Cambodia's Hun Sen pushes on with forming government, rejects opposition role
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen pushed ahead with forming a new government on Tuesday and said he had rejected a demand from the main opposition party, which says it won July’s general election, to be given senior positions in parliament. Hun Sen told reporters that, ...
New fees, political crisis mean fewer businesses
The number of new businesses registering in Cambodia continued to plummet through the third quarter of this year amid tightened rules for start-ups and waning investor confidence following the still-unresolved national elections. Data from the Ministry of Commerce yesterday showed that 853 new businesses registered with ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-fees-political-crisis-mean-fewer-businesses
(English) Activist Monks, NGO Workers Held After Preah Vihear Protest
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Julia Wallace and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activist-monks-ngo-workers-held-after-preah-vihear-protest-49962/
International Support Growing for Cambodian Polls Probe: Sam Rainsy
growing behind his party’s call for an independent probe into claims of fraud and other irregularities in the country’s recent elections. Speaking in Washington following his visit to Europe, Sam Rainsy said that governments and parliamentarians in the European Union, the United States and several other ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/probe-10172013183118.html
Investigation Committee Nixed 1 Day After Creation
A joint-party task force that the National Election Committee (NEC) on Saturday announced would be set up to investigate alleged irregularities during the July 28 National election was abruptly abandoned Sunday, with NEC President Im Sousdey announcing that his organization will instead push ahead with ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/investigation-committee-nixed-1-day-after-creation-38277/
Land Disputes Focus Ire on Chinese Investors
Among thousands of residents in the Boeung Kak Lake district of the capital whose land has been targeted for redevelopment by a Chinese-financed real estate company, Tep Vanny carried a letter explaining the “sadness and suffering” caused by the project — which has turned Phnom ...
BDO expands Cambodia operations
The former country partner and staff of Grant Thornton Law and associates in Cambodia have joined the accountancy and advisory firm BDO Malaysia effective July 1, according to a statement. BDO is one of three accounting firms licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550176/Business/bdo-expands-cambodia-operations.html
Australia helps safer roads in Cambodia
H.E. Tram Iv Tek, Minister for Pulic Works and Transport this week hosted a ceremony in Kampong Chhnang to inaugurate the completion on 87 kilometers of maintenance on National Road 5 between Phnom Penh and Kampong Chhnang under the joing Road Asset Management Project. The ...
Japanese Bank and Cambodian MFI Join Forces
Maruhan Japan Bank and Seilanithih microfinance institution announced this month they are forming a business alliance through which they will work together for mutual benefit and to provide banking opportunities for Cambodia “By joining forces with us, Seilanithih will be able to expand the size of ...
អ្នកល្បាតព្រៃស្នើរសុំកាំភ្លើងចំនួន១២១០ដើមបន្ទាប់ពីមានការវាយប្រហារធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ
ក្រសួងបរិស្ថានបានសុំការអនុញ្ញាតពីក្រសួងការពារជាតិដើម្បីបំពាក់អាវុធអនុរក្សក្រុងនិងខេត្តដោយកាំភ្លើងវែងចំនួន ១២១០ដើមឆ្លើយតបទៅនឹងករណីដែលអនុរក្សម្នាក់ត្រូវបានសម្លាប់ និងពីរនាក់ទៀតត្រូវបានគេវាយធ្វើបាបយ៉ាងខ្លាំងខណៈពេលកំពុងល្បាតក្នុងខេត្តមណ្ឌលគីរី និងខេត្តកំពង់ធំ។ ...
វ៉ន ដារ៉ា
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-rangers-seek-1210-rifles-after-serious-attacks
និន្នាការអភិវឌ្ឍអចលនទ្រព្យបានងាកចេញពីតំបន់បឹងកេងកង ១
ទីផ្សារអចលនទ្រព្យនៅតំបន់បឹងកេងកង១ទំនងជាចាប់ផ្តើមឆ្អែតជាបណ្តើរៗហើយទើបអ្នកវិនិយោគមួយចំនួនបានងាកចេញពីតំបន់នេះហើយសម្លឹងទៅកាន់តំបន់រណបក្រៅពីតំបន់បឹងកេងកងទី១ដែលកំពុងមានការអភិវឌ្ឍយ៉ាងលឿន ...
ស៊ីវ ម៉េង
http://bit.ly/1MYp060
(English) S. Korea is laying the foundation for accelerating growth
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May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20465/s--korea-is-laying-the-foundation-for-accelerating-growth/
ការបោះឆ្នោតឃុំសង្កាត់ជាការសាកល្បងដ៏ធំមួយសម្រាប់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋកម្ពុជាទៅស្ថានីយបោះឆ្នោតនៅដើមខែក្រោយដើម្បីបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសរើសពួកមន្រ្តីសង្កាត់ជាង១ម៉ឺន២ពាន់នាក់ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ សន្លឹកឆ្នោតក៏កំពុងលេចចេញជាការតទល់ដាក់គ្នារវាងគណបក្សសំខាន់ៗ២នៅពេលដែលមានការគំរាមកំហែងពីសង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលនិងការបង្ក្រាប ...
Luke Hunt
http://khmer.voanews.com/a/commune-election-is-a-big-test-for-hun-sen/3873736.html
Trafficking convictions upheld
Five brokers saw their convictions upheld yesterday at Phnom Penh’s Court of Appeal for trafficking 20 Cambodian nationals into Thailand, but legal experts say such convictions for trafficking in Cambodia are still far too rare. While Judge Chan Madyna upheld the men’s 2010 convictions, he shaved ...
Human Trafficking Rise Prompts Action
Human and sex trafficking complaints had increased markedly this year, with police vowing to redouble their resources to fight the rampant crimes, officials said at a summit on Friday. Mok Chito, head of the General Secretariat of the National Police Commissioner’s central judicial department, said 113 ...
China gives Cambodia aid and thanks for ASEAN help
China has pledged more than $500 million in soft loans and grants to Cambodia and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao thanked it for helping Beijing maintain good relations with the regional grouping ASEAN, a Cambodian junior minister said. A summit of the 10 members of the Association ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/cambodia-china-idUSL4E8K41I320120904
“Once we enter a market, we are committed to it”
Philip Hampden-Smith, general manager of Southeast Asia operations at Manulife, talks about the company’s entry into the Cambodian market and what the new few years might bring. Cambodia’s nascent life insurance industry may be just only a year old but the nation of nearly 15 million ...
Habitat Day Marked by capital's evictees
Evictees wearing small model houses on their heads to symbolize their struggles marched to the National Assembly yesterday to ask authorities to intervene to stop more forced evictions. About 400 representatives of 40 communities across the capital joined human rights activists at the former Dey Krahorm eviction site ...
High hopes for regional pact
Businesses hailed the government’s planned rice trade partnership with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, but warned any effort to jointly fix prices would not be easy. Chookiat Ophaswongse, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said it would be great if Thailand could share information ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/321115/high-hopes-for-regional-pact
S'ville Families Get New Court Eviction Order
More than 100 families who had their evictions delayed on Thursday in observance of a nationally broadcast speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen have once again been ordered to move out, according to local officials. Provincial governor Sboang Sarath said yesterday that the provincial court had ...