Border conflict solved by war?
Coming into 3 months after Thai troops have invaded Cambodia territory and sovereignty integrity since July 15, 2008 while Preah Vihear temple was inscribed as World Heritage status by the UN cultural body UNESCO in Quebec in July 08, 2008 and then angering a handful of Thai nationalists who claim ownership of the temple.
Gunfight between [...]
Cambodia’s corruption rating down 166th
Cambodia government was unsatisfied with the result of the 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) launched by the International Transparency (IT) on September 23, 2008 in Berlin, ranking Cambodia 166th of 180 countries and assigning it a score of 1.8 of a possible10. It is getting worse than its 2007 rating.
In response to the annual survey [...]
Cashew nuts exported into Vietnam
Most of Vietnamese traders always came into Cambodia to buy cashew nuts, bordering Vietnam, in Kampong Cham’s Memot district. Vietnam businessmen crossed to Cambodia on the morning and then went back at the evening by exporting cash crops into Vietnam. Even my parents, they sold fresh cashews to them, but small amounts. What is important [...]
Three songs banned on playing public
I used to listen to all above three song titles sung by women but I clearly did not remember all its meanings, as I remembered its meanings are describing over the women loving the married man. The title of three songs “Love Another’s Husbandâ€; “May I have a Piece of Your Heart Tooâ€; “If I [...]
Access to information, freedom from fear essential to journalists
(This articles published on the Cambodia Daily is written by Mr. Choeun Chhean Nariddth, Media Advisor at InterNews)
I’d like to add some concerns about the press freedom in Cambodian to the article “Association Reports Mixed Bag for Press Freedom†(Thursday, page25).
Apart from legal and physical threats against journalists, many other challenges face Cambodian media professionals [...]
Result of Cambodian Public Opinion Survey
On November 29, 2007, IRI presented the result of survey of Cambodian Public Opinion at its head office in Phnom Penh. Survey had been conducted by interviewing face to face from July 21 to August 31, 2007. There were 2,000 samples to be representatives for Cambodian population order than 18 year old.
According to survey, 75% [...]