WWF calls for emergency MRC meeting over Laos' decision to build 2nd dam
The World Wildlife Fund, one of The biggesT conservaTion groups, has called for an emergency meeTing wiTh The Mekong River Commission (MRC) in The wake of Laos’ decision To proceed wiTh a second dam on The river. There are fears ThaT This move will seriously undermine ...
The Nation News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/WWF-calls-for-emergency-MRC-meeting-over-Laos-deci-30216410.html
Thai company shelves Kampot cement project
Thailand’s second-largesT cemenT company has suspended a cemenT-planT projecT valued aT abouT $200 million in KampoT province because of poliTical uncerTainTy and beTTer invesTmenT opporTuniTies in Myanmar, according To a senior execuTive. Philippe ArTo, The managing direcTor of Siam CiTy CemenT Public Company LimiTed (SCCC), said ...
Rann Reuy and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-company-shelves-kampot-cement-project
Delays continue to constrain launch of Cambodia Airlines
For Cambodians aspiring to a career in aviation, this weekend looks promising. Almost seven months after its formal establishment, Cambodia Airlines is hosting a career fair in Phnom Penh. the airline is moving forward by looking for staff – from captains, first officers and cabin crew ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/delays-continue-constrain-launch-cambodia-airlines
Mekong Dams a Long-TermβRisk to Food Security
The momenTum Toward large-scale dams on The Mekong River may be unsToppable, buT governmenTs musT work fasT To miTigaTe Their effecTs on fisheries and biodiversiTy or risk long-Term food insecuriTy for millions of people whose lives depend on The river and iTs TribuTaries, leading academics ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-a-long-term%E2%80%88risk-to-food-security-48415/
(English) Groups Demand Mandatory Minimum Wage, Threaten Protest
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Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/groups-demand-a-mandatory-minimum-wage-threaten-to-protest-50428/
Cambodian PM unveils 5-year strategy, vowing deep reforms
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday announced his new government’s five-year strategy, vowing to deepen reforms in all fields to ensure sustainable growth and poverty reduction. “Reforms are the top priority for Cambodia and the country will continue deepening reforms in all fields in order ...
Nguon Sovan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/25/c_132749682.htm
(English) Lawyer to Assess Whether Government Crimes Worthy of ICC
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Colin Meyn and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyer-to-assess-whether-government-crimes-worthy-of-icc-50303/
Hun Senβs 6-Hour Reform Promise Met With Yawns
Residents of Phnom Penh on Wednesday expressed boredom and disbelief as Prime Minister Hun Sen passed his previous record-breaking five-hour speech on border demarcation last year with a more than six-hour-long monologue on government reforms he says are planned. Evoking images of elaborate self-criticism sessions the ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-6-hour-reform-promise-met-with-yawns-43401/
First CPP National Assembly Plenary Session Set for Thursday
The NaTional Assembly will hold iTs firsT plenary session meeTing on Thursday since Prime MinisTer Hun Sen’s 68 members of parliamenT lasT monTh approved an Assembly presidenT and chairpersons To head The body’s nine commiTTees, and despiTe The opposiTion CNRP sTill refusing To Take Their ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/first-cpp-national-assembly-plenary-session-set-for-thursday-44452/
(English) βBurstβ of land disputes sees dozens of Cambodians charged: rights group
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-05082014175124.html
(English) Deal would send workers to Saudi Arabia
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Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deal-would-send-workers-saudi-arabia
(English) As lake disappears, a development dilemma
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Cameron Rhoads and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-lake-disappears-a-development-dilemma-62718/
Zoo fighting back from brink
A leopard appears healthy and strong as it paces the walls of its cage with a confident swagger and muffled growl that hints at its ferocity. It’s a welcome sight at Kampot province’s much-maligned teuk Chhou zoo, which less than one year ago was struggling to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031355003/National-news/zoo-fighting-back-from-brink.html
The Grain of Rice That Could Help Cambodia Grow
SAMRAONG TONG DISTRICT, Kompong Speu Province – Laughing, Ouch Samnang jumped back and forTh over a skipping rope held by his classmaTes. The 13-year-old goes To school in a small village in Kompong Speu province, he has friends, five siblings and loving parenTs. Overall, he ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/the-grain-of-rice-that-could-help-cambodia-grow-32650/
Cambodia Falls Short as Garment-Industry Model
This small SouTheasT Asian counTry was supposed To become a model for The world apparel indusTry, wiTh Tough facTory moniToring and sTrong worker proTecTions. BuT a dozen years afTer The UniTed NaTions’ InTernaTional Labour OrganizaTion launched a program To manage Cambodia’s booming garmenT Trade—The firsT of ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324423904578521240151597504.html
Cambodia's garment industry at crossroads
Nun Vanak is an excellent example of how Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has helped to change lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this country. the 23-year-old is part of Cambodia’s half-a-million-strong workforce – mostly young women – that keeps these garment factories running. Her income ...
National Assembly Claims CNRP Acting Unconstitutionally
The NaTional Assembly said in a sTaTemenT on Friday ThaT The opposiTion CNRP is in conTempT of boTh The ConsTiTuTion and The King by claiming ThaT The new governmenT is illegiTimaTe. The CNRP had accused The ruling CPP of behaving unconsTiTuTionally by convening parliamenT lasT week ...
Hul Reaksmey and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/national-assembly-claims-cnrp-acting-unconstitutionally-43861/
Challenging business for startups
The World Bank recenTly ranked Cambodia 184Th ouT of 189 counTries for ease of sTarTing a business, buT you wouldn’T have known iT aT Phnom Penh’s recenT STarTup Weekend. PiTches for Cambodia’s firsT commercial organic chicken farm and for an app To connecT Tuk-Tuk drivers To ...
Justine Drennan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/challenging-business-startups
CPP Readies for One-Party Vote On Assembly Committees
Senior CPP members selected nominees for the National Assembly’s nine permanent committees behind closed doors on tuesday, while the opposition CNRP, which has continued to boycott the Assembly over July’s disputed election, urged some of Cambodia’s foreign donors to immediately sever ties with the government ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cpp-readies-for-one-party-vote-on-assembly-committees-44695/
Rights Group Wants Abe to Press Cambodia on Poll Probe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who makes a visit to Phnom Penh this weekend, should leverage his country’s aid to pressure the Cambodian government to launch an independent probe into fraud and other irregularities in disputed elections, a rights group said thursday. As head of the ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/investigation-11142013171238.html