Four Dead in Cambodia Garment Strike
A weeklong strike by CAmbodiAn gArment workers turned deAdly FridAy As police shot And killed At leAst four people And wounded severAl others in An Attempt to breAk up A protest for higher wAges. The violence cAme After weeks of escAlAting politicAl And lAbor unrest mArked <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/four-deAd-in-cAmbodiA-gArment-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Chun Han Wong and Sun Narin
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304325004579297511167310046
Inside look at ‘fainting’ factory
After A three-dAy stAndstill At A PumA supplier, shoemAkers returned this morning to the fActory floors in Phnom Penh where 49 workers reportedly fell ill MondAy morning. Huey Chuen fActory AssistAnt GenerAl MAnAger ZhAng HAnchAng &ndAsh; who led reporters from The Post through the empty fActory <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/inside-look-At-fAinting-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Climate change on agenda
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for greater regional cooperation to tackle a range of environmental problems in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, but did not specifically address the threat posed by dams. “I call on all countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region to place more emphasis <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/climate-change-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072950721/National-news/climate-change-on-agenda.html
Cambodia Welcomes Thai Talks Over Waters
Cambodia’s petroleum authority yesterday announced that it would like to renew discussion with Thailand in order to find a solution over disputed waters in the Gulf of Thailand widely believed to hold large quantities of oil and gas. Negotiations over how to split revenue from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-welcomes-thai-talks-over-waters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Customers call Metfone on promise
Winning text messages in hand, about 25 angry Metfone customers yesterday gathered at the telecom’s head office on Mao Tse Tung Boulevard to demand the new iPhones they were promised. Each of the customers had paid US$0.30 to enter a Metfone-sponsored contest and received a text <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/customers-call-metfone-on-promise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120753193/Business/customers-call-metfone-on-promise.html
Angkor Village strikers sued
The foreign owner of a luxury Siem Reap hotel has sued four workers he sacked last year, alleging they damaged his property during protests in which they accused him of firing them for unionising. In total, 67 workers were sacked last year by ankor Village Hotel <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-village-strikers-sued/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022054601/National-news/angkor-village-strikers-sued.html
Officials Mute on Shooting Investigation; Rights Groups Concerned
Government officials remained tight-lipped yesterday about progress in their investigation of the Feb. 20 shooting of three female garment workers during a strike and demonstration in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city. On Feb 20, three women were wounded when a uniformed gunman opened fire at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-mute-on-shooting-investigation-rights-groups-concerned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Police Detain Three Mobile Phone Promoters
Enforcing a new ban against hanging posters and distributing promotional leaflets in Phnom Penh, police detained three Smart Mobile promoters while they were distributing flyers ahead of a music concert Tuesday, a company representative said. Boeng Trabek commune police chief Nheng Samoeun said that he <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-detain-three-mobile-phone-promoters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Family’s bleak vigil ends
It was the grimmest of homecomings yesterday for the family of Ouk Sakan as the body of the 40-year-old domestic worker was repatriated from Malaysia, ending a bleak vigil that began with her death more than four months ago. Na Rith said his cousin had worked <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/familys-bleak-vigil-ends/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031955117/National-news/familys-bleak-vigil-ends.html
Cambodia calls for talks with Thailand on disputed oil and gas zone
Cambodia called Tuesday for the newly elected Thai government to resume talks on resolving claims to a 27,000-square-kilometre stretch of seabed considered rich in oil and gas. The Cambodian National Petroleum authority, a government body, said it had ‘a firm commitment to finding an equitable <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-calls-for-talks-with-thailand-on-disputed-oil-and-gas-zone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Land Rights Still Unclear in Pheapimex Dispute
Following a decision in March to give land back to residents of 13 communes in Pursat province from a vast economic land concession belong to the conglomerate Pheapimex, boundaries have yet to be drawn, and ownership of the land still remains unclear, residents and a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-rights-still-unclear-in-pheapimex-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Building 10 rises at Borei Keila
Another building is rApidly rising on the plot of lAnd reserved for the tenth And lAst building promised to evicted Borei KeilA residents. Behind 100 protesting evictees, construction workers continued pounding AwAy yesterdAy At A steel structure thAt stArted coming up lAst week, Along <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/building-10-rises-At-borei-keilA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022854753/National-news/building-10-rises-at-b-keila.html
Draft Law Aims to Combat Price Dumping
The government is finalizing a draft law that will aim to prevent importers from price dumping and protect local producers by allowing authorities to raise tariffs on goods, according to a copy of the draft law. In the past, local producers have been negatively affected by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/draft-law-aims-to-combat-price-dumping/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Families Evicted by Railway Project File Complaint With Bank
More than 150 residents evicted from Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district to make way for a railway rehabilitation project filed a complaint yesterday with the asian Development Bank (aDB) office in Phnom Penh, one of two principal financiers for the project, saying their relocation site <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-evicted-by-railway-project-file-complaint-with-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Government denies Koh Kong Chinese naval base ‘rumour’
Two ministries have denied plans for a Chinese naval base in Cambodia and that the Kingdom is caught in the middle of US-China “cold war”. In a press release on Saturday, a Ministry of National Defence spokesperson called the spread of information about a naval <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-denies-koh-kong-chinese-naval-base-rumour/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-denies-koh-kong-chinese-naval-base-rumour
City Hall launches bus app
In a bid to improve public transportation services, City Hall on Friday launched an app that enables travellers to track the location of city buses. In a press release, City Hall said it cooperated with JICa to install GPS on buses for the City Bus app, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-launches-bus-app/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50621812/city-hall-launches-bus-app-2/
Angkor Wat bags $44 mil
Cambodia’s famed UNESCO-listed angkor archaeological Park made a revenue of $44 million during the first nine months of the year from ticket sales to angkor Wat. This represents a 2.5 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, according to an official report <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-wat-bags-44-mil/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30293/angkor-wat-bags--44-mil/
NagaCorp casino 2016 profits show modest growth
Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Ltd posted a net profit of $184.2 million last year, a 7 percent increase over the previous year, with growth largely tempered by a lacklustre surge in business volume across all gaming segments at its NagaWorld casino complex in Phnom Penh.While <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nagacorp-casino-2016-profits-show-modest-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-casino-2016-profits-show-modest-growth
China gives Cambodia aid and thanks for ASEAN help
China has pledged more than $500 million in soft loans and grants to Cambodia and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao thanked it for helping Beijing maintain good relations with the regional grouping aSEaN, a Cambodian junior minister said. a summit of the 10 members of the association <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-gives-cambodia-aid-and-thanks-for-asean-help/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/cambodia-china-idUSL4E8K41I320120904
Heineken nears Tiger beer deal after truce with rival
Dutch brewer Heineken NV took a major step towards winning control of the Tiger beer brand and an asian brewing network on Wednesday after a Thai rival accepted the deal When F&N’s board accepted Heineken’s improved offer of S$53 per aPB share, the deal included a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/heineken-nears-tiger-beer-deal-after-truce-with-rival-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/asiapacificbreweries-offer-heineken-idUSL4E8KI5D320120919