Ethical Sugar Group Suspends Tate & Lyle Over Plantations
An international group that promotes the ethical sourcing of sugar for the food and energy industries has suspended the membership of U.K. sugar giant Tate & Lyle for failing to answer complaints that it was buying from Cambodian plantations accused of stealing land from local ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ethical-sugar-group-suspends-tate-lyle-over-plantations-35438/
(English) University students turning to e-readers for study, private reading
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(English) US universities jointly hold largest-ever education fair in Cambodia
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Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=200736
Factory worker wages to be re-examined
Amid threats of another mass strike in the thriving garment sector, the Ministry of Social Affairs has called a meeting with the industry’s leading players to discuss union demands for a $150-per-month minimum wage, a letter obtained yesterday reveals. At the behest of Prime Minister Hun ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010260589/National/factory-worker-wages-to-be-re-examined.html
Shuttered schools, factories
With only about 10 per cent of its 1,000-person workforce at their stations by 8am yesterday, management at Hoyear (Cambodia) Garment Ltd cut its losses and announced that the factory would close for the next two days. Thousands across the capital opted out of work ...
Sean Teehan, Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shuttered-schools-factories
Group Considers Complaint Against Sugar Giant
A London-based sugar trade association aiming to promote a more ethical and sustainable industry will meet early next month to consider a request from Cambodian farmers that it eject U.K.-based sugar firm Tate & Lyle from the group unless it gives them back their land. Some ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/group-considers-complaint-against-sugar-giant-32001/
រដ្ឋាភិបាលប៊ែលហ្សិក ផ្ដល់ការបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលកម្មវិធីថ្នាក់អនុបណ្ឌិត និងបណ្ឌិត ដល់និស្សិតកម្ពុជា
រដ្ឋាភិបាលប្រទេសប៊ែលហ្ស៊ិក បានផ្ដល់ការគាំទ្រលើការបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលកម្មវិធីថ្នាក់អនុបណ្ឌិត និងបណ្ឌិត ដល់និស្សិតកម្ពុជា ដើម្បីមានឱកាសបន្តសិក្សានៅតាមសាកលវិទ្យាល័យល្បីៗមួយចំនួនក្នុងប្រទេសរបស់ខ្លួន។ ...
ហង្ស ពណ្ណរាយ
https://tinyurl.com/y48smajw
Economic Plan for Mekong Region Gets Finalized
Ministers from the six Mekong region nations concluded a two-day meeting yesterday in which they solidified plans for an economic strategy that would span a decade and require billions in investment. Speaking at Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace at the annual ministerial meeting, Minister of Commerce ...
Oil dispute optimism
A solution to the Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand may be at hand due to the election of Puea Thai. Petroleum companies are said to to be ready to explore the region, an area of more than 27,000 square kilometers. A ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072150552/Business/oil-dispute-optimism.html
ILO Respond to Scathing Stanford Report on Factory Monitoring
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Better Factories Program (BFC) has responded to a scathing report released last week by Stanford University, which said the ILO program was ineffectual as it had not helped secure Cambodian workers a significant wage increase since the program started over ...
SCB focus on Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia
Siam Commercial Bank will begin expanding its footprint across the region in anticipation of greater business opportunities and competitive pressures with the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2016. SCB, Thailand’s third-largest bank in terms of assets, operates branches in Laos, Singapore and Hong ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/322667/scb-focus-on-myanmar-laos-cambodia
លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន នឹងប្រគល់សញ្ញាបត្រដល់សិស្សជាង២០០០នាក់
លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន គ្រោងនឹងអញ្ជើញជាអធិបតីក្នុងពិធីប្រគល់សញ្ញាបត្រដល់សិស្សជាង២០០០នាក់ ដែលបានបញ្ចប់ការសិក្សានៅសាលាភូមិន្ទរដ្ឋបាល។ ...
បុគ្គលិក ខ្មែរថាមស៍
https://bit.ly/3mIbIAg
Beaches to drive tourism
The Ministry of Tourism and the French TV channel TF1 have signed a deal on a “2013 action plan” that will promote Cambodia’s beach tourism. The agreement was inked yesterday by Tourism Minister Thong Khon and Franck Firmin Guion, the president of Adventure Line Product-ions (ALP). The plan ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031962003/Business/beaches-to-drive-tourism.html
With Election on the Horizon, Politicians Defend Land Policies
Cambodian politicians have begun a public campaign to defend their records on land policies, as they prepare for the run-up to July elections. Politicians from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, as well as the opposition Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, have said they will give ...
Tales of intimidation
When activists Mom Sakin and Sorn Siyan took a stand against illegal logging in Kratie province last month, they were allegedly threatened with violence and lawsuits from officials. “Powerful people who wanted to intimidate us shot their guns into the air to prevent us from going ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050165357/National/tales-of-intimidation.html
Sandwiched between cultures
It was not her degree in finance and banking that encouraged Keo Sopheap to start her own business. It was her sister’s marriage to an American that introduced her to foreign fast food. Now Sopheap owns a sandwich shop in Phnom Penh. Sopheap, a Norton ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090358438/Business/sandwiched-between-cultures.html
Deutsche Bank, IFC Rubber Investments Questioned
Deutsche Bank and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) have poured millions of dollars into Vietnamese rubber companies operating in Cambodia that have engaged in illegal logging and forced evictions of local farmers, the environmental rights group Global Witness says in a new report ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deutsche-bank-ifc-rubber-investments-questioned-23598/
សីតុណ្ហភាពរដូវប្រាំងឆ្នាំក្រោយនឹងឡើងខ្ពស់ អាចដល់ ៤១ អង្សារសេ
យោងតាមក្រសួងធនធានទឹក និងឧតុនិយម សីតុណ្ហភាពក្នុងរដូវប្រាំងឆ្នាំ ២០២៤ ត្រូវបានគេរំពឹងថានឹងឡើងដល់ ៤១ អង្សាសេ។ ...
ណុប ស្រីម៉ៅ
http://tinyurl.com/bdfsxvj9
ចៅក្រមអាមេរិកាំងបញ្ជាឱ្យក្រុមមេធាវីចូលបំភ្លឺករណីបង្ខំពលករខ្មែរធ្វើការនៅថៃ
ចៅក្រមនៅរដ្ឋកាលីហ្វ័រញ៉ាបានបញ្ជាឱ្យមេធាវីដើមបណ្តឹងនិងមេធាវីចុងចម្លើយនៅក្នុងសំណុំរឿងប្តឹងដោយអតីតជនរងគ្រោះខ្មែរដែលធ្លាប់ធ្វើការនៅរោងចក្រផលិតគ្រឿងសមុទ្រថៃចូលជួបមុខគ្នាដើម្បីសម្រេចកំណត់ពេលដោះស្រាយសំណុំរឿងនេះនិងត្រូវបើកសវនាការកាត់ទោសឬយ៉ាងណា។ ...
(English) In Cambodia, culture shapes identity, spurs economic growth
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Julia Chen
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2014/02/12/in-cambodia-culture-shapes-identity-spurs-economic-growth/