(English) Cambodian PM vows to maintain peace amid post-election dispute
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BERNAMA News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1013258
(English) Cambodian parties pick rights activist as key NEC member
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Parameswaran Ponnudurai
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/activist-07282014195111.html
Inner Development Gap
When Sok Kheurn travels to the city of Siem Reap, some 32 kilometers from her home in Banteay Srei district, Siem Reap Province, the 58-year-old woman is always astounded by the differences she sees. While in her village, everyone gets water from wells and light at ...
After Deadly Factory Collapse, Safety Improvements Scarce
On May 16, immediately after the ceiling of a shoe factory collapsed in Kompong Speu province, leaving two people dead, promises were made to prosecute those responsible for the tragedy and to conduct a nationwide inspection of all factories. “We will have a committee investigate clearly ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-deadly-factory-collapse-safety-improvements-scarce-39041/
សមាគម GMAC៖ រោងចក្របិទទ្វាររហូតទាល់តែមានការធានាសុវត្ថិភាពរោងចក្រនិងបុគ្គលិក
សមាគមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរ និងស្បែកជើងកម្ពុជា (GMAC) បានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា រោងចក្រកាត់ដេរជាង ៤០០ នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា នឹងនៅតែបិទទា្វររហូតទាល់តែរដ្ឋាភិបាលនិង សហជីពដែលធ្វើកូដកម្មអាចធានាសុវត្ថិភាពរបស់រោងចក្រទាំងនេះ ព្រមទាំងកម្មករទាំងអស់ដែលចង់ធ្វើការ។ ...
អូន ភាព
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factories-closed-until-safety-guaranteed-49749/
Insurance revenue up 18.2% in first seven months
Revenue generated from insurance premiums in the first seven months of 2011 has grown 18.2% to $15.89 million compared to the same period last year, according to statistics released yesterday by the General insurance Association of Cambodia. The figures show that revenue from fire premiums increased ...
Angkor Air to start flights to Sihanoukville in December
The national carrier Angkor Air will launch a regular flight service on December 14 between Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, said Quang Dinh, assistant to the CEO of Cambodia Angkor Air, yesterday This will be the first time that Sihanoukville, the nation’s main coastal destination, will receive ...
Mega-projects lead to big growth in approved investments
Approved investments in Cambodia reached $5.6 billion during the first nine months of the year, a 305 percent increase compared to the same period the year before, according to data from the Council of the Development of Cambodia (CDC). Last year’s approved investments during the same ...
Three shot at Cambodian factory protest in Svay Rieng
At least three workers have been shot and hurt in a protest at an industrial zone in Cambodia. Several hundred employees were demonstrating outside sportswear factories in Svay Rieng province, in the east of the country. The workers were calling for higher wages and better working ...
Macau-Backed Casino Firm to Expand Operations in Cambodia
A Macau-backed firm plans to grow its involvement in Cambodia’s casino sector as it targets the local gambling market with gaming machines and two new casinos, the company said in a financial statement filed in the US. Entertainment Gaming Asia inc, which currently provides gaming machines ...
JS Global (Cambodia) Brings in Korean Rice Milling Machines
JS Global (Cambodia), a Phnom Penh-based organization that aims to promote trade between Cambodia and other countries, is importing rice milling machines, manufactured by Dong Yang industries. Dong Yang industries, a Korean company established in 1955, has developed its own technology since 1990 to manufacture ...
Inflation Hits 7.1 Percent in June, Officials Say
Inflation reached 7.1 percent In June compared to the same month last year as consumer prices contInued to rise In Cambodia, an official at the MInistry for PlannIng said yesterday. The release of the Inflation figure comes after officials and the mInistry said earlier this ...
Villagers Complain as Land is Razed in Oddor Meanchey
A fleet of bulldozers owned by an unknown company and accompanied by armed RCAF soldiers began razing some 300 hectares of contested farmland in Oddor Meanchey’s Anlong Veng district yesterday, village representatives said. “There were four soldiers with RCAF uniforms and AK-47s and every bulldozer ...
1st Chinese Animal Feed Mill Launches in Cambodia
Phnom Penh–The first Chinese animal feed mill officially inaugurated here on Sunday, bringing the number of the same kind of factories in the country to five, said Cambodian Minister of Agriculture. “The factory is a new achievement of good cooperation between the governments and the peoples ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/28/c_131079538.htm
China's investment in Cambodia reaches 8.8 bln USD
PHNOM PENH– Cambodia has received 8.8 billion U.S. dollars of investments from China from 1994 to July 2011, making China the leading country in the investments in the country, according to the reports from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Tuesday. The ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-09/06/c_131104903.htm
Locals protest Pheapimex land clearance; deny role in murder
About 200 villagers, who have been embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the well-connected agro-business Pheapimex over a 316,000-hectare economic land concession in Pursat province, staged a protest yesterday against the company’s continued efforts to clear their farmland. The protests came just three days after ...
US supports $2.7m in loans for agriculture
The US government is working with a Cambodian microfinance institution to finance $2.7million in loans to farmers and small- and medium-sized agro-businesses in Battambang, Kompong Thom, Pursat and Siem Reap provinces in order to improve their access to credit, the US Embassy said. USAid will work ...
Prayer Ceremony Held In Attempt to Stop Dam Construction
About 400 indigenous Lao villagers prayed and sacrificed chickens to a powerful local spirit yesterday in Stung Treng province, seeking supernatural help in halting the planned construction of the Lower Sesan 2 Dam, villagers and commune officials said yesterday. The hydropower projects, funded by Vietnam ...
Hun Sen Blames Migration for Labor Shortage in Agriculture
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blamed illegal immigration for contributing to a current shortage in the Cambodian labor market but said workers could benefit from rising wages as a result of the demand for workers. Mr. Hun Sen said the shortage was hitting the agriculture sector ...
Parents, Teachers Lose Out in Closing of International Schools
Two more Set International Schools (SIS) have closed due to fInancial troubles, leavIng hundreds of primary school students lookIng for a place to study, parents and a teacher’s union official said yesterday. The closIng of the two SIS schools – In Kompong Cham and Pursat provInces ...