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Aid Arrives for Flood-Swamped Thailand, Cambodia

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Cambodia Economy

Help is starting to pour into Thailand and other parts of Asia where rising floodwaters are swamping entire communities and threatening to overrun even more. United States Marines arrived in Bangkok Saturday with equipment, sandbags and other relief supplies.  The U.S. Continue reading →

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Assembly Approves Payment Guarantee for Power Plant

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Cambodia Economy

The National Assembly on Monday approved a government payment guarantee to a power company planning to build a coal-fired plant in Preah Sihanouk province. The guarantee obliges the government to pay the Cambodia International Investment Development Group, which is owned by ruling party senator Lao Meng Khin, in case the state-owned Electrucite du Cambodge, fails to pay them for their power. The development company plans to build a $181 million plant capable of producing 135 megawatts of electricity in Preah Sihanouk. Continue reading →

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Flooding Claims 250 Lives, as Government Response Continues

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Cambodia Economy

The government raised the national death toll from ongoing flooding to nearly 250 on Friday, as Cambodia continues to grapple with its worst flooding in a decade. More than 30,000 families have been pushed out of their homes in flooding that began in August Continue reading →

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Poor Market, Perceived Danger Keep Youth Out of Journalism: Mentor

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Cambodia Economy

Cambodian youth are not so keen on journalism careers, believing the job to be dangerous and underpaid, a journalism mentor says. “Some young graduates still fear that they might be in danger, or face legal consequences, if they work as journalists,” said Tieng Sopheak Vichea, director of the Cambodia Communication Institute, which offers the country’s only four-year journalism program Continue reading →

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Fortune Brings a Family Together, 36 Years Later

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Cambodia Economy

Never in her life did Chhea Vat imagine she would have such an occasion: meeting her husband again after 36 years. The 73-year-old Cambodian-Canadian had always thought her husband, Peou Nam, was killed when soldiers of the regime took him away, so many years ago Continue reading →

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Record Mekong Flooding Threatens Bangkok, Phnom Penh

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Cambodia Economy

United Nations officials say the capitals of Thailand and Cambodia are at risk as the worst flooding in modern times sweeps through the Mekong Basin. Kirsten Mildren, spokeswoman for the U.N.’s humanitarian affairs agency, told VOA Tuesday that officials in Bangkok are taking urgent measures as the floodwaters bear down on the city. Continue reading →

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