France, Australia Congratulate Hun Sen on Win
France and Australia have congratulated Prime Minister Hun Sen on his official re-election in July’s contested vote, with their endorsement coming as opposition leader Sam Rainsy visits Europe urging donors to suspend ties with the new government. While many other countries—mostly in Asia—were quick to congratulate ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/france-australia-congratulate-hun-sen-on-win-45001/
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
ព្រៃឈើកំពុងត្រូវបំផ្លាញដោយការសង់វារីអគ្គិសនី
គម្រោងទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី សេសាន ក្រោម ២ គឺជាកញ្ចក់តូចមួយដែលកំពុងឆ្លុះបញ្ចាំងអំពីប្រទេស កម្ពុជា។ ក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធអេកូចម្រុះបំផុតមួយនៅលើពិភពលោកនេះ ព្រៃឈើទាំងមូលត្រូវបានគេកាប់បំផ្លាញដោយមិនគោរពច្បាប់ ចំណែកឯគម្រោង ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី និង Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/waiting-deluge
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
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
(English) Reforestry Claim ‘A Stretch’
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May Titthara and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reforestry-claim-%E2%80%98-stretch%E2%80%99
Made in Cambodia: Foreign Industry Calls on Cambodia as the Next “Low-Cost” Alternative in All Things Manufacturing
About a decade ago, global manufacturing firms staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. The consensus was the continued development of a regional supply chain that had formed in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, ...
Mystery Surrounds Ratanakkiri’s First Special Economic Zone
Construction of a special economic zone (SEZ) near the Vietnamese border in Ratanakkiri province’s eastern O’Yadaw district is on track, but who exactly will avail of the facility and its services remains a mystery—even for senior provincial officials. The latest announced venture of agro-industry land concession ...
កម្មករកាន់តែច្រើនធ្វើកូដកម្មនៅក្រុង បាវិត ដើម្បីទាមទារប្រាក់ឧបត្ថម្ភ
សហជីពប្រហែលជាបរាជ័យក្នុងការធ្វើកូដកម្មដោយការស្នាក់នៅផ្ទះដើម្បីទាម ទារដំឡើងប្រាក់ខែនៅក្រោយថ្ងៃចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរកាលពីដើមខែនេះ។ ប៉ុន្តែកូដកម្មទាមទារប្រាក់ឧបត្ថម្ភកំពុងមានសន្ទុះកើនឡើងនៅក្នុងខេត្តស្វាយរៀង ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/archives/13553/
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 ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/try-pheap-firm-in-talks-to-replicate-timber-deal-48511/
គ្រួសារដែលគេបណ្តេញចេញរង់ចាំជំនួយពីធនាគាអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អាសុី
កាលពីឆ្នាំ២០១១ លោក អឿន ភីរុន បានខ្ចីលុយចំនួន៤៥០ដុល្លារពីធនាគារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អាស៊ី ដោយប្រើលុយនោះពាក់កណ្តាលសម្រាប់ទិញម៉ូតូចាស់មួយគ្រឿង និងពាក់កណ្តាលទៀតចំណាយទៅលើការចិញ្ចឹមសត្វទា និងសត្វមាន់មួយចំនួនតូច។ គ្រួសាររបស់គាត់ និង ...
Zsombor Peter និង ផន បុប្ផា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12974/
ពលរដ្ឋដែលពឹងផ្អែកខ្លាំងពេកលើរបរកសិកម្មប្រឈមនឹងបញ្ហាសេដ្ឋកិច្ច
ផលិតភាពសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរបស់កម្ពុជា ស្ថិតនៅក្នុងបញ្ហាដោយសារភាពអសមត្ថភាព ក្នុងការប្រែក្លាយចំនួនប្រជាពលរដ្ឋវ័យក្មេងឲ្យទៅជាកម្លាំងពលកម្មជំនាញ និងការរីកចម្រើនយឺតដោយសារការពឹងផ្អែកខ្លាំងពេកទៅលើកសិកម្ម។ នេះបើតាមរបាយការណ៍របស់ធនាគារ ...
Laignee Barron
http://postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/114219-2014-05-13-02-44-01
(English) Four Dead in Cambodia Garment Strike
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Chun Han Wong and Sun Narin
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304325004579297511167310046
After Reform Promise, a Return to Statecraft as Usual
In an epic, six-hour address in September, Prime Minister Hun Sen apologized for the government’s many “problems” and promised a more reformist government over the next five years of his rule. Targeting corruption, deforestation and the lack of transparency across government sectors, the prime minister made ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-reform-promise-a-return-to-statecraft-as-usual-48602/
(English) Hun Sen Asks UN Envoy to Help End Cambodia’s Political Crisis
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/intervention-01152014162154.html
What does the future hold?
Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. Sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become ...
Kay Kimsong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/analysis-and-op-ed/what-does-future-hold
Factory Orders Staff Back to Work Amid Safety Concerns
Employees at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in Kompong Speu province where two workers were killed when one of the building’s floors collapsed on Thursday have been ordered back to work today, despite ongoing concerns from labor activists about the building’s safety. While conceding that some parts ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-orders-staff-back-to-work-amid-safety-concerns-25192/
Government Blames Child Flood Deaths on ‘Careless’ Mothers
The first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) on Monday blamed some of the deaths in this year’s floods on “careless” mothers. “Maybe the mothers are careless, maybe they don’t pay much attention to their children, so they drown,” NCDM First Vice ...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-blames-child-flood-deaths-on-careless-mothers-45666/
Ratanakkiri Temple Now in Land Concession
Like most millennium-old structures discovered in the forests of Cambodia, the locals had known all along about this one. Jarai minority villagers in this remote spot in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district not only knew about it, but they revered the red-brick temple, using it as a ...
Kuch Naren and Michelle Vachon
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ratanakkiri-temple-now-in-land-concession-47779/