Hun Sen Mocks Opposition Request for Donors to Freeze Aid
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday rebuked the opposition for urging foreign donors to refrain from signing any new agreements with the government until after the election and boasted of a new $26 million handed over last week by the European Union (E.U.) E.U. Ambassador ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-mocks-opposition-request-for-donors-to-freeze-aid-31547/
Parties slug it out in rare TV debate
Breaking into a medium almost universally controlled by the ruling party, acting opposition president Kem Sokha squared off yesterday against rival legislators during the filming of what may well have been Cambodia’s first televised national election debate. The debate at the state-run TVK studios, which featured ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-slug-it-out-rare-tv-debate
New Cafe to Enter Growing Cambodian Market
Caffe Bene, South Korea’s second-largest coffee chain, on Tuesday announced plans to open in Cambodia, according to a Korean media report. But while its entrance adds one more competitor to the more than half-a-dozen coffee chains already in the country, local franchises said the market is ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-cafe-to-enter-growing-cambodian-market-36434/
Cambodia’s flooding brings specter of disease
Flooding is a perennial pain in Cambodia, the low-lying, deeply impoverished nation squeezed between Thailand and Vietnam. About this time each year, rivers swell, lakes expand and villages sink beneath soupy brown waters. But this year’s flooding woes are proving particularly miserable. More than 100 are dead, ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/cambodia/131011/cambodia-floods-again-disease-dengue
March a victory of another sort
While the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s continued push for an investigation into election irregularities may at times feel quixotic, the fact that the opposition was able to hold a peaceful march yesterday without incident represents a perhaps equally significant victory for freedom of assembly. The Ministry ...
Shane Worrell, P.2
http://www.phnompenhpost.com
Cambodian maids raring to go
At 5am, without any alarm clock going off, a dozen Cambodian maids wake up with near-military precision. Over the next hour, the women sweep, wash and scrub spotless their two-storey training centre in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. They all want to be maids in Singapore, eager ...
The Star Online Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2013/09/23/Cambodian-maids-raring-to-go.aspx
Mercedes-Benz Distributor to Halt Repairs on Illegal Imports
Hung Hiep (Cambodia) Co., the only company in Cambodia licensed to import Mercedes-Benz luxury vehicles, said Monday it would no longer make repairs to new lines of Mercedes vehicles that are smuggled into the country. Company officials said the move is to reduce scams and repair ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mercedes-benz-distributor-to-halt-repairs-on-illegal-imports-45121/
At Preah Vihear, tourists undeterred
Not even the imminent threat of war could quell tourists’ appetite for historical sites – at least at Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple, which was the subject of a highly contentious ruling at the International Court of Justice yesterday. While government figures show that local tourism to ...
Stuart White and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-vihear-tourists-undeterred
Police Have Not Enforced Traffic Laws for Four Months
Traffic police across the country have still not resumed enforcing traffic laws after a pre-election enforcement moratorium that was meant to last just a few weeks ahead of the July 28 poll, according to government and U.N. officials. “The superiors ordered [police] to stop, for a ...
Khuon Narim and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-have-not-enforced-traffic-laws-for-four-months-47521/
(English) Premier’s Vietnam Visit Draws Opposition Ire
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Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/premier-vietnam-visit-draws-opposition-ire/1816809.html
Cops nab 2 in foreigner shootings
A man suspected of robbing and shooting two foreign nationals late last month was shot four times on Monday night during a shootout with police before being taken into custody. Police also apprehended a second, uninjured suspect after the shootout. Chea Sovann, 32, and Sa Ravan, ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-nab-2-foreigner-shootings
Lender singled out after documentary
Some 1,000 employees from one of Cambodia’s largest microfinance institutions gathered in the Koh Pich exhibition hall yesterday to watch A River Changes Course, the award-winning documentary about three Cambodians from different backgrounds all struggling to eke out a living in fast-changing times. Why Angkor Mikroheranhvatho (Kampuchea) ...
Joe Freeman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lender-singled-out-after-documentary
ILO hails better protection for Cambodian migrant workers
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic for is pleased to support the official launch of measures to better protect Cambodian migrant workers. On 16 December 2013, ahead of International Migrants Day on 18 December, the Cambodian Ministry ...
Fibre2Fashion News Staff
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=157264
(English) Council of Ministers Nullifies Telecom Law
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Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl -
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/council-of-ministers-nullifies-telecom-law-49573/
Cambodian King opens new parliament despite opposition boycott
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday presided over the opening session of the fifth legislature of the National Assembly, which was attended by only the ruling party’s elected lawmakers as the opposition’s elected legislators boycotted it. Sixty-eight elected lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) ...
Nzweek News Staff
http://www.nzweek.com/world/cambodian-king-opens-new-parliament-despite-opposition-boycott-81975/
ក្រុមសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស៖ ច្បាប់ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មអីុនធើណិតជាវិធីបំបាត់សំឡេងរបស់សកម្មជននៅកម្ពុជា
ក្រុមអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សបានលើកឡើងបន្ទាប់ពីច្បាប់ថតចម្លងច្បាប់ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មអីុនធើណិតត្រូវបានផ្សព្វផ្សាយតាមប្រព័ន្ធអីុនធើណិតកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា ច្បាប់របស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជានេះអាចនឹងដាក់ទោសដល់អ្នកដែលប្រើប្រាស់អីុនធើណិតដើម្បីផ្សព្វ ...
Joshua Wilwohl និង ហ៊ុល រស្មី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/13029/
(English) Unions, opposition ‘hindering wage talks’
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Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-opposition-%E2%80%98hindering-wage-talks%E2%80%99
(English) Medical students, Gov’t tussle over new exam
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Sinary Sany
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/medical-students-govt-tussle-over-new-exam-56780/
(English) Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh expressway plans announced
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Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-to-ho-chi-minh-expressway-plans-announced-57626/
(English) Chinese Push Sesan Dam Talks With Hun Sen
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Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-push-sesan-dam-talks-with-hun-sen-50978/