Senate passes reformed election laws in quick vote
The Senate unanimously approved The country’s two new election laws in a special session Monday, with The laws now only requiring review by The Constitutional Council and assent by King Norodom Sihamoni to be enacted. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senate-passes-reformed-election-laws-in-quick-vote-80564/
Election expert vows reform as ‘neutral’ NEC member
Hang Puthea, the presumptive “neutral” candidate on the new National Election Committee (NEC), said Wednesday that he would accept the nomination in order to pursue electoral reforms that the CPP and CNRP have failed to achieve. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-expert-vows-reform-as-neutral-nec-member-81218/
CNRP wants 2005 Vietnam border treaty re-examined
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that the CNRP wants a controversial 2005 border treaty with Vietnam to be re-examined by the National Assembly, with the possibility left open to “renegotiate it from the beginning.” ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-wants-2005-vietnam-border-treaty-re-examined-85432/
Progress seen on trafficking
Less than a month after Cambodia was handed the second-lowest rating in the United States’ annual Trafficking in Persons report, a senior official is “optimistic” the Kingdom can eventually move up the ranking. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/progress-seen-trafficking
H&M in second mass faint
The second mass fainting to hit a factory in Kampong Chnnang that supplies knitwear for H&M this week has prompted intervention from provincial labour officials and an investigation by The Swedish-based company. The International Labour Organisation, which monitors The M&V factory where as many as ...
Tep Nimol and Vincent MacIssac, P. 2
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hm-second-mass-faint
Two dollar strike to continue
Angkor Beer promoters yesterday rejected an offer from the municipality that would have required them to suspend their strike while officials negotiated a solution for them, telling Phnom Penh’s deputy governor that their protest is legal and that their employer is breaking the law. More ...
Skirmish as factory strike continues
MORE than 4,000 workers at M&V Manufacturing International’s garment factory in Kampong Chhnang province continued to strike for a fourth day yesterday, as a union president urged Prime Minister Hun Sen to force the company to reinstate 20 fired workers. Free Trade Union president Chea Mony ...
Norwegian firm sues Mfone over $3.7m debt
A lawyer for Norwegian-owned power and electronics equipment firm Eltek Valere yesterday called on investors not to buy stakes in the Thai-owned mobile phone operator Mfone, and to await court’s ruling. the lawyer’s appeal came after the Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued a warrant for keeping ...
Opposition claims majority win
If a joint committee investigates the irregularities and results from Sunday’s election, it will discover the opposition has won between 80 and 90 seats in the 123-seat National Assembly, Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy said today. Rainsy told the Post that his party’s final ...
The Phnom Penh Post
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-claims-majority-win
Cambodia's per capita GDP to reach 1,036 USD this year: PM
Cambodia’s per capita GDP was projected to hit 1,036 U.S. dollars in 2013, up from nearly 1,000 U.S. dollars in a year earlier, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday. The premier said The country has enjoyed full peace and political stability in The last 15 ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-09/21/c_132737987.htm
Muth’s lawyer calls for case to be terminated
The defence team for Meas Muth has said terminating The proceedings against The alleged Khmer Rouge naval commander is The “only legitimate and lawful option” if funds cannot be found to ensure a fair trial. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/muths-lawyer-calls-case-be-terminated
A fray in US economic ties?
The deteriorating political climate in Cambodia and ramped up government rhetoric against The United States could end up jeopardising The Kingdom’s economic relations with The US, its largest single trading partner, analysts have warned. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fray-us-economic-ties
Constitutional council to hear NGO argument
The Constitutional Council will next week will hear arguments from The government and opposition about The controversial NGO law before deciding on Wednesday wheTher to send The legislation to King Norodom Sihamoni for final approval. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/constitutional-council-hear-ngo-argument
PM tries again on deforestation
In recent months Prime Minister Hun Sen has made an effort to show that the government has a handle on the voracious deforestation that has ravaged the country’s forests over the years. Yet his speeches and decrees have done little to slow down, much less stop, ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28927/pm-tries-again-on-deforestation/
Protests call for workers to be rehired
Nearly 100 workers held a strike inside Phnom Penh’s Conpress Holdings jeans factory yesterday to demand the company allow four fired workers to return to work. the Seak Meanchey district factory, which employs more than 1,000 workers, fired the four in August because they attempted to ...
Two injured after steel mill accident in capital
An explosion at a steel mill in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district left two employees seriously injured over the weekend, authorities said. Mao Saroeun, Stung Meanchey commune police chief, said that around 10pm on Sunday there was a small, loud explosion at a mill owned by the ...
GMAC to explain Cambodian behavior to foreign managers
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia says it will hold a workshop next month to explain to foreign managers why Cambodians behave in certain ways. “This workshop will provide The participants with relevant cultural information about The Cambodian workers and will show The different perspectives from ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YTI4NTZjNDI3ZmI
Cambodia to host rice event
After winning the World’s Best Rice Award for two years running at the World Rice Conference, Cambodia has been selected to host this year’s annual event. the World Rice Conference is a networking event that brings together rice industry professionals from all over the world. Initiated ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-host-rice-event
Bassac sea-link to reach Kampot seaport: ministry
A key study on a proposed waterway link from the Bassac River to the sea in the Kampot-Kep region has been completed, the transport ministry reported, revealing plans for the project to connect to a “seaport” in Kampot province, igniting hopes for a solid pop ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bassac-sea-link-reach-kampot-seaport-ministry
South Korean firm commits to 1,000 ‘modern’ bus donation
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the South Korean Booyoung Group will gift the government a further 1,000 modern buses. the company handed over 200 buses to the Phnom Penh Municipal Hall in February, but suggested that the new buses be utilised in the ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korean-firm-commits-1000-modern-bus-donation