Sam Rainsy Rejects Accusation of Inciting Military Coup
CNRP president Sam Rainsy on Monday defended his recent Facebook posts urging police and soldiers to “stand up” with the people and “demand” a change of government, and dismissed claims from the ruling CPP that he was inciting a coup. “We just want to urge ...
Neou Vannarin and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sam-rainsy-rejects-accusation-of-inciting-military-coup-39276/
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/
Taking Count of Cambodia’s Flying Fox Bats
At around 6 p.m. in Phnom Penh each evening, about 5,000 large brown bats, having spent the day dangling upside down from a tree at Wat Phnom, spread their huge wings and fly out to begin their nightly search for fruit. And as useful and ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taking-count-of-cambodias-flying-fox-bats-45421/
Cambodian PM unveils 5-year strategy, vowing deep reforms
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday announced his new government’s five-year strategy, vowing to deepen reforms in all fields to ensure sustainable growth and poverty reduction. “Reforms are the top priority for Cambodia and the country will continue deepening reforms in all fields in order ...
Nguon Sovan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/25/c_132749682.htm
CNRP’s Protest Culminates in 25,000-Strong Street March
If opposition supporters are wearied by the CNRP’s continuing boycott of parliament, they refused to show it on Friday as an estimated 25,000 people turned out for the final day of a three-day protest that delivered petitions and letters to eight foreign embassies and the ...
Simon Henderson and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrps-protest-culminates-in-25000-strong-street-march-45962/
Project Aims to Make Subsistence Farms Profitable
BATI DISTRICT, Takeo province – At a farming school here last week, 150 poor agricultural workers gathered to celebrate graduating a two-month training course. The new group of educators will now set out with their newly acquired skills to help transform the country’s poorest rural ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/project-aims-to-make-subsistence-farms-profitable-39081/
Cambodia’s Manufacturers Shift to Higher-Value Clothing
Cambodia’s factories are moving away from producing the most basic clothing items and diversifying to manufacture more intricate products for international buyers. As the garment sector has grown over the past decade, most garment factories have stuck to producing items such as T-shirts and jeans due ...
Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodias-manufacturers-shift-to-higher-value-clothing-44792/
CPP Blames Stalled Talks on CNRP Divisions
The cabinet chief of CPP Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng has blamed internal strife within the opposition CNRP for stalled negotiations that might break the present political impasse that has led the CNRP’s 55 lawmakers-elect to boycott parliament. In a statement issued ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cpp-blames-stalled-talks-on-cnrp-divisions-44999/
(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) Protest ban firmly in place on Women’s Day
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Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protest-ban-firmly-in-place-on-womens-day-53745/
Pay Off Officials, Risk Prison Stint, New Law Says
The government has brought into force a new law that makes all illegal payments to officials punishable by up to 15 years in jail for those who accept such payments and up to 10 years for those who make payments. Im Oudom, a member of ...
Despite Popularity, Rainsy’s Role Remains Uncertain
When opposition leader Sam Rainsy last touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport, he was greeted by some 100,000 supporters in what was the largest opposition rally in Cambodia’s 20 years of democracy. When he returns on Friday from the U.S., where he has been attending ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/despite-popularity-rainsys-role-remains-uncertain-39565/
(English) Factories to lose millions
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Eddie Morton and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factories-lose-millions
UN Envoy Subedi Shares Concerns Over Post-Vote Violence
The U.N. human rights envoy to Cambodia, Surya Subedi, on Tuesday presented a report to the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva and expressed his grave concern about post-election violence and the failure of the government and National Election Committee to properly investigate widespread electoral ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/un-envoy-subedi-shares-concerns-over-post-vote-violence-43145/
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/
(English) CMAC Closes Probe Into Fire Amid Allegations of Corruption
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Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cmac-closes-probe-into-fire-amid-allegations-of-corruption-51543/
(English) Compensation for culled poultry is a catch-22
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Simon Henderson and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/compensation-for-culled-poultry-is-a-catch-22-52485/
Hun Sen Mute After Initial Election Remarks
Over the past three weeks, a standoff between the long-ruling CPP and newly strengthened opposition CNRP has made for an increasingly tense political environment. But almost entirely missing from the equation has been Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose last public appearance was 18 days ago when ...
Colin Meyn and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/hun-sen-mute-after-initial%E2%80%88election-remarks-40372/
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/
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