម្រេចរបស់កម្ពុជា ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8419/
Calls for Boeung Kak Activist’s Release Renewed on One-Year Anniversary
Cambodian and international rights groups have renewed their calls for the release of Phnom Penh housing rights campaigner campaigner Yorm Bopha one year after her arrest, urging the public and national leaders not to forget her during the country’s current political deadlock. Global watchdog Amnesty International ...
Radio Free Asia
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/yorm-bopha-09032013201419.html
Cambodia’s high court drops case against men wrongly jailed for 2004 murder of labor activist
Cambodia’s Supreme Court ordered the release of two men Wednesday who were wrongly convicted and jailed for the 2004 murder of a prominent opposition activist. The court’s decision to drop all charges came amid renewed calls to free the men, whom leading international rights groups have ...
The Washington Post News Staff
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/cambodias-high-court-drops-case-against-men-wrongly-jailed-for-2004-murder-of-labor-activist/2013/09/25/2170fc90-25c2-11e3-9372-92606241ae9c_story.html
Cambodian ambassador speaks highly of mutual exchanges with Vietnam
This year, the Cambodian people celebrate their 60th National Day as well as the birthday of the Cambodia Kingdom’s royal army under the bright leadership of King Norodom Sihanouk, who relentlessly struggled against the French colonialists to gain independence (09-11-1953 – 09-11-2013). In 2010, Father ...
Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NTQ0YTNhY2QzOTQ
Japan to Assist Cambodia With Election Reform
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to help Cambodia with electoral reforms, following a request by Prime Minister Hun Sen to send experts to the country ahead of future polls and amid an ongoing dispute over national elections held more than three months ago. The ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/japan-11182013183828.html
Cambodia to feel an energy crunch, but growth to remain stable: report
Energy demand in Southeast Asia is expected to increase by more than 80 per cent by 2035, fuelling some $240 billion in oil spending, a new report from the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) shows. In its “Southeast Asia Energy Outlook” published yesterday, the Paris-based IAEA ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-feel-energy-crunch-growth-remain-stable-report
Opposition Asks ADB To Suspend Funding to Cambodia
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has asked the Asian Development Bank to suspend funding to Cambodia, whose government he says was not formed legally following the July elections. In a letter to ADB President Takehiko Nakao, Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said the ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-asks-adb-to-suspend-funding-to-cambodia/1766436.html
Cambodia Upgrades Diplomatic Relations With Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to upgrade Cambodia’s diplomatic relations with Japan to a “strategic level” during talks in Tokyo on Sunday, but also thanked his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, for making efforts to mend relations with neighbor China, according to media reports. During a state ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-upgrades-diplomatic-relations-with-japan-49386/
(English) Borei Keila residents ‘occupy’ unfinished apartment block
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Khuon Narim and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/borei-keila-residents-occupy-unfinished-apartment-block-52083/
ម្ចាស់ក្រុមហ៊ុនស្នើសុំឲ្យលោក ហ៊ុន សែន លុបបំបាត់សិទ្ធិបង្កើតសហជីពរបស់កម្មករ
លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បានប្រាប់ម្ចាស់ក្រុមហ៊ុន និងមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា លោកនឹងមិនអត់ឱនចំពោះការធ្វើកូដកម្មខុសច្បាប់ដែលធ្វើឲ្យប៉ះពាល់ដល់វិនិយោទុនទេ ប៉ុន្តែលោកមិនបានពិចារណា ...
ហ៊ុល រស្មី និង Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11505/
(English) Cambodia’s parliament OKs dam compensation plan
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Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/dam-06192014195419.html
(English) Sar Kheng Accuses CNRP of Launching ‘Constitutional Coup’
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Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-accuses-cnrp-of-launching-constitutional-coup-51186/
(English) Royal Group denies report that Cellcard seeks investor
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Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/royal-group-denies-report-that-cellcard-seeks-investor-53741/
(English) Lao Dam troubles Mekong waters
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Marwaan Macan-Markar
http://www.irrawaddy.org/asia/magazine-regional/lao-dam-troubles-mekong-waters.html
(English) Growing Unease Over Direction of the Country, Survey Finds
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/growing-unease-over-direction-of-the-country-survey-finds-51034/
(English) ADB Admits Fault in Rail Project, Pledges Compensation
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Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-admits-fault-in-rail-project-pledges-compensation-51210/