Livestock and fisheries exposition
A two-day livestock and fisheries exposition in Phnom Penh next month, organized by a Vietnamese events management company, will display products and exhibits of 60 agriculture firms from across Southeast Asia, Japan and Europe. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27049/livestock-and-fisheries-exposition/
Police force to provide ‘security’ during upcoming elections
National Police deputy chief Kirth Chantharith will head a team to handle security during upcoming elections, with the group to decide upon the placement of “national security agents” for voters’ protection, according to a statement. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-force-provide-security-during-upcoming-elections
Battambang farmers protest plummeting rice prices
Attempting to call attention to the havoc low rice prices are wreaking on their livelihoods, hundreds of farmers in Battambang’s Sangke district took to the streets yesterday, symbolically pouring rice onto National Road 5. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmers-protest-plummeting-rice-prices
Minister plans railway for workers
The Labor Ministry is considering constructing a railway line connecting Phnom Penh and select provinces to special economic zones (SEZ) or industrial areas in response to the high number of road accidents involving commuting workers. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34978/minister-plans-railway-for-workers/
Interest cap poses body blow for Cambodian microfinance
Just months ahead of local elections, the Cambodian government has ordered the microfinance industry to cap interest rates on new and refinanced loans at 18 percent a year starting April 1. ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/interest-cap-poses-body-blow-for-cambodian-microfinance/3783292.html
Pepper farmers seek new GI listings
Pepper production inched up to close to 12,000 tonnes last year with cultivation on 6,124 hectares, but unstable prices have led to calls for geographic indicator (GI) certificates for a range of peppers. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38551/pepper-farmers-seek-new-gi-listings/
North Asia Resources to turn cassava into fuel
Hong Kong-listed firm North Asia Resources Holding Ltd announced yesterday that it has purchased 14,000 hectares of an economic land concession in Pursat province from Henan Tianguan Enterprise Group for $53.2 million. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/north-asia-resources-turn-cassava-fuel
Kandal families allege official intimidation
Sixteen families in Kandal have accused a purported Interior Ministry official of sending soldiers to intimidate them to take their land, though the official denied the claims and said no such dispute existed at all. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-families-allege-official-intimidation
Villagers near Sesan Dam warned to brace for floods
Villagers living near the Lower Sesan ll Hydropower Dam in Stung Treng province have been warned to expect flooding in their villages soon as the operators of the dam close its doors for technical tests. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39566/villagers-near-sesan-dam-warned-to-brace-for-floods/
Planned demolition sparks protest along road to Angkor Wat
Several hundred homeowners in Siem Reap province blocked the road between Angkor Wat and Siem Reap Airport for several hours on Friday to protest authorities’ removal of a home recently built inside the archaeological park. ...
Sesan Dam villagers tell officials to leave
Villagers embroiled in a battle against the government and builders of the Lower Sesan II Dam in Stung Treng province yesterday demanded that provincial officials vacate a local pagoda they have occupied as an office. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078289/sesan-dam-villagers-tell-officials-leave/
Cambodia's ruling party adds 342 new members to central committee
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) added 342 new members to its central committee during an extraordinary congress on Sunday, bringing the total number of the central committee members to 865, said the party’s resolutions. ...
Yan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/21/c_136913347.htm
Working conditions improving in garment factories: ILO
A report released Tuesday by Better Factories Cambodia (BFC), a programme of the International Labour Organisation, found that compliance in the garment industry with working conditions regulations has improved substantially in the last four year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103908/working-conditions-improving-in-garment-factories-ilo/
Uber gears up to enter market
Representatives from global ride-hailing behemoth Uber confirmed the company’s interest in starting operations in Cambodia during a meeting this week with Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol, according to one of the minister’s aides. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/uber-gears-enter-market
Amnesty International criticizes Country’s ‘Corrupt’ court system
Amnesty International today accused the ruling CPP of using its grip on the judiciary to systematically harass and intimidate civil society and urged the government to drop cases against opposition activists and human rights defenders. ...
George Wright and Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amnesty-international-criticizes-countrys-corrupt-court-system-130667/
Commercial arbitration body settles its first two cases
The National Commercial Arbitration Center (NCAC) has settled its first two cases, marking the first time in Cambodia for commercial disputes to be resolved using an independent arbitration panel instead of the country’s court system. ...
Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commercial-arbitration-body-settles-its-first-two-cases
Amru, Thai firm sign cassava agreement
Amru, Cambodia’s leading rice miller and exporter, on Friday signed a deal with Thai Starch Company to supply 8,000 tonnes of fresh organic tapioca and the first exports will be in early 2019. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091169/amru-thai-firm-sign-cassava-agreement/
Workers protest over ‘RCAF’ factory guards
Roughly 100 garment workers protested again in front of Pou Yuen Enterprise Ltd yesterday amid allegations that the shoe factory hired Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers to act as security guards for the company. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-protest-over-rcaf-factory-guards
CPP set to sweep Senate
The Cambodian People’s Party is poised to sweep every single elected Senate seat in upcoming elections in February, despite its assurances that multiparty democracy is thriving after the dissolution of the main opposition party. ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-set-sweep-senate
Women’s center aims for sustainability
One year strong and more than 900 jobs later, the US State Department-supported start-up center WECREATE, which invests in the economic empowerment of women, is beginning its expansion throughout the Lower Mekong Region. ...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30972/women---s-center-aims-for-sustainability/