Villagers Seize Trucks in Protest
More than 300 protesters seized two company trucks outside the Kratie office of Korean-owned timber company Think Biotech Co yesterday as protests by villagers who allege land-grabbing continued for a second day. “We have seized the company’s two trucks to ask the company to come ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865873/National/villagers-seize-trucks-in-protest.html
Capital governor declares moratorium on dredging
Phnom Penh municipal governor Pa Socheatvong haS ordered a complete SuSpenSion of all Sand-dredging activitieS while the municipality inveStigateS whether the companieS are operating illegally, a SpokeSman Said. The order came during a meeting yeSterday between the governor and hiS SubordinateS, City Hall SpokeSman Long Dimanche SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-governor-declares-moratorium-dredging
Botum Park dug up to extend city sewer
In the latest instalment of a project designed to revamp Phnom Penh’s drainage system, officials have begun work expanding a sediment chamber near the Royal Palace to Wat Botum. Phase three of the ongoing $350 million drainage system project spearheaded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/botum-park-dug-extend-city-sewer
Fund report lacking, BBC show claims
An investigation by BBC news program Panorama into the misuse of Global Fund aid to Cambodia has claimed that the Fund “watered down” a report released last month, which exposed a network of corruption in Cambodia’s health sector. But Panorama, which obtained a leaked copy of the original ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fund-report-lacking-bbc-show-claims
Students in safety protest
More than 500 students and teachers from two high schools in Banteay Meanchey province’s sisophon district took to the streets on Friday demanding better safety around schools after a truck crashed into a rice mill near one of the schools, injuring a man. The students and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-safety-protest
NGOs push for more international pressure
Civil society groups yesterday urged the international community to put more pressure on the government to ensure the safety of prisoners arrested in recent crackdowns and to prevent further police and military violence against civilians. At a press conference yesterday morning, images of soldiers beating and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-push-more-international-pressure
Election ranks low: study
Cambodia’s national election in July ranked 69th out of 73 elections held worldwide between mid-2012 and the end of 2013 for electoral integrity, an election research group based at the University of sydney and Harvard University has found. The Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) collected assessments from ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-ranks-low-study
ILO, Camfeba outline ways to improve investment climate
The International Labor Organization said it would launch on Wednesday two reports outlining ways to improve the investment climate in Cambodia. The first report, by the ILO, analyses Cambodia’s performance in 17 areas and contains a national survey of workers and employers. Key areas include ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YzJiMjE2YzkzYTA
Firm plans more bus lines
Chinese firm Global (Cambodia) Trade Development will launch several more city bus lines in Phnom Penh over the next 10 months, dramatically expanding what has so far been a successful experiment to introduce mass transit to the capital, the company and state media said yesterday. Lin ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/firm-plans-more-bus-lines
Labor ministry to inspect migrant worker recruitment agencies
The government today will begin strict inspections of agencies that recruit workers to send overseas, Labor Minister Ith sam Heng said Tuesday. The labor minister has previously threatened to suspend or revoke the licenses of agencies that do not comply with labor laws. speaking at a workshop ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-ministry-to-inspect-migrant-worker-recruitment-agencies-54925/
Two flee summons in long-running dispute
Two villagers in Kampong Chhnang province’s Kampong Trolach district have fled their homes for safety reasons after getting an alarming summons from police in response to their refusal to accept relocation money from KDC International Company, which has been feuding with locals over land for ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-flee-summons-long-running-dispute
ILO attacks trade union law
An International Labour Organization official yesterday called the draft of a Ministry of Labour trade union law “a step backwards” during the opening of a two-day workshop meant to hear concerns of both labour unions and employers. In a speech to worker representatives, members of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-attacks-trade-union-law
Ongoing woes for Cambodian workers in Thailand
Thailand’s political crisis could create ongoing problems for Cambodian migrant workers, especially night time curfew, a development expert says. Ya Navuth, executive director of Caram Cambodia, said undocumented Cambodian workers in Thailand may not know about the curfew and could be arrested when they travel. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ongoing-woes-for-cambodian-workers-in-thailand/1928562.html
Laos draws ire of neighbors with Mekong River dam plans
Laos will push ahead with its ambition to become the “battery of southeast Asia,” planning a Mekong River dam that has drawn opposition from neighbors and threatens to involve China and the U.s. Four Mekong River nations are scheduled to meet June 26-27 in Thailand to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bloomberg News Staff
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-06-03/laos-draws-ire-of-neighbors-with-mekong-river-dam-plans
Trade unions approve minimum wage, draft law proposals
Representatives from 25 trade unions Monday sent a request to the Ministry of Labor seeking several changes to a controversial draft union law and asking that a new $160 monthly minimum wage for the country’s volatile garment sector take effect in October. Garment factory owners say ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trade-unions-approve-minimum-wage-draft-law-proposals-64044/
Cambodia sees 1.41 bln USD trade deficit in 1st half of 2014
Cambodia has seen a trade deficit of 1.41 billion U.s. dollars in the first six months of this year, the latest report of the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. Total trade volume reached 8.95 billion dollars during the January-June period this year, an increase of 17 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Asean-China-Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-07/15/c_133484829.htm
After rights review, groups press gov’t to act
Nearly a month after Cambodia’s second universal periodic review (UPR) of its human rights situation at the U.N. in Geneva, rights groups met in Phnom Penh on Thursday to discuss how they can work with the government to ensure that the 163 recommendations it accepted ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-rights-review-groups-press-govt-to-act-64438/
Acid attack leaves 3 injured
After more than half a year with only one acid attack recorded in Cambodia, police in Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town are at a loss to explain an incident yesterday in which three women were allegedly doused with the chemical while eating noodles at a local ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acid-attack-leaves-3-injured
Authorities break up gathering
Police and soldiers in Mondulkiri province broke up a gathering of ethnic minority villagers yesterday as they planned to hold prayers and call on the government to stop illegal logging. The ceremony, held in Mondulkiri province‘s sen Monorom district, was to be attended by an estimated ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-break-gathering
Three on trial over ‘bribery’
Three people, including a former court clerk, stood trial yesterday, accused of unlawfully using court positions to conduct threats and bribery in Banteay Manchey province last year. Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating judge sous sam Ath said former clerk at Banteay Meanchey provincial court suong sok ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-trial-over-%E2%80%98bribery%E2%80%99