Workers Strike at Factory Supplying US Brands
Roughly 4,000 garment workers at a factory supplying clothes for U.S. brands Gap, Levi Strauss and Old Navy went on strike yesterday and threatened to march in Phnom Penh on Thursday to demonstrate against poor pay. The demonstration took place at Tai Yang Enterprises in Kandal ...
Hun Sen Asks Businesses to Serve Local Foods
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday reiterated comments made by government officials Tuesday that government institutions, hotels and restaurants should begin serving local cuisine and produce to generate more cash flow in the tourism sector. ...
Sofa Man a big hit with local lounge lizards
Many expats living in Siem Reap have found themselves on the eternal quest for a comfortable sofa. A big, squishy sofa like the one at home, that allows a body to really stretch out on. A Khmer settee – wooden, bench-like and unforgiving – just ...
Levi's, Gap garment workers on strike in Cambodia
Workers at a large Cambodian garment factory that makes clothes for Levi’s, Gap and other well-known international brands are striking for more pay and better working conditions. More than 5,000 workers from the Singaporean-owned SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd. failed to reach an agreement with their ...
CAMBODIA: H&M hits back at low wage claims
Swedish fashion retailer H&M has hit back at accusations that it fails to pay adequate wages to workers in Cambodian factories making its clothes – and says instead that the situation would be a lot worse if it didn’t source from the country ...
http://www.just-style.com/news/hm-hits-back-at-low-wage-claims_id115952.aspx
P Vihear officials under investigation
Two senior officials in Preah Vihear under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Unit have been removed from their posts, including a tax officer who it is alleged had gotten away without officially stamping tax forms for an entire year, the ACU announced on Friday “We found that ...
Cambodia’s PM eyes Japanese investment
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen expects the country to attract more Japanese tourists and investors to help improve the country tourism and economy. The PM said last week he was encouraging more Japanese investors and tourists by heightening bilateral ties. “Japan and Cambodia are known for having ...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/12/cambodias-pm-eyes-japanese-investment/
Cambodia Angkor flies to Bangkok
Cambodia Angkor Air will start a daily service between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, 1 February [sic]. The airline launched its first service to Thailand, 30 November [sic] from Siem Reap and is scheduled to start a service to Hanoi 7 January [sic]. The Bangkok-bound flight will ...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2013/01/cambodia-angkor-flies-to-bangkok/
US Firm to Open Its Second Casino in Cambodia
A U.S.-listed gaming company is set to open its second casino in Cambodia next month, the company said as it announced its revenues had grown to more than $20 million in 2012. Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. (EGA), which is backed by Macau-based Melco International Development Limited ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-firm-to-open-its-second-casino-in-cambodia-14421/
Lake protestors take ‘homes’ to City Hall
Nearly 100 Boeung Kak lake villagers took to city hall yesterday carrying mattresses, umbrellas and food to protest what they called government inaction on the long-standing land dispute over their eviction from the lake. ...
Manulife Enters Cambodia Market With Phnom Penh Office
Manulife Financial Corp. (MFC), Canada’s largest insurer, has opened an office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, its first in the Southeast Asian nation. Manulife has about 40 people in its Cambodian unit, the Toronto-based insurer said today in a statement. ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-28/manulife-enters-cambodia-market-with-phnom-penh-office.html
Voters split in Boeung Kak
The battle for Phnom Penh at Sunday’s national election will be fought out with the years-long Boeung Kak land dispute still unresolved, after the city’s governor announced yesterday a solution would be found only after the ballot, villagers said. Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong, who in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voters-split-boeung-kak
Tanks sit between villagers, farmland
Villagers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samroang town filed a complaint to Adhoc yesterday after local authorities repeatedly failed to budge a nearby military unit, which the villagers say has stationed six tanks on their farmland and refused to grant residents access to their crops, or ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tanks-sit-between-villagers-farmland
Lucky supermarket opens three more branches
Amid growing urbanisation, Lucky Supermarket opened three more branches in Phnom Penh’s suburbs over the weekend, targeting a new consumer base living around the city. With the additional branches, Lucky now counts 10 outlets in Phnom Penh, including one mini-mart at Koh Pich. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lucky-supermarket-opens-three-more-branches
ស្លាប់ ២ របួស ២ ដោយសារផ្ទុះមីនកន្លែងផ្សេងគ្នា
យ៉ាងហោចណាស់មនុស្ស ២នាក់ បានស្លាប់និង ២ នាក់ទៀតរងរបួសធ្ងន់ក្នុងហេតុការណ៍ផ្ទុះមីនតោននិងគ្រាប់ ៦០ មិល្លីម៉ែត្រដាច់ដោយឡែកពីគ្នាកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រនិងថ្ងៃសៅរ៍នៅក្នុង ខេត្តបាត់ដំបង និង ប៉ៃលិន។ ...
លៀង សារិទ្ធ
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/2011-01-03-04-07-05/112581-2014-03-31-02-07-35
(English) Anti-tank mine injures three
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Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-tank-mine-injures-three
សមាគមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរនៅកម្ពុជាបំពាក់បំប៉នក្រុមហ៊ុននានាពីរបៀបដោះស្រាយជំលោះការងារ
សមាគមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរនៅកម្ពុជា (GMAC) បាននិយាយកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារថាសមាគមនេះនឹងរៀបចំវគ្គបណ្តុះបណ្តាលស្តីពីនីតិវិធីដោះស្រាយជំលោះការងារ។ ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន The Cambodia Herald
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTcwMDFiYjIwY2U
(English) Garment exports slow, but still up from 2013 - Cambodia Daily
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REUTERS News Staff
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/24/cambodia-press-exports-garment-idUSL3N0SJ1QS20141024
(English) New mall to open in late 2015
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Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/new-mall-open-late-2015
អ្នកឯកទេស៖ បណ្តាញសង្គមជួយលើកកម្ពស់អភិបាលកិច្ចល្អ
បណ្តាញសង្គមកំពុងដើរតួនាទីសំខាន់ក្នុងការផ្តល់ព័ត៌មានច្រើនដល់អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ហើយអ្នកឯកទេសមើលឃើញថាវាជាគន្លឹះមួយដែរក្នុងការចូលរួមចំណែកដល់ការជំរុញឱ្យមានអភិបាលកិច្ចល្អនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ លោក ឱក សេរីសុភ័ក្រ អ្នកឯកទេសខាងផ្នែកអភិបាល ...
ម៉ែន គឹមសេង
http://khmer.voanews.com/content/expert-says-social-media-helps-good-governance-in-cambodia/2541508.html