Chea is ‘legally innocent’
The defense lawyer for the late Khmer Rouge Brother Number Two Nuon Chea claimed on Wednesday that his death rendered him “legally innocent”. Hence, Doreen Chen called on the Supreme Court Chamber of the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to declare ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-kr-tribunal/chea-legally-innocent
Minimum wage set at $190 for 2020
Next year’s basic minimum wage has been increased by 4.4 per cent to $190 a month from $170 per month last year after the final round of negotiations ended in a vote last week, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-set-190-2020
Kingdom set to host Asean banking meet
Cambodia will host the 22nd Asean Banking Conference and the 49th Asean Banking Council Meeting, Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) president in Channy said on Thursday. Channy told The Post that the event will be organised by the ABC and will be held from ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-set-host-asean-banking-meet
Buyers worried about union demands, garment manufacturers say
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia says unions and their demands for higher wages are rattling the country’s industry and could lead to a decline in buyers, factories and jobs. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/buyers-worried-about-union-demands-garment-manufacturers-say/2952398.html
Disease control gets tech injection
An international health NGO has launched a new “crowd-sourcing” surveillance system to be used by the government in monitoring infectious diseases. ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disease-control-gets-tech-injection
Analysts shrug off drop in approved investment
The government approved more than $1 billion worth of domestic and foreign direct investment in the first quarter of the year, down sharply from the $2.8 billion approved in the same quarter last year, figures released by the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24306/analysts-shrug-off-drop-in-approved-investment/
Fisheries officer held over graft allegations
A Fisheries Administration officer in Siem Reap was charged with accepting $369,000 in unofficial payoffs yesterday after being arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit on Tuesday. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fisheries-officer-held-over-graft-allegations
Islamic Microfinance could save farmers from high interest rates
As businesses and banks prepare for the 11th World Islamic Economic Forum in Malaysia on November 3, some Islamic microfinance businesses are considering bringing interest-free loans to Cambodia. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15591/islamic-microfinance-could-save-farmers-from-high-interest-rates/
Revamp of torture prevention panel called cosmetic
The government has announced plans to upgrade a sub-decree on torture prevention to the status of royal decree in order to comply with its international obligations, but observers said yesterday that the proposed changes will do little to bolster the body’s impartiality.The decision was confirmed ...
Taing Vida and Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/revamp-torture-prevention-panel-called-cosmetic
Exports to US bounce back on revised GSP
Exports to the US saw a modest rebound during the first half of the year, benefiting in part from new trade privileges that allow Cambodian-made travel goods to enter the world’s biggest consumer market duty-free, a Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) representative said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-us-bounce-back-revised-gsp
Signing on the Exchange of Notes and Record of Discussions on the extension of Grant Aid for the purpose of implementation of the Project for Urgent Replacement of Bridges in Flood-Prone Areas
On 03 October 2017, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation, His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, Senior Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency HORinOUCHI Hidehisa, Ambassador of Japan to Cambodia, will sign the Exchange ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Rainsy’s vow of ‘autonomy’ for ethnic group sets off treason probe
The Interior MInistry said it will Investigate documents and a video from 2013 that resurfaced yesterday showIng former opposition leader Sam RaInsy committIng to upholdIng the rights of ethnic mInorities In four northeastern Cambodian provInces, with a Justice MInistry spokesman sayIng it qualified as “treason”. ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsys-vow-autonomy-ethnic-group-sets-treason-probe
CPP officials’ violent rhetoric concerns UN envoy
UN Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith kicked off an official visit to the Kingdom yesterday by raising concerns over ruling party officials’ increased use of violent rhetoric, singling out Social Affairs Minister Vong Soth’s recent threats to bludgeon protesters with bamboo rods, during a meeting with ...
Ananth Baliga and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-officials-violent-rhetoric-concerns-un-envoy
Productivity fair to be held over the weekend
Following the recent agreement to increase the minimum wage in the garment sector, a productivity fair is due to start on Friday in Phnom Penh, organised by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC). ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087884/productivity-fair-held-weekend/
Cambodia closes probe into activist's shooting
The Cambodian government on Saturday said it had closed its investigation into the fatal shootings of a well-known activist and a military police officer after the arrest of a security guard. Ran Boroth accidentally shot dead in Rattana, a military policeman who had just gunned down ...
Cambodia to raise monthly minimum wage for garment workers to 123 USD for 2015
Cambodia on Wednesday decided to increase the monthly minimum wage in the garment sector to 123 U.S. dollars, up 23 percent from the current 100 U.S. dollars, Labor Minister Ith Samheng said. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-11/12/c_133784394.htm
Garment training to boost local talent
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), which represents most of the country’s export-oriented garment factories, will establish a training institute with the aim of replacing more than 8,000 jobs in the garment industry held by foreign workers with a highly skilled local workforce. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12940/garment-training-to-boost-local-talent/
Police ignored another arrest warrant for Meas Muth
A second arrest warrant for former Khmer Rouge navy commander Meas Muth was ignored by judicial police last month, a declassified document released Monday by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia shows. ...
George Wright and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-ignored-another-arrest-warrant-for-meas-muth-87422/
US stance a ‘positive move in building trust and confidence’
Comments made by US Ambassador to Cambodia, Patrick Murphy, that his country is not pursuing regime change in the Kingdom is an “important message” for efforts to restore relationships between the two nations. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698241/us-stance-a-positive-move-in-building-trust-and-confidence
Innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is pleased to announce that we will take part in the implementation of the innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project after receiving a 5-year cooperative agreement as an ISAC sub-awardee. ISAC is a five-year (2019-2024) project funded by the ...
