(English) CPP, CNRP fail to agree on date for new election
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cpp-cnrp-fail-to-agree-on-date-for-new-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-cnrp-fail-to-agree-on-date-for-new-election-56411/
(English) Sihanouk statue waves down on Royal Palace
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanouk-statue-waves-down-on-royal-palace-56896/
Cambodia election crisis deepens as opposition rejects results
(Reuters) – a deadlock over Cambodia’s disputed election hardened on Monday as the opposition rejected official results confirming a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s long-ruling party and raised the prospect of further street protests. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it would not accept <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-election-crisis-deepens-as-opposition-rejects-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/12/uk-cambodia-election-count-idUKBRE97B02G20130812
Mind the wage gap
Most mornings, garment worker Vicheka buys food from the street vendors outside her factory in Kampong Chhnang province. The beef and pork dishes, she says, have a tendency to give workers a stomach ache – a reputation forged long before Vicheka and her co-workers at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/mind-the-wage-gap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092858979/National-news/mind-the-wage-gap.html
ធ្យូងថ្ម
ទោះបីជាការរុករកបានបង្ហាញថាមានវត្តមានធនធានធ្យូងថ្មមួយចំនួនតូចនៅភាគខាងជើងនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក៏ដោយ ពុំមានការរុករករ៉ែជាលក្ខណៈឧស្សាហកម្មណាមួយបានចាប់ផ្តើមឡើងនោះទេ។ ធ្យូងថ្មដែលប្រើប្រាស់សម្រាប់ការផលិតអគ្គិសនីនិងគោលបំណងផ្សេងទៀតត្រូវ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/topics/coal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Villagers ask for Government’s Help in Koh Kong Land Dispute
Koh Kong villagers facing the loss of their land to a Chinese mega-tourism project held a news conference in Phnom Penh yesterday to appeal to the government for the right to remain on their property. Kith Ten, 54, from Kiri Sakor district’s Prek Khsach commune, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/villagers-ask-for-governments-help-in-koh-kong-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hun Sen’s Nephew Hits Back at Allegations
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew Hun To hit back strongly yesterday at allegations published in a leading australian newspaper, The age, which linked him to an international drug smuggling and money laundering ring, demanding that the publisher print a retraction. Mr. To sent a letter to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hun-sens-nephew-hits-back-at-allegations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Bra factory workers look to ministry for support
About 300 workers entered their sixth dAy of strikes yesterdAy At A brA fActory in the cApitAl, which mAnufActures lingerie supplied to VictoriA’s Secret And VAlentino, but their hopes of A quick resolution were dAshed when A Ministry of SociAl AffAirs officiAl Admitted he wAs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/brA-fActory-workers-look-to-ministry-for-support/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Gag Order on Lawyers Sparked by Comments in Mfone Case
A controversiAl order instructing lAwyers to consult the CAmbodiAn BAr AssociAtion before mAking public stAtements wAs triggered by comments mAde by An Attorney involved in the high-profile legAl bAttle involving mobile operAtor Mfone, A spokesmAn confirmed on MondAy. Kuoy ThunnA&mdAsh;who is representing Chinese telecommunicAtions firm HuAwei <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/gAg-order-on-lAwyers-spArked-by-comments-in-mfone-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gag-order-on-lawyers-sparked-by-comments-in-mfone-case-10015/
CSX to increase trade times
THE Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), the recently established bourse with a single player, will increase the number of trade executions from twice to six times a day, a move that will take effect on March 11. a CSX officer and the managing director of a securities <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/csx-to-increase-trade-times/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022861659/Business/csx-to-increase-trade-times.html
Micro-Lender To Roll Out ATM Service
Hattha Kaksekar Limited, one of the country’s largest microfinance institutions (MFIs), is in talks to become a commercial bank by 2014, an official at the micro-lender said yesterday. The move, if successful, will be in line with the Central Bank’s policy to support MFIs in diversifying <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/micro-lender-to-roll-out-atm-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Worker relieved of factory job
The dismissal of a worker allegedly fired by Xin Lan (Cambodia) garment factory in Kandal province’s ang Snuol district for frequently relieving himself on the factory’s perimeter fence has sparked a mass strike of about 1,000 fellow workers – almost all of the factory’s staff. Nov <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/worker-relieved-of-factory-job/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Over 600% Growth in UAE Re-Exports to Cambodia in 2011:
The UAE’s non-oil exports to CAmbodiA hAve risen by 639 percent from 2010 to 2011, with totAl EmirAti exports to the AsiAn country going up by 271 percent during which the UAE Achieved A surplus in trAde between the two countries of Around USD 2.3 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/over-600-growth-in-uAe-re-exports-to-cAmbodiA-in-2011/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cambodia Retains Its Reputation for Corruption
Cambodia continues to rank among the most corrupt countries in the world and much needs to be done to enforce the anti-Corruption Law and investigate allegations of corruption, Transparency International (T.I.) Cambodia said yesterday. according to T.I.’s 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Cambodia ranked 157th among <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-retains-its-reputation-for-corruption/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-retains-its-reputation-for-corruption-6475/
Clinton Discusses Boeng Kak Prisoners With Hor Namhong
The U.S. has called on the Cambodian government to give fair legal treatment to the 13 women recently jailed for demonstrating against their evictions from the Boeng Kak area, according to a U.S. State Department spokeswoman. Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with U.S. Secretary of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/clinton-discusses-boeng-kak-prisoners-with-hor-namhong/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Developer Plans Housing On Former Airport Site
The Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) is planning to develop a 400-unit apartment complex on the former site of the Ratanakkiri provincial airport, an official with knowledge of the project said yesterday. Ly Teang, Banlung City branch manager for Canadia Bank, whore investors are the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/developer-plans-housing-on-former-airport-site/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cambodia garment workers’ plight worsening: ILO
Cambodia is backsliding in efforts to improve working conditions in its garment industry, the International Labour Organisation said yesterday, following a series of strikes at factories producing western-brand clothing. The kingdom is failing to make progress in key areas such as worker and fire safety and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-garment-workers-plight-worsening-ilo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/asia/245622-cambodia-garment-workers%E2%80%99-plight-worsening-ilo.html
Majority of Unions Reduce Wage Demands
Six of the 10 labor unions negotiating with the country’s garment manufacturers over a new minimum wage for factory workers dropped their demands yesterday to $73 per month, breaking previous commitments by unions to stand at $91. Ken Loo, secretary-general of the Garment Manufacturers association <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/majority-of-unions-reduce-wage-demands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Japanese grants set to aid local farmers
The Japanese government has provided $118,996 for constructing a cassava propagation and distribution centre in Battambang province. The fund comes in response to the recent challenges facing farmers in the province who are facing a shortage of cassava trees to plant. Kumamaru Yuji, Japanese ambassador to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/japanese-grants-set-to-aid-local-farmers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032864733/Business/japanese-grants-set-to-aid-local-farmers.html
Cambodia sells more, buys less
Trade between Thailand and Cambodia went off in a wild divergence in the first quarter of this year. Exports from Cambodia rose 19% to US$102 million (2.9 billion baht) year-on-year, while Thailand’s imports recorded a 4% decline to $1 billion, the Phnom Penh Post reported on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodia-sells-more-buys-less/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351002/strong-baht-sends-thai-exports-to-cambodia-down