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[Herald Interview] KFS seeks to boost youth employment
Korea Forest Service (KFS) has been working to promote overseas partnership with Southeast Asia countries by aiming to expand afforestation by 1 million hectares by 2050 from 314,000 hectares in 2013. It established relations with Indonesia to collaborate in planting trees on 700,000 hectares, and ...
Park Hyong-ki and Lee Kwon-hyung
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150205000903
GMAC calls for law enforcement to ensure garment sector stability
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has called on all trade unionists to respect the law and halt violence if they want stability in Cambodia’s garment sector. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gmac-calls-for-law-enforcement-to-ensure-garment-sector-stability-8160
Cambodia jails 3 foreigners for terror
Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld eight-year prison sentences for three foreigners convicted more than four years ago of threatening to bomb the US, UK and Australian embassies. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/467241/cambodia-jails-3-foreigners-for-terror
Forestry officials summoned for meeting over extortion case
Sixteen forestry officials from three provinces were summoned to a meeting in Phnom Penh on Thursday after their names were found on a list of 49 suspected extortionists that police in Kompong Chhnang province seized from a truck that had been transporting illegally logged wood ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forestry-officials-summoned-for-meeting-over-extortion-case-77405/
Rights groups ask World Bank to hold meeting with evictees
Rights groups have asked the World Bank to schedule a “special meeting” with evictees before deciding whether to lift a freeze on new loans to Cambodia, and to hold it in Thailand so that participants can speak their minds without fear of reprisal from the ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-groups-ask-world-bank-to-hold-meeting-with-evictees-77417/
Hitting the road: Frustrated, some city bus drivers quit
Seven of 11 city bus drivers striking for higher wages yesterday resigned, saying that Phnom Penh City Hall had no intention of negotiating with them. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hitting-road-frustrated-some-city-bus-drivers-quit
Municipal Court questions arrested union head
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday began questioning union leader Seang Rithy, who was arrested outside a garment factory in Pur Senchey district on Tuesday while leading what police said was an illegal strike. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/municipal-court-questions-arrested-union-head-77411/
Communities urge gov’t to rescind ELCs
Representatives of communities across the country who have had their lives upturned by development projects yesterday called on the government to rescind the economic land concessions at the centre of their disputes. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/communities-urge-govt-rescind-elcs
Palm oil exports up, while profits dip
Exports of crude palm oil from the Mong Reththy company – the Kingdom’s sole producer of the product – increased 16 per cent last year, although prices were down about $200 per tonne from 2013. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/palm-oil-exports-while-profits-dip
Terror sentences upheld
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the eight-year prison sentences of three foreign men convicted in 2011 on tenuous evidence of threatening to bomb the US, UK and Australian embassies. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/terror-sentences-upheld
Residents file petition over cracks
Dozens of families living in Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building filed a petition to City Hall yesterday morning, urging authorities to put an end to nearby construction work, which they say has left large cracks in the structure, and demanding compensation. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residents-file-petition-over-cracks
Gov’t boots out family
A family of Montagnard asylum seekers, including two young children and a 9-month-old baby, has been deported to Vietnam, where the father was reportedly beaten by authorities for attempting to escape. But Moeng Sineath, spokesman for Ratanakkiri Provincial Hall, confirmed for the first time yesterday ...
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-boots-out-family
CPP blasted for promotions of military, police
At least 80 of the 306 new members of the CPP’s expanded central committee are members of the country’s military or security forces, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday in a statement, which says the promotions are meant to secure the loyalty of security forces. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-blasted-for-promotions-of-military-police-77421/
Thailand undecided over fate of Cambodian migrant workers
Thailand has still not decided what will happen to the 738,000 Cambodian migrant workers currently living in the country on temporary work permits when those documents expire at the end of March, an official from the Thai Labor Ministry said Wednesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thailand-undecided-over-fate-of-cambodian-migrant-workers-77407/
Six unionists arrested, released in Bavet City over incitement
Six union organizers were arrested in Svay Rieng province Wednesday while distributing letters to workers in an attempt to refute rumors that their union had taken cash in exchange for not protesting over the firing of eight of their members, according to the union and ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-unionists-arrested-released-in-bavet-city-over-incitement-77403/
NGOs slam proposed law on election speech
Cambodia’s leading human rights groups have condemned the ruling and opposition parties’ reported efforts to stymie their voices during election campaigns, arguing such restrictions would violate freedom of expression. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have been negotiating changes to the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-slam-proposed-law-election-speech
Rights groups ask World Bank to hold meeting with evictees
Rights groups have asked the World Bank to schedule a “special meeting” with evictees before deciding whether to lift a freeze on new loans to Cambodia, and to hold it in Thailand so that participants can speak their minds without fear of reprisal from the ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-groups-ask-world-bank-to-hold-meeting-with-evictees-77417/
Communities urge gov't to rescind ELCs
Representatives of communities across the country who have had their lives upturned by development projects yesterday called on the government to rescind the economic land concessions at the centre of their disputes. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/communities-urge-govt-rescind-elcs
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam discuss AEC preparedness
Officials from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam met yesterday in Vientiane to discuss the progress and challenges of the Lao pilot programme for narrowing the development gap towards Asean integration. The programme was formulated as a pilot project in October 2010 by the Lao government, Asean Secretariat ...
Vientiane Times News Staff
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/freeContent/FreeConten_Laos_Cambodia_Vietnam.htm
Cambodia sees 7.2 pct growth in 2014: PM
Cambodia’s economy grew by 7.2 percent in 2014, driven by garment exports, agriculture, tourism and construction, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-sees-72-pct-growth-in-2014:-pm-8152
Security officials added to top ranks of ruling party
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party has added at least 80 commanders and other security officials to its Central Committee, a move that even more closely ties security forces to the party. ...
Kong Sothanarith,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/security-officials-added-to-top-ranks-of-ruling-party/2628499.html
Cambodia hosts int'l conference on tourism, culture
The 1st World Conference on Tourism and Culture kicked off here on Wednesday to discuss the challenges and lasting development opportunities for cultural tourism. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-hosts-intl-conference-on-tourism-culture-8157
Cambodia’s NGOs say measures proposed by parties would curtail free speech
Nine nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday slammed Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties for considering measures that would ban them from giving interviews or making statements deemed “insulting” to political parties during election periods, saying the restrictions would violate free speech. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ngos-02042015175755.html
Cambodia earns $3bn from tourism
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Wednesday that his country earned US$3 billion (97 billion baht) last year from the booming tourism sector. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/466294/cambodia-earns-3bn-from-tourism-in-2014