Thousands of Striking Factory Workers Briefly Block City Road
Nearly 6,000 striking garment factory workers briefly blocked Road 371 in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Friday to bring attention to their demands for higher salaries, union officials and protesters said. Marking the third day of strike action, the mainly female workers moved into the middle ...
Potential seen for National Road 4
Land prices along National Road 4 still have the potential to rise, despite the relocation of a number of factories to National Road 3, property experts say. The price of land goes from $100 to $300 per square metre from Chaom Chao cycle to the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Real-Estate/potential-seen-for-national-road-4.html
After Threats to Cut Pay, Garment Workers Strike
Nearly 2,000 workers at the Gawon Apparel Co. garment factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao City protested in front of the factory yesterday after they were informed that they would lose pay for any days missed during the commune election, which takes place Sunday, union representatives ...
Garment Workers Strike, Demand Higher Wages
About 4,000 workers at the M&V Textile factory in Kompong Chhnang province, which supplies well-known brands such as H&M and Gap, went on strike yesterday morning to demand a pay raise, a union representative said. Meas Sokhen, a representative of the Free Trade Union, said ...
Cambodia to face mass return of nationals working in Thailand
Thai and Cambodian labour officials will facilitate the re-employment in Thailand of more than 160,000 Cambodian workers who will possibly be deported to their home country after the nationality verification process ends next Friday, a senior Thai official said today. The process involves 222,430 Cambodian ...
http://www.pattayamail.com/news/cambodia-to-face-mass-return-of-nationals-working-in-thailand-19104
Villagers Hit as Pond Dries Up
Hundreds of residents in five villages in southern Cambodia have been deprived of their sole source of water as a massive pond in their area has dried up, villagers said. The affected villagers of Sre Ronnong commune in Takeo Province’s Tram Kork district have been buying ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/water-02012013195339.html
Cambodia boosts attraction of foreign visitors in 2013
Cambodian Tourism Minister H.E. Dr. Thong Khon said: Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar had gained high growth of tourist arrival in 2012 for Asean region. “Cambodia is continuing its work including promotion to the outside world to attract tourists to see the country.” he said this week. ...
Organic rice exports rise in first half
Responding to growing demand in US and EU markets, organic rice exports have surged, reaching 200 tonnes in the first six months of this year, compared with 100 tonnes for all of last year. Exports of organic rice are meagre compared with other varieties, such ...
Rann Reuy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/organic-rice-exports-rise-first-half
Via Motorbikes, Cambodian Opposition Protest Winds Through Capital
Cambodian government opposition leaders led around 1,000 protesters, most of them on motor scooters, through Phnom Penh on Monday, part of an ongoing weekly call for demonstrations over July’s election results. The rally was the second day in a row that opposition supporters gathered to demand ...
Voice of America News Staff
http://www.voanews.com/content/via-motorbikes-cambodian-opposition-protest-winds-through-capital/1811618.html
NGO pair sought over Korea work scam
Authorities issued an arrest warrant last week for the director of a local NGO involved with an operation that allegedly bilked thousands out of money by claiming the company could find them work in South Korea. Warrants for the arrests of Theun Samnang, head of NGO ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-pair-sought-over-korea-work-scam
Illegal logging suspects arrested
Two men were arrested and charged on Sunday with smuggling more than 2,000 kilograms of luxury-grade rosewood from Kampong Thom to Siem Reap town, anti-crime officials said yesterday. Thanh Ti, 21, and Viet Thy Thanh, 19, were caught manning a truck transferring 2,400 kilograms of rosewood ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logging-suspects-arrested
Despite deadlock, PM says business as usual
Despite the country remaining trapped in a tense political stalemate that shows no signs of abating, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday reiterated that the government would continue working as normal while the opposition’s boycott of parliament continues. “I will not talk about the political situation, as ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/despite-deadlock-pm-says-business-usual
Cambodia garment sector has Asia's highest rate of unionization
Cambodia’s garment sector has the highest rate of unionization of any industry in Asia, Cambodia Federation of Employers and Business Associations Van Sou Leng said Tuesday. “Major efforts are needed to improve the quality of workplace relations,” Van said in a statement posted on the Camfeba ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDA0NmM5MWU5YjN
Wing Star workers walk out
Provincial Ministry of Labour officials will today meet with union representatives and management at the factory where a ceiling collapse killed two workers last May, in an attempt to resolve a strike. About 5,000 employees at Wing Star Shoes, an Asics supplier, walked off the job ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wing-star-workers-walk-out
Former Boeng Kak activists protest at City Hall
About 50 residents evicted from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood in 2008 and 2009 to make way for a senator’s real estate project once again protested in front of City Hall Monday to demand better compensation. They are among some 3,000 families who were forced ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-boeng-kak-activists-protest-at-city-hall-57647/
Union boss to appeal $25k bail
Union leader Ath Thorn has been granted an Appeal Court appearance on July 1, in which he will argue against conditions that required him to pay $25,000 bail over an ongoing court case. The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) president is due to ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-boss-appeal-25k-bail
Clean water in pipeline for Kep
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will invest $1.3 million in a water treatment plant in Kep province to supply clean water to more than 1,000 households there, the company’s head said last week. Speaking at the announcement of PPWSA’s 2013 results in Phnom Penh ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/clean-water-pipeline-kep
Union leader ready to pay bulk of bail
Independent union leader Ath Thorn said Sunday he had collected enough money from supporters to pay most of his $25,000 bail to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, and would deliver it to the court Monday. The court has charged Mr. Thorn, president of the Coalition of ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-leader-ready-to-pay-bulk-of-bail-58474/
Hot Breakfast Program Helps Students
Tuesday morning, not long after dawn, a line of students formed outside En Komar Primary School, in Kampong Thom province. Students were waiting to receive breakfast from their teachers. The breakfasts are part of a World Food Program initiative that aims to feed 3.5 million students ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hot-breakfast-program-helps-students/1933562.html
Online Khmer-English audio dictionary launches
Foreigners seeking to learn the Khmer language have long been restricted by a dearth of resources beyond beginner’s textbooks, often relying on conversation and the methods of individual teachers to advance their vocabulary and comprehension. Aiming to put a small dent in the situation, U.S. citizen ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/online-khmer-english-audio-dictionary-launches-63885/