Compensation deal is inked with Borei Keila evictees
After seeing a signing ceremony interrupted by protesters on Tuesday, officials from the joint committee for Borei Keila housing solutions yesterday inked compensation deals with 32 out of 56 evicted families. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-deais-inked-borei-keila-evicteees
Free Unionists, FTU pleads
The Free Trade Union has sent a letter to police seeking the release of two union officials arrested on Tuesday over protests at the Cerie garment factory in Kampong Speu province. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/free-unionists-ftu-pleads
True money to extend services to Niron MFI
Mobile payment provider True Money Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding with local microfinance institution Niron Mikroheranhvatho Plc on Friday to facilitate bill payments for the microlender’s 60,000 customers. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/true-money-extend-services-niron-mfi
Cambodian journalists to receive training in the US
Cambodian journalists will visit the U.S. to observe the presidential election in November to learn from their American colleagues’ experience of covering the polls, a media development group has said. ...
Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-journalists-to-receive-training-in-the-us/3313932.html
Mango exports to EU growing
Almost 60 tons of Cambodian mangoes were exported to the European Union during the harvesting season this year, according to Mong Reththy, who runs the country’s largest agricultural export company. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24859/mango-exports-to-eu-growing/
Petition seeks vote for workers overseas
A group campaigning for better governance yesterday demanded parliamentarians push the government to allow Cambodians living abroad to vote, while also calling for stricter enforcement of migration legislation inside the country. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/petition-seeks-vote-workers-overseas
Ministry orders unlicensed Chinese firms to suspend work
Officials say a pair Of Chinese companies have started construction on two residential building projects in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district without proper authorization and have ordered them to cease work immediately. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-orders-unlicensed-chinese-firms-to-suspend-work-100992/
Cambodia to tighten security during Russian PM's visit
Security will be tightened in Cambodia during the visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev from Nov. 22 to 24, the National Police’s website reported on Saturday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6691713/2015/11/20/cambodia-tighten-security-during-russian-pms-visit
Kampong Speu garment workers continue strike
Protesting working conditions, nearly 300 garment workers in Kampong Speu’s Chbar Mon town entered their tenth day of strikes yesterday as the Arbitration Council prepared paperwork to resolve the dispute. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-garment-workers-continue-strike
Defence Minister meets Cambodian veterans
The Vietnam People’s Army will work hard to preserve, cement and develop the solidarity between Vietnam and Cambodia, Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh said. ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/149144/defence-minister-meets-cambodian-veterans.html
Analysts urge caution in trans-pacific partnership with US
Cambodian officials say they are considering joining the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, but analysts say the country is a long way from being a part of the regional trade pact. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/analysts-urge-caution-in-trans-pacific-partnership-with-us/3174872.html
Blaze strikes SR silk farm
A popular Siem Reap silk producer and tourist attraction was this week counting the cost of a fire that destroyed a stockroom and required crews from four fire engines to control. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/blaze-strikes-sr-silk-farm
Beachfront evictions to begin in Sihanoukville next week
The eviction of businesses along Sihanoukville’s popular O’Chheuteal Beach will begin as early as Monday, after the provincial governor returns from a trip abroad, an official said on Thursday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beachfront_evictions_to_begin-110076/
Cambodian diaspora urged to invest back home
Cambodians who live abroad should be taking advantage of opportunities to invest in the Kingdom, despite the fact that skilled labor remains a problem, an advisor to the government said Friday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22969/cambodian-diaspora-urged-to-invest-back-home/
CRF to register ‘Angkor Malis’ brand and logo
The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) will officially register the name “Angkor Malis” in June as the umbrella brand for the Kingdom’s premium varieties of fragrant rice, a representative said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-register-angkor-malis-brand-and-logo
Cambodian Public Bank symbolizes close ties between Malaysia and Cambodia
Malaysia’s award-winning Public Bank, which is celebrating its 50th Golden Jubilee this year, is one of the first foreign banks to open its door in Cambodia in 1992. ...
Khmer Time Team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25641/cambodian-public-bank-symbolizes-close-ties--between-malaysia-and-cambodia/
Cambodia asks East Timor to import rice, sugar
Cambodia is seeking to export milled rice and sugar to East Timor, according to the Ministry of Commerce, with experts saying it will expand markets for the Kingdom’s agricultural products. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28511/cambodia-asks-east-timor-to-import-rice--sugar/
Televise NA sessions, Kem Sokha proposes
Ruling and opposition party representatives yesterday agreed that National Assembly sessions should be televised and aired on radio to give Cambodians a greater window into the work of their elected representatives. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/televise-na-sessions-kem-sokha-proposes
Groups urge 'free and fair' election pledge
A coalition of election monitoring NGOs yesterday urged the government to endorse an international commitment to free and fair elections, and to evaluate the Kingdom’s elections according to its standards. ...
Vong Sokheng and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-urge-free-and-fair-election-pledge
China-backed AIIB to take concrete shape
One of China’s biggest ever foreign policy successes will take concrete shape on Monday when delegates from 57 countries sign an agreement on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing. ...
Brenda Goh and Koh Gui Qing
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12682/china-backed-aiib-to-take-concrete-shape/