Strike order protested
About 50 striking garment workers representing more than 2,000 employees from M&V International Garment Factory yesterday gathered outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court where they submitted a letter demanding a court order prohibiting their industrial action be scrapped. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/strike-order-protested
Cambodian PM to attend Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the 7th Mekong-Japan Summit, to be held from July 2 to 6 in Tokyo, Japan, said a press statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. ...
Khmer Times News Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12652/cambodian-pm-to-attend-mekong-japan-summit-in-tokyo/
Border activists fall short of mark
Most of the more than 2,000 activists who traveled to a disputed area of the border with Vietnam in Svay Rieng province’s Kompong Ro district yesterday afternoon were not permitted to reach their ultimate goal – Border Post 203. ...
Ros Chanveasna and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13464/border-activists-fall-short-of-mark/
Siem Reap authorities call an end to red and yellow zones designation
After 2 weeks of multiple areas in Siem Reap City being labelled as red or yellow zones and placed under lockdown, the provincial administration announced the termination of the preventive measures. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50944879/siem-reap-authorities-call-an-end-to-red-and-yellow-designation/
MFIs disburse $7.73 billion in first semester in Cambodia
The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) has disbursed a total $7.730 billion in loan to a close of 2 million customers in the first half of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50936570/mfis-disburse-7-73-billion-in-first-semester-in-cambodia/
PM asks EDC to waive some part of the unpaid electricity bill owed by the Defence Ministry
Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the Electricity of Cambodia to waive some part of over $2 million electricity bills the Ministry of Defense has not yet paid. ...
Cambodia-Japan trade tops $180 million in January
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan rose 2.1 percent to $181 million in January this year, compared to the same month in the previous year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501038181/cambodia-japan-trade-tops-180-million-in-january/
Human trafficking report status unchanged
The Ministry of Foreign affairs on Friday said a report by the US State Department on trafficking has again ranked Cambodia in Tier 2, adding that the US recognised that Cambodia has made a serious effort in combating human trafficking. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507434/human-trafficking-report-status-unchanged/
City Hall identifies needs of impoverished communities
Capital Hall released results of a study that surveyed the infrastructure needs of poor communities in Phnom Penh. The study was conducted by asking 2,397 community members in eleven communes to identify which infrastructure projects need to be prioritised. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50562768/city-hall-identifies-needs-of-impoverished-communities/
Beachfront evictions begin in Sihanoukville
Authorities in Sihanoukville followed through with their long-threatened eviction of vendors from the end of the popular O’Chheuteal beach on Saturday afternoon, demolishing nearly 100 structures along the 2 km strip known locally as Ariston. ...
Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beachfront-evictions-begin-in-sihanoukville-111101/
Green light for protected forest plans
The Ministry of Environment has given two NGOs the go-ahead to implement their proposed management plans for five protected community forest areas in Battambang and Pursat provinces, projected to cover 1,064 families and 2,761 hectares. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/green-light-protected-forest-plans
Disney carbon deal follows past emissions credit failure
A $2.6 million deal by Walt Disney Company to preserve nearly 300,000 hectares of eastern Cambodian forest through the purchase of carbon credits will need to overcome past failures to succeed, critics said on Monday. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disney-carbon-deal-follows-past-emissions-credit-failure-115898/
Preah Vihear land grant illegal: Adhoc
Local rights group Adhoc has cried foul after roughly 1,200 square metres on 2 hectares of land that used to be home to an airport in Preah Vihear province have been granted to a local official to build a house. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-land-grant-illegal-adhoc
Overloaded truck causes Kandal bridge collapse
National Road 2, which links Phnom Penh to the border with Vietnam in Svay Rieng province, was backed up for more than two hours Wednesday after an overloaded truck filled with stones caused a steel bridge to collapse in Kandal province, officials said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/overloaded-truck-causes-kandal-bridge-collapse-95287/
With job cuts on horizon, factory’s staff walks
Roughly 2,000 workers from the Malaysian-owned Global Apparels Limited garment factory in Phnom Penh went on strike yesterday after the factory announced it would be reducing staff numbers by 500 over the coming months, union representatives said yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/job-cuts-horizon-factorys-staff-walks
PM pledges funding for embassy cars
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn said yesterday that the Cambodian embassies and consulates abroad lack sufficient financial resources, with Prime Minister Hun Sen immediately promising $2 million for the ministry to upgrade embassies’ motor pools – albeit within reason, he cautioned. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-pledges-funding-embassy-cars
Market for construction materials opened in Phnom Penh
A company based in China’s southern province of Guangdong opened a 2-hectare market for building and construction materials near the Preah Monivong Bridge in Phnom Penh on Saturday, according to a report by online Chinese news site Commercial News. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/market-construction-materials-opened-phnom-penh
Workers fear arrest in Malaysia
Cambodian workers continue to fear arrest and deportation amid an ongoing crackdown on undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia, with local media reporting that 2,000 migrants have been arrested since the beginning of the month as of yesterday. ...
Yon Sineat and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-fear-arrest-malaysia
Workers continue strike at bankrupt US company
A strike by 2,000 workers at a bankrupt US-owned company entered its third day Thursday, sources said. The sources said the workers at Svay Rieng (Cambodia) Garment Co Ltd, a manufacturer of hospital gowns, had a list of five demands. ...
Two thousand strike over factory firings
More than 2,000 garment workers at a Vattanac II Industrial Park protested in front of the complex, threatening to block National Road 3 and demanding the reinstatement of 11 union officials and the firing of the manager who allegedly dismissed them. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-thousand-strike-over-factory-firings