One Year After Journalist’s Slaying, Still No Justice in Sight
One year ago today, Hang Serei Odom, a journalist in Ratanakkiri province, received a fateful phone call. After telling his wife he was going to meet a military police officer, he bid her goodnight. He left his house in Banlung City at about 7 p.m. ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-year-after-journalists-slaying-still-no-justice-in%E2%80%88sight-41907/
NEC Admits 270,000 Names Were Duplicated on Voter List
Just two months after the contested national election, commune officials across the country on Tuesday began the annual 20-day process of registering voters, while the National Election Committee (NEC) announced that 270,000 duplicated names would be removed from the voter list used in July. NEC Secretary-General ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-admits-270000-names-were-duplicated-on-voter-list-44151/
(English) Factories to lose millions
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Eddie Morton and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factories-lose-millions
New Project Aims to Help Small Businesses in Cambodia
A new project by the government and Japan’s aid agency seeks to assist small companies in Cambodia that are in need of specialist advice in order to develop and keep up with competitors in neighboring Asean countries. The aim of the two-year program, called “Strategic Strengthening ...
Simon Henderson and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-project-aims-to-help-small-businesses-in-cambodia-41534/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-project-aims-to-help-small-businesses-in-cambodia
Official Explanation for Canceled Water Festival Questioned
From the leadership of the opposition CNRP down to Phnom Penh’s street vendors, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s explanation for once again canceling the city’s annual Water Festival—recent flooding in the provinces—is being met with mounting skepticism. In a government decree on Sunday, Mr. Hun Sen said ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-explanation-for-canceled-water-festival-questioned-44565/
National Radio Site Swapped With Land Developer
The Ministry of Information has swapped an 11-hectare plot of land in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, which was previously the site of National Radio AM 918, with a property development firm in exchange for the construction of a new radio tower and transmitter on a ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-radio-site-swapped-with-land-developer-45419/
Rights Group Wants Abe to Press Cambodia on Poll Probe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who makes a visit to Phnom Penh this weekend, should leverage his country’s aid to pressure the Cambodian government to launch an independent probe into fraud and other irregularities in disputed elections, a rights group said Thursday. As head of the ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/investigation-11142013171238.html
The scramble to Siem Reap
As Cambodia’s busy tourism season approaches, domestic and regional airlines are scrambling to offer Siem Reap routes in a bid to capitalise on the growing number of visitors to the Angkor Wat gateway. In the past several months, players have entered the fray at a ...
Floods a Yearly Trial for Those Living Along Mekong
TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province – From November to May, the Mekong River is quiet. So is life for the hundreds of thousands of people who live along its banks, which in Cambodia forms a 155,000 square km basin covering six provinces and Phnom ...
Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-a-yearly-trial-for-those-living-along-mekong-44143/
We’ll always have Paris
It may not be a milestone anniversary, but the significance of this day 22 years ago is something the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party wants everyone to remember when it begins its latest mass protest this morning, a spokesman said yesterday. From today until Friday, ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/we%E2%80%99ll-always-have-paris
GMAC និយាយការពារកងកម្លំាងប្រដាប់អាវុធដែលសម្លាប់កម្មករ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ សមាជិកជាន់ខ្ពស់ម្នាក់នៃសមាគមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរនៅកម្ពុជាហៅកាត់ថា GMAC បានសម្ដែងការគាំទ្រចំពោះការប្រើអំពើហិង្សាបណ្ដាលឲ្យមានមនុស្សស្លាប់ពីសំណាក់កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថលើកម្មករកម្មការិនីធ្វើកូដកម្មដែលអំឡុងពេលនោះ មនុស្សប្រាំនាក់បា ...
អូន ភាព និង Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9098/
BHP Billiton Faces Bribery Charges After Abandoned Project
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the country’s financial regulator have informed Australia-based mining giant BHP Billiton it could still be charged over allegations the company bribed overseas officials, which include claims of improper payments to members of the Cambodian government. Prime Minister Hun Sen ...
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/
Activists Doubt Cambodia Pledge to Stop Land Concessions
Activists are skeptical that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will follow through on a pledge to stop a contentious practice of appropriating rural land for commercial use, an issue that hurt the leader and his party in elections in July. In its new five-year political platform ...
Chun Han Wong
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-341290/
លោក ស៊ូប៊ែឌី សន្យាលើកសំណើរបស់សហជីពទៅពិភាក្សាជាមួយរដ្ឋាភិបាល
អ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេសរបស់ឧត្ដមស្នងការអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិទទួលបន្ទុកផ្នែកសិទ្ធិមនុស្សប្រចាំកម្ពុជា បានមកដល់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដើម្បីពិនិត្យមើលការអនុវត្តផ្នែកគោរពសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស។ ជាងនេះទៀត អ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេសរូបនេះ ក៏គ្រោងនឹងជួបសន្ទនាជាមួយដៃគូពាក់ព័ន្ធនានា និង ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/human-rights/rally-at-un-office-01122014222212.html
(English) Threat to unleash ‘paratroopers’ in land dispute
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/threat-to-unleash-paratroopers-in-land-dispute-51740/
(English) Petition Rally for Prisoners’ Release Ends Peacefully
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Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/petition-rally-for-prisoners-release-ends-peacefully-51135/
គម្រោងផ្លូវដែករបស់ ADB មានកំហុសធំធ្វើឲ្យសហគមន៍នានាកាន់តែលំបាកនិងក្រីក្រ
ធនាគារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អាស៊ីហៅកាត់ថា ADB បានធ្វើឲ្យមានកំហុស “ធំ” នៅក្នុងការបង្កើតនិងអនុវត្តគម្រោងមួយដែលមានទំហំទឹកប្រាក់១៤៣លានដុល្លារ ដើម្បីស្ដារប្រព័ន្ធផ្លូវដែកដែលចាស់ទ្រុឌទ្រោម ជាកំហុសឆ្គងដែលបានធ្វើឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជាច្រើនរយ ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/10481/
(English) Unions set to begin first phase of nationwide strike
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Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-set-to-begin-first-phase-of-nationwide-strike-52989/
(English) Factory owners boycott wage talks for Cambodian garment workers
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/talks-04242014182701.html