Cambodia garment factory owners ask government to help quash strike by workers
Garment factory owners in Cambodia asked the government on Thursday to help stop a strike by workers for higher wages, saying the labor action is damaging the investment climate for the industry, the country’s main source of exports. ...
Associated Press News Staff
http://www.startribune.com/cambodian-garment-makers-ask-government-to-quash-strike/362791961/
Youth forum discusses ‘responsible’ social media use
More than 100 young people gathered yesterday in Phnom Penh to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of social media in Cambodia.At the youth forum, which focused on “Politics in the Digital Age”, youths, monks, politicians and NGO leaders spoke about the increasing importance of social ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-forum-discusses-responsible-social-media-use
Embassy in Malaysia sheltering nationals amid crackdown
The Cambodian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has seen an influx of nationals seeking help securing work documents—along with food and shelter—amid a crackdown on unregistered workers in the country, an embassy official said on Thursday. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/embassy-malaysia-sheltering-nationals-amid-crackdown-132519/
Hundreds of garment workers faint in Takeo
More than 100 workers at the JD Toyoma garment factory in Takeo province’s Bati district fainted yesterday morning while working. Police suspected the cause of the fainting was chemical fumes in the factory, but the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia said the fumes did not ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094481/hundreds-garment-workers-faint-takeo/
Analysts warn of violence if political status quo continues
Unless there are fundamental changes to the dynamics of politics in Cambodia—with the government suppressing dissent and the opposition often relying on racially charged attacks—disenchantment following next year’s election is likely to lead to violence, a think tank warned in a political analysis released on ...
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/analysts-warn-of-violence-if-political-status-quo-continues-124760/
Acleda debuts its credit card
ACLEDA officially launched its first credit card on Friday as Cambodia’s largest bank eyes the country’s rising middle income bracket, president and CEO in Channy said yesterday. “This is the right time for us to start this Visa credit card product. By 2020, Cambodia will change ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-debuts-its-credit-card
Cambodia garment strikes negatively impacting industry
Two weeks of strikes by Cambodian garment workers of a Phnom Penh factory could have “negatively impacted” the country’s industry, The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has said. Figures published last week by GMAC showed the number of strikes at Cambodia’s garment factories during ...
Michelle Russell
http://bit.ly/1IwV1zl
Cambodia to commence talks over 2016 wage hike for garment sector next month
Cambodia will begin to discuss the annual increase of monthly minimum wage for the garment and footwear industry for 2016 in July, according to a Labor Ministry’ s statement issued late Friday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12240/cambodia-to-commence-talks-over-2016-wage-hike-for-garment-sector-next-month/
Factory libraries push literacy
In an effort to encourage literacy among garment factory workers, the Garment Manufacturers Association In Cambodia (GMAC) and NGO Sipar are workIng together to open libraries In 15 factories In the KIngdom In the next three years. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-libraries-push-literacy
Mobile voice messages a hit with new moms
Dr. Thearith helps thousands of women in Kampong Chhnang province care for their babies. He provides them with advice about how to breastfeed, how to keep their infants from contracting malaria, and how to avoid infections. ...
Srey Kumneth and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13850/mobile-voice-messages-a-hit-with-new-moms/
Garment factories say low productivity should temper raise
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia on Monday urged unions to moderate their demands in current negotiations over next year’s minimum wage for the garment industry, given the low productivity of Cambodian workers and their many paid days off compared with competing countries. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-factories-say-low-productivity-should-temper-raise-90608/
Cambodia unions warn of strikes as factories indicate no wage raise
Cambodia’s garment factories have indicated they will reject demands for an increase in the minimum wage next year, angering unions and risking upheaval in a crucial economic sector for years dogged by unrest. ...
Prak Chan Thul
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/12/cambodia-garment-idUSL3N10N1W620150812
Cambodia's garment exports up 9% in 1st half of 2015
Garment industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign currency earner, has seen a 9% rise in exports in the first six months of 2015, according to the Chinese State’s News Agency-Xinhua. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodias-garment-exports-up-9-in-1st-half-of-2015-8849
Garment manufacturers plan institute to improve worker skills
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia wants to build a special school to improve Cambodian workers’ skills and make the country more competitive, but labor leaders say if the school is not provided for free, it won’t work. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/garment-manufacturers-plan-institute-to-improve-worker-skills/2943810.html
GMAC, other textile associations mount pressure on brands to pay suppliers
Nine business associations in the STAR (Sustainable Textile of Asian Region) Network are calling on buyers to honour their contracts with their suppliers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713331/gmac-other-textile-associations-mount-pressure-on-brands-to-pay-suppliers/
Government refutes claims of abuse in Malaysia
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday refuted the claims of two women who say they saw inmates at a Malaysian detention depot fatally beaten by guards earlier this year, including fellow Cambodians. ...
Kang Sothear and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/government-refutes-claims-abuse-malaysia-116786/
‘Abnormally’ high price of pork
The Pig Support in Cambodia Association claims that the price of imported live pigs is abnormally high. The association says there are now six companies granted a business licence to import the animals from foreign countries. Most come from Thailand. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50731794/abnormally-high-price-of-pork/
Cambodian agricultural partnership competition launched
Cambodian Agricultural Partnership Competition has recently kicked off with an aim to address key challenges in Cambodia’s agriculture sector including cold chain, storage capacity, and logistics, said the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh in a press release issued yesterday. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50819600/cambodian-agricultural-partnership-competition-launched/
Ministry urges firms to apply for foreign worker permits
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has directed all companies or institutions that plan to hire foreign staff next year to apply for work permits between September 1 and November 30. Heng Sour, the ministry’s spokesperson, told The Post yesterday that any employer who ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-urges-firms-apply-foreign-worker-permits
Call for More Women Representatives in Sub-National Politics
As Cambodia nears its second district and municipal council elections in May, about 200 women councilors from the sub-national level attended a workshop Friday to call for political parties to increase the number of women candidates in the upcoming election. Currently, 12 percent of councilors at ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/call-for-more-women-representatives-in-sub-national-politics-49740/