MPs Urge Child Labor Action
A group of opposition lawmakers have written to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen urging action against a sugar factory owned by a ruling party official accused of exploiting child labor and grabbing land from villagers. Six Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarians sent a letter dated Jan. ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/children-01292013174957.html
Lighting the rural night
For Cambodian farmer In Chanthy, illuminating the rural night used to be tiresome task. His village in Svay Rieng province is not connected to the national electricity grid and to light the dark he would have to take car batteries to a station and pay ...
Map connects factories and buyers
In light of ongoing disputes over working conditions in the garment sector, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released yesterday details on hundreds of factories it believes will offer greater transparency along the garment supply chain – from producers to buyers – and shine ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070166578/Business/map-connects-factories-and-buyers.html
Government Mulls Issuing Sovereign Bonds
Cambodia is considering offering sovereign bonds to raise more revenue for the national budget and move away from its dependence on overseas aid, a senior central bank official said Sunday. National Bank of Cambodia director-general Nguon Sokha said the Ministry of Economy and Finance was currently ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/government-mulls-issuing-sovereign-bonds-21989/
2014 Draft Budget Reaches Assembly, Still Under Wraps
The National Assembly’s 12-member permanent committee will take its first look at the country’s $3.54 billion draft budget for 2014 on Monday, though officials are still refusing to offer a breakdown of how the money will be spent. The draft, which allocates more than $400 million ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/2014-draft-budget-reaches-assembly-still-under-wraps-46514/
(English) Ceremony Held for Workers Killed at Veng Sreng
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Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ceremony-held-for-workers-killed-at-veng-sreng-50795/
(English) Scepticism over social land grants
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May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/scepticism-over-social-land-grants
(English) GPS tracking system could be answer to city’s garbage problem
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Khuon Narim and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gps-tracking-system-could-be-answer-to-citys-garbage-problem-56286/
វៀតណាមនិងចិនទទួលបានដីសម្បទានសេដ្ឋកិច្ចពី កម្ពុជា ច្រើនជាងប្រទេសដទៃទៀត
ក្រុមហ៊ុន វៀតណាម និងក្រុមហ៊ុន ចិន ទទួលបានការផ្តល់ដីសម្បទានសេដ្ឋកិច្ចពីរដ្ឋាភិបាល កម្ពុជា ច្រើនជាងគេក្នុងចំណោមក្រុមហ៊ុនបរទេសចំនួន ៨២ ក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលបានចុះកិច្ចសន្យាជាមួយក្រសួង កសិកម្ម រុក្ខាប្រមាញ់ និងនេសាទ វិនិយោគលើវិស័យកសិ-ឧស្សាហកម្មនៅក្នុងខេត្តចំនួន ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/111107-2014-02-25-04-03-35
Young activists take to the streets ahead of the Cambodian elections
Cambodia’s upcoming elections have been dubbed the “Cambodian Spring”, with an unprecedented number of young activists taking to the streets and social media, demanding a change. More than a third of registered voters are aged between 18 and 30, and the Opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-22/an-cambodian-spring-feature/4834450
Blood Stocks Drop to Critically Low Level
Stocks at the National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) are critically low and hundreds of units short of meeting demand, leading management at the center to publicly appeal for people to come forward and help restore the depleted reserves. Dr. Hok Kim Cheng, the NBTC’s director, said ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/blood-stocks-drop-to-critically-low-level-41240/
School buildings ‘failing test’
Two years out from the 2015 Millennium Development Goals’ target of universal access to education, Cambodia remains plagued by school infrastructure shortages, with a scarcity of classrooms and decrepit facilities that threaten students’ safety, NGOs and teachers say. At Slorkram Primary School in Battambang, teachers ...
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/school-buildings-%E2%80%98failing-test%E2%80%99
Lion Forest Industries’ RM78.3m Cambodian Investment
Kuala Lumpur–Lion Forest Industries BHD (LFIB) is acquiring 58,000 hectares under an economic land concession (ELC) in Cambodia for US$26.1 million (RM78.3 million) to cultivate oil palm and rubber trees. LFIB said on Monday, Aug 29 the concession would not be less than 70 years under ...
សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍រួម ស្តីពីការពង្រឹងមិត្តភាព និងកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការកម្ពុជា-វៀតណាម
នៅវិមានសន្តិភាព រសៀលថ្ងៃទី២០ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧នេះ សម្តេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា បានអញ្ជើញជួបពិភាក្សាការងារជាមួយ លោក ង្វៀន ហ្វ៊ូជុង អគ្គលេខាធិការគណៈ កម្មាធិការបក្ស កុម្មុយនីស្តវៀតណាម។ ភាគីទាំង ...
ក្រសួងការបរទេស និងកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិ
សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍រួមរបស់អង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលស្តីពីការស្នើសុំជាថ្មីនូវដំណោះស្រាយលើបញ្ហាអាទិភាពចំនួន ១១ ចំណុចដើម្បីបញ្ឈប់អំពើហិង្សាដោយផ្អែកលើយេនឌ័រក្នុងពិភពការងារនិងការពារសិទ្ធិសេរីភាពមូលដ្ឋានរបស់កម្មករ
ដើម្បីចូលរួមយុទ្ធនាការ ១៦ថ្ងៃនៃភាពសកម្មនិយមប្រឆាំងអំពើហិង្សាផ្អែកលើយេនឌ័រ នៅថ្ងៃទី ០១ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ២០១៩ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជា បានចេញផ្សាយនូវសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍រួមរបស់សហជីព សមាគម និងអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលចំនួន ២១ ស្ថាប័ន ដែលកំពុងបំពេញការងារដើម្បីចូលរួមលើកកម្ពស់សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស សិទ្ធិ ...
មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជា
Former Manager Admits Stealing $2.3M From Canadia Bank
The former manager of Canadia Bank’s credit section has admitted to stealing $2.3 million from the bank’s accounts, the suspect’s lawyer said Tuesday, in what is one of the largest embezzlement schemes ever undertaken in Cambodia’s nascent banking industry. The testimony from Yeth Sopheaktra, 30, to ...
Eang Mengleng and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-manager-admits-stealing-2-3m-from-canadia-bank-44689/
ACU Partners With Coca-Cola in Anti-Graft Agreement
During a four-hour pop concert in Phnom Penh to mark International Anti-Corruption Day on Monday, the Coca-Cola Company and the government’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) signed an agreement that commits the international soft drinks company to avoid committing bribery in Cambodia. “Corruption is the barrier to development ...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-partners-with-coca-cola-in-anti-graft-agreement-48957/
Sok An, US Ambassador Discuss Formation of National Assembly
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An met with the top U.S. diplomat in Cambodia on Friday to discuss the formation of the country’s National Assembly following the disputed July 28 election. Both the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP claim to have won the ballot, and the opposition ...
Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sok-an-us-ambassador-discuss-formation-of-national%E2%80%88assembly-39090/
US Calls for Transparent Investigation Into Protester Shooting
The U.S. on Monday called for a full and transparent investigation into the killing of a 29-year-old man by security forces on Sunday night during a heated clash around Monivong Bridge, while the European Union said that the police should show more restraint in the ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/us%E2%80%88calls-for-transparent-investigation-into-protester-shooting-42512/