Land rights have key role in Cambodia
Faced with widespread evictions and opaque private sector deals, activists in Cambodia are calling on the government to be more open and transparent about land concessions, beef up mechanisms for resolving land disputes, and abide by the rule of law. It is estimated that ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/asean-philippines/188/details/345724/land-rights-have-key-role-in-cambodia
Blackouts tell tale of two cities
It is barely dawn in the quiet suburb of Phnom Penh Thmey, but already the silence has been pierced by the cacophony of generators. On some streets, nearly every household has one of the machines burning through diesel in a bid to fill their basic electricity ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032764725/National/blackouts-tell-tale-of-two-cities.html
Flood crisis another setback for real estate sector
While the political crisis in the country is still ongoing, Cambodia is now suffering another crisis due to flooding, which has had a big impact on the country’s real estate business. Kim Heang, the President of Khmer Real Estate, said the buying and selling of real ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/flood-crisis-another-setback-real-estate-sector
Police in strike shootings to be investigated
Police officers who defied orders not to open fire on rioting garment workers on Tuesday – an act that resulted in the fatal shooting of 49-year-old rice vendor Eng Sokhom – could lose their jobs, a National Police spokesman said yesterday. Kirt Chantarith told the Post that a ...
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-strike-shootings-be-investigated
Preah Vihear Residents Protest Future Eviction
Fifty-three families in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district on Sunday protested outside the headquarters of a Malaysian company that is threatening to clear villagers’ farmland to make way for a rubber plantation, rights groups and officials said Monday. The families, who live in Srayong commune’s Srayong ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-residents-protest-future-eviction-47273/
(English) Government Proposes 100% Hike in Minimum Wage by 2018
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-proposes-100-hike-in-minimum-wage-by-2018-49396/
Update says rubber company up to old tricks
Vietnamese rubber firm Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) has failed to keep its commitments to address human rights and environmental abuses at its plantations in Cambodia, Global Witness said in a statement yesterday. In May, the London-based NGO published an investigation into two Vietnamese rubber companies ...
Phak Seangly and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/update-says-rubber-company-old-tricks
Revenues Down at Pailin’s Dreamworld Casino
U.S.-listed firm Entertainment Gaming Asia’s (EGA) Dreamworld casino in Poipet province has seen revenue drop by almost 18 percent this year, according to financial results released by the company. Results issued on Thursday from Hong Kong said the casino, which opened in May 2012, made revenue ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/revenues-down-at-pailins-dreamworld-casino-39102/
Cambodia's ruling party ready to resume talks with opposition, but refuses probe
The ruling party said Thursday it was ready to resume talks with the opposition party over the contested election results, but ruled out the possibility of talks on the formation of a special investigation committee into poll irregularities since it was against the Constitution. “The Cambodian ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-08/29/c_132674417.htm
Cambodian King urges newly-elected lawmakers to see national interest as top priority
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday called on all newly-elected lawmakers to see the country’ s interest as the top priority and unify for the nation’s prestige. Speaking at the opening session of the fifth legislature of the National Assembly, the king congratulated all lawmakers for ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/23/c_132742276.htm
Prisons awash with inmates
More than two weeks since some 850 inmates were evacuated from Banteay Meanchey prison after floodwater caused a wall to collapse, the move is illuminating just how overcrowded their destinations are, an NGO worker has said. Sharon Critoph, a prison consultant for rights group Licadho, said ...
Amelia Woodside and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisons-awash-inmates
U.S. gov't launches HIV research project in Cambodia
The United States government on Wednesday launched a HIV research project in Cambodia, aiming to collect and disseminate critical data that will help the country in the fight against HIV. Men Chean Rithy, coordinator for the newly-launched HIV Innovate and Evaluate Project, said the U.S. provided ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131211/us-govt-launches-hiv-research-project-cambodia
តុលាការខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺលើកយករឿងក្តីវិវាទដីធ្លីពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងសមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាម្នាក់មកជំនុំជម្រះ
តំណាងសហគមន៍ម្នាក់បាននិយាយថា សាលាដំបូងខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ បានកោះហៅប្ដីប្រពន្ធពីរនាក់ដែលជាប់ចោទ ពីបទទន្ទ្រានយកដីដែលកាត់ចេញពីដីចម្ការរបស់លោក លី យ៉ុងផាត់ សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាមកពីគណបក្សប្រជាជន ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8441/
សហជីពសេរីកម្មករចេញផ្សាយរបាយការណ៍ថា ចំនួនកូដកម្មកើនឡើង៣៥ភាគរយក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ សហជីពសេរីកម្មករ បានចេញផ្សាយរបាយការណ៍អំពីកំណើនសរុបនៃចំនួនកូដកម្មនៅតាមសាខាមូលដ្ឋានរបស់ខ្លួនកាលពីឆ្នាំមុន ពោលគឺចំនួនកូដកម្មសរុបបានកើនឡើងដល់១៣៦ ក្នុងរយៈពេល១១ខែដើមឆ្នាំ២០១៣ បើប្រៀបធៀបជាមួយឆ្នាំ ...
សេក ឧត្តម
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9377/
(English) Villagers protest after sand dumped on land
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Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-protest-after-sand-dumped-on-land-57736/
(English) After two men die in hit and run, a passive police response
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Sek Odom and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-two-men-die-in-hit-and-run-a-passive-police-response-59952/
(English) As prices fall, rat hunting’s few charms fade
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Mech Dara and Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-prices-fall-rat-huntings-few-charms-fade-64042/
សង្គមស៊ីវិលស្នើរដ្ឋាភិបាល ធានាគុណភាព សុវត្ថិភាពកន្លែងការងារកម្មករសំណង់
ក្រុមសង្គមស៊ីវិលបានទាមទារឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលមានវិធានការម៉ឺងម៉ាត់ ដើម្បីធានាគុណភាព និងសុវត្ថិភាពនៅកន្លែងធ្វើការងារ សម្រាប់កម្មករសំណង់ ក្រោយពីហេតុការណ៍បាក់រលំអគារចំនួន ៣ ដងកាលពីឆ្នាំមុន និងដើមឆ្នាំនេះដែលបណ្តាលឲ្យមានមនុស្សស្លាប់ជិត ៧០ នាក់ ដោយពួកគេគ្រោងរួមគ្នាជាង ១០០ ...
វ៉ន ដារ៉ា
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អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិលើកឡើងថា ជនជាតិភាគតិចចំនួនប្រាំបួននាក់បន្ថែមទៀតដែលមកដល់ខេត្តរតនគិរីត្រូវការជំនួយជាបន្ទាន់
ពីរសប្ដាហ៍បន្ទាប់ពីអ្នកស្វែងរកសិទ្ធិជ្រកកោនជនជាតិម៉ុងតាញ៉ាចំនួនប្រាំនាក់ បានឆ្លងកាត់ព្រំដែនពីប្រទេសវៀតណាមចូលមកខេត្តរតនគិរី អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិបានលើកឡើងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា សេចក្ដីរាយការណ៍អំពីការមកដល់នៃអ្នកស្វែងរកសិទ្ធិជ្រកកោន ...
អូន ភាព និង គ្រិស ម៉ូល្លឺរ
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/21984/
Climate Change Poses Major Threat to Cambodia’s Rural Poor
The Cambodian economy faces major problems for its predominantly rural population in the event of more erratic climate shifts, according to the United Nations Development Programme’s 2011 Cambodian Human Development Report. “This is an agrarian economy that depends very much on weather. And we are among the ...