Despite ban on foreign funding, Ranariddh says Funcinpec donation is up to China
Funcinpec President Prince Norodom Ranariddh yesterday doubled down on his seemingly illegal request for Chinese aid, claiming it was his “right”, despite the law explicitly prohibiting political parties from accepting foreign funds. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/despite-ban-foreign-funding-ranariddh-says-funcinpec-donation-china
Australia debates motion to condemn Cambodia’s political crackdown
The Australian Parliament is considering a motion to condemn Cambodia’s political crackdown, with lawmaker Mark Butler declaring Australia has “a solemn duty” to take action to defend Cambodia’s “fledgling democracy”. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australia-debates-motion-condemn-cambodias-political-crackdown
UN-backed sustainable fellowship announced
Co-working space Impact Hub, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has launched a new Sustainable Development Goal Fellowship intended to assist entrepreneurs in cultivating innovative and sustainable projects. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/un-backed-sustainable-fellowship-announced
Hun Sen Asks Businesses to Serve Local Foods
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday reiterated comments made by government officials Tuesday that government institutions, hotels and restaurants should begin serving local cuisine and produce to generate more cash flow in the tourism sector. ...
Pailin casino Dreamworld opens May 9
Entertainment Gaming Asia, an American Stock Exchange-listed company with a regional presence in both Cambodia and the Philippines, will launch its Dreamworld Casino in Pailin province on Wednesday, according to a company statement. ...
Ho Chi Minh City EXPO 2014 in Cambodia opens in May
The Vietnam-Cambodia International Trade Fair and Exhibitions 2014, also known as Ho Chi Minh City EXPO 2014, will be held at Koh Pich Convention Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 7-11. ...
Thao Tien
http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Business/2014/4/108657/
Transparency keeps driving improvements in working conditions
The International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme today releases its 2nd online transparency report showing how individual garment factories measure up on key working conditions. ...
Better Factories Cambodia
Officials tour Nauru, fail to meet refugees
A Cambodian delegation that arrived in Nauru on Tuesday for high-level meetings to progress a controversial refugee resettlement scheme has toured Australian-run detention centres on the island, according to a rights group. ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/officials-tour-nauru-fail-meet-refugees
10 Cambodian workers arrested in violent wage protest
Ten striking workers were arrested in eastern Cambodia on Saturday after more than 200 protesters burned a factory gate and hurled stones at the police, leaving eight officers injured, a local police chief said. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/25/c_133742054.htm
Cambodian deputy PM praises China for contributing to socio-economic development in Cambodia
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng said Friday evening that China has greatly contributed to socio-economic development in Cambodia and vowed to further enhance the bilateral ties for mutual benefits. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=291986
Transparency watchdog deals discounts to fight corruption
Transparency International Cambodia has launched a new campaign to encourage citizens to fight corruption, issuing a card that provides discounts with more than 100 companies to people who vow to work against the practice. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/transparency-watchdog-deals-discounts-to-fight-corruption/2858632.html
Direct China cargo on course
Two Chinese shipping giants will soon sign agreements with Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP), paving the way for exporters to move cargo directly from Cambodia to China, according to a senior port official. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/direct-china-cargo-course
Experts tell Laos, VN, Cambodia to study border issues
Delegates from Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos discussed the ASEAN Economic Community’s effects on transnational natural resources at an annual international conference on cross-border economic co-operation. ...
Viet Nam News Staff
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/273671/experts-tell-laos-vn-cambodia-to-study-border-issues.html
Unpaid workers ready to ‘burn down factory’
More than 150 garment workers at the Tien Tien factory in Kandal province have threatened to burn down their workplace after its Chinese owner disappeared without paying them almost a month ago. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unpaid-workers-ready-burn-down-factory
Poipet reopens crossing to travellers
Cambodia and Thailand reopened its Poipet- Aranyaprathet border crossing to travellers yesterday after a two-year closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501067323/poipet-reopen-crossing-to-travellers/
500 Villagers Plan Protest for Bail Hearing in Kratie
More than 500 villagers involved in a land dispute with a private firm in Kratie province will protest outside the provincial court today to demand that a villager representative arrested Friday be released on bail. ...
PM wants more Japanese investment in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaking at the Mekong- Japan Business Forum in Tokyo on October 9, invited Japanese firms to visit Cambodia and convince themselves that it a worthy country for their investments. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50540098/pm-wants-more-japanese-investment-in-cambodia/
EU-Vietnam timber deal discussed
Cambodian and Vietnamese officials on Monday began a five-day conference to discuss timber trade management, including an incoming trade deal between Vietnam and the European Union that has been decried by environmentalists. ...
aing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50543866/eu-vietnam-timber-deal-discussed/
Illegal logging claims refuted
Forest activists in Battambang province’s Samlot district said on Thursday that a company that has received an economic land concession (ELC) in the area is trading timber from outside its ELC boundary. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logging-claims-refuted
Villagers block land survey
Kandal provincial authorities on Sunday attempted to measure wetland in Sa’ang district’s Roka Kpuos commune but were stopped by about 100 villagers who said the measurement overlapped with their flooded land. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-block-land-survey