Cambodia economy remains robust in 2013 amidst challenging global economic atmosphere: WB
Cambodia’s GDP growth was projected to reach 7 percent in equivalent to 15.65 billion U.s. dollars in 2013 despite a challenging global economic environment, the World Bank said Monday. Overall macroeconomic outlook remains positive, having sustained agricultural growth, continued strong performance of the tourism sector, a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-10/07/c_132776793.htm
Debts rise along with water level
With pant legs rolled up to his knees, Hoeuy Mon trudges through a brown and green patchwork of rice fields. His four hectares are in Tkov village, Prey Veng province, about 300 metres from his home. On most of the journey, walkways enclosing each square plot ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/debts-rise-along-water-level
After prison, Bopha undeterred
Shelving any thoughtS that 14 monthS in priSon had deterred her from proteSting, Yorm Bopha ruShed to the capital&rSquo;S Borei Keila community yeSterday morning to try to Stop authoritieS from forcing evicteeS from an abandoned building. Bopha waS one of about 10 Boeung Kak activiStS called SS='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly, Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/after-prison-bopha-undeterred
Poll anger simmers in Kandal
Two weeks ago, Kandal erupted. skirmishes broke out at multiple polling stations where voters were left off the list, and at least one was forced to shut down as locals blocked what they claimed were outsiders from voting. In the end, this hotly contested province swung ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poll-anger-simmers-kandal
Questions Raised Over Forms Used for Voters With No ID
Of the nearly 800,000 forms issued to voters without identification for use in the July 28 election, about 270,000 were issued between the end of the voter registration period and the election itself, raising concerns among observers they could have been used fraudulently. According to National ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/questions-raised-over-forms-used-for-voters-with-no-id-41437/
Mekong River Flooding Threatens Parts Of Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh will face flooding in certain areas in the coming days as the level of the Mekong River surpasses emergency level, while heavy rainfall from tropical storm Wutip, which made landfall in Laos from the south China sea on Friday, prompted the government to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-river-flooding-threatens-parts-of-phnom-penh-43841/
New Association to Take on Illegal DVD Sales
The Motion Picture As­sociation of Cambodia (MPAC), an independent body that aims to protect intellectual property, officially opened its doors Wednesday, vowing to put an end to the sale of pirated DVDs in Phnom Penh as its first order of business. “We are goingto serve everybody ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-association-to-take-on-illegal-dvd-sales-48122/
(English) Group Condemns Threats Against Leader of NGO
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Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/group-condemns-threats-against-leader-of-ngo-50405/
ដោយសារកូដកម្មកាន់តែរាលដាល រដ្ឋាភិបាលបញ្ជាឲ្យបិទរោងចក្រមួយរយៈ
រដ្ឋាភិបាលបានបញ្ជាឲ្យរោងចក្រទាំងអស់នៅក្រុងបាវិតបិទទ្វាររហូតដល់ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ ដើម្បីទប់ស្កាត់មិនឲ្យកូដកម្មរីករាលដាលកាន់តែធំទៅៗនៅទូទាំងប្រទេសខ្លាចគ្រប់គ្រងលែងបាន ss='cambodia-color'>...
អូន ភាព និង Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/13707/
សាលាក្រុងព្រមានចុងក្រោយដល់អ្នកភូមិដែលរងការបណ្តេញចេញ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ អ្នកភូមិមួយក្រុមមានគ្នាប្រហែល២០០នាក់មកពីខេត្តក្រចេះ បានបដិសេធមិន ss='cambodia-color'>...
អូន ភាព និង George Wright
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14768/
(English) A burden to bear
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Bennett Murray
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/burden-bear
សាលារាជធានីចង់ឲ្យធនាគារពិភពលោកនិង NGO ផ្ដល់សំណងដល់គ្រួសារដែលខ្លួនបណ្ដេញចេញ
តំណាងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋមួយចំនួនក្នុងចំណោមប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ៣.០០០គ្រួសារដែលត្រូវ ss='cambodia-color'>...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11634/
Alleged Kratie 'secessionist' arrested
Police in the capital yesterday arrested the alleged leader of a “secessionist plot”, Beehive Radio station director Mam sonando, who had already been abroad for two months when hundreds of security personnel stormed a Kratie province village in May. Khieu sopheak, a spokesman for the Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...
Garment grievances to be aired
Calls for big-name apparel brands to take more responsibility for working conditions in Cambodian garment factories are growing louder as representatives of retail companies ranging from H&M to Wal-Mart arrive in Phnom Penh for a semi-annual buyers’ forum this week. since it began three years ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-grievances-be-aired
'Threats' follow Prey Lang patrol
The Prey Lang community patrol network faced threats from illegal loggers after reporting the loggers’ names to authorities, along with the discovery of more than 120 cubic metres of illegally felled timber and seven chainsaws, a patrol representative said yesterday. Chheang Vuthy, a community representative from Kampong ss='cambodia-color'>...
Try Pheap Firm in Talks to Replicate Timber Deal
Well-known timber magnate Try Pheap is preparing to expand cross-country with a scheme that already gives him exclusive rights to buy all the wood felled on economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, a spokesman for the businessman said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Forestry Administration in February ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/try-pheap-firm-in-talks-to-replicate-timber-deal-48511/
Sand dredging hits eco-resort
An enormous sand dredging operation in Koh Kong province has escalated, a resort owner said yesterday, with boat crews allegedly trespassing onto private land and digging sand within hundreds of metres of the complex. Janet Newman, the owner of the Rainbow Lodge eco-tourism resort, said ss='cambodia-color'>...
City Hall bans June Textile rally
The president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions said yesterday that he would defy a municipal order banning employees from June Textile Factory from marching to Prime Minister Hun sen’s house to seek resolution in a labour dispute. According to a report from a City ss='cambodia-color'>...
Boeng Kak Project Breaks Ground Amid Continued Protests
CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin waS joined by hiS wife aS they broke ground on the controverSial project taking place at Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Boeng Kak Lake. They unveiled the architectural renderingS of the towerS to be built on what uSed to be the Site of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Tax-Free Trade Access Will Stay, Says EU
The European Union has said that it has no plans to suspend Cambodia’s duty-free trade access even though there have been concerns over land evictions as a result of economic land concessions. The EU is seeking that human rights are not the cost of trade ss='cambodia-color'>...