‘Fashion Mobs’ to press for living wage in Cambodia
Christmas shoppers stand to be taken by surprise this month as campaigners take action in shopping centers around Europe to raise awareness of poverty wages of Cambodian garment workers. With these ‘fashion mobs’, they pressure H&M, Inditex (Zara), Levi’s and Gap to introduce a living ...
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=118895
Cambodia lacks skilled workforce
Against the backdrop of the slight recovery by world economies, especially the US and Europe, two traditional markets for Cambodia, Asian Development Bank (ADB) deputy country director Peter Brimble sat down with the Post’s group business editor, May Kunmakara, to talk about Cambodia’s economic performance, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011160733/CEO-Talk/cambodia-lacks-skilled-workforce.html
Cambodia's fuel needs increased in 2012
Cambodia spent more than $1.6 billion importing fuel oil and petrol last year, a figure 14.3 per cent higher than for 2011, the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday. The money spent on importing 1.6 million tonnes of petrol and fuel oil – 100,000 tonnes more than ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013013161091/Business/cambodia-s-fuel-needs-increased-in-2012.html
The week at the CSX August 2-8
The price of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority stock from the period of August 2 to 8 remained very stable at KHR6,500 for most of the week after a slight increase from KHR6,400 (US$1.57) to KHR6,500 (US$1.6) on August 3. Trading volumes overall were lower ...
Not all app stores online
Smartphones and the accompanying online stores that sell applications for them may be gaining ground across emerging markets, according to a study conducted by a London-based telecommunications research and analysis firm, but Cambodia’s market is limited by a lack of places to legitimately purchase apps, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012081357948/Business/slow-demand-for-paid-phones-apps.html
Cambodia's inflation rate fell to 3 per cent in 2012
Cambodia’s inflation rate fell to an annual three per cent last year, down from 4.9 per cent a year earlier, according to data from the National Bank of Cambodia released in late January. Chea Chanto, the bank’s governor, told an annual meeting in late January that ...
Vehicle Imports up 45 pct in first half
Ministry of Commerce officials maintained that low import taxes and increased demand from consumers were the causes behind the 45.26 increase in vehicle imports in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year. The data showed 486,827 vehicles, of all makes and ...
New study reveals catastrophic loss of Cambodia's tropical flooded grasslands
Around half of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grasslands have been lost in just 10 years according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The seasonally flooded grasslands around the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, are of great importance for biodiversity and a ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-03-reveals-catastrophic-loss-cambodia-tropical.html
Kingdom’s small auto industry likely to expand as AEC looms
The Cambodian automotive industry will expand after the Kingdom’s integration into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, thanks to the free flow of goods within the bloc and Cambodia’s competitive advantage as a low-cost manufacturer, according to Cambodian Commerce ...
Cambodia PM says garment firms may quit over wage rows
Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday warned garment workers that protests demanding higher wages could push manufacturers to quit the country. His appeal came after unions last week said hundreds of workers had been fired from a factory making sportswear for US giant Nike ...
Election worries for tourists
Chris Leyland had forgotten about Cambodia’s national elections when he made plans to travel into Phnom Penh from Vietnam with Jess Jackson, 34, and her two children. Had Leyland, a 41-year-old from Oxford, UK, remembered that it wasn’t going to be a normal weekend in Cambodia, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/election-worries-tourists
Cambodia’s flooding brings specter of disease
Flooding is a perennial pain in Cambodia, the low-lying, deeply impoverished nation squeezed between Thailand and Vietnam. About this time each year, rivers swell, lakes expand and villages sink beneath soupy brown waters. But this year’s flooding woes are proving particularly miserable. More than 100 are dead, ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/cambodia/131011/cambodia-floods-again-disease-dengue
In Cambodia, monks get political after unpopular elections
During Pchum Ben, a Cambodian religious holiday that came to a close last week, Venerable Keo Somaly got up before dawn. By 5 a.m. each day, the 32-year-old monk was dressed in his saffron robe and chanting prayers. Not long after, with the sun still hanging ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/belief/cambodia-monks-politics-election
Cambodia's service sector encouraging, but reforms needed: ADB
Cambodia is benefiting from a steadily growing service sector, but it needs to clear a number of obstacles to harness the sector’s potential, said a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Tuesday. The report, entitled Developing the Service Sector as an Engine of Growth ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/824334.shtml#.UoLkAHCBlmM
Rainsy slams informal EU monitors
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has rebuked the European Union over two low-profile election experts it sent to monitor July’s elections, claiming their presence had undermined Cambodian democracy. In a letter sent on Tuesday to Ugu Astuto, the EU’s top diplomat for South and Southeast Asia, Rainsy ...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-slams-informal-eu-monitors
ភាគហ៊ុនបានធ្លាក់ចុះក្រោម៥០០០រៀល
តម្លៃហ៊ុនរដ្ឋករទឹកក្រុងភ្នំពេញ (PPWSA) បានបន្តធ្លាក់ចុះក្រោម ៥០០០ រៀលក្នុងមួយហ៊ុនពេលបិទការជួញដូររបស់ខ្លួន កាលពីថ្ងៃច័ន្ទហើយមានវិនិយោគិនតែម្នាក់គត់បានលក់ភាគហ៊ុនជាង ២០ ០០០ នៅលើទីផ្សារនេះ។ ...
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia%E2%80%99s-only-stock-plummets-shares-sold
Blood Bank Says More Stocks Are Needed to Meet Demand
The National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) will launch a website this month aimed at encouraging more people to donate blood as stocks at the center are still critically low and hundreds of units short of meeting demand, the center’s director said Monday. Dr. Hok Kim Cheng ...
Phorn Bopha and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/blood-bank-says-more-stocks-are-needed-to-meet-demand-41586/
(English) Capturing corruption in modern Cambodia
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...
Emily Wilkins
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/capturing-corruption-in-modern-cambodia-55812/
(English) Officials accused of embezzling teachers’ salaries
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Ben Sokhean and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-accused-of-embezzling-teachers-salaries-58676/
អ្នកជួលផ្ទះក្រីក្រក្នុងក្រុងជា ‘ប្រជាជនត្រូវគេបំភ្លេចចោល’
នៅពេលដែល អ្នកស្រី ហៃ ប៊ុននី ចាកចេញពីផ្ទះរបស់អ្នកស្រីនៅខេត្តព្រៃវែងប្រហែល៥ឆ្នាំកន្លងទៅនេះ ដើម្បីស្វែងរកការងារធ្វើនៅក្រុងភ្នំពេញ អ្នកស្រីមិនរំពឹងថា ធ្លាក់ខ្លួនមករស់នៅក្នុងផ្ទះខ្ទមស័ង្កសីតូច ព័ទ្ធជុំវិញដោយលំនៅសឹងតែដូចគ្នារាប់សិប ...
ហ៊ូលលី រ៉ូបិនស៊ិន និង អ៊ួច សូនី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/20597/