Obama to meet with Cambodia’s longtime ‘strongman’ amid rights concerns, but also growth
President Barack Obama arrives in Cambodia on Monday having just won four more years in office, but that is nothing compared to his host, Hun Sen. The 60-year-old Cambodian prime minister has held power since Ronald Reagan was in the White House, and says he’s ...
Cambodia scores high marks for renewable energy
Cambodia’s share of modern biomass in total energy consumption is among the highest in the world, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Bank and the International Energy Agency. The report also found that growth in Cambodia’s dependence on renewable energy excluding traditional biomass ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MjRiYTU0NzYyNTR
Skyscraper’s woes continue
The saga of the stalled $240 million Gold Tower 42 was revived last week when it emerged that a supplier for the project had accused the owner and builder of failing to pay out nearly $500,000 in fees, according to an injunction request obtained by ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061866319/Business/skyscraper-s-woes-continue.html
Court Hears Anti-Government Movement Case
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of six men sentenced to between 15 and 17 years jail in 2011 for forming an armed anti-government force called the Sovanna Phum, or Golden Village, in 2006. The men‚ Chea Sarann, 51; Liv Soksovann, 51; ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-hears-anti-government-movement-case-44155/
GL to buy Cambodian firm
SET-listed Group Lease Plc (GL) plans to acquire a microfinance company in Cambodia as part of its effort to boost overseas revenue to more than 50% by 2015. GL’s chief executive Mitsuji Konoshita said negotiations are nearly finalised and the acquisition will be made through ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/378183/gl-to-buy-cambodian-firm
Cambodia's 2012 unemployment rate stands at 2.7 pct: survey
Unemployment rate in Cambodia stood at 2.7 percent in equivalent to 202,300 persons aged 15 or older in 2012, according to the first-ever Cambodia Labor Force Survey Report released on Thursday. Conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the survey ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131128/cambodias-2012-unemployment-rate-stands-at-27-pct-survey
CNRP Requests Migrant Worker Draft Agreement
The opposition CNRP has written to the embassies of Singapore and Malaysia requesting copies of draft agreements with the Cambodian government on sending migrant workers to the countries that they say they were not privy to. A Ministry of Labor official last month said the government ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-requests-migrant-worker-draft-agreement-48622/
Provinces to get protest sites
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng yesterday called on authorities in each province and municipality to ease demonstrations in the capital by creating a site for non-violent protests ahead of a planned opposition rally on Saturday. In a two-page letter sent to provincial officials, Kheng – who ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provinces-get-protest-sites
Businessmen Charged Over Mining Deal Fraud
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged the Cambodian chairman of a local conglomerate and a Chinese business associate with fraud and using forged public documents, officials said Wednesday. Al Romny, 41, and Chinese national Chin Mongxin, 45, were arrested Saturday after an unknown complainant said ...
Eang Mengleng and Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/businessmen-charged-over-mining-deal-fraud-41261/
Flooding Kills 7, Spreads to Kandal Province
Flooding across the country has now killed seven people, including four children, since water reached emergency levels in some areas on Friday, the National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) said Monday. Flooding is affecting a total of seven provinces and authorities have already evacuated hundreds of families ...
Ben Sokhean and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/flooding-kills-7-spreads-to-kandal-province-43053/
EU to ban fish imports from Belize, Guinea and Cambodia
Fish imports from Belize, Guinea and Cambodia are to be banned from the European Union, and three more countries have been warned their imports are in danger, in the first major sanction against countries that allow illegal fishing operations to carry on under their countries’ ...
Fiona Harvey
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/26/eu-ban-fish-import-belize-guinea-cambodia-illegal-fishing
ACU Arrests Customs Officer, Two EdC Staff
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) arrested a senior customs official in Preah Sihanouk province and two Electricte du Cambodge (EdC) officials in Mondolkiri province in separate corruption cases this week, ACU and court officials said Friday. Mondolkiri Provincial Court prosecutor Khut Sopheang said two staff members of ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-arrests-customs-officer-two-edc-staff-48225/
(English) Government Creates New CPP-Majority Province
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Phorn Bopha and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-creates-new-cpp-majority-province-50391/
អត្រាភាពក្រីក្រធ្លាក់មកនៅ ២០ ភាគរយចន្លោះពីឆ្នាំ ២០០៤ ដល់ ២០១១
តាមការសិក្សារបស់ធនាគារពិភពលោក ដែលចេញផ្សាយកាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានឲ្យដឹងថា អត្រាភាពក្រីក្រ កម្ពុជា បានធ្លាក់ចុះយ៉ាងខ្លាំងចន្លោះពីឆ្នាំ ២០០៤ ដល់ ២០១១ គឺពីជាង ៥០ ភាគរយ មកនៅត្រឹម ២០ ភាគរយ ប៉ុន្តែ ការធ្លាក់ចុះនេះពុំមាន ...
Stuart White
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/110971-2014-02-21-03-19-44
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីឲ្យនគរបាលរកពីមូលហេតុកើនចោរ
ន្ទាប់ពីមានតួលេខបង្ហាញអំពីការកើនឡើងជាង ១០០ ភាគរយនៃបទល្មើសលហុទៅលើជនបរទេសរដ្ឋមន្រ្តីក្រសួង មហាផ្ទៃ លោក ស ខេង កាលពីម្សិលមិញបានឲ្យមន្ត្រីស្រាវជ្រាវរកមូលហេតុ។ លោក ស ខេង បានថ្លែងថា៖ «យើងនឹងបន្តស៊ើបអង្កេតនិងស្វែងរកមូលហេតុអំពីបទល្មើសហើយថា ក្នុងនោះ ...
វង្ស សុខេង និង Joe Freeman
http://postkhmer.com/national/2011-01-03-04-07-05/114202-2014-05-13-01-22-15
(English) Two’s company at CSX
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Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two%E2%80%99s-company-csx
(English) Hun Sen unveils new roadmap for foreign trade policy
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Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-unveils-new-roadmap-for-foreign-trade-policy-52600/
(English) SBC to Rebrand Following Taiwan Acquisition
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Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/sbc-to-rebrand-following-taiwan-acquisition-50684/
(English) Ministry Seeks to Quash Measles, Rubella Vaccination Rumors
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Simon Henderson and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-seeks-to-quash-measles-rubella-vaccination-rumors-51213/
Long-overdue Consolidation of the Kingdom’s Mobile Telecoms Market May Have Operators Feeling Hopeful, but Challenges Remain
After years of immersion in a vicious price war, battle weary and capital-haemorrhaging [sic] mobile operators in Cambodia’s oversaturated telecommunications sector may finally have reason to breathe a sigh of relief; 2013 might be cited as the year the tide turned. Tarred by legal threats, ...