Thai jobs serve as siren song
Every day they come in the thousands and crowd under a blazing sun for hours, awaiting a moment that costs them more than two full months’ salary – a passport. And where are they going? “Thailand,” 21-year-old Sem Pheaktra said, squinting under a harsh mid-morning sun. He, and ...
Garment Workers Go to Court Against Manager
Worker from the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district said they will file a complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today accusing a manager at the factory of sexual harassment, violence and verbally abusing female workers, union officials and garment workers ...
Too many players vie in Kingdom’s ISP industry
Like the telecommunications industry in Cambodia, the market for internet service providers (iSP), too, is overcrowded, leading industry experts to say that the situation is preventing new investment. Data from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications showed that at the end of 2012, Cambodia had ...
Law Aimed at Protecting Local Products Approved
The Council of Ministers has approved a draft law aimed at protecting the patent rights of traditional Cambodian products, which if violated could be met with a fine of up to $5,000 and a five-year jail term. The law on geographical indication (G.i.), a status given ...
Hul Reaksmey and George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/law-aimed-at-protecting-local-products-approved-46855/
(English) Social land concessions climb
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Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/social-land-concessions-climb
(English) Borei Keila firm told to pay $2.7 million
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Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/borei-keila-firm-told-pay-27-million
(English) APLE defends work on case
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Alice Cuddy and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/aple-defends-work-case
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ខណៈដែលបន្លាលួស ត្រូវបានគេរើចេញពីទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធ សហជីពមួយក្រុម បានប្រញាប់ដាក់សំណើមួយ ទៅសាលារាជធានី ដើម្បីធ្វើការជួបជុំ នៅទីលាននេះ ចាប់តាំងពីវា ត្រូវបានគេបិទ បន្ទាប់ពីកើតមានអំពើហិង្សាកាលពីដើម ...
មុំ គន្ធា និង Alice Cuddy
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ពលរដ្ឋមួយចំនួននៅរតនគិរីបាត់ឈ្មោះពីបញ្ជីបោះឆ្នោត
មន្ត្រីគណៈកម្មការឃុំរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោតនៅខេត្តរតនគិរី អះអាងថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋក្នុងឃុំមានឈ្មោះក្នុងប័ណ្ណព័ត៌មានបោះឆ្នោត ប៉ុន្តែពួកគាត់ខ្លះបាត់ឈ្មោះពីបញ្ជីបោះឆ្នោត។ មន្ត្រីគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ នៅមូលដ្ឋាននោះកត់សម្គាល់ថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋដែលបាត់ឈ្មោះពីបញ្ជីបោះឆ្នោតមួយផ្នែកជាសកម្មជន ឬប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ...
រដ្ឋា វិសាល
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/politics/some-people-in-rattanakiri-lost-name-for-election-07232013073900.html
Strikers, police clash
A woman was killed and at least six others shot yesterday morning when police fired live ammunition into a crowd of hundreds of rioting garment workers in the capital’s Stung Meanchey district. UN reports said police also arrested 37 people, including seven monks, as a result ...
Sean Teehan, Mom Kunthear and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strikers-police-clash
Detained British Biofuels Chairman Proclaims His Innocence
The British former Chairman of a troubled biofuel firm, who is in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prision on forgery charges, has claimed he is the victim in the case for which he is awaiting trial. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh on March 23rd and ...
Old Soldiers Won't Fade Away
“I don’t know how to protect the terrItorIal IntegrIty [of the nearby CambodIan-ThaI border] – even my three hectares of land I cannot protect,” saId Bun Chanthorn, 54, one of hundreds of retIred and actIve soldIers who sInce 2010 have been battlIng the local authorItIes ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050765451/National/old-soldiers-won-t-fade-away.html
Thai Sugar Firm Meets With Koh Kong Evictees
Koh Kong Sugar has offered to settle its yearslong dispute with Cambodian families who accuse its plantations of stealing their land, but the farmers remain wary of being able to secure a fair deal. The firm, a subsidiary of Thailand’s Khon Kaen Sugar industry Limited (KSL), ...
Zsombor Peter and Chhorn Chansy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-sugar-firm-meets-with-koh-kong-evictees-46811/
(English) Boy caught up in protests faces 11 years in jail
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Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boy-caught-up-in-protests-faces-11-years-in-jail-59934/
Road Built on School Land Draws Protest
The water company that sparked four days of protest in Prey Veng province last week has once again drawn criticism, this time from teachers in Kratie province, who say the firm is building a road across their school’s land. Forty-nine teachers at Preah Kossamak High School ...
Supporters Pray for Mam Sonando’s Release
More than a hundred supporters of imprisoned Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando gathered at the Preah Ang Dang Keu Shrine in front of the Royal Palace yesterday morning to offer prayers for his release. Sporting shirts printed with photos of Mr. Sonando, the group lit candles ...
Illegal Logging a Challenge for Carbon Trading
A Ministry of Agriculture official said yesterday he was aware of allegations of illegal logging by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers within protected community forests in Oddar Meanchey province and was looking into it. “i am following this case, but i haven’t received their petition yet,” ...
Swiss doctor calls for more help to stay afloat
On vibrantly patterned straw mats, crowded around small plastic hampers of food, children – some with balloons, others with neon-coloured fans – huddle against their parents under the noon sun. But the parents are unblinking; some of the children barely have a pulse. Families have travelled up ...
Hun Sen Takes Aim at US During Speech
Addressing the killing of 14-year-old Heng Chantha for the first time since she was shot dead last month by government security forces, Prime Minister Hun Sen offered his condolences before declaring that the killing of the teenager was not as serious as the U.S. bombing ...
Angkor Car Reintroduced Without Defects
After delaying mass production of the Angkor Car because of technical difficulties with starting the engine and opening the doors, Heng Development Co. Ltd. on Monday unveiled a new model and said it had severed ties with the Hong Kong-based firm responsible for the original ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/angkor-car-reintroduced-without-defects-7536/