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Commerce Minister calls on checkpoint officials to crackdown on expired goods

Commerce Minister asked officials at all border checkpoints to prevent and crackdown on expired products. Thong Thira, Banteay Meanchey’s head of Department of Commerce, said that about 71 percent of 700,000 people living in Banteay Meanchey are farmers. He said the province has big 20 ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OWFjOTZkZjI0OTh

New Cambodian Ambassadors Told to Counter CNRP ‘Distortion’

CPP National Assembly President Heng Samrin has ordered Cambodia’s newest ambassadors to Asia and Europe to go on a public relations offensive against mounting news abroad that the country’s respect for democracy and human rights is slipping. Cambodian security forces have shot dead seven people ...

Sek Odom and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-cambodian-ambassadors-told-to-counter-cnrp-distortion-51099/

Groups condemn violence in Beehive crackdown

Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House have condemned a violent crackdown on supporters of Beehive Radio, who were beaten during demonstrations Monday. Beehive owner Mam Sonando called for demonstrations in opposition of the government’s refusal to grant a license for an expansion of his operations. ...

Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/groups-condemn-violence-in-beehive-crackdown/1839356.html

Cambodia earns US$2.6 billion from tourism

Cambodia attracted some 4.2 million foreign tourists last year, up 18 percent year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. Five largest sources of tourists to Cambodia are Vietnam, China, South Korea, Laos and Thailand. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MzAzZTU5MWNkMzB

U.S., Cambodia release life skills manuals for Cambodian schools

The United States and Cambodian governments on Tuesday released an educational guide that will help Cambodian schools improve the way their students learn, according to a media statement from the U.S. Embassy. The Life Skills Curriculum is the culmination of an extensive collaboration between the Cambodian Ministry of ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/28/c_133081282.htm

Police Seek Chinese New Year Beer From Local Businesses

With Chinese New Year approaching, the long arm of the law has once again reached out to local businesses in at least one Phnom Penh commune asking for their help to ensure police have enough beer to usher in the Year of the Horse in ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-seek-chinese-new-year-beer-from-local-businesses-51072/

Union Reps Questioned Over Violent Protests

The Interior Ministry’s penal department on Monday questioned two representatives of the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU) over claims that they incited violence during protests at a Kandal province garment factory in late December. Jack Liu, director-general of Tainan Enterprises (Cambodia) Co. Ltd., filed a ...

Aun Pheap and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-reps-questioned-over-violent-protests-51076/

Cambodian police fire smoke bombs to disperse protesters in capital

Cambodian police fired smoke bombs to disperse hundred protesters at the capital on Monday. Mam Sonando, owner of the opposition-aligned Beehive Radio station, defied a government ban on public gathering and led about 200 protesters to rally in front of the Ministry of Information against the ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/27/c_133077681.htm

Cambodian garment export earns 5.53 bln USD in 2013

Garment industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign currency earner, reported a 20 percent rise in exports last year, according to the figures of the Ministry of Commerce on Monday. The Southeast Asian nation exported apparel products in equivalent to 5.53 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 20 percent ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/27/c_133078498.htm

Update: Mam Sonando’s protest dispersed, several protesters injured

Hundreds of Police and Military Police cracked down on protesters, led by Mam Sonando, the director of Beehive Radio Station, at the Ministry of Information. A reporter of the Cambodia Herald, who is at the scene, reported that several protesters were injured in the crackdown. And ...

The Cambodia Herald
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MWVhOGQ1MTIwMGY

Carbon Credits Ready for Sale in Oddar Meanchey Forest

Cambodia’s first verified carbon credit program is up and running in the remote province of Oddar Meanchey. But experts say there are limited carbon credit buyers, and illegal deforestation remains a major threat to the stability to the project. ...

Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/carbon-credits-ready-for-sale-in-oddar-meanchey-forest/1827513.html

Sonando next to test capital ban

Beehive Radio president Mam Sonando has said he and his supporters will defy the capital’s ban on demonstrations at the Ministry of Interior this morning after the government refused to issue his station a licence for increased bandwidth. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sonando-next-test-capital-ban

Beehive Radio Protest To Go Forward

Independent radio broadcaster Mam Sonando says he will go forward with a planned demonstration Jan. 27, in protest of the government’s refusal to allow him to expand his radio reach and open a television station. The Minister of Information denied permission for the expansion, but Mam ...

Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/beehive-radio-protest-to-go-forward/1837059.html

Interior Ministry Says No to Freedom Park Rally

The government will consider a planned union rally on Sunday of several thousand people at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh an attempt to “overthrow the government,” Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said on Friday. Phnom Penh municipality rejected the request to hold the rally, but ...

Sinary Sany
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-says-no-to-freedom-park-rally-51032/

Cambodia's rubber export up 34 pct in 2013

Cambodia has seen a 34 percent rise in dry rubber export last year thanks to rising demand globally, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Thursday. The country had exported 74,200 tones of dry rubber last year, up 34 percent from 55,344 tones in a ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-01/23/c_133068429.htm

Legal actions to be taken against protest leaders: Interior Ministry

Ministry of Interior warned that legal measures would be taken against those who would hold protests, defying a ban imposed by the government. The warning was made yesterday after the leaders of nine labor unions insisted that they would hold protests, which are scheduled for January ...

The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NTdmZGU2OGFmMmR

Union leader violates protest law: Phnom Penh official

Phnom Penh official on Wednesday said that union leader Chea Mony violated the protest law and protest ban which was imposed by the government recently for the security concern. The Deputy Governor made the comment after Chea led march along the streets to mark the ...

The Cambodian Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=M2MxNjBiZGRhZWU

Child Rapes Account for Majority of Sex Attacks Last Year

The number of reported rapes recorded by human rights group Adhoc fell by about 24 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year, though the rape of children and minors continued to account for the majority of attacks. Chuon Chamrong, head of Adhoc’s women’s section, ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/child-rapes-account-for-majority-of-sex-attacks-last-year-50995/

More Plots Readied for Land Titles at Boeng Kak

Phnom Penh deputy governor Khuong Sreng oversaw the demarcation of five more plots of land Thursday in the city’s Boeng Kak neighborhood, where at least 48 families are still fighting for formal land titles. Some 3,000 families have been evicted from the neighborhood since the city ...

Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-plots-readied-for-land-titles-at-boeng-kak-51002/

Minimum wage up for ministerial discussion

An interministerial committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon will meet next month to discuss the recent minimum wage increase and subsequent fallout. Ministry of Labour spokesman Heng Sour yesterday told the Post that Prime Minister Hun Sen assigned Chhon to lead the meeting ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-ministerial-discussion

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