Cambodian workers on £10 a week making Olympics 'fanwear’
Adidas, the sportswear company, is facing an investigation over claims that Cambodian workers are being paid £10 a week in basic wages to make official merchandise for the London Olympics.
It is one of the 2012 Games’ largest sponsors, believed to have invested £100 million, and
Urban Dwellers Face a Battle for Land Ownership Registration
People applying for land titles in urban areas are at a huge disadvantage compared to their rural counterparts due to the higher percentage of property disputes with powerful officials and businesspeople in the country’s cities, a new report on land registration has found.
To improve
Cambodia Airports Comes Under Attack by a Former Executive
Philippe Laurent became secretary-general of Cambodia Airports in May 2008. He was one of six senior executives in charge of the country’s international airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and the little-used facility in Sihanoukville.
Mr. Laurent is now carrying out a one-man campaign against
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/cambodia-airports-comes-under-attack-17727/
Municipal officials given a larger hand in labour disputes
Continuing its efforts to quell an increasing number of strikes in the Kingdom’s lucrative garment sector, the government this week issued a directive aimed at giving provincial and municipal governors powers to resolve issues at factories without calling on ministries in Phnom Penh.
“To ensure further
Local Stations in a Quandary Over Election Broadcasting Ban
WASHINGTON — Local FM radio station operators say they are uncertain whether they will drop programming from the Voice of America and other foreign-produced media, following the issue of a government ban on broadcasting leading up to Election Day.
A June 21 directive from the Ministry
Desperate for a Cure, Thousands Flock to Child Healer
DAMBE DISTRICT, Kompong Cham Province – Lying on makeshift stretchers, seated in cheap wheelchairs, blind people wearing dark glasses, children with twisted limbs and slack jaws—all sat on the dirt clasping smoking sticks of incense and muttering quiet prayers Tuesday, hoping to be healed.
Among
Mech Dara and Kate Bartlett
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/desperate-for-a-cure-thousands-flock-to-child-healer-46239/
Rabies still a public health hazard in Cambodia: WHO
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization ( WHO) said Friday that rabies was still a public health hazard in Cambodia and called for broad vaccinations for dogs to prevent the disease.
“Rabies is highly endemic and a noticeable disease in Cambodia, ”
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2013-09/27/c_132756196.htm
Mekong Dams a Long-Term Risk to Food Security
The momentum toward large-scale dams on the Mekong River may be unstoppable, but governments must work fast to mitigate their effects on fisheries and biodiversity or risk long-term food insecurity for millions of people whose lives depend on the river and its tributaries, leading academics
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-a-long-term%E2%80%88risk-to-food-security-48415/
A Hard Road To Phnom Penh For Marching Monks
Monks and their supporters marching to Phnom Penh on a 10-day “Peace Walk,” as part of International Human Rights Day, said Wednesday that pagodas along the way have repeatedly tried to shut them out, and they have scuffled with police on at least one occasion.
About
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/a-hard-road-to-phnom-penh-for-marching-monks-48600/
Startup Promises a Future for Former Boeng Kak Residents
In mid-August, on day seven of production at the Coco Khmer social enterprise, the team experienced a setback.
Temperatures in the fermenting room must remain between 35 and 40 degrees to produce the organization’s virgin coconut oil, but the temperature on that rainy day refused to
Devon Geary and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/startup-promises-a-future-for-former-boeng-kak-residents-41532/
Heavy Security Amid a Loss Of Legitimacy For CPP
The past two days have seen some of the most conspicuous displays of government control of the capital in years, with military and riot police being deployed to ensure the safety of ruling CPP lawmakers and leaders being sworn in to parliament in the absence
Phorn Bopha and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/heavy-security-amid-a-loss-of-legitimacy-for-cpp-43136/
Floods a Yearly Trial for Those Living Along Mekong
TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province – From November to May, the Mekong River is quiet. So is life for the hundreds of thousands of people who live along its banks, which in Cambodia forms a 155,000 square km basin covering six provinces and Phnom
Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-a-yearly-trial-for-those-living-along-mekong-44143/
After Reform Promise, a Return to Statecraft as Usual
In an epic, six-hour address in September, Prime Minister Hun Sen apologized for the government’s many “problems” and promised a more reformist government over the next five years of his rule.
Targeting corruption, deforestation and the lack of transparency across government sectors, the prime minister made
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-reform-promise-a-return-to-statecraft-as-usual-48602/
(English) Gamble on casino in Pailin looks like a loser
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Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gamble-casino-pailin-looks-loser
(English) For poor, eating dead poultry is a calculated risk
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Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-poor-eating-dead-poultry-is-a-calculated-risk-52076/
(English) More funding of media a good investment, experts say
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Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/more-funding-of-media-a-good-investment-experts-say/1900410.html
(English) A new species of wolf snake found in Cambodia
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Science Alert News Staff
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20141106-25656.html
ខណៈពិភពលោកសរសើរចំពោះកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងរវាង CNRP និង CPP សកម្មជន និងអ្នកគាំទ្រយល់ថា ខ្លួនចាញ់បោក CNRP
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ខណៈដែលសហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិកោតសរសើរចំពោះកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងរបស់
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា និង អេឡិក វិល្លីមមីនស៍
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/17571/
អាជ្ញាធរបដិសេធមិនឱ្យបក្សប្រឆាំងជួបជាមួយនឹងជនជាប់ចោទ២៣នាក់
កងកម្លាំងមានសមត្ថកិច្ចដោយរាប់បញ្ចូលទាំងទាហានក្នុងសម្លៀកបំពាក់ជាខោអាវប៉ារ៉ាប្រមាណជិត២០០នាក់ នៅថ្ងៃអង្គារនេះ បានរាំងខ្ទប់មិនឱ្យក្រុមអ្នកតំណាងរាស្ត្រ មកពីគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិសមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភានៃគណបក្សសមរង្ស៊ី ក្រុមអង្គការសង្គម
ហេង រស្មី
http://khmer.voanews.com/content/opposition-barred
(English) Opposition renews push for a parliamentary approved election body
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Heng Reaksmey and Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-renews-push-for-a-parliamentary-approved-election-body/1870531.html
