Groups call for probe of racist mob killing
The Minority Rights Organization and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights on Friday condemned the racist mob killing of a 28-year-old ethnic Vietnamese man in Phnom Penh this week, which came after the destruction of Vietnamese shops last month and months of anti-Vietnamese rhetoric from ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/groups-call-for-probe-of-racist-mob-killing-52976/
Shift in Aeon tenant mix as high-end brands replaced by cheaper options
Concerns are that, while the middle class is growing, Cambodia’s consumer base is not yet able to support premium retailersThe throngs of Cambodian families streaming into Aeon Mall over the Water Festival holiday made it clear that Phnom Penh’s poshest mall has successfully positioned itself ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/shift-aeon-tenant-mix-high-end-brands-replaced-cheaper-options
Sandwiched between cultures
It was not her degree in finance and banking that encouraged Keo Sopheap to start her own business. It was her sister’s marriage to an American that introduced her to foreign fast food. Now Sopheap owns a sandwich shop in Phnom Penh. Sopheap, a Norton ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090358438/Business/sandwiched-between-cultures.html
Gov’t warns fly-by-night mechanics
The Ministry of Interior on Friday threatened legal action against lawbreaking auto shops that work without a licence or illegally assemble vehicles from scrap parts. ...
Lay Samean and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-warns-fly-night-mechanics
Metfone branch found with lumber in Kandal
Authorities in Kandal province arrested 19 people in a timber raid at a Metfone shop, but released 15 after questioning, including the branch’s director. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/metfone-branch-found-lumber-kandal
As Phnom Penh Grows, So Does Its Sewage Problem
Since 1998, Phnom Penh’s population has doubled to more than 2 million. High-rise buildings have popped up in the city’s center and housing developments have been hastily erected. Yet the city’s antiquated, decades-old drainage system has undergone little improvement in that time and experts say the ...
Tycoon gunned down in Phnom Penh
A prominent Phnom Penh businessman died after being shot six times by an unidentified gunman outside a fruit shop in Chamkar Mon district on Saturday, according to military police, who believe the murder was an assassination. Ung Meng Chue, 53, a construction tycoon who held the ...
Saing Soenthrith, Hay Pisey and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tycoon-gunned-down-in-phnom-penh-72866/
Cambodian activist gunned down in Phnom Penh
Prominent Cambodian political activist and commentator Kem Ley was shot dead in broad daylight while sitting in a coffee shop at a gas station in Phnom Penh Sunday. ...
David Boyle
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian-activist-gunned-down-in-phnom-penh/3411297.html
Ministry lauds businesses for cutting down plastic bag usage
The Ministry of Environment yesterday praised local supermarkets and shopping centres for reducing plastic bag usage following legislation passed last year that requires them to charge customers for plastic bags. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520131/ministry-lauds-businesses-for-cutting-down-plastic-bag-usage/
Cause of market fire found as rebuild starts
The reconstruction of the Stung Treng market, which was destroyed in a massive fire that was sparked in a jewelry shop on April 7, started yesterday, according to provincial officials. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23974/cause-of-market-fire-found-as-rebuild-starts/
Increased consumerism points to demand for more malls
The demand for shopping precincts has risen three percent in this year’s first quarter when compared to the same time last year, a study by Bonna Realty Group has shown. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/increased-consumerism-points-demand-more-malls
Migrant workers rescued from Thai lockup
Thai police have rescued 65 Cambodians, including five children, from a two-story shop house near Rong Kluea market in Sakeo province where they had been locked up for three days. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37778/migrant-workers-rescued-from-thai-lockup/
Forty-seven migrant workers to be deported
Nearly 60 illegal Vietnamese migrant workers were arrested by immigration police Wednesday during raids on six furniture workshops and a coffee shop in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district, an immigration official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forty-seven-migrant-workers-to-be-deported-93255/
Fire guts market in Stung Treng city, causing $1M in damage
More than 1,000 stalls and shops were destroyed in an overnight fire at a market in Stung Treng City, causing about $1 million in property damage, local police said on Friday. ...
Gov't denies factory closure rumours
The Ministry of Labour has urged the arrest of the “mastermind” behind an apparently spurious rumour spreading across shop floors that garment factories would close their doors for the entire month of December. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-denies-factory-closure-rumours
Kratie vendors protest pricey relocation site
In an effort to improve Kratie town’s aesthetics, authorities have ordered about 300 shop owners on central roads and along the river bank to relocate their operations or face physical removal. Vendors were given until today to move to a location about a kilometre away, but ...
PM: $22 million spent on missing wages
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government has spent $22 million on missing wages for factory workers as it continues to side with them in cases where employers have closed shop and fled. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523123/pm-22-million-spent-on-missing-wages/
Sihanoukville beach businesses given a month to move out
All bars, restaurants and guesthouses along O’Tres Beach near Sihanoukville, and some on neighboring O’Chheuteal Beach, must close up shop within a month or face forced eviction, local officials confirmed on Tuesday. ...
Sek Odom and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-beach-businesses-given-a-month-to-move-out-108604/
Traditional silk industry struggles to keep its shine
To get high quality silk scarves or silk products ready to sell in shops or markets takes at least two or three days of hard work by weavers, most of whom work in small villag ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22615/traditional-silk-industry-struggles-to-keep-its-shine/
Legal firm to help elite gain dual citizenship
A NEW international law firm is preparing to set up shop to provide foreign citizenship or residency services to Cambodia’s wealthy elite by helping to facilitate large overseas investments as well as business expansion plans. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/legal-firm-help-elite-gain-dual-citizenship