Farmers Protest Rice Prices
Khmer Times/Ros Chanveasna Monday, 19 September 2016As rice farmers continue to feel the pinch of this year’s drop in prices, dozens protested in Battambang province yesterday, dumping sacks of...
View ArticlePlan to certify organic quality
Hor Kimsay, The Phnom Penh PostFri, 16 September 2016GIZ Cambodia, a branch of Germany’s international development agency, signed an agreement yesterday with local organic food retailer Khmer Organic...
View ArticleMore Chinese FDI on the horizon
Nanning, China, The Phnom Penh PostKali Kotoski | Fri, 16 September 2016China has pledged to increase its investment in Cambodia in return for the Kingdom’s commitment to its regional policies and...
View ArticleAwards For Environment Defenders
Khmer Times/May Titthara Monday, 19 September 2016Eleven Cambodian environmental campaigners received “moniseraphon” medals from the government last month in recognition of their work to support the...
View ArticleBattambang farmers protest plummeting rice prices
Lay Samean, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016Attempting to call attention to the havoc low rice prices are wreaking on their livelihoods, hundreds of farmers in Battambang’s Sangke district...
View ArticleGov’t awards medals for environmental activism
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016Outspoken activist monk But Buntenh and one-time opposition darling Thy Sovantha are among several individuals to be recognised with “honour...
View ArticleClock ticks on city's offer to Chroy Changvar protesters
Touch Sokha, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016Chroy Changvar residents affected by the development of a planned satellite city project must accept a City Hall proposal that would see them...
View ArticleICC move fuels debate on Cambodian case
Cristina Maza, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016A new paper from the International Criminal Court laying out a shift in focus to crimes linked to environmental destruction and the unlawful...
View ArticleEnvoy's report shifts gaze back to Prey Speu
Erin Handley and Kong Meta, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016Nougy Mom bounces her 2-year-old son in her arms as she waits at the gates of Phnom Penh’s notorious centre for “undesirables”, Prey...
View ArticleNo separate charge of rape for Khmer Rouge tribunal defendants
Erin Handley, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016The Khmer Rouge tribunal trial chamber has upheld a decision that rapes that occurred at three security centres will not be reclassified at crimes...
View ArticleJudge rules underage girl’s jailing unlawful
Niem Chheng, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016An underage girl who was illegally detained for more than eight months at Prey Sar is set to be released today, her lawyers confirmed yesterday.At...
View ArticleCNRP pegs 424 voter names as ‘suspicious’
Bun Sengkong, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016The Cambodia National Rescue Party plans to ask the National Election Committee to investigate the citizenship status of more than 400 people who...
View ArticleMencius’s Li Lou
KhmerPAC | 18 Sunday Sep 2016My dear Kacvey,You may recall a previous letter “Mencius and King Hui of Liang” of 1 August 2016. Well, as the political tension has dangerously deepened in the City of...
View ArticleReading Cambodia 46 years apart
KhmerPAC | 15 Thursday Sep 2016My dear Kacvey,Here are 2 books that were published 46 years apart:“La Monocratie” (which deals with “La Monarchie cambodgienne” by Yvonne Bongert published in 1970 by...
View ArticlePM weighs in on rice lending
Hor Kimsay, The Phnom Penh PostMon, 19 September 2016Rice millers said yesterday they welcomed the prime minister’s announcement that the government would make over $20 million in funds available...
View ArticleCNRP angling for talks with CPP
Bun Sengkong, Mech Dara and Vong SokhengThe Phnom Penh Post, Mon, 19 September 2016An opposition party offer to shelve planned nationwide demonstrations in return for long hoped-for negotiations with...
View ArticleNational Assembly requests pardon for tycoon's wife
Meas Sokchea and Ananth BaligaThe Phnom Penh Post, Mon, 19 September 2016Leaked letters from a trio of government bodies reveal a behind-the-scenes push for a royal pardon for Seng Chenda, wife of...
View ArticleThe Hun Sen government always rejects human rights violations in the country...
មន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលហ៊ុន សែន តែងច្រានចោលបញ្ហារំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនៅកម្ពុជា ទោះបីសហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិដឹងច្បាស់ក៏ដោយDeny, Deny, Deny --- Communists, dictators and authoritarians have in common.ប្រភព...
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