Task of Obtaining Passport Is Adding To Illegal Migration Problem
Thousands of Cambodians cross the border via illegal checkpoints into Thailand every year. Some end up working in slave-like conditions on illegal fishing trawlers. Others work in factories while getting paid under the table. It is often a last resort fraught with danger and uncertainty and ...
Flights planned from Beijing to Siem Reap, Phnom Penh
Chinese flag carrier Air China is expected to launch the first non-stop flights from Beijing to Cambodia as early as November this year, officials said yesterday. Director of the Air Transport Department of Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Vann Chanty, said that officials from ...
Real Wages in Garment Sector Fell Over 10 Years
Wages for Cambodian garment workers decreased by more than 20 percent in real terms between 2001 and 2011 despite the industry’s exponential increase in exports, which in 2012 were valued at more than $4 billion, according to a recent report by a U.S.-based workers advocacy ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wages-in-garment-sector-fell-22-over-10-years-34788/
Sar Kheng Says Armored Vehicles Sent to Maintain Security
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday confirmed that the deployment of armored personnel carriers (APCs) to Phnom Penh from the Thai-Cambodian border is part of a concerted security operation in response to the opposition’s plans to hold protests against the outcome of the July 28 ...
Kuch Naren and Lauren Crothers -
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sar-kheng-says-armored-vehicles-sent-to-maintain-security-39046/
After poll, confidence dips: study
Confidence in the Cambodian economy has plummeted roughly 50 per cent in the tense post-election period, according to a market research survey of foreign business leaders working in the country. The survey, conducted by Indochina Research and seen by the Post this week, found that 98 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/after-poll-confidence-dips-study
Locals’ Internet Access Doesn’t Equal Freedom
An increasing number of Cambodians have access to the Internet due to ownership of smartphones, tablets and the expansion of wireless broadband to rural areas of Cambodia, but access does not mean freedom from restrictions, according to a new report by New York-based Freedom House. In ...
Lindsey Peterson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/locals-internet-access-doesnt-equal-freedom-44939/
Calls for Angkor Beer Boycott Over Laos Dam Investment
Environmental groups and a local community leader in Stung Treng province have called for a nationwide boycott of the popular Angkor Beer brand to protest the beverage company’s links to a controversial hydropower dam to be built in Laos. Laos announced earlier this month that it ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/calls-for-angkor-beer-boycott-over-laos-dam-investment-45646/
Cambodians Regularly Face Pre-Trial Detention: Rights Group
Cambodian authorities frequently hold suspects, especially the young, in detention pending trial, even though the law could allow them to be released on bail while awaiting the completion of their judicial proceedings, according to a report released Wednesday. Minor crime suspects are also provided a “worryingly ...
Radio Free Asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_S3UzOzAY&list=PLNkBYj4uOY-igjoKtwu08dF2qKq1PmauL
(English) Courts Resurrect Land Disputes After Election
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/courts-resurrect-land-disputes-after-election-49671/
Hun Sen Set to Weigh In on SL Garment Factory Dispute
Officials at the Ministry of Labor who mediated talks Wednesday between the management of SL Garment Factory and union leaders who have led a three-month-long strike at the factory said that they would send the results of the meeting to Prime Minister Hun Sen to ...
Khuon Narim and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-set-to-weigh-in-on%E2%80%88sl%E2%80%88garment%E2%80%88factory-dispute-46952/
(English) Railway audit finds poor maintenance of tracks
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Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/railway-audit-finds-poor-maintenance-of-tracks-55756/
(English) Concern over migration chief’s family connections
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Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/concern-over-migration-chiefs-family-connections-57202/
គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាបោះជំហានឆ្ពោះទៅរកការកែទម្រង់គណៈកម្មាធិការសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស
កាលពីចុងឆ្នាំមុន លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បានចុះហត្ថលេខាលើអនុក្រឹត្យមួយស្ដីពីការពង្រីកវិសាលភាពរបស់គណៈកម្មាធិការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជា ហៅកាត់ថា គ.ស.ម.ក.តាមរយៈការបង្កើតនាយកដ្ឋានថ្មីៗនិងការដាក់មន្ត្រីឃ្លាំមើលសិទ្ធិ ...
ឃី សុវុទ្ធី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9683/
(English) Killing of Journalist May Not Be Linked to Illegal Fishing Reports
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Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/killing-of-journalist-may-not-be-linked-to-illegal-fishing-reports-51448/
ប្រជាជនដែលរងផលប៉ះពាល់ដោយសារទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីចង់ឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុនផ្ដល់ដីនិងសង់ផ្ទះថ្មី
បន្ទាប់ពីតំណាងក្រុមហ៊ុនចិនដែលមានគម្រោងសាងសង់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីកម្លាំង១០៨មេហ្គាវ៉ាតនៅស្ទឹងអារ៉ែង ក្នុងខេត្តកោះកុង បានចុះទៅមើលតំបន់នោះ ក្រុមមន្ត្រី និងប្រជាជនមូលដ្ឋាននិយាយថា ពួកគេបារម្ភថា ការសាងសង់ ...
សានី ស៊ីណារី
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-chinese-companys-visit-villagers-fear-dam-construction-53409/
Lueckenhausen elected at IBC
One woman who has been actively involved in the development of Cambodia’s business climate is Janet Lueckenhausen of Functional Engineering. She’s been working closely with Cambodia’s biggest foreign-owned companies since 2008. Now she’s shifted in her role from executive director of International Business Chamber of Cambodia ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050756007/Business/lueckenhausen-elected-at-ibc.html
Illegal Fishing, Molotov Cocktails, A Daring Escape
The State Department on Tuesday cited abuses in Thailand’s huge fishing industry as part of an annual worldwide report on Trafficking in Persons. The report noted that men from Cambodia and Myanmar, also known as Burma, are trafficked aboard Thai ships and forced to work ...
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/20/155048186/illegal-fishing-molotov-cocktails-a-daring-escape
ក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្មកំណត់តម្លៃប្រេងអតិប្បរមា
យោងតាមសេចក្តីជូនដំណឹងចេញផ្សាយដោយក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្មកាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៤ខែមីនា តម្លៃអតិប្បរមានៃប្រេងសាំងនៅលើទីផ្សារនាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ ត្រូវបានកំណត់តាមរូបមន្តគណនានៅក្នុងប្រកាសអន្តរក្រសួងលេខ ០៩៨ ដែលបានចុះហត្ថលេខានៅថ្ងៃទី០៩ ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦ ...
ក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម
អង្គការលីកាដូរកឃើញការបញ្ចាំខ្លួនដោះបំណុល និងពលកម្មកុមារនៅសិប្បកម្មឡឥដ្ឋនៅកម្ពុជា
ពលកម្មកុមារ និងការបញ្ចាំខ្លួនដោះបំណុលនៅតែបន្តកើតមានឡើងនៅតាមសិប្បកម្មផលិតឥដ្ឋនៅកម្ពុជា នេះបើយោងតាមរបាយការណ៍ចេញផ្សាយកាលពីថ្ងៃចន្ទដោយអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សលីកាដូ។ អង្គការនេះក៏បានរកឃើញសំណល់កាត់ដេរដែលមានយីហោអន្តរជាតិដូចជា Reebok, Old Navy និង Adidas ដែលត្រូវត្រៀមសម្រាប់ដុតនៅតាមសិប្បកម្មឡ ...
Leila Goldstein និង ស៊ើង និមល់
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/ngo-licadho-finds-child-labor-debt-bondage-in-cambodias-brick-factories/
Heads above water
Though authorities have called on residents to move to higher ground, those in some of the worst flooded areas of Cambodia said yesterday that they had neither the means nor the ability to do so. Instead, they said, they will remain in their rapidly flooding ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heads-above-water