Opposition Official in US in Hopes of Breaking Deadlock
Opposition vice president Kem sokha, who is facing court charges in Cambodia, is currently in the United states, hoping to find support for his party and a way to break Cambodia’s political stalemate. Kem sokha is in the Us to speak to supporters, as well ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-official-in-us-in-hopes-of-breaking-deadlock/1804395.html
City Hall Bans Monks From Marching to National Assembly
Phnom Penh City Hall issued a letter Monday banning a group of monks who have marched cross-country to mark International Human Rights Day from completing the final leg of their journey, in which they had hoped to hand petitions to lawmakers at the National Assembly ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-bans-monks-from-marching-to-national-assembly-48959/
Cambodian maids raring to go
At 5am, without any alarm clock going off, a dozen Cambodian maids wake up with near-military precision. Over the next hour, the women sweep, wash and scrub spotless their two-storey training centre in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. They all want to be maids in singapore, eager ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Star Online Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2013/09/23/Cambodian-maids-raring-to-go.aspx
In Cambodia, monks get political after unpopular elections
During Pchum Ben, a Cambodian religious holiday that came to a close last week, Venerable Keo somaly got up before dawn. By 5 a.m. each day, the 32-year-old monk was dressed in his saffron robe and chanting prayers. Not long after, with the sun still hanging ss='cambodia-color'>...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/belief/cambodia-monks-politics-election
At Preah Vihear, tourists undeterred
Not even the imminent threat of war could quell tourists’ appetite for historical sites – at least at Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple, which was the subject of a highly contentious ruling at the International Court of Justice yesterday. While government figures show that local tourism to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Stuart White and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-vihear-tourists-undeterred
Rainsy slams informal EU monitors
Opposition leader sam Rainsy has rebuked the European Union over two low-profile election experts it sent to monitor July’s elections, claiming their presence had undermined Cambodian democracy. In a letter sent on Tuesday to Ugu Astuto, the EU’s top diplomat for south and southeast Asia, Rainsy ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-slams-informal-eu-monitors
‘No Rush’ For Cambodia on Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement, Experts Say
Two ambitious trade negotiations are moving forward in the Asia Pacific, but Cambodia should first pursue a regional partnership before joining in with all of the Asia Pacific, trade experts say. Cambodia should build momentum on the existing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, an Asean-driven agreement, before ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/no-rush-for-cambodia-on-trans-pacific-trade-agreement-experts-say-cambodia/1794961.html
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde to Visit Cambodia
nternational Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde will visit Cambodia next week as part of an Asia tour that will also include stops in south Korea and Burma, according to an IMF spokesman. Ms. Lagarde will meet with Cambodian government officials, university students, investors and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/imf-managing-director-christine-lagarde-to-visit-cambodia-47940/
Cambodian Opposition Lifts Conditions on Talks with Ruling Party
Cambodia’s opposition said Thursday it is prepared to hold talks with Prime Minister Hun sen’s party without any preconditions in a fresh bid to end a political deadlock three months after disputed national elections. The move signaled a shift by the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which days earlier had said it ss='cambodia-color'>...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/talks-10312013180011.html
(English) Council of Ministers Nullifies Telecom Law
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Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl -
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/council-of-ministers-nullifies-telecom-law-49573/
(English) Indigenous woes probed
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Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-woes-probed
NEC White Paper on General Election (full text)
The following is the full text of an Executive summary of the White Paper on the 2013 General Election for the National Assembly issued by the National Election Committee on Thursday: On 28 July 2013, the general election for the 5th mandate of Cambodia’s National Assembly ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTUzM2YwZWQ3OTB
Three Charged for $2.3 Million Embezzlement From Banks
The former manager of Canadia Bank’s credit section, along with two accomplices at the bank, were charged Thursday with theft and forgery for allegedly embezzling about $2.3 million from ABA and sBC banks, according to municipal court and police officials. “The deputy [municipal court] prosecutor has ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-for-2-3-million-embezzlement-from-banks-44403/
Villagers in Land Row Complain of Death Threat
Four representatives of villagers locked in a land dispute with the well-connected KDC company have filed a complaint with the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court after they received death threats. “The anonymous letter was a threat against our lives,” said Reach seima, one of the representatives, adding ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-in-land-row-complain-of-death-threat-44714/
Elephants likely shot: NGO
A group of endangered Asian elephants found dead in Mondulkiri province on sunday were likely slaughtered, investigators from conservation group WWF-Cambodia have found. The organisation said in a statement yesterday an investigation into the deaths in protected Phnom Prich Wildlife sanctuary suggested the elephants were “slaughtered ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elephants-likely-shot-ngo
Mfone Files Complaint With Court
The administrator charged with liquidating bankrupt mobile operator Mfone filed a complaint Tuesday with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, requesting it to order two companies to pay money owed to Mfone after repayment negotiations apparently failed, the administrator said. Mobile payment service WING Cambodia Co. Ltd. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfone-files-complaint-with-court-47959/
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 – ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-press-%E2%80%98interfering%E2%80%99-cpp-lawmaker
Taxi Drivers Block Checkpoint In Poipet to Protest New Tax
Taxi drivers staged a large protest Wednesday at a customs checkpoint in Poipet City over customs officials’ demands for what the protesters said was an exorbitant tax on a small load of goods. At the checkpoint Wednesday, more than 50 taxi drivers blocked the road for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taxi-drivers-block-checkpoint-in-poipet-to-protest-new-tax-49159/
មន្ត្រីជំនាញនៅពីក្រោយការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើនៅដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃ ភ្នំ ឱរ៉ាល់
សំឡេងរណារអារឈើបានលាន់ឮរំពងព្រៃ នៅក្នុងបរិវេណដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃ ភ្នំ ឱរ៉ាល់ ចំណែកឯឈើជាច្រើនត្រូវបានគរទុកដើម្បីរង់ចាំឈ្មួញមកទិញ ហើយគោយន្តក៏បានចាប់ផ្តើមសកម្មភាពដឹកជញ្ជូនឈើចេញពីព្រៃ ដោយពុំមានមន្ត្រីសមត្ថកិច្ចជំនាញណា ss='cambodia-color'>...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/108152-2013-12-20-03-11-37
(English) Property Prices on the Rise in Phnom Penh
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Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/property-prices-on-the-rise-in-phnom-penh-49622/