Protest Becomes Secession When Liberties Are Taken With Words
This month’s eviction of villagers in Kratie province that resulted in the death of a 14-year-old girl was one of many such violent incidents over land that have erupted in Cambodia in recent years. But what set the May 16 violence apart was a word: ...
Capital ideas for developers
Peering out over the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh from a sixteenth-storey private balcony at the new Bellevue Apartments, one could watch for hours as cranes swing back in forth over all the new developments on the west side of the water. “Phnom ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/332995/capital-ideas-for-developers
Court Accuses Advocate Monk of Incitement
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has accused the well-known monk and human rights advocate Loun Sovath of incitement for unspecified actions committed in Cambodia and abroad, according to court documents obtained Friday. The court documents, signed by Investigating Judge Duch Kim on Feb. 14, were sent ...
Cambodian Activist Monk Receives Swiss Human Rights Award
The country’s foremost campaigning monk, Loun Sovath, received the Martin Ennals Award in Geneva on Tuesday for his efforts to document the plight of people fighting against eviction in Cambodia. The award, which honors one human rights defender each year, is valued at $21,300, a purse ...
Men Questioned After refusing To Hand Over Student Donation
Authorities in Battambang province on Saturday summoned two villagers from Salmot district’s Ta Sanh commune after they refused to hand over money to officials asking for donations to feed students working in the area as part of the government’s nationwide land titling project. Heng ...
Cambodia’s Hun Sen Slams U.S. Threats Over Aid
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday criticized U.S. threats to cut aid to the impoverished Southeast Asian nation if its election wasn’t free and fair, and dared American lawmakers to follow through on their warning. His comments came after U.S. lawmakers started processes in the ...
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-293500/
Prices fluctuate due to poll
As election data trickled in on Sunday evening and a fear set in borne of uncertainty and a beefed-up police presence, demand for basic commodities surged, food prices briefly rose, and some banks saw an expected rise in withdrawals. Sales of rice jumped from their normal ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prices-fluctuate-due-poll
Cambodia to Submit Human Rights Report to UN
Cambodia will submit a human rights report to the U.N. today for a universal periodic review (UPR), the second time it is participating in the process, according to the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit. Under the UPR process established in 2006, the Human ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-to-submit-human-rights-report-to-un-46006/
Cambodia sends 4th batch of troops to Lebanon for U.N. peacekeeping mission
Cambodia on Tuesday dispatched the fourth batch of 184 soldiers to Lebanon to replace the third batch’s forces, whose one-year United Nations peacekeeping duties have come to an end. The civil engineering group would perform their one-year duties by clearing landmines, constructing roads, bridges, shelters and ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/17/c_132974000.htm
Travel group calms visitors
In an apparent bid to reassure jittery visitors watching the country’s political scene, the Cambodia Association of Travel Agents (CATA) said in a statement yesterday that post-election tensions would not harm tourists. Addressing its members – tour operators and travel agencies – as well as national ...
Anne Renzenbrink and Laura Ma
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/travel-group-calms-visitors
ដំណាំម្រេចជាសរសៃឈាមកសិករកំពត
វាគ្រាន់តែជាចម្ការម្រេចតូចមួយក្នុងចំណោមចម្ការម្រេចជាច្រើន ទៀតរបស់កសិករស្ថិតក្នុងស្រុក ដំណាក់ចង្អើរ ក្នុងខេត្ត កែប។ លោក ងួន ព្រឿង ពិតជាមានមោទនភាពណាស់ចំពោះកិច្ចប្រឹងប្រែងរបស់លោកដែលសម្រេចបានចម្ការម្រេចកន្លះ ...
Daniel de Carteret និង ចាន់ មុយហេង
http://www.postkhmer.com/business/business/110989-2014-02-21-04-15-54
(English) Siem Reap sees property gains fuelled by tourism, economic integration
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...
Fees too high: AirAsia CEO
While AirAsia, one of the world’s largest low-cost airline, is gearing toward an expansion in the region, the company’s chief executive said that serving Cambodia was expensive due to high airport fees. Airport charges are high and restrictive, as are over-flight fees, compared to other countries in ...
លោក អៀន រ៉ាម៊ែឃ
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លោក អៀន រ៉ាម៊ែឃ (Ian RAMAGE) គឺជាស្ថាបនិក និងនាយកនៃក្រុមហ៊ុន Angkor Research and Consulting។ លោក អៀន បានបញ្ចប់ការសិក្សាថ្នាក់អនុបណ្ឌិតសង្គមសាស្ត្រ ផ្នែកចិត្តវិទ្យា នៃសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ វ៉ូឡុងហ្គុង នៃរដ្ឋញូវសៅវ៉ែល។ លោកបានធ្វើការងារជាអ្នកចិត្តសាស្រ្ត នៅក្នុងមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលឃុំខ្លួនអនិតិជនមួយចំនួនក្នុងប្រទេសអូស្ត្រាលី និងជាអ្នកប្រឹក្សារៀបចំគោលនយោបាយ និងគោលការណ៍ណែនាំនៃអន្តរមន្ទី ស្តីពីការគាំពារកុមារ និងអ្នកជំងឺផ្លូវចិត្ត សម្រាប់រដ្ឋាភិបាលញូវសៅវ៉ែល។ លោក បានផ្លាស់ប្តូរទីលំនៅមកប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្នុងឆ្នាំ១៩៩៩ ដែលលោកបានធ្វើទស្សនកិច្ចជាគ្រូបង្រៀន និងអ្នកផ្តល់ប្រឹក្សាលើមុខវិជ្ជាផ្នែកចិត្តវិទ្យានៅឯសាកលវិទ្យាល័យភ្នំពេញ។ ចាប់តាំងពីឆ្នាំ ១៩៩៩មក លោកបានបញ្ចប់ដោយជោគជ័យនូវគម្រោងស្រាវជ្រាវ ប្រមាណ១២០គម្រោងនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ជាមួយនឹងទីភ្នាក់ងារអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ម្ចាស់ជំនួយទ្វេភាគី និងអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាល ដោយធ្វើការផ្តោតលើការវាយតម្លៃលើកម្មវិធី និងផលប៉ះពាល់ ក្នុងវិស័យសុខភាពសាធារណៈ/សុខភាពបន្តពូជ សុខុមាលភាពសង្គម យែនឌ័រ បរិស្ថាន កសិកម្ម និងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចសង្គម។ លោក ...
More than 1,800 families seek help
About 60 people representing 1,850 families from seven villages in Battambang province’s Sampov Loun district yesterday petitioned Interior Minister Sar Kheng and Prime Minister Hun Sen for intervention in a land dispute. Villagers claim that district authorities leased 4,095 hectares of their land in Chrey ...
Minister wants e-trade by end of year
Cambodian government officials have called on the US-ASEAN Business Council to help finalise implementation of the Kingdom’s first e-commerce law by year’s end. However, US-ASEAN Business Council councillor Frances Zwening said Google did not provide an “in-depth response” to the request for assistance, but added ...
Vietnam trade passes $2bn
Trade between Cambodia and Vietnam surpassed a US$2 billion trade target for 2011 in just the first nine months of the year, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Phnom Penh. Trade between the two countries hit the higher-than-projected $2.07 billion in September, up from about ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011102852398/Business/vietnam-trade-passes-2bn.html
Demand for office space making a comeback
After a slow year in 2010, demand for office space in Phnom Penh is beginning to rebound as occupancy levels in new and existing units increase, real estate experts said yesterday. However, it is still unclear whether or not there is enough demand to fill ...
ILO program pushes dialogue
In the wake of several violent garment-factory protests last week, the International Labour Office yesterday launched a five-year, US$5 million Decent Work Country Program in Cambodia to focus on improving industrial relations. “[This] marks the beginning of a new body of work for the ILO in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030254818/National-news/ilo-program-pushes-dialogue.html
Construction material imports on the increase
A return to work on larger construction projects in Cambodia is leading to an increase in the impartation of construction materials, experts said yesterday. Cambodia’s construction materials are generally imported from China, Vietnam and Thailand, and also as far afield as Europe, said Khuon Savuth, Statistics ...