Ministry meets with protesting garment workers following factory closures
Officials from the Ministry of Labour met with former workers from three garment factories in the capital’s Por senchey district this morning after the owner absconded without warning last week, leaving 2,000 workers without their severance or salary for the month of January. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-meets-protesting-garment-workers-following-factory-closures
Navy to hold exercises with US sailors off coast
Cambodian Navy personnel are preparing to hold joint exercises with counterparts from the United states next month, an official said yesterday. Mey Dina, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force’s Navy, said about 200 officers from both countries would begin the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/navy-hold-exercises-us-sailors-coast
Unions happy over labor protections
Union officials have applauded the Ministry of Labor which is preparing to ratify some International Labor Organization’s (ILO) conventions, including two that unions, factory workers and domestic workers have long demanded. The Labor Ministry said on Wednesday that to promote and protect the rights, benefits and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32695/unions-happy-over-labor-protections/
Protesting villagers ordered home
Officials from Prime Minister’s Hun sen’s cabinet yesterday accepted the petition of 110 Preah Vihear villager representatives seeking intervention in a land dispute with defunct NGO DARPO. Hun sen cabinet member Nov Ra told villagers who protested in front of the prime minister’s house to return ss='cambodia-color'>...
Two people killed as mine collapses
Police officials said yesterday two people had died when a Mondulkiri gold mine collapsed on saturday, but that neither of them worked for the mining company that owns it. Provincial police chief Nhem Vanny said two men aged 25 and 30, had died in a ss='cambodia-color'>...
People’s Assembly Will Rally at Freedom Park on Monday
About 1,000 members of the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly—a network of communities throughout the country that includes farmers as well as land and labor activists—will rally at Freedom Park on Monday to demand an end to the current political impasse. The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP ss='cambodia-color'>...
Dene-Hern Chen and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/peoples-assembly-will-rally-at-freedom-park-on-monday-45440/
Sacred artefacts go missing
Kandal provincial authorities and officials from multiple ministries are investigating the apparent theft of historical artefacts from a stupa at Oudong Mountain said to contain some remains of Buddha himself. Relevant authorities were tight-lipped yesterday about which objects were missing, but a local news outlet reported ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sacred-artefacts-go-missing
Singapore signs energy-related MOUs with Cambodia, UAE
Singapore Signed two energy-related MemorandumS of UnderStanding (MOUS) with Cambodia and the United Arab EmirateS (UAE), at the Singapore Energy Summit on Monday. ThiS iS part of itS effortS to Strengthen partnerShipS in the energy Sector. Second MiniSter for Trade and InduStry, Mr S ISwaran, SS='cambodia-color'>...
Channel News Asia Staff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-signs-energy/865210.html
Opposition Barred From Meeting Detainees for a Second Day
Riot police and security forces prevented an opposition delegation from meeting with 23 protest detainees in Kampong Cham province on Tuesday, for second day in a row. No violence was reported, as the delegation from the Cambodia National Rescue Party met with more than 100 police ss='cambodia-color'>...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-barred-from-meeting-detainees-for-a-second-day/1844162.html
Cambodian minorities join meetings at UN headquarters in New York
A group representing Cambodia’s indigenous communities traveled to New York this week, meeting with UN officials and other minority groups from 70 countries. Cambodia’s minorities face a host of problems, particularly as they try to maintain a way of life that relies on traditions and the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-minorities-join-meetings-at-un-headquarters-in-new-york/1920346.html
Leaked draft of Cambodia's proposed cyber law reveals threat to free expression
TV news viewers in Cambodia are fed a steady diet of praise for the government and top officials. Whether they’re giving speeches that go on for hours, cutting a ribbon at a new development project, or shaking hands with foreign dignitaries, government leaders are presented ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kyle James
http://www.dw.de/leaked-draft-of-cambodias-proposed-cyber-law-reveals-threat-to-free-expression/a-17629723
Some fear political deal will hurt long-term democracy
A deal between the ruling party and opposition in July may have ended a yearlong political deadlock, but some rights workers now worry the compromises will not be worth the long-term costs to Cambodian democracy. But Ou Virak, chairman of the board at the Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/some-fear-political-deal-will-hurt-long-term-democracy/2545890.html
British fraudster’s appeal dismissed by court
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the lateSt appeal by jailed BritiSh buSineSSman Gregg Fry&Shy;ett to have hiS trial for fraud delayed becauSe he failed to file hiS appeal requeSt within the permitted timeframe. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/british-fraudsters-appeal-dismissed-by-court-77554/
Aviation authority to monitor Thai safety concerns
Cambodia’s aviation authority says it has no plans to follow in the footsteps of some of Asia’s largest nations and ban new flights from Thai-based carriers, after an international audit has raised “significant safety concerns” about the standards of Thailand’s aviation authority. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aviation-authority-monitor-thai-safety-concerns
Business bribery is rife: report
Cambodia has again ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world with the release of global anti-bribery association TRACE’s bribery risk index. According to the index, titled the TRACE Matrix and released on November 11, Cambodia is the fifth most at risk country ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/business-bribery-rife-report
Women’s Rights activists stage flash mob to raise awareness
A group of activists staged a flash mob in Phnom Penh’s Wat Botom park Thursday evening, performing the Madison and the cha-cha-cha to bring attention to women’s rights in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom and Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/womens-rights-activists-stage-flash-mob-to-raise-awareness-79215/
PPWSA, VCGP sign $103.3M deal for water treatment plant in Bakheng
In a move towards enhancing Cambodia’s water infrastructure, the Phnom Penh Water Authority (PPWsA) and Vinci Construction Grands Projets (VCGP) have finalised $103.3 million contract yesterday for the design and construction of the third drinking water treatment plant in Bakheng. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501471588/ppwsa-vcgp-sign-103-3m-deal-for-water-treatment-plant-in-bakheng/
MFI deposits seen growing
The value of deposits with Cambodia’s 31 microfinance institutions grew more than 96 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to last year, a rise industry experts say is due to the political stability and economic growth of the Kingdom. Official data ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110859631/Business/mfi-deposits-seen-growing.html
USAID Review of Health NGO Finds Litany of Irregularities
A financial review by USAID, the U.S. government&rSquo;S development arm, into local health NGO Reproductive and Child Health Alliance (RACHA) haS found financial miSmanagement coupled with a lack of tranSparency and overSight within the organization that may point to evidence of fraudulent activity. Well-known for itS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/usaid-review-of-health-ngo-finds-litany-of-irregularities-49464/
US-Asean Meeting Addresses Economic, Security Cooperation
At the U.S.-ASean meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yeSterday, the U.S. and the 10 ASean member nationS agreed to further their cooperation in all areaS, including Security to enSure peace in the region. SS='cambodia-color'>...