Mass fainting occur at 2 garment factories in Cambodia
Some 82 Cambodian garment workers at two different factories fainted on Tuesday morning, and a labor official cited poor health for the cause of their fainting. Mass fainting has subsequently occurred in Cambodian garment factories. According to the NSSF, some 557 workers got fainted in ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/mass-fainting-occur-at-2-garment-factories-in-cambodia-8730
Sok An to respond to summons in writing only
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An will respond to a summons to appear before the National Assembly in writing rather than in person, a spokesman said Wednesday, with an opposition lawmaker saying the move could prompt a bid to impeach Mr. An. ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sok-an-to-respond-to-summons-in-writing-only-87118/
Huge drop in rate of open defecation, report says
The open defecation rate in Cambodia has dropped by 42 percent since 1990, according to a new U.N. report, but the country’s urban poor still have limited access to improved sanitation. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/huge-drop-in-rate-of-open-defecation-report-says-87094/
Without new skills, Cambodian workers face challenges in ASEAN
With Asean integration growing closer, Cambodia’s workers will need new skills if they are to compete in an open region, labor experts say. Cambodia’s industry brings in billions of dollars for the economy and employs more than 600,000 workers, but it will not be able ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/without-new-skills-cambodian-workers-face-challenges-in-asean/2847736.html
Fisheries production rises 2.4 percent in latest year
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Ouk Rabun said Wednesday that Cambodia’s fisheries production rose to 745,255 tonnes in 2014, up 2.4 percent from 728,000 a year earlier. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/fisheries-production-rises-24-percent-in-latest-year-8733
Tea Banh to meet with firm in land dispute
During a five-day state visit to China that starts today, Defense Minister Tea Banh will meet with officials from the Union Development Group, a Chinese firm that has evicted hundreds of families to make way for its tourism development in Koh Kong province. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tea-banh-to-meet-with-firm-in-land-dispute-87547/
Working conditions in Cambodia's garment factories slightly improved: group
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has found a slight improvement In Cambodia’s garment factory workIng conditions, although issues of overtime and occupational safety and health contInue, accordIng to its latest report released on Wednesday. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=291468
Chinese corners opened in Cambodia to boost language learning
The Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia on Tuesday launched ChInese Corners at the MInistry of Culture and FIne Arts and the Royal University of FIne Arts. ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2015/07-15/173177.shtml
Gaming tax revenue up 20% in first 6 months
Gaming tax revenue reached $12 million in the first six months of the year, a 20 percent increase over the first half of 2014, due to a greater number of Thai nationals crossing into Cambodia to gamble, a Finance Ministry official said Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/gaming-tax-revenue-up-20-in-first-6-months-88562/
Land disputes down in 2015 due to ELC freeze
Although the number of land disputes across the country decreased in the first six months of the year—largely due to a freeze on the granting of economic land concessions—little has been done to resolve existing disputes, according to a report released Wednesday by rights group ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/land-disputes-down-in-2015-due-to-elc-freeze-89260/
Gov’t to finish Northern rail line in 2016
The government has set aside some $33 million to finish rebuilding Cambodia’s northern rail line by late next year, according to the Transportation Ministry, reanimating a long-delayed and over-budget project that had been one of the Asian Development Bank’s priorities in the country. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-finish-northern-rail-line-in-2016-89463/
Chhouk Bandith's victims see hope in Sok Bun arrest
Three factory workers shot more than three years ago by a town governor who remains at large have come to Phnom Penh to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to take action in their case, given the recent success of the premier’s call to arrest a ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chhouk-bandiths-victims-see-hope-sok-bun-arrest
Human trafficking still rife in Cambodia, US report says
Amid numerous reports of Cambodian women being trafficked to China and men being used as forced labor on fishing boats, the U.S.’ latest Trafficking in Persons report again said Cambodia is not doing enough to combat human trafficking. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/human-trafficking-still-rife-in-cambodia-us-report-says-89840/
Microfinance loans up 47 percent in first 6 months
Cambodia’s microfinance sector is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, with loan disbursements in the first six months of this year increasing almost 50 percent on last year, according to an industry association. ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/microfinance-loans-up-47-percent-in-first-6-months-90039/
ELCs tied to destruction of forests in new report
Cambodis’s most crucial forests are disappearing at a rate of more than 2,000 kilometres a year, as agricultural firms continue to harvest timber by illegal means in protected areas and national parks, according to a study from Washington-based Forest Trends. ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elcs-tied-destruction-forests-new-report
China stages huge military drills in South China Sea
China is holding a series of military exercises in the disputed South China Sea this week, and one of them involved live-fire drills with more than 100 ships, including some with nuclear capabilities. ...
Simone Orendain
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/china-stages-huge-military-drills-in-south-china-sea/2887161.html
Iv drips still the treatment of choice in Kratie
It used to be a common sight in Phnom Penh – a child wandering on a street with a needle in his hand, followed by a parent holding a bag of IV fluid. ...
Aisha Down and Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13961/iv-drips-still-the-treatment-of-choice-in-kratie/
Cambodia inaugurates fifth China-funded bridge in S. province
Cambodia inaugurated Takhmau Bridge across Tonle Bassac River, along with a 12-km road here on Monday in an effort to facilitate travel and boost local economic development.The concrete bridge, along with its connecting road, is located about 13 km south of Phnom Penh capital. It ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/03/c_134476255.htm
CNRP abandoned Military, Court reforms in July 22 deal
Opposition negotiators were demanding last year’s July 22 political deal include concrete vows to depoliticize the military and courts in a comparable fashion to the National Election Committee (NEC) but suddenly abandoned the demands in the final days, those involved have said. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-abandoned-military-court-reforms-in-july-22-deal-90750/
In congested capital, gov’t looks to rail transit
As Phnom Penh’s population expands in the coming decades—with expectations of 2.6 million people by 2035 and 5 million by 2050—Japan’s development agency on Thursday hosted a conference to review its plan to curb traffic congestion in the capital. ...
Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-congested-capital-govt-looks-to-rail-transit-91089/