Council Orders Discipline of Election Staff in Siem Reap
The Constitutional Council on Thursday ordered the National Election Committee to discipline staff members at seven voting stations in Siem Reap province for irregularities in July’s national election. The Council, which acts as the appeals body for election complaints, said in its decision that disciplinary action ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/council-orders-discipline-of-election-staff-in-siem-reap/1743918.html
Thai Sugar Company Accused of Rights Abuse in Cambodia
A Thai sugar company with major shares in Cambodian sugar cane is being investigated for human rights violations in operations along the border between the two countries. The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand recently investigated allegations that villagers were forced from their homes to make ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/thai-sugar-company-accused-of-rights-abuse-in-cambodia/2411955.html
Sar Kheng tells local leaders to resolve all disputes equitably
Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng warned administrators at all levels not to underestimate local disputes, no matter how small they appear. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-tells-local-leaders-resolve-all-disputes-equitably
PM: Election law changes apply to all
The amendments to the election law that were unanimously passed by the National Assembly on June 23 were not aimed at opposition parties alone, but would ensure that each of the Kingdom’s political parties would bear responsibility for the people, said Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-election-law-changes-apply-all
Map connects factories and buyers
In light of ongoIng disputes over workIng conditions In the garment sector, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released yesterday details on hundreds of factories it believes will offer greater transparency along the garment supply chaIn – from producers to buyers – and shIne ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070166578/Business/map-connects-factories-and-buyers.html
Cambodia aims to adopt law on 'Access To Information' in 3 years
The Cambodian government said Monday that a law on access to information will be adopted in three years. Cambodia has spent more than a decade working on this draft law. The formation of a new government in July committed to reforming all the government’s bodies ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/131230/cambodia-aims-adopt-law-access-information-3-years
Foreign Ministry calls for consideration of all sources for any assessment on Cambodia
Any assessment of Cambodia should take into account all sources of the assessment, underlined Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation (MFAIC) Luy David in a recent meeting via videoconference with Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, Special Rapporteur on the situation of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501050158/foreign-ministry-calls-for-consideration-of-all-sources-for-any-assessment-on-cambodia/
Police Presence Light at Rowdy CNRP Rally in Freedom Park
Police maintained a subtle, and mostly unarmed, presence at a rowdy opposition rally that filled Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday, despite persistent tensions over last month’s contested national election and a beefed-up security presence around the city. Even as the crowd swelled to well over ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/police-presence-light-at-rowdy-cnrp-rally-in-freedom-park-40918/
Cambodia To be Free from ODA in 2030
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance H.E. Keat Chhon announced that Cambodia would be free from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) by 2030. Speaking to the U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. William E. Todd in a discussion at the ministry yesterday, H.E. Keat ...
Chut Wutty slain: another chapter in bloody history
With his slaying yesterday in the jungles of Koh Kong province, Chut Wutty becomes one of the highest-profile members yet on a dark list of Cambodian activists who have been killed for making a stand against greed and corruption. Although the details of his death remain ...
PM: Info access law maybe by 2024-25 as ‘all inputs’ needed
The draft Law on Access to Information could possibly be passed In 2024 or 2025, accordIng to Prime MInister Hun Sen. The draftIng of the law has been underway for several years, with Inputs from different stakeholders IncludIng NGOs and UNESCO who have been pushIng for ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-info-access-law-maybe-2024-25-all-inputs-needed
7-Eleven retail mall officially opened in Cambodia
CP All Pcl, a Thai multi-product retailer, opens Cambodia’s first 7-Eleven retail store in Sangkat Prek Leap, Khan Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh in line with its plans to expand its business into the ASEAN region. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2021-08-31-1003-222709.html
Plans for open paddy market
The Ministry of Commerce is conducting a feasibility study to set up an open paddy market for paddy rice in at least two provinces to make the rice trade more transparent, s senior official says. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122560464/Business/plans-for-open-paddy-market.html
Australia Courted for Further Railway Funding
The government has asked Australia to provide more funding to help complete the rehabilitation of the dilapidated railway line between Phnom Penh and the Thai border, a spokesman said yesterday. Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong met with Lieutenant General John Sanderson, former chief of the Australian ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/australia-courted-for-further-railway-funding-9422/
Better Factories Cambodia Slammed by Stanford Researchers
The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) must employ more transparency In their monitorIng of Cambodia’s factories In order to effectively brIng change to the country’s workIng and wage conditions, a report launched yesterday says. AccordIng to “MonitorIng In the Dark” a ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/better-factories-cambodia-slammed-by-stanford-researchers-11011/
Thailand, Vietnam Seek Controls on Rosewood Trade
Thailand and Vietnam have called for strict controls to be placed on the international trade of rosewood in an attempt to prevent the luxury wood species from being logged to extinction. Cambodia currently exports thousands of cubic meters of the wood to China each year, and ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thailand-vietnam-seek-controls-on-rosewood-trade-12299/
Vietnam raises minimum pay
A new decree that increases the minimum wage of workers in Vietnam will not necessarily lead to companies relocating to Cambodia, according to officials. “The Vietnam government has issued [a] decree, which takes effect from January 1, to adjust the minimum wages paid to workers by ...
Accident rocks garment industry again
For the second time in five days, Cambodia’s garment industry has been rocked by another partial collapse of a structure at a factory. Garment workers are reporting that at least 10 people, including a pregnant woman, have been injured after a concrete platform collapsed into a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052065721/National/accident-rocks-garment-industry-again.html
Agricultural brokerage firm begins operations
Chief Cambodia Holding, a Hong Kong-based brokerage firm, started its operations in Phnom Penh yesterday. The company aims to strengthen Cambodian agricultural products, a company official said. The company reserved $100 million investment capital to connect domestic agricultural producers to the market, Director of Chief Cambodia ...
Bangladesh woes spare Kingdom
A recent string of disasters rocking Bangladesh’s garment industry has highlighted its factories’ shocking safety record, and stoked optimism that giant fashion brands will flock to move their orders to countries like Cambodia. But Cambodia’s garment industry has not experienced any major deluge of business so ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665643/Business/bangladesh-woes-spare-kingdom.html