Garment workers told to curb wage rise demands
Prime Minister Hun Sen has told garment workers not to demand an excessive increase in the minimum wage, otherwise factories could move to more affordable countries. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083771/garment-workers-told-curb-wage-rise-demands/
Illegal logger loses foot to mine
An illegal logger lost a foot to an anti-personnel mine in Preah Vihear province near the border with Thailand on Saturday while searching for rosewood. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logger-loses-foot-mine-0
Man held in Battambang for signing as village chief
A CNRP supporter in Battambang province’s Anlong Lvea village was detained and questioned yesterday for illegally signing official documents meant only for the village chief. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-held-battambang-signing-village-chief
Domestic workers call for rights protection
Domestic workers and NGOs yesterday urged the government to ratify a UN convention to protect domestic workers’ rights and freedoms, and to regulate their working conditions. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/domestic-workers-call-rights-protection
Optimism as Cashew Season Gets Under Way
As the cashew-harvesting season in Cambodia’s northeastern provinces begins, farmers are expecting a good crop due to favorable weather conditions last year, an official said yesterday. ...
Alleged land dispute victims file petition
Alleged victims in seven separate land disputes in Kampong Cham province yesterday agreed to file a petition to the provincial governor, following a meeting with rights group Adhoc. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/alleged-land-dispute-victims-file-petition
Landmine Injures Three Villagers Hunting for Ants
Three villagers hunting for edible ants and wild vegetables were injured when one stepped on an anti-personnel mine in Banteay Meanchey province near the Poipet border crossing. ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/landmine-injures-three-villagers-hunting-for-ants-55021/
King Sihamoni meets Chinese vice president
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchu met with King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath on Friday afternoon, the Global Times reported. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NjEwYTg4ZjE0ZjF
Recruiter, aggrieved recruits strike a deal
During negotiations yesterday, allegedly defrauded workers in Kampong Thom and a recruitment agency hammered out a deal that saw limited compensation delivered to the aggrieved would-be migrants. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/recruiter-aggrieved-recruits-strike-deal
RMA mulls listing its Kingdom food arm
Bangkok-based RMA Group is considering listing its Cambodian food and beverage business, Express Food Group, on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, with a proposed IPO later this year. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rma-mulls-listing-its-kingdom-food-arm
CPP, CNRP set up a working group to draft rent law
The Cambodian People’s Party and Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have set up a joint working group to draft rent control law, a senior opposition official said Saturday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cpp-cnrp-set-up-a-working-group-to-draft-rent-law-8251
Natural disaster deaths decline
Last year saw a 70 per cent drop in fatalities caused by natural disasters compared with 2013, the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natural-disaster-deaths-decline
Recruiter, aggrieved recruits strike a deal
During negotiations yesterday, allegedly defrauded workers in Kampong Thom and a recruitment agency hammered out a deal that saw limited compensation delivered to the aggrieved would-be migrants. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/recruiter-aggrieved-recruits-strike-deal
Troops sent to Ratanakkiri border area
Almost 1,000 Cambodian soldiers have been deployed along the Vietnamese border in Ratanakkiri province in an effort to combat crimes including “illegal immigration”, military officials said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/troops-sent-ratanakkiri-border-area
Rangers in Seima report three busts
Rangers in eastern Cambodia’s Seima Protected Forest have reported seizing 32 animals in three separate busts over the past week, including more than a dozen endangered tortoises. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-seima-report-three-busts
Thai justice minister suggests Cambodia and Vietnam join “Safe Mekong” anti-drug operation
Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya says Thailand and Laos are considering inviting Cambodia and Vietnam to join the “Safe Mekong” anti-drug operation. ...
Chiang Rai Times News Staff
http://www.chiangraitimes.com/thai-justice-minister-suggests-cambodia-and-vietnam-join-safe-mekong-anti-drug-operation.html
Voter registration test delayed
A voter registration system test originally slated for October will instead occur in November, the National Election Committee (NEC) announced in a press release on Wednesday. ...
Alessandro Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-test-delayed
JICA provides support to improve traffic safety control in Phnom Penh
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided support to contribute to strengThening traffic safety control in Phnom Penh. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50939333/jica-provides-support-to-improve-traffic-safety-control-in-phnom-penh/
Cambodia abolishes need for PCR tests obtained 72 hours prior to arrival and Rapid Tests on arrival
Cambodia has abolished the need for a PCR negative test obtained 72 hours before arrival in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042844/cambodia-abolishes-need-for-pcr-tests-obtained-72-hours-prior-to-arrival-and-rapid-tests-on-arrival/
‘Do not get cheated into grabbing land,’ says B Meanchey governor
The Banteay Meanchey provincial administration appealed to residents not to be cheated into grabbing land in The Tapen 2 Forest Restoration and Broadcast Station at Svay Chek district’s Slakram commune. Governor Um Reatrey told The Post on Tuesday that a provincial administration investigation found that ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/do-not-get-cheated-grabbing-land-says-b-meanchey-governor