Hun Sen Lauds Land Project, Lashes Media
Decked out in camouflage military uniforms shipped fresh from Indonesia and wearing soldier’s caps emblazoned with the Ministry of Land Management’s logo, 1,100 students who have volunteered to measure land in an ambitious titling project attended a speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. The uniformed ...
Underage, Overworked
Child labour is being used at a footwear factory owned by the same Taiwan-based company as Wing Star Shoes – where two workers were killed in a ceiling collapse this month – numerous employees have told the Post. A former Ying Dong employee said the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052965915/National/underage-overworked.html
Monitors Say Ink Test Was for Transparency, Not Turmoil
Election monitors say a test of election ink that found it easily washable, and therefore a concern for fraudulent voting, was made in the spirit of transparency, and not to create “turmoil” ahead of Sunday’s polls. The election watchdog Comfrel on Friday tested the ink, provided ...
Cambodia gets rolling
The small but sleek Angkor Car can easily navigate the narrow streets of Cambodia, while with an electric engine saves on expensive fuel costs. It may cost $10,000 per vehicle, a bit steep for most local people, but the vehicle is a welcome testimony to ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/marketing/348783/cambodia-gets-rolling
A Hard Road To Phnom Penh For Marching Monks
Monks and their supporters marching to Phnom Penh on a 10-day “Peace Walk,” as part of International Human Rights Day, said Wednesday that pagodas along the way have repeatedly tried to shut them out, and they have scuffled with police on at least one occasion. About ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/a-hard-road-to-phnom-penh-for-marching-monks-48600/
Tanks, Rocket Launchers Seen Leaving Sihanoukville
Defense Minister Tea Banh on Thursday said that truckloads of tanks and mounted rocket launchers seen by witnesses leaving the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port in the direction of Phnom Penh would be used to protect the country in the case that someone “tries to destroy the ...
Khuon Narim and Chhorn Chansy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tanks-rocket-launchers-seen-leaving-sihanoukville-39825/
US Ambassador Says Corruption Scares Off American Firms
U.S. Ambassador William Todd on Thursday said that despite his efforts to promote Cambodia as an attractive destination for business, major American companies are reluctant to invest here as they still perceive the country as indelibly corrupt. “I believe now is the time for big U.S. ...
Ben Woods and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-ambassador-says-corruption-scares-off-american-firms-42799/
Opposition’s Demand for TV Access Crucial, Futile
Speaking on the first day of the opposition’s three-day mass demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park last month, CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann announced to an electrified crowd that the party would be seeking its own television station in negotiations with the ruling CPP. With the ...
Anti-Eviction Protesters Clash With Security Forces
Protesters, including a band of angry monks, clashed with military and riot police on Thursday in Phnom Penh as authorities tried to prevent a local housing rights group from carrying out a rally against forced evictions. Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), a coalition of five local ...
Alex Willemyns and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-eviction-protesters-clash-with-security-forces-44882/
World Bank Sees Challenges to Government Income Target
Cambodia appears unlikely to meet its target of becoming a high middle-income nation by 2030 and years of gains it has made reducing poverty could be erased by even a modest shock to the economy, according to the latest World Bank data. World Bank senior country ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/world-bank-sees-challenges-to-government-income-target-45405/
Cambodian ruling party faces test over next 5 years
Cambodian political analysts said Prime Minister Hun Sen needs to make “serious and deep reforms” over the next five years to restore his popularity after his party survived with a slim majority in July’s disputed general election. Sok Touch, deputy director of the Royal Academy ...
Global Times
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/829846.shtml#.Up_bWNIW2ls
Punished At the Polls, Cambodia’s Long-Serving PM Is Smiling Again
His party is reeling from its worst-ever election result. His political opponents have grown bold and vocal. His people are protesting on the streets. So why is Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen smiling? The long-ruling autocrat emerged beaming from lengthy closed-door meetings this week with his ...
The Irrawaddy News Staff
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/44319
កម្មវិធីរោងចក្រកាន់តែប្រសើរនៅកម្ពុជា មិនបង្ហាញទំនាក់ទំនងរវាងរោងចក្រល្មើសច្បាប់និងម្ចាស់ម៉ាក
អគាររោងចក្រ យូអេសអេ ហ្វូលី ហ្វៀលហ្គាមិន (USA Fully Field Garment) ដែលមានទីតាំងស្ថិតក្នុងខណ្ឌមានជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះមិនមានអ្វីនៅខាងក្នុងទេ ហើយនៅខាងក្រោមមានសំរាមរាយបា៉ាយ និងឡាំងពេញដោយស្លាកសម្គាល់ម៉ាកសម្លៀក ...
Simon Henderson និង ឃី សុវុទ្ធី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12876/
រដ្ឋាភិបាលនិងក្រុមហ៊ុនរងផលប៉ះពាល់ដោយសារការធ្វើសេចក្តីរាយការណ៏ពីការបង្ក្រាបកូដកម្ម
មន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលជាន់ខ្ពស់និងតំណាងក្រុមហ៊ុនសំលៀកបំពាក់លំដាប់ពិភពលោកដែលបានចូលរួមកិច្ចប្រជុំមួយ នៅក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធ សុទ្ធតែបានលើកឡើងពីក្តីបារម្មណ៏ចំពោះសេចក្តីរាយការណ៏របស់ប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយអំពីការបង្ក្រាបបង្ហូរឈាមកាលពី ...
Alex Willemyns និង អូន ភាព
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11046/
សេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មាន៖ លទ្ធផលសន្និបាតបូកសរុបផលការងារឆ្នាំ២០១៩ និងលើកទិសដៅការងារឆ្នាំ២០២០របស់ក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដី នគរូបនីយកម្ម និងសំណង់
នៅថ្ងៃទី ២៥ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ ២០១៩ ក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដី នគរូបនីយកម្ម និងសំណង់បានចេញផ្សាយសេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានមួយស្តីពីលទ្ធផលសន្និបាតបូកសរុបផលការងារឆ្នាំ២០១៩ និងលើកទិសដៅការងារឆ្នាំ២០២០។ អង្គសន្និបាតបានឯកភាពលើ ២១ ចំនុចធំៗ ដែលក្នុងនោះរួមមាន៖ការបន្ត ...
ក្រសួងរៀបចំដែនដី នគរូបនីយកម្ម និងសំណង់
Cambodia tests 'super rice' to fortify its children
For breakfast, it’s rice. For lunch, it’s rice again, and for dinner – rice. Sometimes, Cambodian Un Koy says, her mother will prepare Some beans or carrots, and on very special days even fish or pork. Across Asia, rice is the most widely consumed staple. That’s ...
Press Release: Open Development Cambodia Launches Election Page
An Election Info SmorgasbordOpen Development Cambodia (ODC) Posts a Wealth of Data on the Kingdom’s Upcoming Vote For an increasingly tech-savvy generation of Cambodians, Open Development Cambodia’s newly launched Khmer-language Elections Page, cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/election offers a one-stop shop for Cambodians to learn about elections. The page ...
Hunters and Hunted
Unable to effectively police the Cardamoms alone, the Cambodian government partners itself with several international NGOs. The forests directly north of Highway 48 arc patrolled with the help of Wildlife Alliance. Beginning in 2002 with two ranger stations, Wildlife Alliance now operates six outposts in the ...
Kratie Village Sealed After Girl’s Killing
Kratie city – Soldiers and military police yesterday blocked all access to a village where a 14-year-old girl was shot dead by security forces on Wednesday while the authorities launched a massive operation to evict hundreds of families from the area under a cloak of ...
CNRP Walks Out of NEC Complaints Hearing
The opposition CNRP on Thursday walked out of an election complaints session at the headquarters of the National Election Committee (NEC), claiming the body was investigating complaints improperly and without the presence of its leadership. The CNRP, which has called for a transparent and independent investigation ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-walks-out-of-nec-complaints-hearing-39840/