Koh Kong families protest tycoon’s land concession
More than 30 families living in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district yesterday protested against the work of a Special Economic Zone company owned by tycoon Ly Yong Phat. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093921/koh-kong-families-protest-tycoons-land-concession/
Minimum wage law edges closer
A Labour Ministry official has said the law on the minimum wage will come into force in the first quarter of 2018, provided there are no more objections from stakeholders. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095662/minimum-wage-law-edges-closer/
Garment factory fires nearly 600
Gawon Apparel factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao town has fired nearly 600 staff for breaching a court warrant ordering them to go back to work after months of protest. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100574/garment-factory-fires-nearly-600/
Vietnamese-funded market on border begins construction
Construction began yesterday on a $2 million Vietnamese-funded market located in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district, about 1 kilometre from the nearest border crossing between Cambodia and Vietnam. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-funded-market-border-begins-construction
Working group to aid migrant workers
Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday that the government will establish an inter-ministerial working group in Banteay Meanchey province to resolve issues for illegal migrant workers deported from Thailand. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106733/working-group-aid-migrant-workers/
CSX aims to boost awareness with deal
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) signed a partnership agreement with a business development company on Monday in an attempt to increase awareness about the country’s stock market among entrepreneurs. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/csx-aims-boost-awareness-deal
Thai trafficking alleged
Thai authorities have found five Cambodians employed illegally at a clothing store in Phuket after they were allegedly sold into slave-like conditions by a human-trafficking network, according to Thai media. ...
Amelia Woodside and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-trafficking-alleged
About 30 workers faint
About 30 workers at Ghin Yi factory fainted on Monday noon after learning that their colleague fainted at the factory in Chamkar Svay commune of Samaki Meanchey district of Kampong Chhnang province. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZWMxNDI0MDEzYjE
Cambodian deputy PM encourages youths to study China's experience
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An on Tuesday gave advice to youths to learn about China’s successful experience in politics, economics, diplomacy and poverty reduction, his personal spokesman said. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141014/cambodian-deputy-pm-encourages-youths-study-chinas-experienc
Trafficking, trauma linked: study
Nearly two-thirds of surveyed survivors of human trafficking in Southeast Asia show symptoms of depression, while another 40 per cent suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a new study. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/trafficking-trauma-linked-study
American man convicted over child-sex trips to Cambodia
A Cambodian-American man was convicted by a U.S. federal jury in Alaska on Monday of attempting to travel to Cambodia to have sex with underage girls, U.S. media reported. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/american-man-convicted-over-child-sex-trips-to-cambodia-80651/
Two-day drug raid snares 30
A two-day drug crackdown in Kampong Thom province on Tuesday and Wednesday led to the arrests of 30 alleged drug users and dealers – including two police officers who were later released. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-day-drug-raid-snares-30
Hun Sen tells officials to stop passing blame
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday told provincial governors to take responsibility for curbing forestry crimes in their respective provinces and scolded officials who blame one another when illegal logging is uncovered. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-tells-officials-to-stop-passing-blame-81705/
CNRP youth leaders denied right to receive family visits
LICADHO calls for immediate family access to all three CNRP youth leaders currently detained in Prey Sar’s CC1 prison. ...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
Heng Pov conviction upheld
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a conviction against former Phnom Penh Police chief Heng Pov and three other men for the attempted murder of Military Police chief General Sao Sokha in 2003. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/heng-pov-conviction-upheld
NGOs urge UN states to set climate targets
Citing Cambodia’s vulnerability to climate change, civil society groups have called for global responses to the issue as the United Nations prepares for its annual climate change convention in Lima, Peru. ...
Shane Worrell
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-urge-un-states-set-climate-targets
Malnutrition comes at steep price
Malnutrition remains a challenge that threatens the lives of thousands of children and leads to annual economic losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, senior government officials and experts said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/malnutrition-comes-steep-price
Developer sparks another dispute over wall
Families in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district have been protesting since Friday against wealthy businessman Khun Sear’s plan to build a brick wall that will effectively block access to their village. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/developer-sparks-another-dispute-over-wall-79360/
Cambodian soldier caught fishing illegally shoots forestry official
Two soldiers in northwest Cambodia’s Battambang province fired assault rifles at two local forestry officials on Friday after the officials reported them to a local opposition party lawmaker for illegal fishing. ...
Hum Chamroeun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/soldier-shoots-forestry-offcial-03172015170747.html
Change means overthrow, says Hun Sen
Prime Minister has said publicly on Thursday that the word ‘change’ means ‘overthrow’, hitting back at Kem Sokha who has denied that he tried to topple the government after elections in 2013. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/change-means-overthrow-says-hun-sen-8326