Rice Scheme Will Hurt Thais and Help Vietnam
Thailand–Consumers face prospect of high prices, low quality rice from Burma, Cambodia: TDRI. While consumers and taxpayers will suffer from the government’s controversial rice policy, Vietnam will substantially gain, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has warned. Ammar Siamwalla, a prominent economist, yesterday asked the ...
Gender gap in dispute
Cambodian women have less chance of being promoted to positions of power than women in any other East Asian country, a report by the NGO Social Watch International has found. But government officials have rejected the findings and maintained the number of females in Cambodia’s ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030754905/National-news/gender-gap-in-dispute.html
Real Wages in Garment Sector Fell Over 10 Years
Wages for Cambodian garment workers decreased by more than 20 percent in real terms between 2001 and 2011 despite the industry’s exponential increase in exports, which in 2012 were valued at more than $4 billion, according to a recent report by a U.S.-based workers advocacy ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wages-in-garment-sector-fell-22-over-10-years-34788/
Cambodian Authorities Coerce Ruling Party Support in Capital Village
Villagers in Cambodia’s capital are being coerced into signing a petition supporting preliminary results issued by the country’s electoral body declaring a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party in recent elections, despite opposition claims of widespread poll irregularities, a rights group said Monday. The ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/coercion-08192013172208.html
Ministers Told to Prepare for Public Scrutiny
During an epic speech on Wednesday that lasted for more than six-and-a-half hours, Prime Minister Hun Sen told his newly approved Cabinet that they would be subject to increased public scrutiny as part of a series of reforms to be undertaken by the CPP over ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/ministers-told-to-prepare-for-public-scrutiny-43405/
National Bank Governor’s Daughter Named New Director-General
Chea Serey, the daughter of National Bank Governor Chea Chanto, has been promoted to director-general of the central bank, she confirmed this week. Ms. Serey will replace Nguon Sokha, who said that she left the National Bank about a month ago after being appointed as a ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/national-bank-governors-daughter-named-new-director-general-48069/
(English) New election ‘cannot be done’: watchdog
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Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-election-%E2%80%98cannot-be-done%E2%80%99-watchdog
ផ្ទុះការតវ៉ាដើម្បីទាមទារឲ្យទម្លាក់តម្លៃប្រេងសាំង
រលកនៃការតវ៉ាទាមទារនៅកម្ពុជាបានផ្ទុះឡើងដោយឡែកៗពីគ្នា ស្ទើរគ្រប់មជ្ឈដ្ឋាននៅ ពេលនេះ ស្របពេលដែលគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិបង្កើនការតវ៉ាកាន់តែខ្លាំងឡើងៗដើម្បីទាមទារបោះឆ្នោតឡើងវិញ។ កាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ ចលនាតវ៉ាមួយទៀតបានផ្ទុះឡើង នោះគឺ ...
ហ៊ គីមសាយ
http://postkhmer.com/index.php/business/business/108517-2013-12-30-04-03-09
Complaint Lodged Against Commune Chief
Villagers have accused a CPP commune chief in Ratanakkiri province of threatening four ethnic minority Tampoun men after they filed a complaint against him for allegedly selling off community land to a local businessman. Rocham Norng, a Tampoun villager in Bakeo district, has alleged that Soeung ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/complaint-lodged-against-commune-chief-44004/
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/
Debate on land reform takes place in absence of the CPP
Civil society groups held a workshop in Phnom Penh on Thursday in which government officials and lawmakers were invited to discuss post-election land grabs and land-based conflict, although the ruling CPP failed to turn up to the event. Though incidents of land-grabbing appeared to decrease ahead ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/debate-on-land-reform-takes-place-in-absence-of-the-cpp-49282/
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/
(English) Right to strike ‘Fundamental’
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Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/right-strike-%E2%80%98fundamental%E2%80%99
តំណាងសហជីពត្រូវបានឃាត់ខ្លួនដោយសារចែកចាយខិត្តប័ណ្ណធ្វើកូដកម្មនៅខែក្រោយនេះ
តំណាងសហជីពពីររូបឲ្យដឹងថា ពួកគេត្រូវបានឃាត់ខ្លួននិងអប់រំកាល ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11255/
(English) Railway audit finds poor maintenance of tracks
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Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/railway-audit-finds-poor-maintenance-of-tracks-55756/
(English) Concern over migration chief’s family connections
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Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/concern-over-migration-chiefs-family-connections-57202/
(English) For underpaid teachers, a desire for dignity
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Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-underpaid-teachers-a-desire-for-dignity-51857/
(English) Amid stable outlook, Moody's confirms Cambodia credit rating
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MmM0MmU3NmU4MmU
Building Boom Causes Asian Sand Smugglers to Expand
Singapore’s decades-long effort to reclaim land from the ocean has expanded the nation’s coastline and fueled its building boom. But it has also depleted its supply of sand. In recent years, the massive sand shortage has been worsened by export bans by neighboring countries, driving ...
Japan Helps Cambodia Despite Difficulties
Japan on August 15th loaned Cambodia a package of US$ 53.3 million for the West Tonle Sap Irrigation and Drainage Improvement and a grant aid of US$ 0.7 million to improve education equipment of the Department of Geo-Resources and Geotechnical Engineering of the Institute of ...