Ministry pushes for safer use of industrial chemicals
The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) yesterday discussed means of safely stocking industrial chemicals, with the hope of reducing environmental pollution in the region.
At a conference on sustainable manufacturing practices, Sok Narin, the head of UNIDO
Japanese aid tabbed for health, roadwork
In a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation yesterday, the Japanese government officially granted aid of 974 million yen (about US$12.2 million) to the Cambodian government.
The Honorable Masafumi Kuroki, Japanese ambassador to Cambodia, said his country had made the donation to
Cambodia's rice output tipped to fall: FAO
The United Nations‘ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) predicts the paddy output in Cambodia this year will decline, according to its Rice Market Monitor (RMM) issued on Monday.
Paddy output in Asia is forecast at 661 million tonnes, or 441 million tonnes on a milled basis,
China reaps concession windfalls
About half of the land concessions granted since 1994 are in the hands of Chinese companies, according to data released yesterday by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.
Ouch Leng, CCHR land reform project coordinator, said that from 1994 to 2012, the Cambodian government granted 4,615,745
Cambodian Scholar Suggests Pernicious Effects of Aid Dependence
For political economist Sophal Ear, this view is more nuanced. In his book ‘Aid Dependence in Cambodia: How Foreign Assistance Undermined Democracy‘, published by the Columbia University Press (2012), years of dependency are not showing positive results in the rehabilitation of Cambodia, its democracy and war
http://asiancorrespondent.com/90669/cambodian-scholar-suggests-pernicious-effects-of-aid-dependence/
Sonando broadcast targeted PM
A day before Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly called for the arrest of Mam Sonando, the Beehive Radio station director hosted a fiery broadcast from The Hague, where lawyers were trying to launch a case against the premier in the International Criminal Court.
Just under three
At Cambodia’s last independent newspaper, top editor fired, foreign journalists quit
All but a handful of foreign journalists on staff at The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia’s last remaining independent daily newspaper, resigned on Wednesday. Citing differences over the meaning of “editorial independence,” they quit within days after new owners fired its editor-in-chief who refused to remove a published
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voanews.com/a/cambodia-last-independent-newspaper-editor-fired-reporters-quit/4387613.html
Rights group blasts government over events in 2015
Human Rights Watch (HRW), long one of the most strident critics of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling party, again slammed the government on Wednesday for its failure to uphold human rights in Cambodia, with the release of its World Report 2016.
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-group-blasts-government-over-events-in-2015-106656/
Cambodia Finally Starts Stock Trading
Nine months after Cambodia’s stock exchange was officially launched, the country’s first share started trading Wednesday, with the initial public offering of state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority.
PPWSA’s stock, priced at 6,300 riel (US$1.57), jumped 48% to 9,300 riel, according to the data from the
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/04/18/cambodia-finally-starts-stock-trading/
Factories still skimping: ILO
Cambodia’s garment exports exceeded US$1 billion during the first quarter of 2012, yet many factories are failing to pay workers proper maternity leave benefits or address issues of fainting, a labour report says.
The International Labour Organization-Better Factories Cambodia’s Twenty Eighth Synthesis Report on Working Conditions
ADB admits mistakes over controversial railway project in Cambodia
In a rare admission, the Asian Development Bank has surprisingly acknowledged its own shortcomings following a controversial railway rehabilitation project in Cambodia that sparked complaints from thousands of displaced local residents affected by forced resettlements, insufficient compensations and neglect of their human rights.
The concerns were confirmed by the Compliance
Lean Alfred Santos
https://www.devex.com/en/news/adb-admits-mistakes-over-failed-railway-project-in/82809
Cambodia initiates first-ever employment policy
The International Labor Organization says a new National Employment Policy will improve the country’s economy for the young generation.The policy, drafted with the help of Sweden, aims to increase “decent and productive” employment opportunities, enhance skills and human resources development, and strengthen labor market governance,
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-initiates-first-ever-employment-policy/3020097.html
More Cambodian maid abuse revelations
A Cambodian maid in Malaysia has committed suicide, another was allegedly raped by her employer and a third tortured, according to rights groups and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is investigating the cases.
An 18-year-girl is being sheltered at the Cambodian embassy after she was
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070557237/National-news/more-maid-abuse-revelations.html
Survey finds deep discontent as Cambodian land disputes continue
According to a new survey, land disputes in Cambodia lead to employment insecurity, causing poverty, food insecurity, and increasing physical and psychological insecurity.
The survey found that most expressed a desire for the government to eliminate land disputes and set a clear policy to address
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1H3iZQi
China OKs Kingdom rice
After more than a year of speculation on Cambodian rice exports to China, a rice exporter this week said China has granted the Kingdom permission to ship milled rice northward.
Despite a growing stack of quasi-agreements for exports, regulatory issues have plagued the prospects of tapping
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052456355/Business/china-oks-kingdom-rice.html
MoU the key to compliance
Amid a spate of garment factory strikes – including one at Tai Yang Enterprises that has lasted more than a month – Cambodia’s Arbitration Council yesterday said it wanted the industry to renew a memorandum of understanding on industrial action that has been in limbo
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072657645/National-news/mou-the-key-to-compliance.html
More Maids head home
In the space of only about two months, the Cambodian embassy in Malaysia had helped eight Cambodian maids whose employers abused them, the government said yesterday.
“The maids have been mistreated by their employers and some have finished their contracts and want to come back home,” Ministry
Cambodia receives new Russian request to extradite fugitive tycoon Polonsky
Cambodian prosecutors have received a new request from Russia to extradite Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, TASS reported on Tuesday. The news agency’s source at the Cambodian Prosecutor General’s Office said the request was based on civil claims filed against Polonsky.
He said that those who lost
RAPSI News Staff
http://rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20141216/272787888.html
Return to old party is to reunite royalists, Sihanoukists: Cambodian Prince Ranariddh
Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, a son of late King Norodom Sihanouk, said Monday that his return to be the president of the royalist Funcinpec Party is to reunite the royalists and Sihanoukists.
The prince also said that the party will work closely with Prime Minister Hun
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-01/05/c_133897669.htm
Alleged Kratie 'secessionist' arrested
Police in the capital yesterday arrested the alleged leader of a “secessionist plot”, Beehive Radio station director Mam Sonando, who had already been abroad for two months when hundreds of security personnel stormed a Kratie province village in May.
Khieu Sopheak, a spokesman for the Ministry
