Factory’s contracts seen as ‘test case’ for brands
A garment factory’s alleged efforts to wipe workers’ contract histories clean could be a “test case” for how much international buyers tolerate factories negotiating outside of legal requirements, a labour-rights advocate has said. After effectively being bought out of their contracts, about 300 employees of USA ...
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory%E2%80%99s-contracts-seen-%E2%80%98test-case%E2%80%99-brands
Japan's Orix to Buy 6% Stake in Cambodia's Acleda Bank
Orix Corp., Japan’s top leasing company, has agreed to buy a 6% stake in Cambodia’s largest bank by assets, Acleda Bank PLC, according to people close to the matter. It would be the first investment by a major Japanese financial institution in the Southeast Asian country, ...
Atsuko Fukase and Chun Han Wong
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304644104579191612248592376
Cambodian maids raring to go
At 5am, without any alarm clock going off, a dozen Cambodian maids wake up with near-military precision. Over the next hour, the women sweep, wash and scrub spotless their two-storey training centre in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. They all want to be maids in Singapore, eager ...
The Star Online Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2013/09/23/Cambodian-maids-raring-to-go.aspx
New weapon in battle with drug-resistant TB
Researchers at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases have isolated a new class of drugs that could be used to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis, a disease that affects thousands of Cambodians, according to a report published in the journal Science Translational Medicine last week. The drugs, called indolcarboxamides, work ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-weapon-battle-drug-resistant-tb
CNRP to Hold Ceremony for Grenade Victims
Supporters of the opposition CNRP and relatives of the 16 men, women and children killed in a grenade attack during a protest rally in 1997, will hold a Buddhist ceremony today at the scene of the blasts in front of the old National Assembly in ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-to-hold-ceremony-for-grenade-victims-43867/
US Senator Calls for Suspension of Military Aid to Cambodia
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham last week submitted a resolution to the U.S. Committee on Foreign Relations requesting the suspension of U.S. military assistance to Cambodia until an independent investigation into July’s national election is conducted. The resolution was submitted on Wednesday to express “the sense of ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-senator-calls-for-suspension-of-military-aid-to-cambodia-45672/
Debtors need mercy: CNRP
The opposition party has called on microfinance institutions to renegotiate payment terms with flood-affected loan holders. This year’s floods have affected 20 provinces and more than 1.7 million people, with 31,314 households evacuated, according to the Humanitarian Response Forum. The Cambodia National Rescue Party has asked that ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/debtors-need-mercy-cnrp
Rainsy’s speech under fire
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has landed in hot water with women’s rights activists after publicly questioning whether Prime Minister Hun Sen was being “weaker than a woman” by not calling for a new election like Thai leader Yingluck Shinawatra in the face of popular protests. Speaking ...
Kevin Ponniah and Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy%E2%80%99s-speech-under-fire
Top Cambodian Court Wants Election Staff Punished for Ballot Foul-Up
Cambodia’s top court has ordered staff of the government-appointed national election body to be punished for mishandling secured ballot records but dismissed opposition complaints of irregularities in the July 28 national polls. The decision by the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) on Thursday came as the ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ballot-09052013223949.html
Cambodian King opens new parliament despite opposition boycott
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday presided over the opening session of the fifth legislature of the National Assembly, which was attended by only the ruling party’s elected lawmakers as the opposition’s elected legislators boycotted it. Sixty-eight elected lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) ...
Nzweek News Staff
http://www.nzweek.com/world/cambodian-king-opens-new-parliament-despite-opposition-boycott-81975/
Villagers in Land Row Complain of Death Threat
Four representatives of villagers locked in a land dispute with the well-connected KDC company have filed a complaint with the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court after they received death threats. “The anonymous letter was a threat against our lives,” said Reach Seima, one of the representatives, adding ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-in-land-row-complain-of-death-threat-44714/
CNRP to Hold Second 3-Day Mass Protest
The opposition CNRP has sent a letter to municipal authorities informing them that a mass demonstration planned for Wednesday at Freedom Park to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 signing of the Paris Peace Agreement will now be a three-day affair and include marches ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-to-hold-second-3-day-mass-protest-45412/
Projects ‘threaten mangroves’
Mangrove forests along Cambodia’s coast in Kampot support more than 100,000 families and create a diverse ecosystem that is home to hundreds of unique species. But coastal development projects, coupled with locals’ reliance on the forest for their livelihoods, threaten to decimate more than 1,000 hectares ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/projects-%E2%80%98threaten-mangroves%E2%80%99
(English) Tea Banh Tells Armed Forces to Defend Government
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Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tea-banh-tells-armed-forces-to-defend-government-50987/
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅបុរីកីឡាដាក់បណ្តាសាក្រុមហ៊ុននិងអាជ្ញាធរ
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ អ្នកភូមិសហគមន៍បុរីកីឡាបានដាក់បណ្ដាសាមនុស្សដែលពួកគាត់និយាយថា ទទួលខុសត្រូវចំពោះការធ្វើឲ្យ ជីវិតរបស់ពួកគាត់លំបាកវេទនាចាប់តាំងពីបានបណ្ដេញពួកគាត់ដោយហិង្សាចេញពីផ្ទះសំបែងរបស់ខ្លួនកាលពីពីរឆ្នាំមុន។ ...
អូន ភាព និង Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/10985/
(English) Sar Kheng bans rally, gives police $54K in bonuses
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Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-bans-rally-gives-police-54k%E2%80%88in-bonuses-53735/
(English) Staying at home not a strike, factories say
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Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/staying-at-home-not-a-strike-factories-say-56440/
រកឃើញសាកសពជនរងគ្រោះពីរនាក់នៅក្នុងហេតុការណ៍បាក់ច្រាំងទន្លេមេគង្គនៅខេត្តកណ្តាល
នគរបាលបាននិយាយថា សាកសពស្ត្រីអាយុ៣៩ឆ្នាំម្នាក់ និងសាកសពក្មួយប្រុសអាយុ១៨ខែរបស់ស្ត្រីរូបនេះ ត្រូវបានស្រង់ពីក្នុងទឹកកាលពីម្សិលមិញ ពីរថ្ងៃបន្ទាប់ពីច្រាំងទន្លេនោះបានបាក់បណ្តាលឲ្យផ្ទះ ...
Simon Henderson និង ឃួន ណារីម
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11000/
(English) Police confirm arrest of villagers in dispute with Pailin Governor
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(English) Capturing corruption in modern Cambodia
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Emily Wilkins
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/capturing-corruption-in-modern-cambodia-55812/