Report Shows Rise in Garment Labor Disputes
Increasing discrimination by factories against unions and continued poor wages in Cambodia’s garment sector have resulted in a rise in the number of worker protests, according to a report released yesterday by the International Labor Organization (ILO). According to its periodic synthesis report on working ...
Judge forces sparse settlement on family of beaten children
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday forced a family whose three children were allegedly beaten by DM Group firm employees last month to accept only $1,000 in compensation in place of the $40,000 the family initially had demanded, the children’s father claimed. Ry Sarun, 52, said that ...
Cambodian, Chinese top diplomats pledge to advance ties
Cambodian and Chinese top diplomats on Wednesday pledged to maintain and further heighten bilateral ties and cooperation for the mutual benefits of the two countries and peoples. The pledge came after a bilateral talk between Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and visiting ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/21/c_132650650.htm
A big thumbs-down
A Phnom Penh municipal official said yesterday that they would investigate mounting complaints that authorities have been forcing the capital’s residents to thumbprint letters supporting the preliminary election results and promising not to join demonstrations. Residents in Daun Penh and Tuol Kork districts told the Post ...
Peace a Priority as Officials Prepare for CNRP Rally Security
With the opposition CNRP expecting at least 10,000 people to turn out for a rally in Phnom Penh on Monday, a military police official said Thursday that any attempt to disturb the peace would not be tolerated. Brigadier General Kheng Tito, spokesman for the military police, ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/peace-a-priority-as-officials-prepare-for-cnrp-rally-security-40678/
Flooding’s toll still growing
Nearly 2,000 families have been evacuated from their homes and thousands of hectares of crops flooded in the wake of continuing rains and the opening of dams in Vietnam and Thailand. At least two people have died since Friday in the flooding, which has affected at ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding%E2%80%99s-toll-still-growing
A rare delicacy hard to sell
Ou Seathong sells one of the most expensive foods in the world: edible bird spit. At her shop on Street 182 in Phnom Penh, she sorts edible bird nests on the shelves. Hundreds of years old, the Chinese delicacy is made of the congealed saliva ...
Rann Reuy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rare-delicacy-hard-sell
(English) Unions to Proceed With Mass Rally in Freedom Park Despite Ban
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(English) Kreung protest for release of charged arsonist
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kreung-protest-for-release-of-charged-arsonist-54429/
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ក្រុមជំនាញផ្នែកបរិស្ថាន និងអ្នកអភិរក្សសត្វស្លាប សម្ដែងក្ដីកង្វល់ជុំវិញបញ្ហាកង្វះទឹកសម្រាប់ការទ្រទ្រង់ជីវចម្រុះ និងប្រព័ន្ធអេកូឡូស៊ីក្នុងតំបន់ដីសើមដែលជាប្រភពអាហារសម្រាប់សត្វគ្រប់ប្រភេទ ដែលក្ដីបារម្ភនេះកើតឡើងក្រោយពីការធ្វើជំរឿនសត្វក្រៀលដ៏កម្រ និងជិតផុតពូជត្រូវបាន ...
ឃុត សុភចរិយា
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Cambodian soldiers accused of land rights abuse in Prey Trolach forest
Cambodian soldiers and police have been clearing undergrowth with pesticides and using bulldozers to bring down trees in an area of community forest, according to local groups. The alleged land seizure at the 1,335 hectare (3,300 acre) Prey Trolach commune forest, a four-hour drive from the ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/03/cambodian-soldiers-land-rights-prey-trolach
Impact Analysis Urged for Massive Trade in Macaques
32,000 macaques primates have been exported from Cambodia over a 4 year period according to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The Species Survival Network has said that there is a significant trade in the animal and that it is most commonly used ...
City Officials Talk Trash With New Campaign
Phnom Penh municipality is set to launch a campaign today at Daun Penh district’s Kandal market aimed at educating residents about disposing their garbage correctly in an effort to reduce flooding in the area. The campaign comes after the area experience several bouts of severe ...
Increase in visitors to Preah Vihear
Foreign visitors to the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, on the Cambodian-Thai border, rose almost 78 per cent between January and October compared with the same period last year, despite a deadly border dispute that drew international attention in February. About 2,140 foreign nationals visited the 1,000-year-old ...
GDP growth drives petrol imports 67% year-on-year
The Kingdom’s strong economic growth so far this year has driven petroleum imports 67 per cent higher year-on-year through October, according to Ministry of Commerce data. Total imports reached 1.2 million tonnes, or US$1.14 billion worth, in the first 10 months of the year, compared to ...
Flood costs to surpass $100m
PERSISTENT flooding in several areas of the Kingdom could result in more than US$100 million worth of damage, the National Committee for Disaster Management said yesterday. Flood waters have killed 207 people since early September and forced more than 32,000 families from their homes, according to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101152037/Business/flood-costs-to-surpass-100mn.html
Maid abuse scandals to lead labor recruiters to lay off staff
Overseas labor recruitment agencies that send maids to Malaysia are planning to lay off about 1,000 staff members as they prepare to close down many pre-departure training centers following a growing scandal around abuses and criminal activity during the recruitment, training and sending of maids. An ...
Villagers Seize Large Hauls of Illegal Timber
Hundreds of villagers patrolling Prey Long forest for illegal logging discovered and burned more than 370 cubic meters of wood during the first four days of their campaign, an organizer said yesterday. About 400 villagers from Kompong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces who ...
ក្រុមអ្នកតវ៉ាមិនសប្បាយចិត្តនឹងការផ្តល់ជូនរបស់ក្រសួង
អ្នកភូមិប្រហែល ២០០ នាក់មកពីខេត្តកោះកុង ដែលមានជម្លោះដីធ្លីរ៉ាំរ៉ៃជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនស្ករស Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co Ltd ត្រូវបានអាជ្ញាធរខណ្ឌដូនពេញ រារាំងមិនឱ្យធ្វើការតវ៉ានៅមុខផ្ទះរបស់លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុនសែន កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធ។ កាលពីថ្ងៃ ...
គង់ មេត្តា
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-not-happy-ministrys-offer
មន្ត្រីថា ជំងឺគ្រុនឈាមកើនឡើង ៦ ដង នៅខេត្តសៀមរាប
មន្ត្រីជំនាញបានលើកឡើងថា ក្នុងរយៈពេល ២៣ សប្ដាហ៍ក្នុងឆ្នាំនេះ អ្នកជំងឺគ្រុនឈាមដែលមកព្យាបាលតាមមន្ទីរពេទ្យទាំងអស់ក្នុងខេត្តសៀមរាបគឺមានជាង ៦ ពាន់នាក់ រីឯអ្នកស្លាប់មាន ៨ នាក់ ដែលតួលេខនេះបង្ហាញពី ...
ខន សាវិ
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