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
Workers clash: At factory in Kandal, fight over protest
Melees at a garment factory in Kandal province between striking workers and employees who are against the industrial action have left five people mildly injured. Employees at the Tae Young factory began striking a week ago, calling for two administrators at the plant to be fired, ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-clash-factory-kandal-fight-over-protest
Flood warnings issued for Kratie, Kampong Cham, Stung Treng
The Mekong River Commission issued flood warnings on Wednesday for Kratie, Kampong Cham and Stung Treng as well as the southern Lao city of Pakse. After surpassing alarm levels in recent days, the Mekong is expected to reach the flood stage in Kratie on Saturday, according ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YjEyM2Q4YWRkM2F
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/
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
Three arrested for trafficking Cambodian brides to China
Municipal anti-human trafficking police arrested three suspects in the past two days for allegedly sending at least four Cambodian women to marry men in China over the past year. Municipal anti-human trafficking police chief Keo Thea said one of the four Cambodian women sent to China ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-arrested-for-trafficking-cambodian-brides-to-china-76510/
NGOs slam proposed law on election speech
Cambodia’s leading human rights groups have condemned the ruling and opposition parties’ reported efforts to stymie their voices during election campaigns, arguing such restrictions would violate freedom of expression. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have been negotiating changes to the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-slam-proposed-law-election-speech
Poyry receives consulting contract for Cambodia's 400-MW Lower Se San 2 hydropower plant
Global consulting group Poyry has been awarded a consulting assignment for the construction of Cambodia’s 400-MW Lower Se San 2 hydropower plant. Awarded by developer Hydro Power Lower Se San 2 Company Ltd., the assignment includes independent engineering services including construction monitoring and inspection throughout the ...
Michael Harris
http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2015/02/poyry-receives-consulting-contract-for-cambodia-s-400-mw-lower-se-san-2-hydropower-plant.html
China expands island construction in South China Sea: report
Newly released satellite images show a dramatic expansion in China’s construction of artificial islands on disputed South China Sea reefs, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The report said the expansion was “intensifying concerns about Beijing’s territorial ambitions.” ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/world/china-expands-island-construction-in-south-china-sea:-report-12345
ADB firms up growth prediction
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has maintained its growth projections for Cambodia in 2014. The ADB’s midyear outlook for Cambodia, released yesterday, states that Cambodia’s economy still stands to achieve 7 per cent growth by the end of the year, and potentially 7.3 per cent in ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-firms-growth-prediction
Second Mekong Climate Change Forum - adaptation to climate change in the transboundary context
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) will hold a three-day forum for government officials, academics, experts as well as representatives from river basin organisations, the Development Partners of the MRC, development agencies, civil society and the private sector to share and exchange their knowledge, experience and ...
Mekong River Commission
CCHR launches campaign calling on Cambodians to take a stance against impunity
On 2 November 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) launches its annual impunity campaign to mark the United Nations’ first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The campaign aims to generate and relay the public’s call on the Royal Government ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights
Cambodia hosts int'l information technology, telecom expo
An international information technology, electronics and telecom exhibition kicked off here on Friday with an aim of developing the country’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, officials said. The three-day event, held at the Diamond Island Exhibition Centre, brought together 49 local and regional ICT companies ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2014-11/14/c_133790043.htm
Phnom Penh Authority explains about Psar Chas market fire
Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday denied that someone set fire on Psar Chas market (Old Market), saying that the fire was caused by electric fault in a store inside the market. The denial came after public as well as social media users said that arson ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/phnom-penh-authority-explains-about-psar-chas-market-fire-7719
Cambodia exporters target to double fragrant organic rice exports in 2015
Currentlt, CEDAC exports fragrant organic rice to the U.S. and Hong Kong. But is exploring export opportunities to Arab countries as well. According to the CEDAC’s organic rice Export Officer, though the price Of organic rice is higher, prices are much stable in the international ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/cambodian-rice-exporters-target-double-fragrant-organic-rice-exports-2015
Military police official dismisses graft claims
A senior National Military Police commander has denied accusations he’s been skimming his officers’ wages, insisting the money docked covered their food. Via a statement by military police spokesman Kheng Tito, the deputy chief of the Security Information Department, Hong Vynal, hit back at claims on ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/military-police-official-dismisses-graft-claims
Laws could lead to ‘undemocratic’ elections, Human Rights Watch says
Criticism of two draft laws aimed at reforming Cambodia’s electoral system continues to grow. On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch issued a statement saying the draft laws “violate basic human rights and democratic norms and should be substantially revised before being presented to the National Assembly for ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://bit.ly/1O4ILXd
Minor party leader charged
League for Democracy Party (LDP) president Khem Veasna was yesterday charged at the Appeal Court on allegations that he cheated a party activist out of $70,000 between 2009 and 2011. The plaintiff, Duk Moeun, had sued Veasna at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in August 2013, ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-party-leader-charged
Korea to invest $4 mil. to restore Cambodian temple
Korea will use its first Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the preservation and restoration Of foreign cultural properties to restore ancient Cambodian temples. According to the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea will invest $4 million in ODA to Preah ...
Kwon Mee-yoo
http://bit.ly/1y7tTTd