Xayaburi opposition escalates in Thailand
Criticism of the controversial Xayaburi hydro dam project in northern Laos is mounting in Thailand – the country set to enjoy most of the electricity if the project is completed. Representatives from 130 Thai civil-society organisations yesterday published a statement backing a report that outlines an ...
Healthy growth for Cambodia’s economy
A NEW report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says GDP growth in Cambodia over the next five years is likely to hit 6.9 per cent, the highest of any ASEAN country apart from Laos. However, the report warns that Cambodia needs to ...
Underage, Overworked
Child labour is being used at a footwear factory owned by the same Taiwan-based company as Wing Star Shoes – where two workers were killed in a ceiling collapse this month – numerous employees have told the Post. A former Ying Dong employee said the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052965915/National/underage-overworked.html
Cambodia: A rising star with a falling reputation?
Cambodia’s reputation as a standard-bearer for apparel workers’ rights is wearing thin – and yet the country is a rising star when it comes to attracting foreign investment and increasing exports. There are many reasons to deter brands and retailers from sourcing clothing in Cambodia. The Kingdom ...
http://www.just-style.com/analysis/a-rising-star-with-a-falling-reputation_id117944.aspx
NGOs Assessing Development Goals for Coming Years
As Cambodia assesses its development goals, a study has found that many Cambodians want to see an improved judicial system, better education, improved agriculture and more human rights. A broad consortium of local and international development agencies spent the early part of the year conducting conferences ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ngo-assessing-development-goals-for-coming-years/1667239.html
Cambodia’s Economic Opportunity
While significant obstacles remain, the success of the rice sector is a potentially crucial driver in Cambodia’s prosperous and equitable development. Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements recently, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. ...
http://thediplomat.com/2013/05/09/cambodias-economic-opportunity/
Health Ministry to Probe Suspect Baby Formula
The Ministry of Health will investigate a baby milk formula sold in Cambodia that has been recalled over a risk it contains bacteria that causes botulism, an official said Tuesday. New Zealand dairy company Fonterra has advised eight companies that bought a whey protein concentrate produced ...
Appeal Court to Try Stalled Case of Murdered Journalist
The case of journalist Hang Serei Odom, who was found hacked to death and stuffed into the trunk of his Toyota Camry in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Chum district on September 11 last year, will be heard by the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh, a senior court ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/appeal-court-to-try-stalled-case-of-murdered-journalist-45107/
Family evicted after ‘Death threats’
An ethnic Jarai family has been evicted from their Ratanakirri province village where they say they received death threats over a land dispute. This is the third time the family has abandoned their home after they field a lawsuit against three commune authorities in 2011, alleging ...
Phak Seangly, P.6
http://www.phnompenhpost.com
FBI Holds Investigation Talk for Cambodian Youth
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday gave a talk to some 200 Cambodian youths in Phnom Penh, describing criminal investigation, especially in human trafficking and child prostitution. Various youth from across nine provinces attended the discussion, where they learned how they can participate in ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/fbi-holds-investigation-talk-for-cambodian-youth/1800147.html
(English) USAID Review of Health NGO Finds Litany of Irregularities
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Simon Henderson and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/usaid-review-of-health-ngo-finds-litany-of-irregularities-49464/
បុរសប្រាំនាក់ដែលកងរាជអាវុធហត្ថបាញ់ស្លាប់អំឡុងការតវ៉ា សុទ្ធតែជាកម្មករ
មន្ត្រីសហជីពម្នាក់បានអះអាងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា បុរសប្រាំនាក់ដែលត្រូវកងរាជអាវុធហត្ថបាញ់ស្លាប់ដោយប្រើកាំភ្លើងអាកា-៤៧អំឡុងការតវ៉ាតាមបណ្តោយផ្លូវវេងស្រេងស្ថិតក្នុងខណ្ឌពោធិ៍សែនជ័យកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រគឺជាកម្មករ ...
សាំង សុឥន្ទរិទ្ធ
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-killed-during-protest-confirmed-as-garment-workers-50141/
Trade With Indonesia up but Logistics a Hurdle
Trade and tourism between Indonesia and Cambodia is growing but the two countries can still increase cooperation in those fields, according to participants in the 7th Indonesian Trade and Tourism Promotion exhibition on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich on Sunday. The sale of Indonesian pharmaceuticals, food products ...
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/trade-with-indonesia-up-but-logistics-a-hurdle-46146/
WHO Asks for $15M More to Fight Malaria
The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting that $15 million be allocated to Cambodia from a new $100 million grant to stop the spread of resistance to the best available drugs currently used to fight malaria. Eva Christophel, the WHO’s regional malaria adviser in Manila, said ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/who-asks-for-15m-more-to-fight-malaria-46693/
Global Fund axes suppliers over Cambodia malaria graft
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced Thursday it had suspended contracts with two international suppliers of mosquito nets after uncovering serious financial wrongdoing in Cambodia. The move followed a probe by Global Fund inspectors into claims of corruption at the suppliers, ...
Land-title program ‘Ineffective’
Land certificates handed out by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s youth volunteers have been seized by local authorities in some parts of the country and sold on to companies, a forum on land rights was told yesterday, amid reports of rising numbers of land conflicts. Speaking at ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-title-program-%E2%80%98ineffective%E2%80%99
(English) UN Expert Appeals For Restraint Over Cambodian Crisis
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SpyGhana.com News Staff
http://www.spyghana.com/un-expert-appeals-for-restraint-over-cambodian-crisis/
សង្គមស៊ីវិលថា គណៈកម្មការនឹងមិនមានតម្លាភាព
បន្ទាប់ពីរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានសម្រេចឲ្យបង្កើតគណៈកម្មការចំនួនបីទាក់ទិនទៅនឹងការបង្ក្រាបទៅលើកម្មករដែលធ្វើការតវ៉ាដើម្បីដំឡើងប្រាក់ខែគោល ១៦០ ដុល្លារក្នុងមួយខែនៅតាមបណ្តោយផ្លូវ វ៉េងស្រេង ក្រុមអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិលនៅតែពុំ ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
http://postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/109118-2014-01-13-03-23-57
Familiar feel to shuffle
Ten of the Kingdom’s 24 ministerial positions are set to be reshuffled at the launch of the new government, according to an internal party memo obtained yesterday. Among those tapped for a cabinet position is Say Sam El – the 34-year-old son of Senate deputy president ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/familiar-feel-shuffle
World Bank Sees Challenges to Government Income Target
Cambodia appears unlikely to meet its target of becoming a high middle-income nation by 2030 and years of gains it has made reducing poverty could be erased by even a modest shock to the economy, according to the latest World Bank data. World Bank senior country ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/world-bank-sees-challenges-to-government-income-target-45405/