Cambodia Lacks Research Enough To Tackle Its Problems, Analysts Say
Not enough priority is given to research in Cambodia, threatening its long term development, economists and other experts say. Larry Strange, executive director of the Cambodian Development Research Institute, says the country cannot plan for major reform, build its economy, or reduce poverty without proper analysis ...
New Cafe to Enter Growing Cambodian Market
Caffe Bene, South Korea’s second-largest coffee chain, on Tuesday announced plans to open in Cambodia, according to a Korean media report. But while its entrance adds one more competitor to the more than half-a-dozen coffee chains already in the country, local franchises said the market is ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-cafe-to-enter-growing-cambodian-market-36434/
Flooding closes 513 schools
Thousands of students were unable to attend classes yesterday after returning from holiday, as more than 500 schools remained closed due to flooding that has claimed 50 lives so far this year. According to a report released by the National Committee for Disaster Management, 513 schools ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding-closes-513-schools
City Hall Moves to Stop State Land Swaps
In an effort to put a stop to land swaps in Phnom Penh, City Hall has called on state institutions with offices in Chamkar Mon district’s Tonle Bassac commune to register or re-register for land titles, a municipal official said Sunday. A letter signed by ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-moves-to-stop-state-land-swaps-48329/
Cambodia’s Top Court Says Key Election Records Open for Review
Cambodia’s election authorities may be ordered to check key voting data to investigate opposition claims of widespread election irregularities in recent national widespread election irregularities in recent national polls, the country’s highest court ruled Thursday. The Constitutional Council said in a statement that it could call ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-08222013182016.html
Foreign press ‘interfering’: CPP lawmaker
A senior ruling party official yesterday accused foreign journalists and media outlets in Cambodia of interfering in the Kingdom’s governance and urging political instability. Speaking to reporters in the capital, Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker and National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun said a number of journalists – ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-press-%E2%80%98interfering%E2%80%99-cpp-lawmaker
(English) 11 Activists Arrested While Petitioning US, French Embassies
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The Cambodia Daily News Staff
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/11-activists-arrested-while-petitioning-us-french-embassies-50916/
(English) The Sihanoukville option
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Chris Horton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/sihanoukville-option
យុទ្ធសាស្ត្របំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើឲ្យអស់ពី ខេត្តព្រះវិហារ របស់ក្រុមហ៊ុន ឧកញ៉ា ទ្រី ភាព
ប្រភេទឈើធ្នង់ ដែលមានមុខកាត់បីតឹកបួនជ្រុងបណ្តោយប្រវែង ២ ម៉ែត្របានតម្រៀបគ្នាជាគំនរនៅតាមផ្ទះនីមួយៗរបស់ប្រជាជននៅក្នុងស្រុកចំនួនបីនៃ ខេត្តព្រះវិហារ ដោយដាក់រង់ចាំឈ្មួញមកប្រមូលយកនៅពេលល្ងាច ខណៈពេលសំឡេងសន្ធឹករបស់គោយន្តដែល ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/112996-2014-04-09-03-18-39
តម្លៃអង្ករម្លិះកម្ពុជាកំពុងធ្លាក់ចុះខណៈថៃគ្រោងបញ្ចេញពីស្តុក
គេហទំព័រ Oryza ដែលបោះផ្សាយអំពីឧស្សាហកម្មអង្ករបង្ហាញថា តម្លៃអង្ករក្រអូបកម្ពុជាសម្រាប់នាំចេញបានធ្លាក់ចុះយ៉ាងខ្លាំង នៅក្នុងរយៈពេលពីរខែដើមឆ្នាំនេះ។ អ្នកនៅក្នុងឧស្សាហកម្មអង្ករបារម្ភថា តម្លៃអាចនឹងបន្តធ្លាក់ចុះរហូតប្រទេស ...
ចាន់ មុយហុង
http://www.postkhmer.com/business/business/111362-2014-03-03-04-30-45
Four Men Arrested for Illegal Clearing of National Forest
Police in Kompong Chhnang Province arrested four men and confiscated two bulldozers Tuesday for illegally clearing more than 10 hectares of national forest in the Toek Phos district, officials said yesterday. District Police Chief Kim Sareth said that police apprehended the four laborers in Chorng ...
Minorities Seek Land Dispute March Approval
Local human rights group Adhoc has requested provincial approval to stage a large-scale march later this month involving hundreds of indigenous minorities embroiled in a land dispute in Ratanakiri province. The demonstration is being organized to bring attention to what minority villagers claim is judicial ...
Mondolkiri Minority Villagers Divided Over Land Titles
Ethnic Bunong villagers in Mondolkiri province’s Pech Chreada district are bitterly divided over how best to protect their ancestral land amid efforts by authorities to map it in preparation for property titles. Bosra commune chief Yoeth Sarin said that since student volunteers-deployed across the country as ...
Productivity Could Increase if Manufacturers Feed Workers
More than 60 percent of garment factory owners believe that the productivity of their workers could increase if nutrition levels improved and over half would be willing to provide meals for their workers as long as it came at the right price, according to a ...
Life After the Lake
Shukaku, a company owned by a CPP Senator was given a 99-year lease to to the area in 2007. Immediately, the company started filling in the lake with sand and began kicking out thousands of families in what is one of the most notorious evictions ...
Cambodia garment workers’ plight worsening: ILO
Cambodia is backsliding in efforts to improve working conditions in its garment industry, the International Labour Organisation said yesterday, following a series of strikes at factories producing western-brand clothing. The kingdom is failing to make progress in key areas such as worker and fire safety and ...
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/asia/245622-cambodia-garment-workers%E2%80%99-plight-worsening-ilo.html
Mfone workers paid, a little
After months of protests, more than 1,000 former Mfone employees yesterday received just 10 per cent of the $4.4 million they were demanding in compensation after the telecom company filed for bankruptcy in January. Court-appointed administrator Ouk Ry, entrusted with the sale of Mfone’s assets, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfone-workers-paid-little
Vietnamese firm is still logging illegally: Adhoc
Employees reportedly working for the controversial Company 72 have allegedly been illegally felling timber in a community forest in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district and shipping it across the Vietnamese border, community members and Adhoc said yesterday. Romas Svat, a community representative in Paknhai commune’s Lom village, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-firm-still-logging-illegally-adhoc
Efforts to Prevent Opposition Petitioning Spread to Provinces
Efforts by authorities to prevent the opposition CNRP from collecting signatures for a petition asking the international community to not recognize Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP-led government have expanded to the provinces, local and CNRP officials said Sunday. In Prey Veng province, Sithor Kandal district Governor ...
(English) Official Says Logging-Related Deaths Down
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Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-says-logging-related-deaths-down-50068/