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
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-promotes-29-to-four-star-general-51430/
Charcoal prices rise in urban areas
Deforestation and Cambodia’s strong economic growth have resulted in an increase in the price of charcoal, an energy source the poor are dependent on, charcoal vendors say. The price of charcoal in Phnom Penh had increased at least 200 riel ($0.05) a kilogram compared to 2012, charcoal ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022661597/Business/charcoal-prices-rise-in-urban-areas.html
Bar Association Launches New Code of Ethics: President Spars with Jurists' Organization
The president of the Bar Association of Cambodia has hit back at the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), which called for assurances that the Bar Association’s newly launched Code of Ethics, which was unveiled on Friday, would allow Cambodian lawyers to freely express themselves without ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bar-association-launches-new-code-of-ethics-17601/
Ban on Radio Broadcasts Lifted Amid US Pressure
The Ministry of Information on saturday lifted a ban on the broadcast of all Khmer-language foreign radio programs by FM stations during the month leading up to the July 28 national election amid swift and harsh rebuke from the U.s. and the broadcasters themselves. The ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bank to join growing group from Taiwan
Taiwan-based shanghai Commercial & savings Bank Ltd plans to open a representative office in Cambodia, joining an increasing number of Taiwanese banks and garment industry investors in the Kingdom. shanghai Commercial & savings would enter a crowded sector, behind other Taiwanese-based financial intuitions [sic]. Hua ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061366235/Business/bank-to-join-growing-group-from-taiwan.html
Government Downplays Cuts to US Military Aid
The government on Wednesday insisted that its decision to postpone U.s.-backed military assistance programs following the July 28 election would not have a negative impact on relations between the two countries. Marie Harf, the spokeswoman for the U.s. state Department, also said on Tuesday that ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-downplays-cuts-to-us-military-aid-39568/
ទិន្នន័យគយសិង្ហបុរី ស្តីពីការនាំចូលខ្សាច់ពីកម្ពុជា មានទឹកប្រាក់ច្រើនជាងការបង្ហាញរបស់កម្ពុជា
ទិន្នន័យគយរបស់ប្រទេសសិង្ហបុរីស្តីពីការនាំចូលខ្សាច់ពីប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានបង្ហាញនូវតួលេខជិតដូចគ្នានឹងតួលេខដែលកត់ត្រាដោយអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិដែលមន្រ្តីកំពូលកម្ពុជាកាលពីខែមុនបានច្រានចោលបន្ទាប់ពីទិន្នន័យ ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alex Willemyns and ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://bit.ly/2e4TDdo
តើមានអ្វីបាត់បង់ពីប្រជាធិបតេយ្យរបស់កម្ពុជា?
នៅក្នុងសុន្ទរកថាតាមទូរទស្សន៍ជាតិបន្ទាប់ពីការរំលាយគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ (CNRP) នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីកម្ពុជាលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុនសែនបានប្រកាសថា «រដ្ឋាភិបាលនឹងប្តេជ្ញាការពារកិច្ចការនយោបាយពហុបក្ស»។ ជាក់ស្តែងមានគណបក្សចំនួន ២០ បានដាក់ពាក្យសុំចូលរួម ss='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Nachemson
https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/whats-missing-from-cambodias-democracy/
One man’s trash, another’s power
Phnom Penh’s mountains of garbage might be keeping the city’s lights on as early as 2015 if all goes according to plan, developers and city officials have said. Under a new proposal presented to Phnom Penh Municipal Hall last Tuesday, the Green Asia Global Corporation is ss='cambodia-color'>...
'Morality' clause still worries rights group
A coalition of women’s groups have lashed out at Malaysia for continuing to endorse a “public morality” clause in the draft AsEAN Declaration on Human Rights. They claim the clause is subjective and discriminates against women and sexual minorities and should be ditched. Currently being drafted by ss='cambodia-color'>...