One died and thousands hectares of agricultural plantation suffer by flood
A girl has died and thousand hectares of agricultural plantation have been flooded by flashflood in two separate districts in Battambang province, said Keo Vy, spokesman for the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management said today. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/one-died-and-thousands-hectares-of-agricultural-plantation-suffer-by-flood-8975
CPP spokesman touts one-party rule, points to China’s example
Fresh off a clean sweep in the Senate elections on Sunday, a ruling party spokesman and newly elected senator yesterday espoused the benefits of one-party rule in Cambodia, pointing to the example of chief patron China while glossing over longstanding concerns about the superpower’s human ...
Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-spokesman-touts-one-party-rule-points-chinas-example
Garment factory worker strikes increased threefold in 2012
Strikes staged by garment and footwear factory workers more than tripled in 2012 compared to 2011, with more than 100,000 workers participating in at least one strike, an official of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said yesterday. “Historically, prior to any elections, we will see a ...
Twenty-one men detained after strikes seek bail for fifth time
Union activist Vorn Pao and 20 other workers and activists who have been jailed since the violent suppression of garment protests in early January had their request for bail heard for the fifth time on Friday, this time by the Supreme Court. Mr. Pao, the president ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/twenty-one-men-detained-after-strikes-seek-bail-for-fifth-time-58004/
ASEAN integration will prompt ‘flood of migrants’
A senior investigator at rights group Adhoc has warned that regional economic integration will lead to a flood of Cambodians migrating elsewhere in search of jobs that pay better than those at home. ...
Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16497/asean-integration-will-prompt----flood-of-migrants---/
Garment Workers Rally for Third Day to Sack Factory Manager
More than 2,00 female workers from a factory in Phnom Penh that makes clothes for the U.S. brand Gap protested yesterday for a third straight day demanding that the firm sack a manager at the factory for allegedly abusing workers. Lining Russian Boulevard near the Ocean ...
Women’s Rights Assessed by UN Committee in Geneva
Rights groups on Monday shared their concerns about the treatment of women in Cambodia with member states of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva. Cambodia last updated the committee—which meets three times a year to assess how member states ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/womens-rights-assessed-by-un-committee-in-geneva-44581/
Cambodia, China drafting agreement to curb bride trafficking
Cambodia and China are drafting a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to stamp out the exploitative trade of Cambodian women to China, where there have been increasing reports of women being abused by their Chinese husbands and sold into the sex trade. The diplomatic push comes in ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-china-drafting-agreement-to-curb-bride-trafficking-62940/
Cambodians hopeful on girls’ education after Obama visit
Phorn Chan Bonavy is a 6th grader at Kesaraream Elementary School in Siem Reap, where First Lady Michelle Obama just completed a three-day visit—the first sitting first lady to do so. However, she seems determined to complete school, even though that will require she help ...
Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/article/2690544.html
Phnom Penh rated one of the world’s least livable cities
Widespread corruption, poor health care and a lack of adequate infrastructure continue to make Phnom Penh one of the least livable major cities in the world, according to the annual Global Livability Ranking, released on Thursday by the Economist intelligence Unit. ...
Sonia Kohlbacher and Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-rated-one-worlds-least-livable-cities-116895/
Cambodia, Thailand join hands to promote "Two Kingdoms, One Destination" tourism
Cambodia and Thailand have joined hands to boost foreign and inter-ASEAN tourism under the ” Two Kingdoms, One Destination” pact, local media reported on Friday. Tith Chantha, secretary of state at Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism, said Cambodia and Thailand have already created a single- visa option ...
Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1L9z2vH
Tea Banh travels to us for Asean defense ministers meeting
Defense Minister Tea Banh will meet Tuesday in Hawaii with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel as well as nine other Asean defense ministers at the first U.S.-hosted meeting with the regional defense chiefs, officials said. Gen. Banh, speaking at a news conference at Phnom Penh ...
Mech Dara and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tea-banh-travels-to-us-for-asean-defense-ministers-meeting-55381/
KPPM says it’s one step closer to party-hood
A dissident group, which was unexpectedly given the green light last month to form a political party, claims it has already exceeded the number of signatures necessary to register. ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kppm-says-its-one-step-closer-party-hood
Cambodia faces ‘negative impacts’ if EBA suspended
The European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham) expressed its “serious concerns” on Monday over the “long-term negative impacts” of the EU removing the Kingdom’s access to the preferential Everything But Arms (EBA} agreement. It also expressed “hope that a dialogue can be implemented to ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-faces-negative-impacts-if-eba-suspended
Asean membership has helped reduce development gaps
Cambodia has significantly benefited from its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) membership, Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) secretary-general Yang Peou said on Thursday during a conference to mark the 52nd anniversary of Asean’s establishment and the 20th anniversary of the Kingdom’s membership in the ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-membership-has-helped-reduce-development-gaps
Border tension with Cambodia escalates
BANGKOK, 9 January 2013 The cross-border tension between Thailand and Cambodia escalates as both countries prepare to make legal submissions to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the disputed area around the Preah Vihear temple In 3 months. In SurIn provInce, security has tightened ...
http://www.pattayamail.com/news/border-tension-with-cambodia-escalates-20435
Chut Wutty slaying witness questioned
Another witness to the fatal shootings of environmental activist Chut Wutty and military police officer in Rattana was questioned at Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday. Bou Orn is the third employee of logging company Timbergreen – a firm Chut Wutty was investigating for alleged illegal logging ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061456797/National-news/shooting-witness-questioned.html
Acleda Applies To Open Banks In Burma
Acleda Bank has filed an application to start banking operations in Burma with the central bank and is on track to open its first microfinance branch in the country by January, Acleda President in Channy said yesterday. Mr. Channy said the bank submitted its application for ...
Mfone employees seeking consistency
About 200 former Mfone employees gathered in front of the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday in protest over claims that Thaicom, the failed telco’s parent company, had paid Thai staff even though Cambodian staff were still owed compensation. Noun Sam Ath, a former sales executive, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041064982/Business/mfone-employees-seeking-consistency.html
UN Expert Appeals For Restraint Over Cambodian Crisis
A United Nations independent human rights expert urged restraint by all sides today after military police opened fire on striking garment workers in Phnom Penh, reportedly killing at least four people, as high social and political tensions in Cambodia boiled over into deadly clashes. in statement ...
SpyGhana.com News Staff
http://www.spyghana.com/un-expert-appeals-for-restraint-over-cambodian-crisis/