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After Arrests, NGOs Continue Petitioning to ‘Free the 23′

Following the arrest of 11 activists on Tuesday as they attempted to deliver a petition to the U.S. and French embassies seeking the release of 23 jailed protesters, NGO representatives quietly delivered similar petitions to the Japanese Embassy and European Union headquarters Wednesday. The petitioners, representing ...

Aun Pheap and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-arrests-ngos-continue-petitioning-to-free-the-23-50966/

Exports consistent for Cambodia’s ag sector

Cambodia exported 2.9 million tons of agricultural products last year, roughly the same as 2012, but experts say the figure does not reflect the huge potential for the market. According to official data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, exports included more than 1 ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-consistent-cambodia%E2%80%99s-ag-sector

Cambodia produces 9.3 mln tonnes of paddy rice last year

Cambodia had produced 9.3 million tons of paddy rice in 2013, which was comparable to the amount in 2012, according to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday.​ Hean Vanhorn, director of the single window secretariat for facilitating milled rice exports, called on ...

Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/838958.shtml#.UuHaSMr-LIU

Untrained guards rule at protests

Security guards that have forcibly detained protesters in the capital in recent weeks include large numbers of men who have received no government security training, Phnom Penh municipal spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday. In an effort to recruit civilian “public order” officers, Dimanche told the Post, the ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/untrained-guards-rule-protests

China donates 600 sets of radio transmitters to Cambodian Army

The Chinese government on Wednesday donated 600 sets of radio transmitters to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) in order to increase the capacity and efficiency in information communication among armed forces. Speaking during a handover ceremony at the Headquarters of the Infantry on the outskirts ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/22/c_133066316.htm

Cambodia's 64 trade unions urge gov't to take legal action against gangster unions

Cambodia’s 64 trade unions on Wednesday asked the Minister of Labor Ith Samheng to take serious legal action against some gangster unions that have caused riots and illegal strikes as well as intimidations to their members in protests, according to a joint letter. “We’d like to ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/22/c_133066064.htm

Cambodia's new business registrations drop 12 pct in 2013

Cambodia had issued operating licenses to 2,988 new companies last year, down 12 percent from 3, 386 in a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. Of the 2013 new business registrations, foreign businesses registered 1,448, down 9 percent, while local registrations fell ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-01/22/c_133065203.htm

11 Activists Arrested for Views That ‘Impact Public Order’

Eleven political activists were pulled off the street by helmeted security guards Tuesday morning during a peaceful march to foreign embassies to deliver petitions calling for an end to government violence and the release of 23 imprisoned activists and strikers. The 11 protesters—10 land rights activists ...

Phorn Bopha and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eleven-activists-arrested-for-views-that-impact-public-order-50934/

The Assassination of Union Leader Chea Vichea—A Decade On

Ten years after his assassination, friends and associates remember Chea Vichea, the founding president of the Free Trade Union, as a quiet man but a charismatic leader, passionate about labor issues and the right for workers to collectively bargain for higher wages and better conditions. ...

Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/the-assassination-of-union-leader-chea-vichea-a-decade-on-50951/

Ministries Discuss New Appeal Courts, Judicial Reform

The Ministry of Justice is moving ahead with plans to expand the Appeal Court system around the country as part of inter-ministerial talks that began on Monday on the subject of judicial reform. The talks, which are expected to wrap up today, focus on a long-awaited ...

Khuon Narim and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministries-discuss-new-appeal-courts-judicial-reform-50940/

Cambodia's economy achieves 7 pct growth last year despite political row: central bank

Cambodia’s economy grew by 7 percent in 2013 even though political row over the July election has still persisted, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said Tuesday. The growth was lower than that of 2012, which was up to 7.3 percent. “In 2013, Cambodia’s economy achieved ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-01/21/c_133062259.htm

Embassies abroad get reminder about graft

Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on all embassies and consulates to accelerate visa application procedures and cease charging “unofficial” fees, in an apparent bid to stamp out corruption abroad. ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/embassies-abroad-get-reminder-about-graft

Passports pledged anew

Migrant workers and students who have won scholarships abroad will now pay only a small tax fee for passports, according to a government sub-decree enacted this month that seeks to reprise a similar effort from 2008 widely perceived to have been ineffective. The latest sub-decree, signed ...

May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/passports-pledged-anew

Cambodia sees 59 pct drop in dengue fever cases last year

Cambodia reported about 17,533 dengue fever cases in 2013, down 59 percent from the 42,362 cases in a year earlier, a health official said Monday. The disease killed 59 children, representing a 69 percent decrease from the 189 deaths in a year earlier, said Char Meng ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-01/20/c_133059371.htm

Union rep sidesteps gov’t meet

Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association, said yesterday he had been successful in postponing a meeting with the Ministry of Interior about his association, which has come under fire for allegedly engaging in political activities. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-rep-sidesteps-gov%E2%80%99t-meet

Trade hurt by political and labour turbulence

Cambodian trade reached a total of $15.9 billion in 2013, equaling an 18 per cent rise from 2012, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Exports were valued at $6.9 billion, up from $5.5 billion a year earlier, with garment and textiles accounting for more than 80 ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-hurt-political-and-labour-turbulence

Ministry to Question Rong Chhun Over Teachers Association

Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA), said Friday that he feels the teachers’ movement is under threat after he received a notice from the Ministry of Interior, summoning him to explain his work on Monday. The letter, dated Thursday and signed by ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-to-question-rong-chhun-over-teachers-association-50854/

Chinese investment in Cambodia up in 2013

Cambodia had attracted some $427 million of investment from China last year, up 62 percent compared with the $263 million in a year earlier, according to a report by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The cumulative Chinese investment in Cambodia has totaled $9.6 ...

Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/838148.shtml#.Utx56xD-LIU

Cambodian, Laotian FMs to meet next week on ties

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong would meet with his Laotian counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith next week to explore possibilities to further boost bilateral ties, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. The two top diplomats would co-chair the 12th meeting of the ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/17/c_133052813.htm

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