Men rescued from fishing boat slavery
Two Cambodians were repatriated yesterday after being rescued from a fishing vessel at a port in Senegal on Friday, thanks to collaborative intervention by the international Organization for Migration and Senegalese authorities. Toy Koeun, 29, from Pursat province, and Som Pich, 20, from Kampot province, said ...
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Cambodian King urges opposition protestors, police to end violence
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday called on opposition protesters and police to stop using violence against each other after a clash on Sunday night left one protester dead and several others injured. “I would like to beg all compatriots who are the protesters and the ...
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/16/c_132725471.htm
(English) A year after trial, still free
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http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/year-after-trial-still-free
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‘Encouraging’ gold prospects in Kratie
Initial yields from deposits In Kratie provInce have prompted IndochIne MInIng Limited to announce that they were ‘encouragIng.’ Results from the drillIng will be released In two weeks. The drillIng was focused on two target sites withIn Kratie provInce. ...
Supertex workers in new strike
Textile workers at the Supertex factory are considering holding another strike because their compensation demands have not been met during an Arbitration Council hearing. Previously Supertex announced it was closing its factory without having given prior notice, prompting the 1,600 works to seek arbitration. With ...
Homes torched in wildlife sanctuary
Government officials and armed police burnt down 25 homes in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district yesterday claiming they were in the protected Kulen Prumtep Wildlife Sanctuary, villagers and a rights group investigator said yesterday. The houses, which are part of larger community of about ...
Rail project in ADB sights
The Asian Development Bank said yesterday problems with a railway rehabilitation project – funded by the bank and AusAID – identified by a local NGO that was suspended by the government last month “may require further investigation or analysis”. in July, STT released a report ...
Baffling Mass Faintings in Cambodia
It sounds like something from a Victorian novel – hundreds of young women falling, en masse, into a swoon. But this phenomenon has become a bafflingly common occurrence in modern-day Cambodia. The incidents have been limited to women working in a small number of the country’s ...
SAP sees growth in shipments
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port saw a 10 per cent year-on-year shipment increase in the first 11 months of the year, according to data provided by the Port’s general director. The shipment of cargo across the port during the time period reached 2.2 million tons, a 9.94 per ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011121353314/Business/sap-sees-growth-in-shipments.html
A hard lesson in arithmetic
When Reaksmey (not his real name) was in high school two years ago, he and his classmates were urged to attend the supplementary classes taught by their teachers before and after regular school hours. For an hour before school and two to three hours after each ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031455021/National-news/a-hard-lesson-in-arithmetic.html
Fashionistas Plan Extravanganza in Cambodia
2,000 some fashionistas from around Asia will descend on Phnom Penh in October for 10 days during the country’s first fashion event, costing an estimated $1 million. According to Sophy Ke, president of the Cambodia Fashion Council, Cambodia Fashion Week is intended to increase domestic ...
Land disputes in Siem Reap
More than 1,000 families from four districts in Siem Reap province involved in ongoing land disputes released a joint statement on Friday asking for intervention from government officials. Villagers involved in six separate land disputes with various private companies in four districts claim a total ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011090551447/National-news/land-disputes-in-siem-reap.html
Kingdom's fish exports in decline
The Kingdom’s fish exports declined 48 per cent in the first nine months of 2011, as a result of growing local demand, according to Ministry of Commerce figures. The statistics showed that Cambodia’s export of fish totalled 1,099 tonnes from January to September, compared to 2,123 ...
Visitors fill hotels in Sihanoukville
Year-end travelers have fully booked Sihanoukville province’s hotels and guesthouses for the first-ever Sea Festival, which is expected to attract thousands of visitors this year, tourism officials said. Tith Chantha, general director at the Ministry of Tourism, confirmed that all hotel and guesthouse rooms were booked ...
Sentences in Embezzlement Case Reduced
The Court of Appeal yesterday reduced the sentence of the former deputy director general of Anco Groups and his wife to three years imprisonment each. In December, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced the couple to four-and-a-half years each for embezzlIng nearly $60 million dollars from ...
Trafficking, migrant issues in spotlight
The Cambodian government was strengthening its capacity to combat human trafficking by focusing on poverty reduction and was eager to work with other groups tackling the crime, interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng said yesterday. “The issues of human trafficking and migrating workers are ...
Drugs: our man in Cambodia
The inquiry that targeted Hun To, dubbed Operation Illipango, investigated the shipment of heroin into Australia from Cambodia in loads of timber. Hun To, a nephew of Prime Minister Hun Sen, is a powerful and feared figure in Cambodia. He was once considered a close business ...
http://www.theage.com.au/national/investigations/drugs-our-man-in-cambodia-20120325-1vsiz.html
Sea dispute still in limbo
A code of Conduct governing the South China Sea remains only an “eventual” prospect, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, despite it dominating discussions during this week’s ASEAN Summit. From the beginning of Monday’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the question of China’s potential involvement in the drafting ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040555452/National-news/sea-dispute-still-in-limbo.html