Cambodia lacks skilled workforce
Against the backdrop of the slight recovery by world economies, especially the US and Europe, two traditional markets for Cambodia, Asian Development Bank (ADB) deputy country director Peter Brimble sat down with the Post’s group business editor, May Kunmakara, to talk about Cambodia’s economic performance, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011160733/CEO-Talk/cambodia-lacks-skilled-workforce.html
Britain’s Fraud Office Probes Biofuel Scheme
A biofuel company is currently under investigation for fraud in the U.K. after millions of dollars of investors’ money was spent on a jatropha plantation in Banteay Meanchey province that never produced even a single drop of biodiesel. The company, London-based Sustainable Agro Energy PLC, had ...
Cambodia carve-up under the spotlight
There were scenes of jubilation in Cambodia’s capital last month when a group of 13 imprisoned women – including a 72-year-old grandmother – was set free by an appeal court. The women were arrested in May during peaceful demonstrations against the forced eviction of thousands ...
Clinton Says Asean Is Key to US Foreign Policy
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday raised the issue of territorial disputes in the South China Sea with Prime Minister Hun Sen and outlined the strong focus the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is currently placing on the Asean region, officials said. Arriving in ...
New species, old threats to wildlife: WWF
From a devilish-looking bat to a frog that sings like a bird, scientists have identified 126 new species in the Greater Mekong area, the WWF said Tuesday in a new report detailing discoveries in 2011. But from forest loss to the construction of major hydropower projects ...
Cambodia enters global marketplace, stock trading begins
After a string of false starts, Cambodia’s stock market finally started trading on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward for an impoverished country blighted by corruption and scarred by decades of civil war. But on Wednesday, traders were reaping fast gains as the price of ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/18/cambodia-bourse-idUSL3E8FH30X20120418
Bo Xilai accomplice's location uncertain
Patrick Devillers, the French national and associate of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, seemed to be putting down roots in Cambodia. The architect – whose shadowy presence has been on the fringes of one of modern China’s largest political scandals – owned land and a restaurant ...
Tens of Thousands Eligible for Land Titles Under New Policy
Tens of thousands of families – many of them currently embroiled in land disputes – will be eligible for land titles under an ambitious policy announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week, government officials said yesterday. On June 14, Mr. Hun Sen announced an ...
Phnom Penh Land Prices Slow Growth
Property prices in Phnom Penh increased by about 15 percent at the end of June compared to the same period in 2011 , according to data released yesterday by local realty firm Asia Real Estate Cambodia (ARC). The average price of commercial property in Phnom Penh ...
Call for Arsenal to Drop Links With Rubber Firm
An online petition has been launched calling on English Premier League football club Arsenal to break its ties with a Vietnamese rubber company accused of land grabbing and deforestation in Cambodia. A report by London-based Global Witness this month named Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) as ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/call-for-arsenal-to-drop-links-with-rubber-firm-26801/
Recovering supply lifts car sales
Thanks to a more stable and undisturbed supply chain, sales of new cars in Cambodia have risen dramatically over the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2012. But the purchases pale in comparison to the country’s thriving second-hand market. Kong ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070466651/Business/recovering-supply-lifts-car-sales.html
Sales of palm sugar not so sweet
Sales of Cambodia’s World Trade Organization-certified palm sugar from Kampong Speu province dipped to 12 tonnes at the end of the harvest season this year, about a 30 per cent decline from 2012. Two districts with palm trees in Kampong Speu province were granted geographical indication ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sales-palm-sugar-not-so-sweet
Thais to urge transport push
Thailand will propose to Cambodia that they jointly develop border areas and transport links between the two countries, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said yesterday. Thailand will also develop roads, railways and border checkpoints, he said. Proposed road projects include improving roads Nos.5, ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/352101/thais-to-urge-transport-push
Illegal miners tread carefully
In a remote part of Ratanakkiri, Lan Yorn ekes out an existence mining for gems. In his quest to provide for his family, Yorn engages in highly dangerous work illegally digging mines as deep as 12 metres with only the most basic of equipment. Government officials ...
Shane Worrell and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-miners-tread-carefully
‘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 ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/no-rush-for-cambodia-on-trans-pacific-trade-agreement-experts-say-cambodia/1794961.html
(English) Hoteliers Are Warming Up to Phnom Penh
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Emily Wilkins
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/hoteliers-are-warming-up-to-phnom-penh-51460/
ព្រះមហាក្សត្រនឹងគង់ជាអាជ្ញាកណ្តាលបើបក្សទាំងពីរយាង
ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ព្រះបាទ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី នឹងស្វាគមន៍តួនាទីជាអ្នកសម្របសម្រួលក្នុងការជជែកចរចារវាង គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ និងគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា។ នេះបើតាមការឲ្យដឹងពីទីប្រឹក្សា និងជាសមាជិករាជវង្ស។ លោក អ៊ុំ ដារ៉ាវុធ ទីប្រឹក្សាព្រះរាជ ...
មាស សុខជា
http://postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/109494-2014-01-21-03-08-48
(English) Justice still elusive for acid victims
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Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-still-elusive-acid-victims
(English) UN Envoy Asks Cambodia to Lift Demonstrations Ban
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/rapporteur-02062014181843.html
សាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញច្រានចោលសំណើសុំរៀបចំវេទិកាសាធារណៈនៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ
សហជីព និងសមាគមសរុបចំនួន១៨អង្គភាព បានឲ្យដឹងថា ខ្លួននឹងអនុវត្តតាមផែនការរៀបចំវេទិកាសាធារណៈមួយនៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញនៅថ្ងៃសៅរ៍នេះ ទោះបីជាសាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានបដិសេធសំណើរបស់ខ្លួន ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11515/