Rail freight services begin
Railway freight services between Phnom Penh and Touk Meas commune, in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas district, the location of a Siam Cement factory about 40 kilometres north of Kampot town, began yesterday, finally putting the Toll Royal Railways concession on an earning basis. According to Toll Royal Railways href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rail-freight-services-begin-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
សម្បទានដីដែលមានជម្លោះបានផ្លាស់ទៅតំបន់ព្រៃថ្មី
គម្រោងដាំកៅស៊ូដែលមានរយៈពេលមួយទសវត្សរ៍ដែលកំពុងមានជម្លោះជាមួយនឹងអ្នកស្រុកបានទទួលផ្ទៃដីចំនួន ៩ ០០០ ហិកតា ក្រោយត្រូវផ្លាស់ប្តូរទៅដីព្រៃនៅខេត្តស្ទឹងត្រែង។ អនុក្រឹត្យដែលចុះហត្ថលេខាដោយទីស្តីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីកាលពីខែមីនាបានបញ្ជាក់ថា ផ្ទៃដីចំនួន href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/conflict-ridden-land-concession-moved-to-new-forest-area/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
https://vodenglish.news/conflict-ridden-land-concession-moved-to-new-forest-area/
អង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស វាយប្រហារដ្ឋាភិបាលពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងព្រឹត្តិការណ៍នៅឆ្នាំ២០១៥
ជាមួយនឹងការចេញផ្សាយ របាយពិភពលោកឆ្នាំ២០១៦របស់ខ្លួន អង្គការឃ្លាំមើលសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស (HRW) អ្នករិះគន់ខ្លាំងបំផុតម្នាក់លើនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន និង គណបក្សកាន់អំណាចរបស់លោក បានទិតៀនខ្លាំងៗជាថ្មីម្តងទៀត កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធនេះ ទៅលើរដ្ឋាភិបាល សម្រាប់ភាពអន់ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rights-group-blasts-government-over-events-in-2015/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-group-blasts-government-over-events-in-2015-106656/
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port to push rice exports
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port plans to buy a rice-polishing machine from China, and will also look to build a rice storage facility in Kandal province. These moves, officials said, were intended to push along Cambodia’s rice trade during a period of uncertainty for the industry. Facilities href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-to-push-rice-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012060856663/Business/ppap-to-push-rice-exports.html
Yingluck vows to halt Xayaburi
The Thai company set to build Laos’s Xayaburi hydropower dam will not begin construction until a study determines the dam’s environmental effects on the Mekong River, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday. Yingluck reaffirmed her commitment to the study, which Mekong River Commission countries href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/yingluck-vows-to-halt-xayaburi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Corruption targeted by $2.5 million program
Transparency International Cambodia is set to step up its presence in the Kingdom with the launch of a $2.5 million three-year program to monitor and record corruption. On a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean), Cambodia ranks 2.1, according to the organisation, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/corruption-targeted-by-2-5-million-program/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia Finally Starts Stock Trading
Nine months after Cambodia’s stock exchange was officially launched, the country’s first share started trading Wednesday, with the initial public offering of state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority. PPWSA’s stock, priced at 6,300 riel (US$1.57), jumped 48% to 9,300 riel, according to the data from the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-finally-starts-stock-trading/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/04/18/cambodia-finally-starts-stock-trading/
World Bank raps dam study firm
The World Bank has blacklisted an arm of the company that carried out a much-criticised study into the Xayaburi hydro dam project, it has confirmed. According to the bank’s website, Pöyry Management Consulting Oy Finland has been banned from conducting business with the bank for three href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/world-bank-raps-dam-study-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia's cheap labour attracts interest
TK Garment Co Ltd, a leading Thai original equipment manufacturer for fashion lines in Thailand, is relocating its largest production site to Cambodia to escape high wage costs, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. According to Ken Loo, secretary general of the Garment Manufacturers Association in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-cheap-labour-attracts-interest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
South China Sea centre of ASEAN talks again
There was a sense of déjà vu at the Peace Palace yesterday as a week of largely closed-door ASEAN meetings kicked off in earnest with the same contentious issue that so dominated April’s ASEAN Summit: a code of conduct for the South China Sea. With China href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/south-china-sea-centre-of-asean-talks-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Factory workers hold out for more
Little more than a week after garment workers were granted a US$10 monthly increase in allowances and bonuses, thousands of workers at a number of factories joined strikes with a clear message yesterday: they need more. Workers rallied outside factory gates and some marched to the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/factory-workers-hold-out-for-more/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072057529/National-news/workers-hold-out-for-more.html
‘Arbitrary decision’ decried by silenced outlets
The two US-backed media outlets and a local NGO’s news service whose broadcasts in Khmer were yanked off the airwaves by government officials before Sunday’s elections aren’t staying silent about the effect of such a move, with one calling it a giant step backward for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/arbitrary-decision-decried-by-silenced-outlets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Dam collapse in Cambodia leaves four workers missing
Four workers have gone missing after the collapse of an in-progress hydropower dam in Western Cambodia, apparently due to a leak in the structure. The Associated Press reports that the Saturday collapse occurred at the Stung Atay Hydroelectric Project, a $255-million dollar dam on the Atay href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/dam-collapse-in-cambodia-leaves-four-workers-missing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Factory allegedly hires thugs to hurt strikers
A garment factory in the capital’s Meanchey district yesterday denied hiring a group of 10 “gangsters” to beat and injure workers as they protested. Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) official Ney Bunthoeun said a gang of thugs hired by Haiyun garment factory bosses href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/factory-allegedly-hires-thugs-to-hurt-strikers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052256309/National-news/factory-thugs-hurt-strikers.html
SL employees back to work after resolution
A resolution reached on Monday in the wake of a violent strike at two SL Garment factories that supply Levi’s and Gap resulted in employees returning to work yesterday – for the second time in days. Ek Sopheakdey, a Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/sl-employees-back-to-work-after-resolution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
EU assists land reform
The European Union had provided more than US$265,000 to a land reform project that aimed to shift political will and opinion towards land and human rights in Cambodia, development partners said yesterday. The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights will spearhead the Cambodian Land Law Reform Project, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/eu-assists-land-reform/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032655241/National-news/land-reform-gets-eu-assist.html
$4m restaurant reflects growing Chinese presence in Cambodia
Old Place Seafood, a Chinese restaurant that cost $4 million, has opened in Phnom Penh. A representative of the restaurant, which is opposite the Chinese embassy, said the growing number of Chinese people in the Kingdom had justified such an investment. Luu Meng, president of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/4m-restaurant-reflects-growing-chinese-presence-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Climate change threatens Asian birds
Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are among the six countries whose bird species will suffer, in the future, from the effects of climate change, according to a research conducted by two British scientist institutions. The document, published by Global Biological Change magazine, assesses a future distribution href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/climate-change-threatens-asian-birds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ស្ថានភាពសេដ្ឋកិច្ចបន្តចិញ្ចឹមនយោបាយមិនប្រាកដប្រជា
អ្នកសង្កេតការណ៍ខាងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចនិងនយោបាយ បានប្រាប់ឲ្យដឹង នៅសប្តាហ៍នេះថា ប្រទេសកម្ពុជានឹងរៀបចំឲ្យមានការបោះឆ្នោតនៅកម្រិតមូលដ្ឋាន ដែលនឹងគូសបញ្ជាក់ពីការលំបាកខាងសេដ្ឋកិច្ច ដែលប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរខ្លះបាននិងកំពុងជួបប្រឈម បើទោះជាអត្រាកំណើនប្រចាំឆ្នាំយូរអង្វែង និងការកាត់បន្ថយភាពក្រីក្រដែលចេះតែបន្ត។យោងទៅតាមរបាយការណ៍របស់ស្ថាប័នសិក្សាស្រាវជ្រាវ វេទិកាអនាគត ដែលត្រូវបានចេញផ្សាយកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារកន្លងទៅ បង្ហាញថា វិស័យសេដ្ឋកិច្ច ទំនងជាដើរតួនាទីសំខាន់នៅក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតនាពេលខាងមុខ។ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/shifting-economy-feeds-nations-uncertain-politics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/shifting-economy-feeds-nations-uncertain-politics-129465/
(English) Canada couple bring Chinese, Indians into Cambodia gold company
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/canada-couple-bring-chinese-indians-into-cambodia-gold-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Thom Calandra
http://www.equities.com/editors-desk/futures-commodities/canada-couple-bring-chinese-indians-into-cambodia-gold-company