Forest Cleared for Stung Treng Dam Construction
Logging has officially begun in stung Treng province in preparation for the construction of a massive hydropower dam, but local authorities and villagers said Wednesday that the clearing of forest is going unchecked outside the official dam concession area. The Lower sesan 2 dam was approved ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forest-cleared-for-stung-treng-dam-construction-41693/
(English) PAL urged not to pursue deal to form Cambodia Airlines
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Lenie Lectura
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/02/04/14/pal-urged-not-pursue-deal-form-cambodia-airlines
(English) Proposal aims to bring workers’ voices to negotiating table
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/proposal-aims-to-bring-workers-voices-to-negotiating-table-67629/
ប្រាក់បំណាច់ផ្សេងៗមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលត្រូវបានដាក់បញ្ចូលជាកញ្ចប់តែមួយ
រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានសម្រេចដាក់បញ្ចូលគ្នាជាកញ្ចប់តែមួយនូវប្រាក់បំណាច់ផ្សេងៗ របស់សមាជិករាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលថ្នាក់អនុរដ្ឋលេខាធិការ ទីប្រឹក្សា ព្រមទាំងមន្ត្រីរាជការស៊ីវិល និងកងកម្លាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធ ចាប់ពីថ្នាក់អនុរដ្ឋលេខាធិការឡើងទៅឲ្យទៅជាប្រាក់បំណាច់មុខងារ។ តាមការសម្រេចនេះ នាយក ss='cambodia-color'>...
ប៉ិច សុធារី
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Premier Defends Sesan Dam, Says Critics Are Scaremongering
Prime Minister Hun sen defended the government’s plan for strung Treng province’s 400-megawatt Lower sesan 2 dam project in a letter to an sRP lawmaker, and accused opposition parties, NGOs and the media of exaggerating the negative impacts of hydropower dams. In the six-page letter ss='cambodia-color'>...
1.3 Million Visitors Arrive in First Semester for 2011
About 1.3 million International visitors arrived in Cambodia in semester one in 2011 with an increase of 13.4 percent if comparing to the same period last year, Tourism Minister announced at a seminar this week. “It is expected that about 2.8 million tourists will pour ss='cambodia-color'>...
China's investment in Cambodia reaches 8.8 bln USD
PHNOM PENH– Cambodia has received 8.8 billion U.s. dollars of investments from China from 1994 to July 2011, making China the leading country in the investments in the country, according to the reports from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Tuesday. The ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-09/06/c_131104903.htm
Cambodia's Tourism Slows
Cambodia’s statistics and Tourist Information Department, Ministry of Tourism, reported arrivals increased 15.7% in september, the lowest growth rate so far for this year based on 242,747 visits during the month. The percentage increase for the nine-month period was pulled down from 24.5% at ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/11/cambodias-tourism-slows/
ADB ups support for region’s trade finance
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the OPEC Fund for International Development have signed an agreement to support trade in emerging Asian countries under the ADB’s Trade Finance Program, according to a news release. The risk distribution agreement will support a projected incremental trade flow between ss='cambodia-color'>...
Complaint to Be Filed in US Over Koh Kong Sugar Plantations
Families in Koh Kong province will today file a complaint with the U.s. government against American sugar Refining (AsR) over farmland they claim they were violently evicted from to make way for two sugar plantations that supply the New York-based company. The 207 Koh Kong ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/complaint-to-be-filed-in-us-over-koh-kong-sugar-plantations-4956/
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 SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/332995/capital-ideas-for-developers
Abused women’s support services to expand
Helping women find better employment opportunities is key to ensuring they feel able to report rape and sexual abuse, government and civil society representatives said yesterday. Although Cambodian courts are prosecuting an increasing number of cases involving violence against women, economic concerns stop many from reporting ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265772/National/abused-women-s-support-services-to-expand.html
Textile Industry Gets Lessons From Korean Designers
Cambodian manufacturers on Wednesday received training from Korean designers on how to make apparel in line with current fashion trends in the hopes of assisting them in penetrating the lucrative but difficult Korean market. The event was organized by the AsEAN-Korea Center—an intergovernmental organization that aims ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/textile-industry-gets-lessons-from-korean-designers-35468/
Tourism not competitive
Cambodia ranks last in travel and tourism competitiveness among eight southeast Asian countries, according to a recently published study by the World Economic Forum. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013, which excluded Laos and Myanmar, said Cambodia comes 106th out of 140 countries this year, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040964952/Business/tourism-not-competitive.html
Cambodia and S Korea aid workers
Cambodia and South Korea Signed a memorandum of underStanding yeSterday, agreeing to work together to enSure worker protection. LaSt month,&nbSp; a Kampong Speu Shoe factory collapSe killed two workerS. The incident inSpired the MiniStry of Labour to implement a Health and Safety Network for workerS here SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061266215/National/cambodia-and-s-korea-aid-workers.html
Bribes remain rampant: TI
Despite facing a rampant graft problem that has seen Cambodians paying bribes far more often than their regional neighbors, they have growing faith in the government’s ability to fight it, a Transparency International survey has found. TI’s 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, which measures perceptions of corruption ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bribes-remain-rampant-survey
Tales of intimidation
When activists Mom sakin and sorn siyan took a stand against illegal logging in Kratie province last month, they were allegedly threatened with violence and lawsuits from officials. “Powerful people who wanted to intimidate us shot their guns into the air to prevent us from going ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050165357/National/tales-of-intimidation.html
Sugar Firm Files Defense in Cambodian Lawsuit
British sugar firm Tate & Lyle has denied knowing of the alleged abuses at two Cambodian plantations accused of illegally driving hundreds of families off their farms and says that the families have no right to ask the company for compensation, according to the firm’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-sugar-firm-files-defense-in-cambodian-lawsuit-21913/
(English) Italy steps up fight against Cambodian rice
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George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/italy-steps-up-fight-against-cambodian-rice-63945/
(English) Hun Sen Promotes 29 to Four-Star General
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Saing Soenthrith
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