(English) Impoverished Cambodians for sale
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Michelle Tolson
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/impoverished-cambodians-sale/
Cambodia Airports Comes Under Attack by a Former Executive
Philippe Laurent became secretary-general of Cambodia Airports in May 2008. He was one of six senior executives in charge of the country’s international airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and the little-used facility in Sihanoukville. Mr. Laurent is now carrying out a one-man campaign against ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/cambodia-airports-comes-under-attack-17727/
Resurgent mobile deals could hurt margins, analysts say
‘Top up $2 and get 30 free minutes daily for 20 days. Top up $5 and expand the same offer for a month. And, for a $10 recharge, that half-an-hour freebie lasts 50 days.” Mobile operator Beeline, which announced the promotion in August, called it “another ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/resurgent-mobile-deals-could-hurt-margins-analysts-say
With Just One Party Present, King Convenes New Parliament
King Norodom Sihamoni presided over a nearly half-empty opening session of the National Assembly on Monday as all 55 elected lawmakers of the opposition CNRP followed through with their threat to boycott parliament to protest disputed results of July’s national election. Analysts and election monitors ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/with-just-one-party-present-king-convenes-new-parliament-43033/
EU Fish Ban Blamed on Cambodian-Flagged Vessels
A ban on imports of Cambodian seafood proposed by the European Commission (E.C.) is in direct response to Cambodian-flagged vessels complicit in illegal fishing in international waters, Jean-Francois Cautain, European Union (E.U.) ambassador to Cambodia, said Wednesday. The E.C. on Tuesday announced that Cambodia was “non-cooperating ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-fish-ban-blamed-on-cambodian-flagged-vessels-48065/
Try Pheap Firm in Talks to Replicate Timber Deal
Well-known timber magnate Try Pheap is preparing to expand cross-country with a scheme that already gives him exclusive rights to buy all the wood felled on economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, a spokesman for the businessman said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Forestry Administration in February ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/try-pheap-firm-in-talks-to-replicate-timber-deal-48511/
Battling dengue on a shoestring
The man leading Cambodia’s seemingly Sisyphean attempt to combat dengue fever can be found most days in a weakly lit office inside the Communicable Disease Control Department, which is stacked wall to wall with drooping folders and medical texts. For more than 10 years, the soft-spoken ...
Amelia Woodside and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battling-dengue-shoestring
(English) Six injured as police, Borei Keila villagers clash
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Khuon Narim and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-injured-as-police-borei-keila-villagers-clash-52325/
សង្គមស៊ីវិលចង់ឱ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា និងអ៊ីតាលីផ្អាកការបើកដំណើរការឡើងវិញនៃការស្មុំកូនឆ្លងប្រទេស
ក្រុមអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលតាមរយៈសេចក្ដីថ្លែងការណ៍រួមរបស់ខ្លួនចេញកាលពីថ្ងៃពុធថាការបើកឡើងវិញឱ្យមានការស្មុំកូនឆ្លងប្រទេសនឹងធ្វើឱ្យកុមារកម្ពុជា និងគ្រួសាររបស់ពួកគេជួបហានិភ័យ ហើយស្ថាប័នទាំងនេះបានជំរុញឱ្យ ...
សុវណ្ណ ស្រីពេជ្រ
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/ngos-want-government-italy-to-halt-reopening-of-intercountry-adoptions/
City Defends Boeng Kak Project, Attacks Critics
The filling of Boeng Kak lake and the eviction of thousands of residents was necessary to root out the “prostitutes and terrorists” that were drawn to the area’s once-popular tourist zone, the Phnom Penh Municipality said in a statement yesterday. In a statement posted to its ...
Contractor Says Senior Official Approved Siem Reap Land Swap
The head of a construction firm that was involved in a massive land swap with Siem Reap’s provincial government in 2010 defended the deal on Friday saying orders for the move of government offices and civil servants—which is now being reversed—came directly from the national ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/contractor-says-senior-official-approved-siem-reap-land-swap-41909/
Red Cross Criticized Over Slow Response to Floods
With thousands of families evacuated from their homes due to flooding, the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), the largest and best-funded humanitarian organization in the country, has yet to provide flood aid to many struggling communities, local officials said Monday. Families living in some of the worst ...
Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/red-cross-criticized-over-slow-response-to-floods-44560/
Forest Falls in Ratanakkiri to the Tune of Chainsaws, Trucks
LUMPHAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, RATanakkiri Province – From behind the corrugATed metal walls of Daun Penh Agrico’s wood depot, the raspy buzz of a chainsaw rATtled through the surrounding forest on Monday afternoon. As the chainsaw revved and cut, a heavy-duty truck packed full of long, sawn ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forest-falls-in-ratanakkiri-to-the-tune-of-chainsaws-and-trucks-49134/
Five More Years For Hun Sen; Some Ministers Reshuffled
A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive reshuffle of his Cabinet. In a ...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/five-more-years-for-hun-sen-some-ministers-reshuffled-43133/
After Land Swap, Siem Reap Government Moves Again
Siem Reap’s provincial government apparatus, which in 2010 was relocated to a remote site 16 km outside of the city as part of an extensive and hugely controversial swap of government land and buildings, is moving back to its old home in the tourist city’s ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/top/after-land-swap-siem-reap-government-moves-again-41819/
Rainsy Says King Has Not Set Date for Assembly
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday he refused to believe King Norodom Sihamoni had officially announced the date he will open the National Assembly later this month, despite the King having signed a letter announcing he would convene the inaugural session on September 23. Speaking to ...
Alex Willemyns and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-says-king-has-not-set-date-for-assembly-42120/
As mosques are replaced, Cham minority could see heritage fade
Cambodia is home to some 400,000 Cham Muslims. The ethnic group, like many others, suffered terrible losses during the Khmer Rouge regime. Lives were lost and cultural landmarks destroyed. Now, as mosques and heritage sites around the country are demolished to make way for more ...
Poppy McPherson and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/mosques-are-replaced-cham-minority-could-see-heritage-fade
In Cambodia, Lost Retreats Once Again Found
Kep province – On a sunny weekday in Kep, a seaside village about halfway along Cambodia’s coast, the crab market was heaving. Women in straw hats and rubber boots stood knee deep in the surf shouting out prices, periodically darting into the sea to pull writhing ...
គ.ជ.ប ថាសន្លឹកឆ្នោតមិនបានការមានជាង៤០ម៉ឺន ដោយចោទថាក្រុមប្រឆាំងនៅក្រៅប្រទេសជាអ្នកបង្កឲ្យមានបញ្ហានេះ
ក្រោយបញ្ចប់ដំណើការបោះឆ្នោតនៅល្ងាចថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ លទ្ធផលក្រៅផ្លូវការបានបង្ហាញថាគណក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាបាន១២០អាសនៈ ហើយគណបក្សហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិចបានប្រាំអាសនៈ ស្របពេលដែលគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត ហៅកាត់ថា គ.ជ.ប បានឲ្យដឹងថាសន្លឹកឆ្នោតមិនបានការមាន ...
ឃួន ណារីម
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/nec-claims-more-than-400000-of-ballots-spoiled-blames-overseas-opposition/
Four Arrested In Attempt to Inspire ‘Rose Revolution’
Police said Sunday they have arrested four people believed to be involved in a conspiracy hatched by a dissident Khmer-American group plotting to topple the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Two men and two women were arrested on Thursday suspected of attempting to hand out ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-arrested-in-attempt-to-inspire-rose-revolution-39976/