Zoo fighting back from brink
A leopard appears healthy and strong as it paces the walls of its cage with a confident swagger and muffled growl that hints at its ferocity. It’s a welcome sight at Kampot province’s much-maligned Teuk Chhou zoo, which less than one year ago was struggling to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031355003/National-news/zoo-fighting-back-from-brink.html
Chinese Embassy Petitioners Sent Packing
Just hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao landed in Phnom Penh on Friday, a group of dismayed Koh Kong province villagers whose land is under threat from a sprawling Chinese tourism project were escorted onto a bus and sent back home before they were able ...
Standards Building Up Safety Fears
When a 100-metre-long section of a Phnom Penh garment factory crumpled in on itself like a cheap pup tent, Sen Sok district officials promised an investigation. The results of that investigation, which was to have taken place more than a year ago, in March 2012, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265780/National/standards-building-up-safety-fears.html
Farmers Sue UK Sugar Firm For Millions
Hundreds of Cambodian families are suing the British sugar firm Tate & Lyle in one of the U.K’s highest courts over a pair of plantations in Koh Kong province they accuse of violently forcing them off their land and out of their homes. The British law ...
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
មន្ត្រីសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជាទទួលការគំរាមសម្លាប់ពេលបំពេញការងារ
មន្ត្រីសម្របសម្រួលគម្រោងកំណែទម្រង់ដីធ្លី នៃមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជា លោក វណ្ណ សូផាត ចោទថា កងសន្តិសុខក្រុមហ៊ុន ឃុន សៀ បានគំរាមសម្លាប់ ក្នុងពេលលោកចុះបំពេញការងារនៅភូមិបឹងកក់ ១ ខណ្ឌទួលគោក រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ជាមួយក្រុមការងារ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី៩ ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៤។ សេចក្ដីប្រកាសព័ត៌មាន របស់មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជា ចុះថ្ងៃទី១០ ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ២០១៤ ឲ្យដឹងថា លោក វណ្ណ សូផាត ត្រូវបានក្រុមបុរស ...
វោហារ ជាតិ
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/land/force-eviction-05122014044411.html
(English) After strong start, city bus’ future unclear
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Hul Reaksmey and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-strong-start-city-bus-future-unclear-58640/
ឃាត់ខ្លួនសកម្មជន១១នាក់ដោយសារធ្វើឲ្យប៉ះពាល់សណ្ដាប់ធ្នាប់
សកម្មជននយោបាយ១១នាក់ត្រូវបានសន្តិសុខខណ្ឌដែលពាក់មួកការពារសុវត្ថិភាពចាប់ទាញចេញពីផ្លូវ ពេលពួកគេហែក្បួនអហិង្សាទៅកាន់ស្ថានទូតបរទេសនានា ដើម្បីដាក់ញត្តិស្នើសុំឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលឈប់ប្រើអំពើហិង្សា និងដោះលែង ...
ផន បុប្ផា និង Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/latest/9679/
Laos aims to build Mekong dam this year, testing neighbours
Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion (Bt115 billion) Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design of the dam to placate neighbouring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam recently to ease ...
Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
UK to Request Extradition of Biofuel Company’s Chairman
The U.K.’s fraud office plans to request the extradition of a British national currently detained in Cambodia, after it brought charges against four people for their part in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving a biofuel plantation. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh in March ...
Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-to-request-extradition-of-biofuel-companys-chairman-40796/
UK to Request Extradition of Biofuel Company’s Chairman
The U.K.’s fraud office plans to request the extradition of a British national currently detained in Cambodia, after it brought charges against four people for their part in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving a biofuel plantation. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh in March ...
Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-to-request-extradition-of-biofuel-companys-chairman-40796/
(English) Year's crime ranged from brutal to bizarre
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Shane Worrell and Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/years-crime-ranged-brutal-bizarre
Tep Vanny—From Boeng Kak Protester to Globe-Trotting Advocate
On the morning of September 23, anti-eviction champion Tep Vanny was grappling with a legion of security guards blocking the entrance of the Daun Penh district offices while fellow protesters dismantled a razor-wire barricade nearby. The next day, she was on a plane to Washington ...
Mech Dara and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tep-vanny-from-boeng-kak-protests-to-globe-trotting-advocate-44583/
ព្រៃឈើកំពុងត្រូវបំផ្លាញដោយការសង់វារីអគ្គិសនី
គម្រោងទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី សេសាន ក្រោម ២ គឺជាកញ្ចក់តូចមួយដែលកំពុងឆ្លុះបញ្ចាំងអំពីប្រទេស កម្ពុជា។ ក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធអេកូចម្រុះបំផុតមួយនៅលើពិភពលោកនេះ ព្រៃឈើទាំងមូលត្រូវបានគេកាប់បំផ្លាញដោយមិនគោរពច្បាប់ ចំណែកឯគម្រោង ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី និង Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/waiting-deluge
ស្ត្រីជំនួយការមេផ្ទះនឹងបញ្ជូនទៅធ្វើការនៅបរទេសឡើងវិញ ប៉ុន្តែនៅតែមានការព្រួយបារម្ភអំពីសុវត្ថិភាព
បន្ទាប់ពីការផ្អាកបញ្ជូនស្ត្រីជំនួយការមេផ្ទះទៅធ្វើការនៅបរទេសរយៈពេលបីឆ្នាំដោយសារតែមានការរំលោភបំពានធ្ងន់ធ្ងរជាច្រើនករណីពីសំណាក់ក្រុមហ៊ុនជ្រើសរើសពលករ និងថៅកែរបស់ពួកគេនោះ ស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា ...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14477/
The rector versus the tycoon
The morning before the verdict was handed down at the Appeals Court on March 12, the mood among those working on the defence team for Heng Chheang and his wife Tep Kolap was almost optimistic. They, along with relatives of the couple and academics from Phnom ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032355213/National-news/the-rector-versus-the-tycoon.html
Sihanoukville Runs Dry During Water Crisis
A water shortage in the tourist town of Sihanoukville has led authorities to advise scores of businesses to dig their own wells as only 50 percent of local demand is currently being met after high temperatures dried up the water supplier’s only reservoir. On March ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-runs-dry-during-water-crisis-16609/
UN Rights Envoy Says Democracy Is Limited in Cambodia
Cambodia is falling short of the full liberal democracy enshrined in its Constitution, the government is becoming increasingly intolerant to constructive criticism and judicial, parliamentary and electoral reforms have been slow to take effect, according to U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi’s latest report on ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-rights-envoy-says-democracy-is-limited-in-cambodia-39949/
តុលាការបង្គាប់ឲ្យមេដឹកនាំសហជីពនៅឆ្ងាយពីរោងចក្រនិងសមាជិកខ្លួន
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ សាលាដំបូងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានបង្គាប់ឲ្យលោក អាត់ ធន់ ប្រធានសហជីពដែលមានបញ្ហាច្រើនរូបនេះនៅឆ្ងាយពីរោងចក្រ អេស អិល និងកម្មកររបស់ខ្លួន និងចៀសវាងការជួបជុំគ្នាជា ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/13332/