Company to workers: take two
More than 400 protesting workers at In Han sung factory in the capital’s Por senchey district will be told this morning that their bosses have agreed to two of their demands and expect them to return to work immediately. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032055137/National-news/company-to-workers-take-two.html
Myanmar, Cambodia strengthen bilateral ties
Phnom Penh: Myanmar president U Thein sien today began his state visit in Cambodia for bilateral cooperation. Thein sien’s visit this year will boost the trade exchange between two countries and also under the framework of ACMECs, and AsEAN integration. ss='cambodia-color'>...
EU to probe exports of rice
The European Commission has found sufficient evidence to launch an investigation into whether Cambodian rice exported to the EU puts an unfair burden on European rice farmers, potentially imperiling the Kingdom’s tariff-free exports to the bloc. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng and Brendan O’Byrne
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-probe-exports-rice
Korea grants Labour Ministry $3.1 million
During a Khmer New Year visit to south Korea, Labour Minister Ith samheng on Monday signed a $3.1 million agreement with his south Korean counterpart to empower Cambodia’s public employment services over the next four years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303054/korea-grants-labour-ministry-3-1-million/
Social Land Concession for poor families in Kampong Thom
The Kampong Thom provincial authority will provide about 2,000 hectares of land to about 700 poor families in Prasat Balaing district’s Daung commune in an effort to help uplift the community, according to the provincial governor. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504865/social-land-concession-for-poor-families-in-kampong-thom/
Government rips into WWF report
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Forestry Administration spokesman Keo Omaliss hit back on Thursday at a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report that claims the Greater Mekong will lose 30 percent of its forests by 2030 without drastic action. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-rips-wwf-report
Labour Ministry to failing students: Don’t despair
StudentS who failed thiS year&rSquo;S grade-9 and grade-12 examinationS Should not deSpair aS the government haS provided alternative optionS for thoSe who want to continue their StudieS, a MiniStry of Labour and Vocational Training official Said. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-failing-students-dont-despair
Work permits double in 2018
The number of foreigners issued with Cambodian work permits this year has more than doubled that of last year. The increase was driven by Chinese workers whose contribution alone could generate millions for the Kingdom’s economy each year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/work-permits-double-2018
US senators call for GSP trade privilege cut
Two US SenatorS on WedneSday introduced the Cambodian Trade Act of 2019 bill, requiring the adminiStration to re-examine Cambodia&rSquo;S eligibility to acceSS the preferential trade treatment granted by the US under the General SyStem of PreferenceS (GSP). SS='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-senators-call-gsp-trade-privilege-cut
Steel-framed buildings to be demolished in Preah Sihanouk
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall ordered the demolition on Monday of two ChineSe-owned Steel-framed buildingS on OtreS Beach I in Stung Hav diStrict&rSquo;S OtreS commune that were found to have encroached on the public beach. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/steel-framed-buildings-be-demolished-preah-sihanouk
Villagers petition to evict family protecting Phnom Tnout forest
A group of villagers from a community forest inside Preah Vihear province’s Phnom Tnout Wildlife sanctuary are collecting thumbprints to evict a family that has been protecting the forest from illegal logging and preventing poaching of endangered species. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-petition-evict-family-protecting-phnom-tnout-forest
Cyanide ‘found in samples’
A senior official at the Ministry of Environment said on Thursday analysis of blood samples from victims of Kratie province’s contaminated water incident earlier this month have confirmed the presence of cyanide, albeit at very low levels. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cyanide-found-samples
Angkor Wat temple graffiti causes stir
The foreign letters written on the stones of the Angkor Wat temple were written during the 17th century and before the 1990s and there are no recent letters written by foreigners, the Apsara Authority has said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504376/angkor-wat-temple-graffiti-causes-stir/
Workers to get cash compensation
The Ministry of Labour on Friday announced that more than 1,000 workers from three factories in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district can come to collect cash compensation at a district hall following the absconding of their employers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506950/workers-to-get-cash-compensation/
Koh Rong families fear losing their land
About 40 families in sihanoukville’s Koh Rong commune who fear losing their land have requested intervention from provincial authorities in order to stop the activities of tycoon sok Bun and officials from the Ministry of Land Management. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50202044/koh-rong-families-fear-losing-their-land/
China leader lays praise on Kingdom
Marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Hua Chunying, spokesman for China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said: “Although Cambodia is a small country, it showed its strong will in resisting pressure and other political influences.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-leader-lays-praise-kingdom
EU urged to help with 2030 targets
The European Union (EU) should not falter in its support of the government’s target to transform the country into a higher middle-income nation by 2030, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519680/eu-urged-to-help-with-2030-targets/
Gibbons facing threat
While hunting in the Kingdom’s wildlife sanctuaries has abated, the use of traps have become widespread. That, coupled with deforestation, has caused grave concerns among conservationists who fear the extinction of the endangered yellow-cheeked crested gibbons. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gibbons-facing-threat
Flooded forest illegally cleared in Kampong Chhnang
The Kampong Chhnang provincial department of agriculture, forestry and fishery is working to identify suspects who had mobilised tractors to illegally clear flooded forest in Toek Phos district’s O’krabey Ngob and O’Klong in Chieb communes. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooded-forest-illegally-cleared-kampong-chhnang
ADB says Cambodia to grow at 7% in 2018, 2019
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts that Cambodia’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 7 percent in 2018 and 2019, backed by strong export growth, robust tourist arrivals, buoyant domestic demand, and an expansionary fiscal policy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50536840/adb-says-cambodia-to-grow-at-7-in-2018-2019/