Two people killed as mine collapses
Police officials said yesterday two people had died when a Mondulkiri gold mine collapsed on Saturday, but that neither of them worked for the mining company that owns it. Provincial police chief Nhem Vanny said two men aged 25 and 30, had died in a ...
Investors eye Meoun Chey border
Chinese, Korean and local investors have shown interest in Meoun Chey border crossing in Prey Veng province’s Komchay Mear district between Cambodia and Vietnam, provincial officials said yesterday. Komchay Mear district governor Prak Savann said the potential investors are looking for land in the area to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051756211/Business/investors-eye-meoun-chey-border.html
ILO Launches Campaign to Combat Mass Faintings
The International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program yesterday launched its One Change Campaign to encourage factories to implement changes that would reduce incidents of mass faintings. Maeve Galvin, a consultant for Better Factories Cambodia, said the campaign is supported by major international clothing brands as ...
No talks at shoe factory worker strike
A union representative in the Kandal province of Cambodia, said there had been no negotiations with management since workers struck Nov. 15 for better pay. The Phnom Penh Post reported Tuesday that the union estimates 1,000 workers are on strike, but management at the Global ...
Vietnamese still Cambodia’s strongest market
Cambodia’s tourism arrivals jumped more than 24 percent during the first ten months 2012, with more than 2.86 million international visitors. A tourism ministry update reported Vietnam as the country’s number one largest source of foreign visitors, with 638,560 tourists followed by South Korea and China, ...
http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article/88009/vietnamese-still-cambodias-strongest-market
City's public transport may take 10 years to materialize
A public transportation system for Phnom Penh is still years from becoming a reality, according to a presentation during a meeting on urban transit on Friday at City Hall, but the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will begin a survey at the end of May ...
Trio face forest-clearing charge
A married couple and another man were called before a judge yesterday after being charged with clearing protected forest in Koh Kong province’s Kandorl commune. Kry Deuy, his wife, Moeung Yan, and a man named Soun Sareth cleared about 16 hectares of state-protected forest to cultivate ...
Housing Activists Clash With Police in Street Protest
At least two women were injured Monday as housing rights activists clashed with police in Phnom Penh. The activists had been demonstrating by sitting in a major street in front of City Hall to demand land titles in two ongoing land disputes in the capital, those ...
Bus company sues strikers
After grappling with weeks of on-again, off-again strikes, the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation bus firm has filed complaints against 20 former employees for incitement, making threats and using the company uniform without permission. General manager Chan Sophanna said yesterday that the company filed the complaints to ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bus-company-sues-strikers
Political negotiations to continue after sub-national elections
A leading official from the opposition’s political negotiation team says more talks are planned with the ruling party. Son Chhay, a lawmaker-elect for the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said Monday that talks to end the deadlock will continue following the latest round of sub-national elections, which ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-negotiations-to-continue-after-sub-national-elections/1912757.html
Army, villagers cut land deal
A hotly debated land dispute between villagers and the military in Banteay Meanchey province was solved – for many villagers at least – with a win-win strategy on Friday, according to the provincial governor. In negotiations, village and provincial officials divided up 80 hectares of land ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-villagers-cut-land-deal
Opposition leaders ask supporters not to abandon the party
The opposition party leaders appealed to their supporters not to abandon the party after reaching political agreements with ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and agreeing to take seats in the National Assembly, local media reported Monday. The CNRP leaders made the appeal as some of their ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NWQzMTQ4NTUzMDc
Mixed results for local dealerships
The new year has brought with it a mixed outlook for the vehicle market, as dealers post both positive and negative sales figures for 2013. Pily Wong, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen distributor Hung Hiep (Cambodia), said sales had been seriously affected by the Kingdom’s ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mixed-results-local-dealerships
Taiwan's bike makers shrug off challenge from Cambodia
Giant Bicycles founder and chairman King Liu said on March 5 that Taiwan’s bicycle manufacturers are still competitive, despite the challenge from Cambodian competitors becoming stronger due to the country’s favorable tax policy. Bicycles exports from Taiwan were down 11.49% year-on-year in 2013, while exports ...
Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140311000004&cid=1206
Kem Sokha wants to boot out old officials
Opposition deputy leader and parliamentary first vice president Kem Sokha promised on Saturday to use his party’s status in parliament to summons and vote out long-serving corrupt government ministers with the help of the ruling party. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-wants-boot-out-old-officials
CNRP official Meach Sovannara arrested
Meach Sovannara, an official from the opposition CNRP, was arrested while driving down Monivong Boulevard in Phnom Penh on Tuesday morning, according to police and another CNRP official. Mr. Sovannara, who is also the director of the opposition Khmer Post Radio, was arrested in accordance with ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-official-meach-sovannara-arrested-72082/
Auto parts firm Denso bets $19 million on plant
In a bid to ramp up vehicle production in ASEAN. auto parts manufacturer Denso Cambodia has announced the construction of a new $19 million plant in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone. The facility will produce magnetos and oil coolers with production slated to begin in ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/auto-parts-firm-denso-bets-19-million-plant
Ministry to curb orphanages
Minister for Social Affairs Vong Soth yesterday vowed to cut the amount of children in orphanages by 30 per cent within two years through a joint campaign with NGOs. Dubbed “Keep Families Together”, the initiative, backed by USAID, UNICEF and Friends International, will urge parents to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-curb-orphanages
Cambodia Post sees a 10 pct rise in revenue
National mail service provider Cambodia Post reported a 10 per cent increase in 2014 revenues yesterday, as increasing consumer confidence boosted use of the once-fledgling service. The service provider, which was privatised in 2011, collected $5.19 million in revenue last year, up 14 per cent from ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-post-sees-10-pct-rise-revenue
Charged activist’s wife says let down by CNRP
The wife of political activist Ouk Pich Samnang, who was charged with intentional violence and causing damage to public property after smashing his tuk-tuk through a barricade during a protest in Phnom Penh last week, said Monday she felt the opposition CNRP had “turned a ...
Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/charged-activists-wife-says-let-down-by-cnrp-71121/