Bra factory workers look to ministry for support
About 300 workers entered their sixth day of strikes yesterday at a bra factory in the capital, which manufactures lingerie supplied to Victoria’s Secret and Valentino, but their hopes of a quick resolution were dashed when a Ministry of Social Affairs official admitted he was ...
Villagers claim CPP arm-twisting
About 40 families of ex-Khmer Rouge and government soldiers in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district complained to rights group Adhoc yesterday, accusing officials of forcing them to thumbprint a contract saying they would vote CPP so the party could resolve an ongoing land dispute, an ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-claim-cpp-arm-twisting
(English) ‘Big Man rule’ taken to task by UN envoy
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Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98big-man-rule%E2%80%99-taken-task-un-envoy
(English) CNRP threatened over rhetoric
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Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-threatened-over-rhetoric
សហជីពមួយក្រុមប្រញាប់ដាក់សំណើសុំជួបជុំនៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ
ខណៈដែលបន្លាលួស ត្រូវបានគេរើចេញពីទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធ សហជីពមួយក្រុម បានប្រញាប់ដាក់សំណើមួយ ទៅសាលារាជធានី ដើម្បីធ្វើការជួបជុំ នៅទីលាននេះ ចាប់តាំងពីវា ត្រូវបានគេបិទ បន្ទាប់ពីកើតមានអំពើហិង្សាកាលពីដើម ...
មុំ គន្ធា និង Alice Cuddy
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Anti-Eviction Protesters Appeal to Obama
As Barack Obama was declared president of the United States for a second term yesterday, about 50 anti-eviction protesters for the Boeng Kak and Borei Keila communities camped out in front of the U.S. Embassy and appealed for the president’s help in addressing land rights ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-eviction-protesters-appeal-to-obama-5315/
Gulf talks with Cambodia and oil-concession bids pushed back
Two items on the government’s energy agenda – preparations for talks with Cambodia on a solution to the countries’ overlapping claims in the Gulf of Thailand and the plan to open a 21st round of bidding for petroleum exploration and production concessions – are likely ...
Water Supply Shares Fall Below Launch Price
The share price of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) fell 50 riel yesterday to 6,250 riel, or about $1.52, bringing the authority’s share price lower than its initial public offering (IPO) in April. The decline matches views expressed by investors here that the authority’s ...
Export diversity induces growth
In order for Cambodia to maintain the same rate of growth it has enjoyed in the past few years, exports need to diversify from textiles and tourism to modern services, said the World Bank’s country manager yesterday in Phnom Penh. “Cambodian firms are already tentatively exporting ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102459390/Business/export-diversity-induces-growth.html
Workforce Must Improve to Compete in Asean Bloc
Cambodia’s workforce must quickly improve its skills base if it is to compete with other countries in the region when the Asean bloc becomes a single market in 2015, officials said yesterday at a seminar held in Phnom Penh. When the Asean Economic Community goes ahead in ...
លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធានគណបក្សប្រឆាំងគូសបញ្ជាក់ម្ដងទៀតថា បក្សលោកអាចនឹងរឹបអូសដីធ្លី
កាលពីចុងសប្ដាហ៍កន្លងទៅ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធានគណបក្សប្រឆាំង បានលើកឡើងជាថ្មីម្ដងទៀតអំពីលទ្ធភាពដែលរដ្ឋាភិបាលអនាគតរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ អាចនឹងធ្វើការបែងចែកឡើង ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា និង អេឡិក វិល្លីមមីនស៍
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/27782/
Cambodia faces risks from a credit boom, the IMF warns
The International Monetary Fund has warned that a credit boom in Cambodia poses a threat to economic growth. Banks have been cutting interest rates to win customers and private sector credit has increased by almost a third in the past 12 months, the fund said. This ...
Families Call for Boycott of Senator's 'Blood Sugar'
After years of futile protests demanding their land back, villagers forcibly evicted by sugarcane plantations connected to CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat launched a boycott campaign yesterday targeting the international firms that sell his sugar. Thousands of families accuse the senator’s plantations of forcing them off ...
CPP keeps Funcinpec close, despite no seats
The former president and current party secretary of the struggling Funcinpec party, Nhek Bun Chhay, has been nominated as a government adviser – a position the government ranks equivalent to that of a deputy prime minister. Senior ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yeap said the ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-keeps-funcinpec-close-despite-no-seats
ក្រុមអ្នកវិភាគថា CNRP មានឱកាសខ្លាំងឈ្នះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំក្រោយ
លទ្ធផលនៃការបោះឆ្នោត ឃុំ សង្កាត់ ថ្ងៃទី ៤ មិថុនា អនុញ្ញាតឲ្យគណបក្សធំៗទាំងពីររក្សាមុខមាត់របស់ខ្លួន ប៉ុន្តែការទទួលបានសំឡេងគាំទ្រច្រើនរបស់គណបក្សប្រឆាំងបង្ហាញថាគណបក្សនេះមានឱកាសខ្លាំងក្នុងការឈ្នះការបោះឆ្នោតជាតិឆ្នាំក្រោយហើយថាវាអាចធ្វើឲ្យ ...
Alex Willemyns
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Building’s owner unknown
Amid safety fears in the construction industry, authorities yesterday refused to reveal the owner of a brand-new industrial building that crashed to the ground in Phnom Penh on Sunday, just days before hundreds were to have set foot in it. Sen Sok district governor Khoun Sreng ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030754899/National-news/buildings-owner-unknown.html
Commune Vote Predictable, but Margins Less So
With Sunday’s commune elections quickly approaching, the five main political parties are all predicting substantial gains over how they faired in the last election in 2007, though none deny that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will continue to dominate the polls. And with the entrance ...
Commune Chief Collectors’ Scam Follows Election
The commune election had only just ended on Sunday when the scam had started. On Tuesday, a well-dressed man claiming to be the brother of one of Phnom Penh’s newly reelected commune chiefs visited a business to present an invitation. It was convincing: The father of the ...
Cambodia Reaching New Heights
As much of the world struggles with post growth, Cambodia’s tourism and hospitality sector continued to expand and diversify, attracting more intraregional activity and especially from major emerging markets in Asia, MICE segments, as well as traditional leisure clientele. Like neighboring countries Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Laos, Cambodia has quickly emerged into a well sought-after tourist ...
Ahead of Titling, Hun Sen Urges Swift Resolution to Land Disputes
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged people to resolve their own land disputes to aid the progress of an ambitious land-titling project announced earlier this month. Speaking at an event in Kompong Cham province’s Kroch Chhmar district to mark National Fish Day, Mr. Hun Sen thanked ...