Efforts to Stop Killings of Loggers in Thailand Crawl Forward
Thai and Cambodian foreign affairs officials have pledged to step up their efforts to stem the fatal shooting of Cambodians who illegally cross the border into Thailand to cut down rosewood trees, which fetch thousands of dollars per cubic meter on the black market. At a ...
Passport fee latest wrinkle in factory workers’ Thai plight
A rights group has raised concerns that up to 100 Cambodian migrant workers at a Thai seafood processing factory will be stranded abroad in less than a week without any income because they cannot afford to pay a passport fee demanded by their employer. Of the ...
Protected forest reclassified as private land
The entirety of three protected forests are now classified as private land, an investigation from rights group Adhoc has found, along with tens of thousands of additional hectares of what has once been state public land In three cases, Adhoc’s findings show that entire protected forests ...
‘Croc grandma’ gets four years
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday convicted local tycoon Chhin Sokountheary of encroaching on public lands and sentenced her in absentia to four years and six months in prison. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Ly Lipmeng said yesterday that Sokountheary, who is also known as ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122160412/National/croc-grandma-gets-four-years.html
Lawmakers to Discuss Sesan 2 Dam Draft Law
The National Assembly has announced that it will discuss a draft law on the financing of a controversial dam project in Stung Treng province on February 15, a move environmental groups called premature. Meach Mean, coordinator for 3S Rivers Protection Network – which has been ...
Thai ban weighs on Cambodia's corn crop
A Thai ban on Cambodian corn and other agricultural products led to a 65 per cent year-on-year drop in the Kingdom’s corn exports during the first two months of the year, officials claimed yesterday. January and February exports fell to 2,333 tonnes from 6,694 a year ...
Cambodia, Vietnam telecoms jointly launch Super Highway Network
State-owned Telecom Cambodia (TC) and Vietnam Telecom International (VTI) on Friday jointly launched Super Highway Telecom Network in order to improve Internet and telecom services in Cambodia and to meet customer’s demands, said a joint press release. The 260-kilometer super highway link connects VTI’s POP (Point ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-04/20/c_131541368.htm
Appeal Court Sets Date as Boeng Kak Hunger Strike Continues
The Court of Appeal on Friday set a date to hear the case of 13 jailed Boeng Kak residents despite the Ministry of Justice calling for a review of their sentencing, and as the health of six of the jailed women, who are on hunger ...
Russian border guards seize vessel flying Cambodian flag off coast of Primorye
The coastal guard has seized a fishing vessel flying the flag of Cambodia off the cost of Primorye, the press service for the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service for the Primorye Territory has reported. The vessel Anteus (registered in Cambodia, owned by the ...
2013 National Budget to Rise Above $3B
Government spending next year will total more than $3 billion, a 16.2 percent increase from the $2.6 billion set aside for 2012, according to a draft of the national budget obtained Friday. The budget states that the government will allocate some $400 million, or 13.32 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/2013-national-budget-to-rise-above-3b-5428/
Bar Association Launches New Code of Ethics: President Spars with Jurists' Organization
The president of the Bar Association of Cambodia has hit back at the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), which called for assurances that the Bar Association’s newly launched Code of Ethics, which was unveiled on Friday, would allow Cambodian lawyers to freely express themselves without ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bar-association-launches-new-code-of-ethics-17601/
Officials in ‘contract’ farms drive
Officials are seeking expert firms to implement projects on so-called contract farming and the enhancement of the involvement of farmers’ organisations in paddy collecting and processing, officials said. Contract farming is an agreement on agricultural production carried out between a farmer and buyers, which establishes conditions ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265766/Business/officials-in-contract-farms-drive.html
No protests, please: EU, UK push for peaceful solution
In meetings with Interior Minister Sar Kheng held on Sunday, both the EU and British ambassadors said they did not want opposition demonstrations “which would frighten [the] Cambodian people,” state news agency AKP reported. While the US government has issued a strongly worded statement since ...
The Phnom Penh Post
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-protests-please-eu-uk-push-peaceful-solution
Foreign Minister’s Son to Step Down as UK Envoy
Hor Nambora, the son of Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, will step down as Cambodia’s ambassador to Britain, according to an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cheung Buntheng, undersecretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, said Tuesday that Meas Kimheng, an adviser to Mr. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreign-ministers-son-to-step-down-as-uk-envoy-47397/
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ និងកូរ៉េជាច្រើនរយនាក់ធ្វើបាតុកម្មនៅក្នុងទីក្រុង សេអ៊ូល
ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែររាប់រយនាក់ដែលរស់នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកូរ៉េខាងត្បូង បានធ្វើការតវ៉ានៅមុខសាលាក្រុងសេអ៊ូលកាលពីម្សិលមិញ ដោយទាមទាររកយុត្តិធម៌ឲ្យកម្មករកាត់ដេរចំនួនប្រាំនាក់ ដែលត្រូវបានសម្លាប់ក្នុងការប៉ះទង្គិចគ្នាជាមួយនគរបាលកាលពី ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9302/
Cambodia sees 21 pct rise in garment exports in first 8 months
Cambodia’s garment industry, the kingdom’s largest income maker, recorded 3.65 billion U.S. dollars in export value in the first eight months of the year, up 21 percent from 3.01 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday. Cambodian ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-09/20/c_132736137.htm
(English) Judges required to explain reasons behind pre-trial detention
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judges-required-to-explain-reasons-behind-pre-trial-detention-54913/
(English) Warrant for missing tax man
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Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/warrant-missing-tax-man
ពលករកម្ពុជានឹងក្លាយជនរងគ្រោះដែលរងគ្រោះខ្លាំងបំផុតនៃការបះបោរប្រាក់ឈ្នួល
នៅក្នុងសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍មួយកាលពីថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ សមាគមនិយោជក បាននិយាយថាពលករកម្ពុជានឹងក្លាយជាជនរងគ្រោះចុងក្រោយ ប្រសិនបើមនុស្សមួយក្រុមតូច និងសហជីពដែលបង្កហិង្សា បន្តដាក់វិស័យឧស្សាហកម្មកាត់ដេរនិងស្បែកជើងអោយស្ថិតនៅក្រោមសភាពមិនទៀងទាត់ និង ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន The Daily Star
http://www.thedailystar.net/business/cambodian-workers-to-be-hardest-hit-victims-of-wage-unrest-13761
(English) Wage-setting meet up in air
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Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wage-setting-meet-air