The Phnom Penh Post

FTU president claims leaders fired unfairly

A national garment workers union has asked the government to reinstate 15 of its local union leaders it claims were fired simply due to their union membership. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ftu-president-claims-leaders-fired-unfairly

King Sihamoni calls for climate action at COP21

King Norodom Sihamoni delivered an impassioned plea for a legally binding international climate change treaty in an address to the delegates of 195 nations and the world’s civil society on Monday night as the UN Climate Talks in Paris (COP21) opened. ...

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-sihamoni-calls-climate-action-cop21

Kampong Speu garment workers continue strike

Protesting working conditions, nearly 300 garment workers in Kampong Speu’s Chbar Mon town entered their tenth day of strikes yesterday as the Arbitration Council prepared paperwork to resolve the dispute. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-garment-workers-continue-strike

Governor pledges to resolve Battambang land dispute

The governor of Battambang province has promised to attempt to find a resolution in a long-running land dispute after 250 people held a protest in front of Battambang Provincial Hall yesterday. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governor-pledges-resolve-battambang-land-dispute

Tractor tax abolished, but farmers still stuck in a rut

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s announcement on Facebook yesterday that the annual tax on vehicles used by limited-income families, including tractors, would be abolished was met with indifference by small-scale farmers, who said high interest rates on loan were a concern, not the negligible tax assessed ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tractor-tax-abolished-farmers-still-stuck-rut

Child protection in schools under review

The Ministry of Education is working with NGOs to draft a policy document to protect schoolchildren from abuse at the hands of educators and fellow students, an NGO specialist told the Post yesterday.More than 40 government and non-government representatives gathered in the capital on Friday ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-protection-schools-under-review

PPSEZ plans bookbuild for scaled-back IPO

Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), the private firm that operates Cambodia’s most developed industrial park, will hold a bookbuild for investors later this month for an initial public offering it hopes will raise up to $11.6 million for expansion and debt repayment, according to ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsez-plans-bookbuild-scaled-back-ipo

Assembly passes budget as CNRP boycotts vote

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party passed the government’s $4.3 billion budget for 2016 unopposed yesterday as Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers followed through on a pledge to sit out the National Assembly session if concerns for their members’ safety were not addressed. ...

Vong Sokheng and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assembly-passes-budget-cnrp-boycotts-vote

‘Busy’ CPP pols in no rush to meet with CNRP

Reversing a statement he made on Sunday, CPP lawmaker and spokesman Sok Eysan said a tentatively scheduled meeting between party leaders, including Interior Minister and senior CPP official Sar Kheng and CNRP acting president Kem Sokha, set for either yesterday or today had been cancelled ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/busy-cpp-pols-no-rush-meet-cnrp

Sok Hour loses appeal

The Appeal Court yesterday rejected a bid by Hong Sok Hour’s lawyer to secure the imprisoned opposition senator’s freedom and avoid being forced to hand over further evidence, including the lawmaker’s laptop. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-hour-loses-appeal

Kingdom's mine targets ‘out of reach’

Cambodia is likely to come under scrutiny as parties to the UN’s anti-landmine convention gather in Geneva this week, with a recent report saying the Kingdom is unlikely to hit its mine clearance targets, even under an already-extended deadline.The 14th meeting of states parties to ...

Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-mine-targets-out-reach

Massage workers strike in Siem Reap

More than 70 workers from a Korean-owned massage centre in the tourist hub of Siem Reap protested in front of their workplace yesterday, demanding a basic wage of $177 per month and a $100 yearly health bonus.Workers from the Alaska Massage Center have been on ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/massage-workers-strike-siem-reap

Gov't denies factory closure rumours

The Ministry of Labour has urged the arrest of the “mastermind” behind an apparently spurious rumour spreading across shop floors that garment factories would close their doors for the entire month of December. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-denies-factory-closure-rumours

Rape victims failed by corrupt system: report

Countless rape victims, many of them children, have been failed by widespread flaws in Cambodia’s justice system, which have led to a “disturbingly low” number of convictions, a new study by the rights group Licadho has found.In its report, Getting Away With It: The Treatment ...

Alice Cuddy and Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rape-victims-failed-corrupt-system-report

Prince Ranariddh tells Rainsy not to ‘block aid’

Prince Norodom Ranariddh, leader of the royalist Funcinpec party, has called on opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy not to “block aid” to Cambodia following a resolution passed by the European Parliament last week that suggested aid could be slashed if an arrest ...

Vong Sokheng and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prince-ranariddh-tells-rainsy-not-block-aid

Youths call for faster passage of alcohol law

A Cambodian youth group has urged the government to end its foot dragging over a law to impose an age limit on consuming and buying alcohol and other restrictions aimed at reducing drinking. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youths-call-faster-passage-alcohol-law

Ethnic villagers reject Mega First cash offer

An ethnic community in Mondulkiri province has rejected a cash offer from a company that wants to clear thousands of hectares of forest locals claim as their own, saying they value the land more than money. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-villagers-reject-mega-first-cash-offer

Shift in Aeon tenant mix as high-end brands replaced by cheaper options

Concerns are that, while the middle class is growing, Cambodia’s consumer base is not yet able to support premium retailersThe throngs of Cambodian families streaming into Aeon Mall over the Water Festival holiday made it clear that Phnom Penh’s poshest mall has successfully positioned itself ...

Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/shift-aeon-tenant-mix-high-end-brands-replaced-cheaper-options

Kingdom shows narrow but strong FDI growth

Foreign direct investment flows continued to see strong growth across the 10-member ASEAN bloc in 2014, with most countries in the Lower Mekong region reporting higher levels of inflows given their rising infrastructure needs and manufacturing activities, according to a new report jointly produced by ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-shows-narrow-strong-fdi-growth

Migrants abused in Thai poultry industry

Cambodian migrants working in Thailand to process chicken for European consumers are forced into debt bondage and subjected to a range of rights violations, according to a new report.Trapped in the Kitchen of the World, which was released on Wednesday by European NGOs Swedwatch and ...

Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-abused-thai-poultry-industry

Star Vegas casino turns profit as VIPs chip in

A new VIP gambling room at the Star Vegas Resort and Club casino in Poipet raked in nearly $700,000 in revenue during its first full month of operation, its management announced yesterday.Joey Lim, managing director of Australian casino operator Donaco International Ltd, said the new ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/star-vegas-casino-turns-profit-vips-chip

Timber seizure nabs 30-plus cubic metres in Ratanakkiri

An estimated 30 to 40 cubic metres of protected luxury timber was intercepted in Ratanakkiri province on Wednesday night while being hauled to Vietnam, according to local officials. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-seizure-nabs-30-plus-cubic-metres-ratanakkiri

North Korea-funded museum set to open in Siem Reap

An Angkor-themed museum funded and operated by North Korea, but located in Siem Reap, is finally set to open after years of delays.The vast Grand Panorama museum, set on a 4-hectare site just 3 kilometres from the temple complex, is due to open on December ...

Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/north-korea-funded-museum-set-open-siem-reap

Mekong yields first giant catfish of year

One of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world was netted by local fishermen near Phnom Penh earlier this month.A two-metre Mekong giant catfish, weighing an estimated 90 to 114 kilos, one of only a handful left of a species that faces extinction, ...

Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-yields-first-giant-catfish-year

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