Levi Strauss Pulls Out From Embattled SL Garment Factory
A Singaporean-owned garment factory whose workers have been on strike since early August is no longer producing clothes for American denim giant Levi Strauss, a brand representative and a factory worker said Monday. The workers of SL Garment Factory in Meanchey district—which still makes clothes for ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/levi-strauss-pulls-out-from-embattled-sl-garment-factory-44015/
New Concerns as NEC Releases More Unsealed Polling Records
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday publicly opened 12 official polling records from Siem Reap province, but seven of them had been either torn or improperly sealed, sparking fresh concerns from the opposition CNRP that they had been tampered with. The unsealed packages—known as “safety ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/new-concerns-as-nec-releases-more-unsealed-polling-records-41524/
Hun Sen Set to Weigh In on SL Garment Factory Dispute
Officials at the Ministry of Labor who mediated talks Wednesday between the management of SL Garment Factory and union leaders who have led a three-month-long strike at the factory said that they would send the results of the meeting to Prime Minister Hun Sen to ...
Khuon Narim and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-set-to-weigh-in-on%E2%80%88sl%E2%80%88garment%E2%80%88factory-dispute-46952/
Government’s Limits on Information Leaving Voters in the Dark
Reporters in Cambodia seeking statistics from government ministries and departments are used to being given the brush-off from time to time, but in the run-up to the July 28 national election, things appear to have worsened. The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has for ...
Education to Receive 20% Boost in 2014 Budget
The Education Ministry on Monday said it was in line for a near 20 percent hike from the government’s $3.52 billion draft budget for 2014, approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet on Friday, though other details of how money was to be allocated remained ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-to-receive-20-boost-in-2014-budget-46127/
Anti-Graft Unit Says Health Center’s Procurements Were Correct
The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said Friday that it has investigated the public procurements of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD Control (NCHADS) and found they were carried out correctly, despite an exhaustive investigation by the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-graft-unit-says-health-centers-procurements-were-correct-47767/
(English) Obfuscation reigns over ban on demonstration
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Kuch Naren and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/obfuscation-reigns-over-ban-on-demonstration-53621/
រដ្ឋាភិបាលនឹងពិនិត្យប្រវត្តិជាប់ទោសរបស់មេសហជីពមុនអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យបង្កើតសាខាថ្មី
យោងតាមសេចក្ដីប្រកាសមួយរបស់ក្រសួងការងារបានឲ្យដឹងថា ពេលនេះរដ្ឋាភិបាលតម្រូវឲ្យបណ្ដាមេដឹកនាំសហជីពបញ្ជាក់ថា ពួកគេគ្មានប្រវត្តិជាប់ទោស មុនពេលចុះបញ្ជីសាខាថ្មីៗនៃសហជីពរបស់ខ្លួន ជាសេចក្ដីសម្រេចមួយដែលកើតមានឡើង ...
ឃី សុវុទ្ធី និង Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/latest/11625/
Villagers Ask Chinese Embassy to Intervene Against Dam Investors
Communities threatened by the planned construction of three hydropower dams in Stung Treng and Ratanakkiri provinces will today submit to the Chinese Embassy a petition demanding that the embassy intervene against Chinese companies investing in the dams. The petition, to be presented in Chinese, Khmer and ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-ask-chinese-embassy-to-intervene-against-dam-investors-49144/
(English) Gov’t suspends freedom of association for unions
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-suspends-freedom-of-association-for-unions-53271/
(English) Fight to save B’bang heritage finds new allies
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Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fight-to-save-bbang-heritage-finds-new-allies-59105/
លោក កឹម សុខា នឹងប្ដឹងឧទ្ធរណ៍នៅសប្តាហ៍នេះចំពោះការផ្ដន្ទាទោសក្នុងសំណុំរឿងក្បត់ជាតិ
លោក កឹម សុខា អតីតប្រធានគណបក្សប្រឆាំងនឹងដាក់បណ្តឹងឧទ្ធរណ៍នៅក្នុងសប្តាហ៍នេះប្រឆាំងនឹងការផ្ដន្ទាទោសលោកក្នុងសំណុំរឿងក្បត់ជាតិ ដែលតុលាការក្រុងភ្នំពេញ សម្រេចឃុំខ្លួននៅក្នុងផ្ទះរយៈពេល២៧ឆ្នាំ។ នេះបើតាមការលើកឡើងរបស់មេធាវីលោក។ ...
ស៊ន សារ៉ាត
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/kem-sokha-to-appeal-this-week-against-treason-conviction/
BHP Billiton Faces Bribery Charges After Abandoned Project
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the country’s financial regulator have informed Australia-based mining giant BHP Billiton it could still be charged over allegations the company bribed overseas officials, which include claims of improper payments to members of the Cambodian government. Prime Minister Hun Sen ...
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
Controversial Dam Approved on Cambodia-Laos Border
Laos has notified the Mekong River Commission (MRC) that it will go ahead with the construction of the Don Sahong Dam, which environmentalists say could threaten the ecosystem of the Lower Mainstream Mekong and have a severe impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-dam-approved-on-cambodia-laos-border-44401/