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ស្របពេលដែលប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានងើបចេញពីសង្គ្រាមអស់រយៈពេលជាច្រើនឆ្នាំមក សម្ពាធបានកើនឡើងទៅលើការប្រើប្រាស់និងការគ្រប់គ្រងធនធានធម្មជាតិនិងតំបន់រសើបនានា។ ជាការឆ្លើយតបទៅនឹងសម្ពាធទាំងនេះ តំបន់ការពារមួយចំនួនត្រូវបានបង្កើតឡើងក្រោមព្រះរាជក្រឹត្យឆ្នាំ១៩៩៣ ដើម្បីការពារតំបន់ដែលមានសារៈសំខាន់ ផ្នែកបរិស្ថាននិង វប្បធម៌។ ...
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សក្តានុពលរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា សម្រាប់ការរុករករ៉ែអ៊ុយរ៉ាញ៉ូម ត្រូវបានពិនិត្យនៅក្នុងឆ្នាំ១៩៧៧ ដោយទីភ្នាក់ងារថាមពលបរិមាណូអន្តរជាតិ(IAEA)នៅក្រោមគម្រោងវាយតម្លៃ និងការសិក្សាលិទ្ធភាពអំណោយផលធនធានរ៉ែអ៊ុយរ៉ាញ៉ូមអន្ដរជាតិ។ របកគំហើញនៃការរុករកនេះ បានបង្ហាញថា សក្តានុពលនៃរ៉ែអ៊ុយរ៉ាញ៉ូមនៅមានកម្រិតនៅឡើយនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ...
Protected forest ‘is finished’
In the latest government backed appropriation of protected land, nearly 20,000 hectares of the Boeung Per wildlife sanctuary have been reclassified as state private land for agro-industrial development. Two sub-decrees, obtained by The Post this week and initialed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on July ...
11 Cambodian Loggers Killed In Two Months
The deaths of four more Cambodian over the past two weeks brings to 11 the number of people killed by Thai soldiers so far this year while illegally logging across the border. The death toll is fast approaching the 15 Cambodians killed in the entirety ...
Japanese Ambassador Airs Concerns Over SEZ Shooting
Japanese Ambassador Masafumi Kuroki yesterday said he hoped the government arrests the gunman behind the Feb. 20 triple shooting of protesting workers in Svay Rieng province, and that safety must be ensured for investors in the special economic zone (SEZ) where the incident took place. ...
Advocates voice concerns ahead of ecotourism conference
As the Tourism Ministry prepares to host the World Ecotourism Conference in Sihanoukville on Monday, ecotourism operators in three provinces said they were worried that the government’s development practices would undermine the very concept the conference is promoting. According to Tith Chanda, director general of the ...
NGOs Urge Cambodia, Malaysia to Agree on Maid Protection
More than 60 Cambodian and international human rights groups and trade unions yesterday called on Cambodia and Malaysia to reach a bilateral agreement that would guarantee strong labor rights and working conditions for Cambodian maids employed in Malaysia. “The time is ripe for the Cambodian ...
Mystery Surrounds SEZ Triple Shooting Case
Confusion continued to swirl around the fate of Bavet city Governor Chhuk Bundith yesterday after the Interior Ministry last week identified him as the sole suspect in the Feb. 20 triple shooting of protesters at a special economic zone (SEZ). While human rights groups claimed yesterday ...
Hello staff contracts 'breached'
Almost 100 members of the sales and service staff of mobile phone provider Hellopoint are awaiting a meeting with the Ministry of Labour after submitting a complaint last month claiming that a policy introduced in July amounted to a breach of their employment contracts. According to ...
Donors Criticize Sonando Sentence
Three of the Cambodia’s most important donors have now condemned the 20-year jail term handed down to independent radio station owner Mam Sonando for alleged insurrection activities-a verdict branded as politically motivated by many local and international human rights groups. Despite the tough words from the normally very ...
Window closing on AHRD: NGOs
Time is running out to rid the proposed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration of clauses that would restrict peoples’ rights rather than protect and enhance them, civil society groups said yesterday. Nay Vanda, deputy head of the monitoring section of rights group Adhoc, said civil society groups needed more ...
Second international machinery fair opens this weekend
The second Cambodia International Machinery Industry Fair 2012 (CIMIF 2012) will kick off this weekend from at the Diamond Island Convention Center in an effort to promote the industry development and foreign investment in Cambodia. It will run for four days from tomorrow to August ...
Court Completes Investigation of Svay Rieng Triple Shooting
The Svay Rieng Provincial Court has wrapped up an investigation of February’s triple shooting of female garment workers in Bavet City, a case in which the city’s former governor, Chhouk Bundith, is still the only suspect, a court official said yesterday. The court has charged ...
'Cambodia best ASEAN market for Indian SMEs'
Cambodia has recorded a growth rate of 10 percent since the last 10 years, and the time is right for the Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to look at Cambodia as its key partner for accessing the ASEAN marke [sic], Ambassador of India in ...
Sonando Verdict a Tough Test for KRT Legacy
When the international community hammered out a hard-fought deal with the government in 2001 for a war crimes tribunal to try the most senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, they hoped their efforts would also set an example for local court system riddled with ...
Hun Sen Alludes to Mam Sonando in Warning Message
Journalists, NGO workers and politicians are not immune to the long arm of the law if they flout it, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday as he distributed land titles in Kampot province. Mr. Hun Sen’s comments come 10 days after independent radio station owner Mam ...
PM pledges pay boost
The government on Friday pledged a 20 per cent increase to the base salary of civil servants year-on-year in a move one government official insisted was based on economics, not politics. The announcement was made in a statement released over the weekend outlining government spending for ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102959455/National-news/government-pledges-pay-boost.html
Cambodia sells more, buys less
Trade between Thailand and Cambodia went off in a wild divergence in the first quarter of this year. Exports from Cambodia rose 19% to US$102 million (2.9 billion baht) year-on-year, while Thailand’s imports recorded a 4% decline to $1 billion, the Phnom Penh Post reported on ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351002/strong-baht-sends-thai-exports-to-cambodia-down
Cambodia marks Forest Day
Cambodia observed the Forest Day on Tuesday, urging people to plant trees in order to ensure the sustainability of forest and environment. The celebration was presided over by King Norodom Sihamoni and attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and senior officials of the government, the parliament, ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-07/09/c_132525872.htm
Deposits and loans increase
Deposit and loans at major commercial banks have continued to climb over the first half of this year, industry officials say. Grant Knuckey, chief executive officer of ANZ Royal Bank, said yesterday that ANZ continues to see strong growth in trade finance led by the agricultural ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deposits-and-loans-increase