Koh Kong intervention sought
The provincial office of rights group Licadho has called on Koh Kong provincial politicians to help more than 1,000 families being forcibly evicted to make way for a sprawling gambling resort and other development, representative said yesterday. More than 130 families, from three villages in Kiri ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030954950/National-news/koh-kong-intervention-sought.html
Leave Minimum Wage Be, Manufacturers Say
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has said that there should be no discussions on raising the minimum wage until 2014, in response to a request from three garment industry unions for talks on a living wage for workers. The response, sent on Wednesday ...
Six missing after border shooting
Police and military officials were searching for six missing Cambodians yesterday who villagers believe were shot dead by Thai soldiers on Saturday night after entering the Khun Han district of Thailand’s Si Saket province in search of luxury timber. Neth Hing, who lives in Oddar Meanchey’s ...
ភាពមិនច្បាស់លាស់នៃអនាគតរបស់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី និងទន្លេមេគង្គ
ពីខ្ពង់រាបទឹកកកទីប៉េនៃជ្រលងភ្នំប្រទេសចិនក្នងខេត្ត Yunnan ហើយហូរចាក់ដល់ដែនព្រៃនៃប្រទេសមីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា ថៃ ឡាវ ហើយធ្លាក់ចុះដល់តំបន់ទំនាបនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា និងតំបន់វាលកសិកម្មដំនាំស្រូវប្រទេសវៀតណាម-ទន្លេមេគង្គ គឺដើរតួយ៉ាងសំខាន់សម្រាប់ជីវិតរបស់ប្រជាជន ១០លាននាក់។ ប្រទេសចិនបានសាងសង់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីចំនួន ៦ នៅលើដងទន្លេមេគង្គ ដែលត្រូវបានស្គាល់ថា ទន្លេ Lancang របស់ប្រទេសចិន។ ប្រទេសឡាវ ពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះកំពុងសាងសង់ទំនប់ពីរ នៅ Xayaburi និង Don Sahong ហើយប្រទេសនេះក៏មានគម្រោងសាងសង់ទំនប់បន្ថែមចំនួន ៧ទៀតដែរ ហើយវាត្រូវបានគេប៉ាន់ប្រមាណថា នៅមានសំណង់ទំនប់ជាច្រើនទៀតដែលទើបនឹងសាងសង់ ឬគ្រោងនឹងសាងសង់នៅលើដៃទន្លេមេគង្គនៅក្នុងប្រទេសមីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា ថៃ កម្ពុជា និងវៀតណាម។ មានការព្រមានជាច្រើនពីផលអវិជ្ជមាននៃទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីដោយសារទំនប់ទាំងនេះធ្វើឱ្យមានការប្រែប្រួលលំហូរតាមធម្មជាតិរបស់ទន្លេនានា ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរនៃការហូរចាក់កំណរល្បាប់នៅកន្លែងដែលត្រីហែល រស់នៅ និងពង ហើយរួមទាំងសីតុណ្ហភាពរបស់ទឹក។ ...
ទែន សុខស្រីនិត
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/river-of-change-hydropower-dams-and-the-mekong-river-uncertain-future/3436827.html
Cambodians protest Xayaburi in Bangkok
Cambodians were among anti-Xayaburi dam protesters who demonstrated outside Thai Parliament in Bangkok yesterday, urging Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to halt construction and tear up an agreement to buy the proposed dam’s power. A group of Cambodians travelled to Bangkok especially to raise their concerns about ...
Embattled villagers fight on
First, agricultural company DM group displaced them, now a recently arrived commercial farmer has threatened their lives and chased them off their new land, said representatives of 12 families engaged in a long-standing land dispute in Ratanakkiri province. On Wednesday, the 12 Tampuon ethnic minority families ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011160746/National/embattled-villagers-fight-on.html
Chinese state firm in talks to take over rail project
With renovation work on the country’s dilapidated railway at a standstill, the Ministry of Public Works has entered into talks with a regional consortium backed by one of the largest firms in China to replace the railway’s current operator, officials said yesterday. Faced with a ...
Korean tourists fuel demand for dog meat in Cambodia
Riding a motorcycle with a cage, Pov Nat scours rural areas for dogs. He pays between 30,000 ($7.38) and 80,000 riel a head and sells the animals to a butcher in Siem Reap. The 21-year-old native of Kampong Cham province began buying dogs after coming to ...
http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120826000233&cpv=0
Civil servants' union dilemma
The American Center for International Labor Solidarity has set its sights on the Herculean task of unionizing Cambodia’s civil service, a move that, were it successful, could have profound implications for the country’s political landscape. The term civil service in Cambodia has unusually broad application, referring to bureaucrats, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012103059469/National-news/civil-servants-union-dilemma.html
Bunong Minority Villagers Protest Against Rubber Company
About 80 ethnic Bunong villagers living in Mondolkiri’s Pech Chreada district staged a protest against the Socfin-KCD rubber company Monday, demanding that the firm honor its long-standing pledge to return 1,000 hectares of farmland located inside its concession. Socfin-KCD, a join venture between Socfin, a ...
PM's land titling scheme full of ambiguity
Adorned in new military uniforms, about 400 more young volunteers who have been enlisted into Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ambitious national land-titling scheme departed from Diamond Island yesterday armed with measuring tapes, computers and GPS units. The budding surveyors are the latest group of some 2,000 ...
Arrested Land Officials Now Free on Bail
Four Land Management Ministry officials charged with corruption last week were released on bail yesterday, less than five days after arriving at Prey Sar prison for detention ahead of trial, officials said. Srung Leang, director of the prison’s center no. 1, said he received the written release order ...
Evictees back on land
Dozens of families at Borei Keila have moved back on to land they were evicted from last year, despite intimidation and threats of arrest by security forces employed by developer Phan Imex. Earlier this month, security guards tore down the shelters of 12 families who had ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032664678/National/evictees-back-on-land.html
New Kompong Thom Governor Vows to Give Land to Evictees
The newly appointed Kompong Thom provincial governor on Tuesday promised more than 500 families who were forcefully evicted by a Vietnamese rubber plantation more than three years ago that they would be given replacement land to farm on early next month. Security forces evicted villagers from ...
Ministers sign deals to bolster trust
Thailand and Cambodia have signed four new agreements focused on bolstering trust and maintaining security. Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat made the announcement after the 9th GBC meeting at Wangjuntr Golf Park in Rayong’s Wang Chan district. He said one of the four agreements concerned the spread of ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/350635/ministers-sign-deals-to-bolster-trust
Ezecom CEO made ‘oknha’
Paul Blanche-Horgan, the CEO of internet service provider Ezecom, will now be known as Oknha Paul Blanche-Horgan, making him one of the few Westerners to receive the prestigious and sought-after Cambodian title. Awarded by King Norodom Sihanomi in mid-November, the new status brings Blanche-Horgan, who has ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ezecom-ceo-made-%E2%80%98oknha%E2%80%99
Thousands flee reservoir
Surging floodwaters led officials to declare a state of emergency at a commune in Banteay Meanchey province on Saturday night after the Trapaing Thma reservoir expanded an estimated 200 metres. Many of some 2,000 families living close to the Khmer Rouge-era reservoir in Phnom Srok district ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-flee-reservoir
(English) Life as a brokered wife
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May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/life-brokered-wife
(English) ‘A threat to Cambodia’s sacred forests’
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New York Times News Staff
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/opinion/a-threat-to-cambodias-sacred-forests.html
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