(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
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 ...
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
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/
Police Train at Freedom Park as Protesters Target Hun Sen’s House
As hundreds of riot police conducted protest suppression drills in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday morning, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansion in the center of the city was the focal point of a demonstration by some 2,000 garment factory workers. Municipal police, along with 16 ...
Aun Pheap and Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-train-at-freedom-park-as-protesters-target-hun-sens-house-2-45638/
Shaping the leaders of tomorrow
In a lush, gated compound 12 kilometres south of central Phnom Penh, the young minds that will one day lead Cambodia are being shaped – or at least that’s what one philanthropic foundation, which is investing millions of dollars in a unique, long-term project, hopes. “When ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shaping-leaders-tomorrow
Partial victory at the ICJ
The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that the temple sits on. But while the announcement was initially greeted as a resounding victory by some in ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/partial-victory-icj
The canes of wrath
Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...