Payout for swept-away workers
The company constructing a dam in Koh Kong province, where seven workers were swept away in floodwaters earlier this month, has paid US$1,000 to the families of each of the men for funeral expenses, but is denying responsibility for the incident, an official said yesterday. Sok href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/payout-for-swept-away-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Oil-claims talks 'highly likely'
Thailand is reportedly preparing to re-enter negotiations with Cambodia on the Overlapping Claims Area after officials from the two countries talked this week at the ASEAN Energy Business Forum in Brunei. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said yesterday that he met informally with Ministry of Industry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/oil-claims-talks-highly-likely/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011092351817/Business/oil-claims-talks-highly-likely.html
Union members 'dismissed'
A garment factory hit by two mass fainting incidents last month has been accused of trying to get rid of workers who subsequently joined the Free Trade Union to push for better working conditions at the facility in Kampong Chhnang province. Free Trade Union President Chea href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/union-members-dismissed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011092351820/National-news/union-members-dismissed.html
Government suspends sending maids to Malaysia
Following repeated reports of abuse and illegal activity, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday ordered recruitment agencies to indefinitely stop sending Cambodian domestic workers to Malaysia, officials said Friday. Secretary of State for the Labor Ministry Oum Mean said that he had received unofficial information about href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/government-suspends-sending-maids-to-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Revenues for first seven months double to $1.6bn
The government has collected 6,557 billion riel, or about $1.6 billion, in revenues in the first seven months of 2011, a figure that is twice that of the $801 million in revenues that were collected during the same period last year, data released by the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/revenues-for-first-seven-months-double-to-1-6bn/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Land titles sought in Kompong Thom
The Kampong Thom provincial governor issued a letter on Tuesday to villagers living in Santuk district, ordering them to provide documentation confirming their ownership of land they reportedly “purchased” from brokers after it had already been assigned to relocated families, officials said yesterday. Deputy district governor href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/land-titles-sought-in-kompong-thom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Students raise concerns over Mekong dam
Hundreds of students attending a forum yesterday on plans of regional governments to develop hydropower dams on the Mekong River expressed concern over the river’s future, and they urged the governments to abandon the projects or proceed with caution. The forum in Phnom Penh was the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/students-raise-concerns-over-mekong-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Minister directs mock trading; launch unclear
Finance Minister Keat Chhon joined officials of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) yesterday to conduct another day of mock trading of stocks ahead of the still-unknown launch of actual operations at the bourse, which opened in July but has yet to see a single stock href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/minister-directs-mock-trading-launch-unclear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hard investment: Chinese firm eyes Kingdom investment
A Chinese company is aiming to invest in cement production in Cambodia, according to officials at the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy (MIME). The China Triumph International Engineering Company (CTIEC) would become one of Cambodia’s biggest cement producers and would invest in the Kingdom, said href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hard-investment-chinese-firm-eyes-kingdom-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Rubber investments in Kingdom jump 255%
Investment in Cambodian rubber plantations increased by 255 per cent in 2011 on rising global demand for the commodity. There were 20 new projects worth US$675 million in the Kingdom last year, according to data from the Council for the Development of Cambodia. There were nine href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rubber-investments-in-kingdom-jump-255/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Duty calls: Strikers told they must go back to work
The Arbitration Council yesterday ordered protesting workers in Kampong Cham province to return to their factory today, as a union official reported that their numbers had swelled to nearly 3,000 outside the provincial hall in their third demonstration this week over an ongoing labour dispute. Free href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/duty-calls-strikers-told-they-must-go-back-to-work/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Interior Ministry Sends SEZ Investigation Results to Court
The Interior Ministry said yesterday that it has sent the results of an investigation into last weeks’s triple shooting of protesters at a special economic zone (SEZ) in Svay Rieng province to the provincial court there. Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Khieu Sopheak did not reveal any href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/interior-ministry-sends-sez-investigation-results-to-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Voices divided pre-ASEAN
Protecting human rights, especially those of Cambodian migrant workers traversing borders to countries such as Malaysia, dominated discussions at yesterday’s ASEAN Peoples’ Forum, one of two competing pre-summit forums that claim to be giving a voice to Cambodians. Speaking at yesterday’s forum, Seng Sakda, director-general href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/voices-divided-pre-asean/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955323/National-news/voices-divided-pre-asean.html
Worker Shortage Biggest Threat to Economy
A shortage of workers, particularly those with skills, is the biggest threat to economic growth in Cambodia today, Sok Chenda, secretary general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), said yesterday. Speaking at the Greater Mekong Subregion Investment Policy Forum organized by the Organization href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/worker-shortage-biggest-threat-to-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
South China Sea surfaces
The Philippines thrust the South China Sea dispute to the forefront of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting yesterday, causing the topic to dominate discussions. Myanmar by-elections and North Korea also featured prominently on the eve of today’s ASEAN summit, overshadowing the foreign ministers’ planned focus on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/south-china-sea-surfaces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040355401/National-news/south-china-sea-surfaces.html
សូហ្វវែរថ្មីដើម្បីជំរុញវិស័យទេសចរណ៍
វិស័យផលិតសូហ្វវែររបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា កំពុងត្រូវបានគេមើលឃើញជាកត្តាដ៏សំខាន់មួយក្នុងវិធានការរបស់ប្រទេសនេះ ដើម្បីពង្រឹងឧស្សាហកម្មទេសចរណ៍របស់ខ្លួន និងផ្តល់ជូនភ្ញៀវទេសចរនូវភាពងាយស្រួលបន្ថែមទៀត។ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/new-travel-app-praised-by-tourism-sector-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ចេង សុខហ័ង
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-travel-app-praised-tourism-sector-ministry
បក្សប្រជាជននឹងគ្រប់គ្រងអាសនៈជាង៤ពាន់នៅថ្នាក់ក្រោមជាតិ ក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតខែក្រោយ
កម្ពុជានឹងរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោតមួយទៀត គឺការបោះឆ្នោតក្រុមប្រឹក្សារាជធានី ខេត្ត ក្រុង ស្រុក ខណ្ឌ នៅក្នុងខែឧសភា ខាងមុខនេះ ដោយមិនមានវត្តមានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិដែលត្រូវបានរំលាយចោល និងធ្លាប់មានសំឡេងប្រកួតប្រជែងជាមួយគណបក្សកាន់អំណាច។ នៅ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/facing-no-opposition-cambodias-ruling-party-expects-easy-local-election-wins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ទូតចិន-អាមេរិក អះអាងរៀងខ្លួនក្នុងការជួយដល់ប្រទេស កម្ពុជា
សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកកាលពីចុងសប្ដាហ៍កន្លងមកបានសរសេរសារនៅលើទំព័រហ្វេសប៊ុករបស់ស្ថានទូតខ្លួននៅរាជធានីភ្នំពេញដោយបានបង្ហាញទស្សនៈលើទំនាក់ទំនងពាណិជ្ជកម្មទ្វេភាគីរវាងប្រទេសចិន និងកម្ពុជា មិនជួយបង្កើតឲ្យមានការងារ ឬជួយ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/us-embassy-chinese-trade-does-not-help-like-the-wests/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ឡុង គីមម៉ារីតា
https://bit.ly/2Pm5Vi8
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីមហាផ្ទៃ បង្ហាញក្តីបារម្ភខ្លាចកម្ពុជាត្រូវបានដាក់ក្នុងបញ្ជីខ្មៅនៃការលាងលុយ
លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ស ខេង បង្ហាញក្ដីបារម្ភខ្លាចកម្ពុជាត្រូវបានដាក់ក្នុងបញ្ជីខ្មៅ នៃការលាងលុយកខ្វក់ បន្ទាប់ពីមានការចាប់បានការនាំប្រាក់ដុល្លារមិនមានប្រភពច្បាស់លាស់ចូលពីហុងកុងមកកម្ពុជា ដោយផ្ទាល់កាលពីពេល href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/sar-kheng-concerned-over-laundering/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
នៀម ឆេង
https://bit.ly/2XJIcvC
យុទ្ធភណ្ឌមិនទាន់ផ្ទុះបានធ្វើឱ្យមនុស្សជិត ៧០ នាក់ស្លាប់ ឬរងរបួសនៅឆ្នាំនេះ
មនុស្ស ៦៧ នាក់ត្រូវបានសម្លាប់ ឬរងរបួសដោយសារគ្រាប់មីន និងយុទ្ធភណ្ឌមិនទាន់ផ្ទុះក្នុងកំឡុងពេល ៩ ខែ និង ៣ សប្តាហ៍ចុងក្រោយនេះ។ អាជ្ញាធរកម្ពុជាគ្រប់គ្រងសកម្មភាពកម្ចាត់មីន និងសង្គ្រោះជនពិការដោយសារមីនបាន href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/nearly-70-killed-or-hurt-by-uxos-this-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
មុំ គន្ធា
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50652667/nearly-70-killed-or-hurt-by-uxos-this-year/