Author Archives: emilysayles

Energy firms operating in the South China Sea face two options: Bow to Beijing or suffer

By CNBC Beijing’s willingness to use military threats in the South China, as revealed in a July incident that involved Spain’s Repsol, is a worrying development for energy players Firms that ignore Chinese demands could face on-site harassment, de facto exclusion from the Chinese market and threats to company staff, according to Verisk Maplecroft Nyshka Chandran Published 11 Hours Ago  Updated… Read more »

China, Cambodia agree to nuclear energy cooperation

By World Nuclear News 13 September 2017 Cambodia has signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The agreement calls for cooperation on human resources development. The signing of the MOU (Image: CNNC) The agreement was signed yesterday by CNNC chief accountant Li Jize and Tekreth Samrach, Cambodia’s… Read more »

Cambodian Government Cracks Down on Media and Independent Organizations

By Mediafile September 11, 2017 at 12:00 amBy Shayna Greenein International   On September 5th, 2017, the headline “Descent into Outright Dictatorship” commemorated the last publishing day for non-for-profit paper The Cambodia Daily. The paper closed down due to its inability to pay $6.3 million in taxes to Cambodia’s Finance Ministry. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ),  the paper was given 30 days to… Read more »

Arrest of CNRP President Sokha Puts Party on the Brink

By The Cambodia Daily BY ZSOMBOR PETER | SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 After hundreds of armed police raided Kem Sokha’s home in the predawn hours on Sunday morning and arrested the opposition leader for alleged treason over a years-old speech, Prime Minister Hun Sen wasted little time warning the only party with a chance of beating his long-ruling CPP in July’s general election of… Read more »