Cambodian Opposition Holds Protest Rally Amid Vote-Tampering Suspicions
A top court ordered Cambodia’s electoral body on Monday to unseal voting records in a second province as the main opposition party held a 20,000-strong rally with an ultimatum to the government to set up an independent probe on widespread irregularities in recently-held national elections ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-08262013195332.html
Cambodia Garment Wages Set to Rise as H&M Pushes New Approach
Swedish clothing giant H&M recently announced a program to boost wages for garment workers in its sub-contractor factories around the world, including in Cambodia, where the company is a leading buyer. H&M’s announcement comes at the end of a turbulent year in the garment sector ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-garment-wages-set-rise-hm-pushes-new-approach/1803179.html
(English) Reforestry Claim ‘A Stretch’
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May Titthara and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reforestry-claim-%E2%80%98-stretch%E2%80%99
ស្ត្រីជំនួយការមេផ្ទះនឹងបញ្ជូនទៅធ្វើការនៅបរទេសឡើងវិញ ប៉ុន្តែនៅតែមានការព្រួយបារម្ភអំពីសុវត្ថិភាព
បន្ទាប់ពីការផ្អាកបញ្ជូនស្ត្រីជំនួយការមេផ្ទះទៅធ្វើការនៅបរទេសរយៈពេលបីឆ្នាំដោយសារតែមានការរំលោភបំពានធ្ងន់ធ្ងរជាច្រើនករណីពីសំណាក់ក្រុមហ៊ុនជ្រើសរើសពលករ និងថៅកែរបស់ពួកគេនោះ ស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា ...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14477/
The rector versus the tycoon
The morning before the verdict was handed down at the Appeals Court on March 12, the mood among those working on the defence team for Heng Chheang and his wife Tep Kolap was almost optimistic. They, along with relatives of the couple and academics from Phnom ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032355213/National-news/the-rector-versus-the-tycoon.html
Made in Cambodia: Foreign Industry Calls on Cambodia as the Next “Low-Cost” Alternative in All Things Manufacturing
About a decade ago, global manufacturing firms staged a mass exodus to Asia in search of low-cost alternatives to increasing domestic wage demands and operational costs. The consensus was the continued development of a regional supply chain that had formed in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, ...
Herbalife Promises Cambodians Health, Wealth
The offices of Herbalife, a so-called multilevel marketing company that has moved into the protein powder market in Cambodia, stand like a beacon of promise in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district: Six stories of glass and white paneling, crisp lime-green signage and a four-story-high banner ...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/herbalife-promises-cambodians-health-wealth-48828/
Cambodia's Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy 'Narrow Differences' in Election Stalemate
Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties are “narrowing their differences” in talks aimed at ending a standoff over recent elections, officials said Tuesday, as protesters ended three straight days of mass demonstrations against poll results. Both the leaders led their parties in the discussions, which were ...
Radio Free Asia
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/talks-09172013181436.html
Cambodian Unions Call for Doubling of Minimum Wage for Factory Workers
Four trade unions on Tuesday demanded that Cambodia’s garment and footwear manufacturers raise the minimum wage of their workers and provide them with additional benefits, threatening a nationwide strike and demonstrations if they do not comply. In a joint letter to the Van Sou Ieng, president ...
Radio free Asia
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/wages-11262013151923.html
Report calls out Pheap
Logging tycoon Try Pheap’s rapidly expanding land empire, criticised by rights groups for displacing families and encroaching on protected forest areas, has grown to almost 70,000 hectares in size and is helping to facilitate a cross-border illegal logging operation, a report released today alleges. The Cambodian ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-calls-out-pheap
Demining Rats Get All Clear to Begin Testing
The battle against landmines could soon have an unlikely new weapon after a pioneering Belgian NGO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government on Monday to begin testing teams of sharp-sniffing rodents in Cambodia, with the goal of pitching them into the ongoing ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/demining-rats-get-all-clear-to-begin-testing-47951/
(English) No Results in Protest Shooting Investigations
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Khuon Narim and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-results-in-protest-shooting-investigations-51325/
Myanmar’s siren song
Unions and labour rights groups have spent recent months unashamedly drilling home a stark reminder: Cambodia’s minimum garment wage, at $61 per month, compares poorly with those in Thailand – where workers earn more than $200 a month – and Vietnam, which has a base ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031861998/National/myanmar-s-siren-song.html
Phnom Penh Governor Leaves Behind Mixed Legacy
During his speech last week at the swearing-in ceremony of Phnom Penh’s new governor, Pa Socheatvong, Interior Minister Sar Kheng noted that managing Cambodia’s capital is by no means an easy task. While critics of [former Phnom Penh governor] Mr. [Kep] Chuktema note his failure ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-governor-leaves-behind-mixed-legacy-22697/
EU Fish Ban Blamed on Cambodian-Flagged Vessels
A ban on imports of Cambodian seafood proposed by the European Commission (E.C.) is in direct response to Cambodian-flagged vessels complicit in illegal fishing in international waters, Jean-Francois Cautain, European Union (E.U.) ambassador to Cambodia, said Wednesday. The E.C. on Tuesday announced that Cambodia was “non-cooperating ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-fish-ban-blamed-on-cambodian-flagged-vessels-48065/
CNRP’s Next Challenge—How to Compromise
Over the past three days, the CNRP conducted one of the most significant campaigns of mass demonstrations against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government in years. For three days, more than 20,000 people packed into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for daily appearances from opposition leaders Sam Rainsy ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrps-next-challenge-how-to-compromise-42580/
Despite Ban, $1.5M of Cambodian Sand Turns Up in India
A huge haul of river sand dredged in Cambodia has been quarantined at the southern Indian port city of Cochin since its arrival in April despite a ban on sand exports instituted by Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2009. India’s Deccan Chronicle newspaper reported on Tuesday ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/despite-ban-1-5m-of-cambodian-sand-turns-up-in-india-46753/
(English) Phnom Penh Trash Collectors Dance for Demands
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Ben Sokhean and Alice Cuddy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-trash-collectors-dance-for-demands-51432/
គ្រួសារដែលគេបណ្តេញចេញរង់ចាំជំនួយពីធនាគាអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អាសុី
កាលពីឆ្នាំ២០១១ លោក អឿន ភីរុន បានខ្ចីលុយចំនួន៤៥០ដុល្លារពីធនាគារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អាស៊ី ដោយប្រើលុយនោះពាក់កណ្តាលសម្រាប់ទិញម៉ូតូចាស់មួយគ្រឿង និងពាក់កណ្តាលទៀតចំណាយទៅលើការចិញ្ចឹមសត្វទា និងសត្វមាន់មួយចំនួនតូច។ គ្រួសាររបស់គាត់ និង ...
Zsombor Peter និង ផន បុប្ផា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12974/
របាយការណ៍អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិបង្ហាញថា ការនាំចេញឈើប្រណីតទៅចិនកើនឡើងជាងបីដង
ការនាំចេញឈើគ្រញូង និងឈើមានតម្លៃខ្ពស់ផ្សេងៗទៀតពីកម្ពុជាទៅកាន់ ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14310/