More than 40 faint as firm denies exit
More than 40 workers had fainted at a garment factory yesterday after officials prevented them leaving the building when four of their co-workers collapsed, a labour department official said. The mass fainting occurred at the Nanguo Garment Co Ltd factory in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nub ...
Rising Consumer Prices Draw Hunderds to Protest for Action
Some 200 factory workers and taxi drivers protested in Phnom Penh yesterday morning to demand that the government take action to curb the rising costs of food and fuel, and threatened larger demonstrations if it failed to actAccording to figures released by the National Institute ...
Bank Forecasts Drop in GDP Growth to 6.5%
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday revised its prediction for economic growth in Cambodia down to 6.5 percent as it warned that weakening demand from markets in the US and Europe could affect exports leaving the country. The ADB’s biannual outlook report for 2012 also said ...
The arrival of the ASEAN Economic Community will likely be delayed
ASEAN leaders have proposed putting off the planned launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) until the end of 2015, instead of the beginning of that year, so each member state will have more time to prepare for the single market, according to Cambodian Commerce ...
Kratie cut to shreds
‘I heard a f—ing crazy dog say that we can’t dock in Kampong Saom, but we definitely can do that,” a crackling voice declares boisterously. The speaker, captured in video obtained by the Post, is part of an illegal timber syndicate. The identity of the speaker ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032964752/National/kratie-cut-to-shreds.html
Kids beaten over ELC
Five men working for Ratanakkiri rubber concessionaire DM Group, including a soldier, have been arrested for allegedly beating a villager and his children – one of whom, doctors say, may not survive – in a scuffle over their family’s land, the father said yesterday. Police confirmed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050665430/National/kids-beaten-over-elc.html
Elephant deaths lead to probe
The discovery of the remains of three endangered Asian elephants in Mondulkiri’s Phnom Penh Prich Wildlife Sanctuary has prompted conservation group World Wildlife Fund to launch an investigation into the animals’ deaths. Samrang Dy Vichet, director of the Wildlife Sanctuary, told the Post yesterday that villagers spotted the ...
Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elephant-deaths-lead-probe
An unsettling prospect
Resettlement studies are being carried out at the site of the proposed Stung Cheay Areng hydropower dam in Koh Kong province, officials said yesterday, amid suggestions that yet another Chinese company is now involved in the controversial project.Tou Savuth, Thma Bang district governor, said staff ...
Shane Worrell and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unsettling-prospect
(English) Global Fund’s probe saw little cooperation
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Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/global-fund%E2%80%99s-probe-saw-little-cooperation
(English) As oknha ranks grow, honorific loses meaning
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Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-oknha-ranks-grow-honorific-loses-meaning-62057/
ទ្រីភាពនាំឈើចេញជាង ១០ ម៉ឺនម៉ែត្រគុបតាមផែព្រះសីហនុ
បុគ្គលមានអំណាច ដែលកាប់ឈើល្បីបំផុតក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា បាននាំចេញឈើជាង ១០ ម៉ឺនម៉ែត្រគុប តាមរយៈកំពង់ផែព្រះសីហនុ កាលពីឆ្នាំមុន រួមទាំងប្រភេទឈើដែលត្រូវបានការពារដោយ ...
Daniel Pye និង ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
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ក្រសួងវប្បធម៌នឹងចាត់វិធានការតាមច្បាប់លើអាជីវករ ឬអ្នកលក់អនឡាញយករូបថតវត្ថុបុរាណខ្មែរ ផ្សព្វផ្សាយលក់ខុសច្បាប់
ក្រសួងវប្បធម៌និងវិចិត្រសិល្បៈ បានព្រមានចាត់វិធានការតាមច្បាប់ ទៅលើអាជីវករ ឬអ្នកលក់អនឡាញណាដែលប្រើប្រាស់រូបថតវត្ថុបុរាណខ្មែរ ផ្សព្វផ្សាយលក់វត្ថុសិល្បៈតាមប្រព័ន្ធបណ្ដាញសង្គម ដែលអាចធ្វើឱ្យសមត្ថកិច្ចបរទេស និងអ្នកកាន់កាប់សមុច្ច័យឯកជននានា យល់ច្រឡំថារដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជាខ្វះការគ្រប់គ្រង និងការពារវត្ថុទាំងនេះ។ ការព្រមាននេះ ត្រូវបាន ...
ជា សុខនី
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-09-05-1431-254214.html
ត្រីមាសទី១ កម្ពុជានាំចេញដំឡូងមី និងផលិតផលពីដំឡូងមីជាង ១ លានតោន
ដំឡូងមី និងផលិតផលពីដំឡូងមីជាង ១ លានតោន ត្រូវបានកម្ពុជានាំចេញទៅទីផ្សារអន្តរជាតិក្នុងរយៈពេល ៣ ខែដំបូង ឆ្នាំ ២០២៣ ដោយក្នុងនោះជាង ៧៣ ភាគរយត្រូវបាននាំទៅប្រទេសថៃ។ នេះបើតាមក្រសួងកសិកម្ម រុក្ខាប្រមាញ់ និងនេសាទ។ ទិន្នន័យឱ្យដឹងថា ចាប់ពីខែមករា-ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ ២០២៣ ការនាំចេញដំឡូងមី និងផលិតផលពី ...
ហ៊ឹន ពិសី
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2023-05-08-0953-249796.html
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 ...
Lower Sesan 2 Dam Would be 'Catastrophic'
Hydropower dams planned for the tributaries of the Mekong River, particularly the Lower Sesan 2, will have a “catastrophic” impact on fish stocks throughout the country, according to new research that calls for several planned dams to be reconsidered. Authored by an international group of ...
Firm's 'hostage' awaits justice
Heng Hak wore a blank expression yesterday, her hair recently dyed a shade of blonde. Though her appearance suggested composure, a lift of her pant leg revealed the manifestation of the trauma she tried to escape last year. In March 2011, Hak jumped from the third ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012083158412/National-news/firms-hostageawaits-justice.html
Justice Ministry Seeks Review Of Jailed 13
The Justice Ministry has written to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court requesting that it review the case of 13 Boeng Kak women recently jailed for demonstrations against a CPP senator’s real estate project, a ministry official said yesterday. Bunyai Narin, deputy Cabinet chief for the Justice ...
Questions over China dams
Some questions remain about whether hydro dams on the upper Mekong River in China exacerbated conditions during Cambodia’s devastating drought of 2010, environmental groups say, as China’s dam program powers ahead. When the first power-generating unit was switched on last month at China’s giant 262-metre tall ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102359350/National-news/questions-over-china-dams.html
Rubber Company Joins CPP Gift-Giving Ceremony in Ratanakkiri
Representatives of a Vietnamese rubber firm that has been accused of contributing to the illegal deforestation of vast tracts of land in northeast Cambodia joined local CPP-aligned government officials in Ratanakkiri province on Friday to hand out rice, salt and sugar to more than 400 ...
Tax revenues rise, but aren’t reflective of overall GDP growth
While the country’s tax revenue grew about 20 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2012, experts say the amount still isn’t high enough to accurately reflect the country’s GDP growth. Stephen Higgins, former CEO of ANZ ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenues-rise-aren%E2%80%99t-reflective-overall-gdp-growth