Pay Off Officials, Risk Prison Stint, New Law Says
The government has brought into force a new law that makes all illegal payments to officials punishable by up to 15 years in jail for those who accept such payments and up to 10 years for those who make payments. Im Oudom, a member of ...
Mass faintings in Cambodia sicken over 200 garment workers
More than 200 Cambodian garment workers have been hospitalized after episodes of mass fainting at three factories this week, highlighting problems within an industry that is critical to the kingdom’s fledgling economy. The plants all make clothes for brands such as sportswear giants Puma SE and Adidas. Both ...
Aljazeera America News Staff
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/3/over-200-cambodiangarmentworkersfaintonthejob.html
Gov’t warns on renting of border land
The Interior Ministry has ordered all governors of border provinces to watch land that is being rented to people from neighboring countries for farming, amid ongoing border disputes. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16969/gov---t-warns-on-renting-of-border-land/
Mobile operators given new deadline to register SIM cards
Telecom companies have been given another extension to register all the SIM cards belonging to their subscribers after the three main mobile operators requested more time. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22861/mobile-operators-given-new-deadline-to-register-sim-cards/
Polling station, police directives handed down
All logos, numbers or signs emblematic of party affiliation are forbidden at polling stations on Election Day, according to a directive released yesterday by The National Election Committee. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/polling-station-police-directives-handed-down
GMAC calls for law enforcement to ensure garment sector stability
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has called on all trade unionists to respect the law and halt violence if they want stability in Cambodia’s garment sector. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gmac-calls-for-law-enforcement-to-ensure-garment-sector-stability-8160
Thailand bombing effect on Cambodia tourism
The bombing that shook Thailand this week will have a mixed impact on Cambodia, where about half of all tourists come through Thai airports, industry experts said yesterday. ...
Pav Suy and Naomi Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14693/thailand-bombing-effect-on-cambodia-tourism/
Government spokesman summons student over Facebook post
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan has summoned a student from the country’s top state journalism school for a meeting at his office after she used a post on her Facebook page to question the sense of a guest lecture he delivered last week. Mr. Siphan ...
Alex Willemyns and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-spokesman-summons-student-over-facebook-post-58460/
US Extractive Firms Obliged to Disclose Overseas Payments
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted rules that would make it a legal requirement for listed companies operating in the extractive industries and doing business in Cambodia to disclose all major payments they make to the government. The rules, which were adopted in ...
Loans and deposits up 30%
Outstanding loans and deposits made at Cambodian banks grew by 32 per cent and 28 per cent respectively at the end of March this year from a year earlier, according to data from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). The data from the NBC that the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053065929/Business/loans-and-deposits-up-30.html
Cambodian dam feeding false hopes
RATANAKIRI PROVINCE, Cambodia – “I prefer the dam to the fish,” says middle-aged farmer Ton Noun, when asked his opinion on a proposed 400 megawatt dam on the Sesan river near his home in northeastern Cambodia. Then he chuckles and asks, “What fish?” That’s because ...
Michelle Tolson
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/SEA-02-181213.html
Opposition Voters in Preah Vihear Claim Threat of Eviction
Locals and rights groups on Wednesday said dozens of farmers in a village in Preah Vihear province have been singled out for eviction after supporting the opposition CNRP in last month’s vote, a claim their village chief denied. Residents of Choam Ksan district’s Kom Prak village ...
NGO to draft graft-busting strategy for politicians
The director of Transparency International Cambodia on Friday called for all political parties to incorporate anti-corruption measures into their platforms before next year’s commune elections. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21680/ngo-to-draft-graft-busting-strategy-for-politicians9/
Database to curb corrupt promotions
National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun yesterday issued an order to have all police officials’ starting dates and ranks recorded in a computer database to avoid corrupt promotions. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40163/database-to-curb-corrupt-promotions/
Unofficial crossings into Thailand closed
The Cambodian government closed all unofficial border checkpoints in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang in an apparent response to Thailand’s laws imposing stricter punishments on migrant workers. ...
Yon Sineat and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unofficial-crossings-thailand-closed
Locals bypass road projects
As much as local people are benefiting from the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) recovery project following last year’s record floods, they aren’t receiving all the benefits they could, according to some accounts. Operating in five provinces of Cambodia to restore road access to those affected by the floods, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090658527/Business/locals-bypass-adb-road-projects.html
Smartphone ownership exploded since ’13: study
The number of Cambodians who own at least one smartphone has almost doubled since 2013, helping put the Kingdom on track to having more than half of its population accessing the web in about a year, according to a new study.Almost 95 per cent of ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/smartphone-ownership-exploded-13-study
Exset Advances Cambodian STB Services with Hyundai Digital Technology
Exset has selected Hyundai Digital Technology (HDT) as its STB strategic partner, where HDT is presently providing MPEG4 Set-Top-Box service (STBs) for One TV, the first nationwide digital terrestrial TV platform service in Cambodia. Cambodian televisions are expected to switch to Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial ...
More Than 30 Garment Workers Faint in Factory
More than 30 garment workers fainted at H&L Apparel in Pur Senchey district’s Kakab commune, management at the factory said. “There were 32 workers who fainted, one of the was male, and we too them to Preak Kossomak Hospital yesterday afternoon,” factory administrator Phen Bora said. Mr. Bora ...
Bangkok Insurance to sell products in Laos, Cambodia
The SET-listed Bangkok Insurance (BKI) is stepping up its local branch expansion and plans to sell its products in Laos and Cambodia. The move prepares it for the region’s economic integration in 2015. President Panus Thiravanitkul said BKI will open one branch each in Prachuap Khiri Khan,Trang ...