Sokimex Group Plans 15-Story Hotel Near Royal Palace
Local conglomerate Sokimex Group plans to construct a 15-story hotel as well as a supermarket and high-end shops on a more than 15,000-square-meter plot of land behind Phnom Penh’s Wat Ounalom, the firm’s founder, Sok Kong, said Thursday. Mr. Kong said his company had applied for ...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokimex-group-plans-15-story-hotel-near-royal-palace-41433/
Appeal Court to Try Stalled Case of Murdered Journalist
The case of journalist Hang Serei Odom, who was found hacked to death and stuffed into the trunk of his Toyota Camry in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Chum district on September 11 last year, will be heard by the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh, a senior court ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/appeal-court-to-try-stalled-case-of-murdered-journalist-45107/
Civil Society Organizations to Push for Electoral Overhaul
As the dispute over July’s national election enters its fourth month, a civil society umbrella organization, the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA), is due to release a comprehensive report on widespread irregularities recorded during the ballot. The report will be followed by the drafting of a proposed ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/civil-society-organizations-to-push-for-electoral-overhaul-46140/
Cambodia Tourism Industry Fears Fallout From Election Uncertainty
Enterprises in Cambodia’s biggest tourism hub have called on Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy to quickly resolve a festering election dispute that they say is threatening business prospects as tensions rise ahead of mass opposition protests next week. Travel companies ...
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/tourism-08302013144408.html
Try Pheap Bulldozers Return to Clear Land, Stopped by Protesters
About 100 villagers in Preah Vihear province’s Rovieng district on Saturday turned out in protest for the second time this week to prevent a bulldozer that belongs to well-known businessman Try Pheap from clearing their land next to his rubber plantation, local officials and residents ...
(English) Hun Sen Calls On CPP Voters To Defend His Government
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Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-calls-on-cpp-voters-to-defend-his-government-50875/
(English) No mention of party affiliation in code for judges
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Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-mention-of-party-affiliation-in-code-for-judges-54183/
‘Downgrade’ of railway homes
Compensation for Phnom Penh villagers set to be displaced by railway reconstruction may be insufficient due to a “systematic downgrade” of the value of their homes by the government, a report released yesterday said. The report, issued by the NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut, said the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550186/National-news/downgrade-of-railway-homes.html
Vulnerable evictees speak out
An 11-year-old HIV-positive girl evicted from Borei Keila moved back to Phnom Penh to live with her aunt because she had no access to medication at her relocation site in Kandal province, she said yesterday. During another day of protests outside the National Assembly, schoolgirl Theng ...
Bulldozing stopped, for now
Ethnic minority Tumpoun villagers yesterday delivered a thumb-printed petition to commune, district and provincial authorities in Ratanakkiri demanding intervention in a Lumphat district land dispute after villagers held five rubber plantation company employees hostage on Tuesday. Five employees of Jing Zhong Ri Cambodia Co Ltd were ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022454706/National-news/bulldozing-stopped-for-now.html
River widening divides opinions
More than 30 families living near the Siem Reap River in Siem Reap’s Aranh Sakor village have sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen and member of parliament Seang Nam, asking not to be evicted from their land because of the planned widening of ...
Appeal Court Declines to Hear Acid Attack Case
More than a year after the people they believe attacked them with acid walked free, the Court of Appeal yesterday declined to hear an appeal filed by two victims of a 2010 acid attack against their alleged assailants. The Appeal Court said the postponement was due ...
Templeton Cautions Investors Riding Myanmar, Cambodia Growth
Investors should be cautious when pursuing the opportunities for growth present in Myanmar and Cambodia, Southeast Asia’s frontier markets, Templeton Asset Management Ltd. said. In Cambodia, state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority will have its initial public offering this month, making it the first to ...
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កាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន សាលាដំបូងខេត្តសៀមរាបបានផ្តន្ទាទោសឈ្មោះ តៅ សាវឿន អាយុ២៦ ...
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ផែភ្នំពេញទទួលបានចំណាប់អារម្មណ៍ពីវិនិយោគិន
កំពង់ផែស្វយ័តក្រុងភ្នំពេញ (PPAP) កាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញបានចាប់ផ្ដើមធ្វើ road show (ការបង្ហាញទីផ្សារ) សម្រាប់ការបោះផ្សាយមូលបត្រលក់ជាលើកដំបូង (IPO) ដល់វិនិយោគិន ដែលទទួលបានការចាប់អារម្មណ៍ច្រើនពីការវិនិយោគផ្សារហ៊ុននេះ។PPAP ដែលជាសហគ្រាសរដ្ឋដែលប្រតិបត្តិការកំពង់ផែឈានមុខគេទី ...
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ម្រេចកំពតកំពុងទទួលបានការគាំទ្រខ្លាំងទាំងតម្លៃនិងទីផ្សារទាំងក្នុងស្រុក និងអន្តរជាតិ បន្ទាប់ពីសហគមន៍អឺរ៉ុបទទួលស្គាល់ថាជាផលិតផលសម្គាល់ភូមិសាស្ត្រតែមួយគត់កាលពីខែកុម្ភៈឆ្នាំ២០១៦និងក្លាយជាផលិតផលកម្ពុជាដំបូងគេត្រូវបានទទួលស្គាល់ជាលក្ខណៈ ...
សុខ ចាន់
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India shows interest in cashew nut processing
India is considering establishing a cashew nut processing factory in Cambodia to curb exports to India from third countries, according to officials at the Indian embassy. Dinesh Patniak, the ambassador to Cambodia, said Cambodia produced a lot of cashew nuts that were sent to Vietnam for ...
Bandith trial to begin soon
The long-awaited trial of former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith – accused of shooting three garment workers at a protest in February – could begin within the next week, a Svay Rieng Provincial Court official said yesterday. Investigating judge Pich Chhert said the inquiry into the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091758746/National-news/bandith-trial-to-begin-soon.html
Int'l Rights Group Says Abuses 'Systematic' in Cambodia
An international rights group yesterday said the situation of human rights in Cambodia was continuing to worsen and accused the government of being “at war” with its own citizens over access to land. In its briefing paper, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) also said that Cambodia was ...
Lao, Cambodian families pay for summit luxuries
As Asian and European leaders gather for high level meetings this month in Cambodia and Laos, the luxury living quarters and extensive security arrangements made for their arrivals have come at considerable human and environmental expense. Government authorities went on a building spree ahead of this ...