Living wage a ‘Human Right’
Panellists at the first “Permanent People’s Tribunal” on wages and conditions for Cambodian garment workers yesterday released their findings, declaring that a living wage for workers should be considered a “human right”. The hearing included two days of testimony by workers, labour experts and brand-name buyers. While ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Cambodia Surges Full-Speed Ahead With Land Concessions
The government has already granted roughly 300,000 hectares in economic land concessions (ELC) so far this year, according to data released by a local rights group yesterday. The figure, which amounts to 40 percent of the total land concessions granted in all of 2011, has ss='cambodia-color'>...
Strikers fed up with delays
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Trafficking, migrant issues in spotlight
The Cambodian government was strengthening its capacity to combat human trafficking by focusing on poverty reduction and was eager to work with other groups tackling the crime, Interior Ministry secretary of state Chou Bun Eng said yesterday. “The issues of human trafficking and migrating workers are ss='cambodia-color'>...
Strike at seafood giant
About 800 Cambodian workers in Thailand went on strike yesterday against a major global seafood exporter they accuse of exploiting them. The factory, which has been identified by workers and rights groups as Phatthana seafood Co Ltd in Thailand’s songkhla province, allegedly scrapped a 20 baht ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Officials demolish 49 illegal huts in Siem Reap
After the authorities on Friday and saturday dismantled 49 of some 1,000 huts which had been built illegally on forest land in siem Reap’s Phnom Kulen National Park, Banteay srei district governor Khim Finan said on sunday that a hunt was on for a group ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
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Ministry to merge labour inspection teams
The Labour Ministry is merging its inspection department’s team with those in three other ministries to create a single one to conduct checks on industries and factories. Labour Minister Ith samheng on Friday led a meeting with officials from the Industry and Handicrafts Ministry, Tourism ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
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Gov’t: drive safe, pay workers
The Interior Ministry is hoping last year’s relative decrease in traffic accidents and deaths during the Pchum Ben holiday is a sign of things to come and asked citizens again this year to drive safely as they crisscross the country to celebrate the holiday. In a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
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Cambodia seeing a solar surge as prices drop
Cambodia is lighting up with solar power as international politics gluts the world market with inexpensive equipment options, according to industry insiders. The lowering or complete end of subsidies for Us, European and Australian firms, along with China’s backing of the renewable energy sector, has seen ss='cambodia-color'>...
Relief, tales of abuse as fishermen return
In a scene that has become all too familiar over the past year, a group of five fishermen who had endured more than a year in forced labour on a Thai fishing vessel returned to an emotional reunion with their families in Phnom Penh last ss='cambodia-color'>...
Borei Keila protester summonsed to court
A Borei Keila protester received a summons yesterday to come to Phnom Penh Municipal Court to address a complaint of “incitement to commit a crime” filed by suy sophan, director of the Phanimex company, which evicted the Borei Keila families in January. Borei Keila resident Tim ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia Climbs Global Competitiveness Ranks
Cambodia climbed the rankings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2012-2013 global competitiveness report to finish 85th out of 144 countries, an improvement of 12 places compared to the previous year. The WEF report, which was released yesterday, measured the competitiveness of each country on more ss='cambodia-color'>...
Investigation delays final Dara hearing
The Phnom Penh Court of Appeal yesterday postponed the final hearing of disgraced anti-drug czar Moek Dara, Chea Leng and Morn Doeun until next month, citing a need for more time in light of last-minute investigations by the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court, a court official ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tobacco lost to smuggling, survey shows
Government data show that significant amounts of tobacco are being smuggled out of the country each year, health and economics experts said yesterday. A national tobacco survey from 2011, the exact numbers of which remain confidential, shows that more tobacco is produced in Cambodia than is ss='cambodia-color'>...
Trial may shed light on Wutty's death
The man accused of shooting the man who shot environmental activist Chut Wutty last April had been summoned to the Koh Kong Provincial Court to stand trial next month on charges of unintentional homicide, a court official said yesterday. According to deputy prosecutor srey Mak Ny, ss='cambodia-color'>...
China ASEN Expo starts on Friday
Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh and 100 Cambodian companies are set to represent the Kingdom at the 9th China-AsEAN Expo in Nanning, China, which starts tomorrow, according to officials. The expo will include representatives from all 10 AsEAN countries and China itself. Cambodian officials will seek ss='cambodia-color'>...
East Asia takes notice of Cambodia
One of the most well-informed personalities in the air transport business in Phnom Penh is Nicolas Masse, country manager for Dragonair, which operates daily flights from Phnom Penh to Hong Kong in the morning and evening using Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft. Comparing the January through ss='cambodia-color'>...
Slowdown in garment exports from Cambodia
The slump in global markets has depressed demand for Cambodian products, leading to reduced growth forecasts by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for 2012 and 2013. “Falling global demand, especially in Europe and the Us, means that the industry sector will grow at a slower pace ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Maid may be stuck in Malaysia
The mother of a domestic maid allegedly stranded in Malaysia has become the latest Cambodian claimant to file an official complaint to the Ministry of Interior over labor abuse in the country. Em sokhum said her 24-year-old daughter Chher sophorn left to pursue work in Malaysia more than ss='cambodia-color'>...
Anti-corruption bonus yet to be seen
Customs and Excise Department officials are complaining that a promised salary bonus meant to serve as an incentive to avoid corruption has yet to be doled out, even though the program began last June. The initiative, managed by the Ministry of Economics and Finance, was supposed ss='cambodia-color'>...
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