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Cambodia sends 4,779 laborers abroad in Q1

Cambodia has dispatched 4,779 workers to Thailand, South Korea and Japan in the first three months of this year, according to a report from the Ministry of Labor on Friday. During the January-March period this year, the country sent 4, 100 workers to Thailand, 678 workers ...

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/782384.shtml#.UZmh4KKj2xA

After Factory Collapse, Questions Mount Over ILO Monitoring

Labor rights activists and a government official accused the International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program of ineffectiveness in its monitoring of factory conditions following a deadly ceiling collapse on Thursday at a shoe factory in Kompong Speu province. Moeun Tola, labor program head of the ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-factory-collapse-questions-mount-over-ilo-monitoring-24860/

Jarai Man Exiled After He Opposes Land Deal

Commune authorities in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district have allegedly banished a local resident for persisting with a lawsuit that accuses them of selling 500 hectares of community forest to two Cambodian developers for $300,000. Romas Svang, who is a member of the ethnic Jarai minority, filed ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051765682/National/jarai-man-exiled-after-he-opposes-land-deal.html

Cambodian buses in Saigon to be strictly controlled

In the petition to the National Road Administration, Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Transportation – Mr. Duong Hong Thanh, reported that at the time the Vietnam-Cambodia agreement on land transportation took effect, only 40 cars of each country were allowed to cross ...

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/74337/cambodian-buses-in-saigon-to-be-strictly-control.html

Cambodian factory deaths shine spotlight on conditions

The deaths of at least two Cambodian workers and injuries sustained by 10 colleagues at a shoe factory southwest of Phnom Penh once more shine a light on conditions in the global garment manufacturing industry. Thursday’s accident at the Wing Star Shoe factory in the Cambodian ...

http://www.dw.de/cambodian-factory-deaths-shine-spotlight-on-conditions/a-16819017

Ceiling Collapse at Shoe Factory in Cambodia Kills 2

A ceiling at a small factory making shoes on the outskirts of the capital of Cambodia collapsed on Thursday morning, killing at least two workers and underlining global worries about factory safety in poor countries. Ken Loo, the secretary general of the Garment Manufacturers Association in ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/world/asia/roof-collapse-at-shoe-factory-in-cambodia-kills-2.html?ref=todayspaper

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

Cambodia’s Beauty Industry Blossoming

The beauty business in the Kingdom is growing rapidly as incomes are rising and the middle-class is growing, industry insiders told the Post yesterday. In the first three months of this year, the Kingdom imported cosmetic products worth $9.9 million, an increase of 130 per cent ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665644/Business/cambodia-s-beauty-industry-blossoming.html

PM Defends Interest Rates

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday lashed out at the opposition party’s concerns over the interest rates charged by commercial banks to farmers. SRP lawmaker Yim Sovann said commercial banks in Cambodia charge customers very high interest rates, and said it is much higher than in other ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665645/Business/pm-defends-interest-rates.html

Cambodia’s Small Businesses Serve as Backbone of Sustainable Economy

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced in late March that the nation was on target to move from the status of a low-income to a lower-middle-income nation by the end of 2013, ranking it the 15th country that obtained high economic growth in the world in the ...

http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2013/05/15/cambodias-small-businesses-serve-as-backbone-of-sustainable-economy/

NDI អះអាង​ពី​កំហុស​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះឆ្នោត

ភ្នំពេញៈ វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ជាតិ​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​(NDI)​បាន​ចុះ​ផ្សាយ​ជំទាស់​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​លើក ​ឡើង​នា​ប៉ុន្មាន​សប្តាហ៍​ថ្មីៗ​នេះ ដោយ​គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​(គ.ជ.ប)​ដែល​ជា​ផ្នែក​មួយ​នៃ ​ការ​ប៉ុន​ប៉ង​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​គេ​មិន​ជឿ​ជាក់​លើ​ការ​ស្ទង់​មតិ​របស់​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ នេះ​ដែល​បង្ហាញ​ពី​កំហុស​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះឆ្នោត។ សវនកម្ម​លើ​ការ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​របស់​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ជាតិ​ប្រជា​ ធិបតេយ្យ​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​ក្នុង​ខែ​មីនា​បង្ហាញ​តាម​បទ​សម្ភាស និង​ការ​វិភាគ​ថា មាន​កំហុស​ក្នុង​ការ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បើ​ប្រៀប​ធៀប​នឹង​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ជាតិ​លើក​មុន ​ដែល​ឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​ត្រូវ​លុប​វិញ ដោយ​គ្មាន​មូលហេតុ និង​ថា អ្នក​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ដែល​បាន​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​ខ្លះ រក​មិន​ឃើញ​ឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​ទេ។ ...

ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/election-watch/97847-ndi-

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