Rubber Firm Accused of Illegal Deforestation
A rubber company that has been repeatedly accused of encroaching on communal land belonging to an ethnic minority in Ratanakkiri province has cleared 150 hectares of forest outside of its economic land concession (ELC) in the past month, according to the senior investigator for local ss='cambodia-color'>...
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New Battambang Passport Office Caters to Migrant Workers
The government announced Monday that it will open a new passport office in the northwest province of Battambang, the first such office outside Phnom Penh. In a statement, posted to the Ministry of Interior website, the ministry said that the new passport office will serve people ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Samsung pushes for 30 stores in Kingdom
SamSung planS to more than quadruple itS number of StoreS &ndaSh; currently Seven &ndaSh; in the Kingdom, aiming to have 30 brancheS by the end of thiS year. The move will extend itS lead aS the electronic brand with the moSt StoreS here, and comeS aS SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865864/Business/samsung-pushes-for-30-stores-in-kingdom.html
(English) NGOs ask PM to axe Koh Kong dam plans
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Shane Worrell
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(English) Railway leaves area in limbo
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Daniel de Carteret
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(English) As lake disappears, a development dilemma
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Cameron Rhoads and Sek Odom
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(English) Recruitment agencies operate without oversight
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Phorn Bopha and Alex Consiglio
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Cambodia and China Ink Aid, Trade Deals
Prime Minister Hun sen and a visiting top Chinese official on saturday presided over the signing of 29 letters and memoranda covering a broad range of business and military deals, including a $195.5 million loan for Cambodia to purchase Chinese-made military helicopters. A summary of ss='cambodia-color'>...
U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia returns from reverse trade mission in U.S.
U.S. AmbaSSador to Cambodia, William E. Todd returned from a reverSe trade miSSion in the United StateS to promote trade and inveStment opportunitieS in Cambodia. Around 50 Cambodian buSineSS repreSentativeS accompanied Mr. Todd in meetingS with Several U.S. buSineSSeS, inveStorS, and trade aSSociationS in Long Beach, SS='cambodia-color'>...
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Companies in Talks to Build Helicopter Factory
A U.S.-Korean joint venture iS in talkS with the government to build a helicopter manufacturing plant and a training facility for helicopter pilotS and mechanicS, an aviation official and a company repreSentative Said thiS week. Richard Pak, a repreSentative of South Korean firm Samik Bio Energy SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/companies-in-talks-to-build-helicopter-factory-5362/
Senator's 2nd Sugar Refinery to Start Up Monday
Two years after breaking ground, a sugar refinery situated on a pair of controversial plantation belonging to CPP senator Ly Yong Phat and his wife will have its first test run on Monday, Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday. He said the refinery would be ss='cambodia-color'>...
Australian Gov’t Ordered Railway Investigation
The Australian government yesterday said it has been aware of poor working conditions and inappropriate surveying methods used on Cambodia’s railway rehabilitation project since February and had ordered that the project’s partners investigate the matters. “The Australian Government was alerted to possible concerns about workplace health ss='cambodia-color'>...
KR commerce scrutinized
Democratic Kampuchea’s commerce committee was under the leadership of co-accused Khieu samphan and Ieng sary, testimony by former national bank deputy director sar Kimlomouth revealed yesterday at the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Although the Khmer Rouge regime had eliminated currency and attempted to turn the nation into ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Five Arrested for Stealing Clothing in Cargo Container Heist
Five people were arrested early sunday morning for allegedly stealing more than 8,000 articles of clothing from shipping container on its way to Phnom Penh for export to the U.s., police said. The five suspects are accused of removing the garments from the cargo container as ss='cambodia-color'>...
US Congressman Says Hun Sen Must Resign
The chairman of the U.S. HouSe of RepreSentativeS Committee on Foreign AffairS called on Prime MiniSter Hun Sen to Stand down during an event attended by CNRP Vice PreSident Kem Sokha in California on Saturday night. Speaking at a CNRP fundraiSing event, Ed Royce, a Republican SS='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and Phorn Bopha
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(English) US Support to Cambodian Military Under Scrutiny
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Matt Blomberg
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(English) Villagers refuse relocation
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Alice Cuddy and Phak Seangly
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Rice Crops Take A Pounding From Southeast Asian Floods
October marks the start of the main rice harvest in Thailand, the world’s largest exporter of the grain. Traders are waiting to see the full impact of flooding on the crop, but it’s already clear that output across southeast Asia will fall substantially. The U.N.’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia, N Korea Look to Forge Trade Ties
North Korea and Cambodia have attempting to increase trade between the two nations with Cambodia exporting rice and North Korea exporting knowledge. North Korea is set to share its knowledge of small scale hydropower and mining expertise in exchange for rice, beans and corn imports. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Namhong Travels to US on Official Visit
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong will travel to the U.s. on saturday to hold separate discussions with secretary of state Hillary Clinton and senator Jim Webb, chairman of the subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs, the government said in a statement. Mr. Namhong’s visit comes ss='cambodia-color'>...