Nearly all illegal Cambodian migrants working in Thailand return home: labor minister
Cambodian Minister of Labor Ith Samheng said Friday that nearly all illegal Cambodian migrant laborers working in Thailand have returned home in fears of a junta’s crackdown on illegal foreign workers.
Major Gen. Pich Vanna, chief of Cambodian-Thai Border Relation Affairs Office, said the Thai
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-06/20/c_133424234.htm
Worker registration centres open on border
Three border provinces with Cambodia opened offices to document Cambodian workers entering Thailand on Thursday, to combat human trafficking and illegal labour, with a fourth to open on Monday.
Three new one-stop centres were opened at the border in Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces, to issue temporary
Wassana Nanuam and Nopparat Kingkaew
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/417526/registration-centres-for-cambodians-open-at-border
Ministry vows to take some ELC land back
Amid promises reiterated by the government yesterday that it will take a tougher stance on economic land concessions, logging tycoon Try Pheap minimally reduced his sweeping natural resource empire, returning more than 20,000 hectares of undeveloped forestry.
It was unclear what kind of arrangement prompted Pheap
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-vows-take-some-elc-land-back
NA, CPP asked to maintain Khuon Sodary as parliament second vice president
The Committee to Promote Women in Politics (CPWP), and civil society groups in Cambodia have asked the National Assembly and ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to keep Mrs. Khuon Sodary as second vice president of the National Assembly.
In a statement issued on Monday, the groups
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YWZmZGJkNDBjYzB
Sam Rainsy expresses disappointment after Mu Sochua, Yim Sovann fail in votes
Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday expressed disappointment after his two leading lawmakers failed in votes for the posts of chairpersons of the National Assembly’s eighth and tenth commissions.
He said he would push for proper solution in accordance with July 22 agreement.
“It is rights
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NzZmZTE4NmFhOTc
Ministry simplifies teacher salary payments
Teachers will receive their base salaries and additional benefits in a single package starting later this month, in an effort to simplify the payment process and avoid confusion, Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said Wednesday.
Health, risk and rural bonuses will all be folded into teachers’
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-simplifies-teacher-salary-payments-67860/
Steady rise for business registration in Kingdom
Despite ongoing protests over the minimum wage in the garment industry and the political deadlock that lasted well in to July, Cambodia registered over 3,000 new businesses from January to September this year.
The latest data from the Ministry of Commerce reveal there were 3,025 newly
May Kunmakara
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/steady-rise-business-registration-kingdom
Cambodians launch fresh rally against Aussie refugee deal
More than 100 human rights activists, youths and Buddhist monks marched on streets here on Friday in the latest round of protests against a refugee deal that Cambodia signed with Australia last month.
Under the deal, Australia will send refugees, who intend to seek asylum in
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/17/c_133723949.htm
Cambodia welcomes Chinese premier's pledge of over 3 bln USD aid to GMS countries
A senior official of the Cambodian government on Saturday welcomed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s pledge of 3.09 billion U.S. dollars aid to the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) member countries, saying the offer is essential for socio-economic development and poverty reduction.
The offer includes 1 billion
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-12/20/c_133868594.htm
EU joins election reform talks; parties still divided over IDs
Two election experts from the European Union (E.U.) joined the CNRP and CPP on Friday in separate meetings held to discuss how voter registration will be managed in future elections, presenting four possible options.
Although the parties agreed on which option they preferred—a new voter list
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-joins-election-reform-talks-parties-still-divided-over-ids-76619/
[Herald Interview] KFS seeks to boost youth employment
Korea Forest Service (KFS) has been working to promote overseas partnership with Southeast Asia countries by aiming to expand afforestation by 1 million hectares by 2050 from 314,000 hectares in 2013. It established relations with Indonesia to collaborate in planting trees on 700,000 hectares, and
Park Hyong-ki and Lee Kwon-hyung
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150205000903
Mixed outlook in Asean for BBL
Bangkok Bank’s international business this quarter is expected to witness a slowdown due to global market uncertainty, while Vietnam, which is an important market for BBL, has been sidelined by currency woes.
Cambodia has some 40 banks, 10 of which are foreign. Given the size
Sucheera Pinijparakarn
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Mixed-outlook-in-Asean-for-BBL-30255115.html
Lao president hails relations with Cambodia
President Choummaly Sayasone told Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni last week that Laos highly values the bilateral relations and cooperation it enjoys with Cambodia.
Leaders of the two countries have maintained regular contact and exchanged visits. The two neighbours have cooperated in a broad range of
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/lao-president-hails-relations-with-cambodia-8255
Community mulling mining co’s proposal
Following talks with indigenous villagers over the weekend, which saw promises of jobs and English language lessons, there are high hopes that a foreign company looking to extract gold in Ratanakkiri will be awarded the first-ever mining licence in the province.
Representatives of Mesco Gold met
Alice Cuddy and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/community-mulling-mining-cos-proposal
Rolls-Royce opens showroom
Rolls-Royce officially launched its showroom in Cambodia yesterday, with both government and the luxury-car maker forecasting a rosy sales outlook for the high-end vehicle.
In June, Rolls-Royce appointed HGB Group Co Ltd, the distributor for Mazda and Kia vehicles in Cambodia, to be the official dealership.
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rolls-royce-opens-showroom
Activists sentenced
Nine Prey Lang forest activists received suspended one-year prison sentences at Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday and were ordered to pay $1,250 to a businesswoman whose hectare of cassava they were accused of uprooting, the defendants’ lawyer said.
Yong Panith – who represents Mao Thea, 37;
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-sentenced
Villagers protest arrests over land dispute
About 90 villagers continued to demonstrate outside the Kompong Chhnang provincial court Wednesday, calling for the release of two men from prison and protesting the summoning of another eight over clashes last month with workers from the powerful KDC company.
The rally came after about 200
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-protest-arrests-over-land-dispute-65916/
Alarming rate of Cambodian juveniles held in pre-trial detention
In spite of international laws and Cambodia’s own legal code, pre-trial detention in the country is becoming more prevalent among child offenders than adults, according to data compiled by a trial monitoring project.
The notes are compiled from trial monitoring of 2,558 cases from 2009
UCA News News Staff
http://www.ucanews.com/news/alarming-rate-of-juveniles-held-in-pre-trial-detention-in-cambodia/72267
New arbitration center president calls for court system’s support
The newly established National Commercial Arbitration Center (NCAC) may have been set up to allow businesses to settle disputes outside the court system, but it still needs support from judges and court officials to do its work effectively, its president said on Friday.
Speaking at
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-arbitration-center-president-calls-for-court-systems-support-72408/
Monks ask commissions to join city hall inspection
Phnom Penh’s Wat Samakki Raingsey, under scrutiny by City Hall for alleged “anti-government acts,” on Friday requested three commissions of the National Assembly to accompany municipal officials to a planned inspection of the pagoda on Tuesday afternoon.
“I sent the letters to request the first commission
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/monks-ask-commissions-to-join-city-hall-inspection-77562/
