Residents near lakes put up fight
Member of Phnom Penh’s lake communities who stand to have their lives uprooted by development projects filed complaints yesterday. Representatives of 260 families who live near Boeung Tamok in Sen Sok district’s Ponhea Pon commune filed a petition with City Hall asking for intervention over 200 ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residents-near-lakes-put-fight
Aid ‘to fund’ refugees
Australian opposition parties have accused the government there of using its foreign aid budget to pay Cambodia to resettle refugees that have sought asylum in Australia. Senators from the Labor and Greens parties interrogated Attorney-General George Brandis at a hearing on Wednesday, accusing the government of ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aid-%E2%80%98-fund%E2%80%99-refugees
CNRP wants fair coverage
The opposition party is standing strong on key demands it says stand between it and joining the National Assembly, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president Kem Sokha said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after returning from a five-day trip to New Zealand, Sokha said that, in addition ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-wants-fair-coverage
Hun Sen calls on Thai junta to treat Cambodians well
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday called on Thailand’s ruling junta to ensure the safety of Cambodian migrant workers and to treat well those that are being deported. Up to 250,000 Cambodians have fled Thailand or been deported since the junta took control in a May ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-calls-on-thai-junta-to-treat-cambodians-well/1945505.html
Angkor Gold confirms $10m partnership deal
Cambodian firm Angkor Gold Corp (ANK) on Thursday finalised a partnership agreement with Hong Kong firm Tohui Beishan Property Group Holding Limited (TG) worth more than $10.4 million. According to a company statement issued on the Toronto Stock Exchange, ANK granted the Hong Kong firm 7.9 ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-gold-confirms-10m-partnership-deal
Cambodian PM congratulates newly-elected Indonesian president
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has congratulated Joko Widodo on his election as Indonesian president. “On behalf of the Royal Government and people of Cambodia, I have the honor to extend to you my warmest and heartfelt congratulations on your election as the President of the ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-07/28/c_133515956.htm
Villagers blocked from marching to Hun Sen’s house
About 160 villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district were blocked Friday from marching on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house to call for intervention in their ongoing land dispute. More than 20 Meanchey district security guards met the group at the gates of Samakki Raingsey pagoda, where ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-blocked-from-marching-to-hun-sens-house-65565/
Nationwide flood death toll reaches 20
The death toll as a result of this year’s seasonal floods has continued to rise with officials now putting the number at 20. Keo Vy, cabinet chief at the National Committee for Disaster Management, said eight are confirmed dead in Kompong Cham province, three from Stung ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nationwide-flood-death-toll-reaches-20-66135/
Troops to join UN’s CAR effort
Cambodia will send a detachment of 216 peacekeepers to the United Nations stabilisation mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the Information Ministry has said. The Kingdom already sent a delivery of tanks, trucks and other materiel there on Friday. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/troops-join-un%E2%80%99s-car-effort
Floods claim two more
Flooding across 12 provinces has killed another two people, bringing the death toll to 29, an official said yesterday. The deaths occurred in Kampong Cham and Prey Veng provinces, according to Keo Vy, cabinet director at the National Committee for Disaster Management. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floods-claim-two-more
Garment workers at two factories go on strike for more pay
About 3,000 garment workers went on strike in Kompong Chhnang province for a second day Tuesday, accusing their factory of withholding some of their monthly bonuses. Employees from the Chinese-owned Jiun Ye Garment factory blocked National Road 5 for more than four hours Tuesday, claiming that ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-workers-at-two-factories-go-on-strike-for-more-pay-66897/
Cash-strapped S’ville casino looks to expand
The Israeli gaming firm behind Sihanoukville’s Queenco Casino is seeking investors to expand its operations in the seaside town, according to a report released by the company last week, but after six months of “cash flow distress” and losses of more than $1 million, those ...
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cash-strapped-sville-casino-looks-to-expand-67596/
3,000 Cambodians killed by AIDS per year: official
Approximately 3,000 HIV/AIDS patients in Cambodia die per year, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said Thursday. According to the official, the Global Fund has granted nearly 149 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for a four-and-a-half years fight against the disease. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-10/02/c_133689175.htm
British PM's Trade Envoy to visit Cambodia next week
The Lord Puttnam CBE, British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, will pay an official visit to Cambodia on 13rd and 14th October, according to a statement by British Embassy in Cambodia Friday. The statement said the purpose of his visit is to strengthen trade and investment ties ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/british-pms-trade-envoy-to-visit-cambodia-next-week-7476
Dam opposition takes complaint to Malaysia
Six environmental organisations opposing Laos’ controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam yesterday took their complaints to a new level: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia. In a 23-page letter, the organisations from Cambodia, Thailand and the US collectively requested an investigation into the trans-boundary impacts of the ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-opposition-takes-complaint-malaysia
Kidney trafficking between Cambodia and Thailand sparks fears of new organ market
The seven-inch scar runs diagonally across the left flank of his skinny torso, a glaring reminder of an operation he hoped would save his family from debt but instead plunged him into shame. But on discovering the broker earned US$10,000 for each kidney they sacrificed, ...
Asia One News Staff
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/kidney-trafficking-between-cambodia-and-thailand-sparks-fears-new-organ-market
Press statement of the Labour Advisory Committee
On 12 November 2014, the Labor Advisory Committee (LAC) convened to consider and discuss the proposals of minimum wage levels of 110 USD, 121 USD and 140 USD. In an attempt to bridge the gap between the two parties, the government side proposed a minimum ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
CNRP registers company to run party’s television station
CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said Thursday that a group of businessmen close to the opposition has successfully registered a company with the Ministry of Commerce that will hold the television license promised to the party. Mr. Sovann said that the CNRP received notice in the past ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-registers-company-to-run-partys-television-station-72344/
Tycoon's four bodyguards charged with intentional murder
Four bodyguards of the fugitive Thong Sarath were charged with intentional murder and conspiracy in the death of tycoon Ung Meng Cheu who was shot dead last month when he had stepped out of his vehicle. Seang Veasna, Ly Sao, Meas Sambath and Koy Chanthol were ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/tycoons-four-bodyguards-charged-with-intentional-murder-7790
LICADHO calls for release of 18 activists as country to mark Int' Human Rights Day
Human rights group (LICADHO) has called for the release of 18 activists who have been wrongfully imprisoned following a recent spate of arrests as Cambodia will celebrate International Human Rights Day on December 10th. In a statement issued today [Monday], the right group also condemns the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/licadho-calls-for-release-of-18-activists-as-country-to-mark-int-human-rights-day-7817