Cambodian PM vows to protect environment
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday he decided to choose environment protection, not to choose 30 billion U.S. dollar expected revenues from the exploitation of titanium ore in Southwestern Cambodia. “According to a feasibility study, titanium ore deposit in Chhiphat district in Koh Kong province ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/17/c_132046623.htm
Environmental activist Chut Wutty shot dead
Cambodia’s most outspoken activist against illegal logging was shot dead today while escorting journalists near a protected forest in Koh Kong province, where he has repeatedly attempted to expose illegal logging rackets that include military officials. Chut Wutty, the director of Natural Resource Protection Group, was ...
Anniversary marked by inaction
Six months after two of her co-workers were crushed to death when a storage level collapsed at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu, employee Yu Manith is noticing the cracks in a factory wall beginning to expand. Shortly after police rummaged through the ...
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anniversary-marked-inaction
(English) Signed up for work, forced into marriage
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James Hall and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/signed-work-forced-marriage
មេសហជីពត្រៀមខ្លួនចូលបំភ្លឺតុលាការ
មេដឹកនាំសហជីពម្នាក់ និងសហការីពីរនាក់ដែលល្បីឈ្មោះក្នុងការដឹកនាំកម្មករ ធ្វើការតវ៉ាទាមទារដំឡើងប្រាក់ខែ ១៦០ ដុល្លារក្នុងមួយខែនឹងចូលខ្លួនទៅបំភ្លឺនៅសាលាដំបូងរាជធានីនៅថ្ងៃពុធខានស្អែកនេះ ចំពោះបណ្តឹងពីបទកិបកេង ...
ប៊ុត រស្មីគង្គា
http://postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/112585-2014-03-31-02-26-25
គណបក្សប្រឆាំងចុះទៅត្រួតពិនិត្យកន្លែងដែលជនជាតិវៀតណាមបួងសួង និងតាំងសមាធិក្នុងខេត្តកំពត
ក្រោយពេលមានពាក្យចចាមអារ៉ាមតាមបណ្តាញទំនាក់ទំនងសង្គមថា ភ្ញៀវទេសចរជនជាតិវៀតណាម ...
ឃួន ណារិម and អេឡិក វិល្លីមមីនស៍
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/22594/
90 Garment Factory Workers Faint Over Two-Day Period
About 90 garment factory workers fainted over a two-day period last week at Zhen Tai garment factory in Sen Sok district’s Phnom Penh Thmei commune, union officials and police said yesterday, though accounts of what caused the mass fainting differed. Thirty workers first fainted on ...
Exports Rise, but Value of Goods Remains Weak
Cambodia saw significant percentage gains in regional trade in the first six months of the year, though the gap between imports and exports remained large, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Commerce. According to the figures, the country saw regional exports to ...
Property Developers Seek Ministry Licenses
Several property developers ave approached the Ministry of Finance to ask for licenses after the ministry warned buyers last month not to purchase housing fro developers who are not licensed to sell their properties. The ministry’s warning, issued Aug 11, identified three local developers that ...
Stirrings from B Kak developer
After months of inactivity that has fueled questions about the company’s future, Boeung Kak lake developer Shukaku Inc has launched a recruitment drive, calling for at least half a dozen architects, engineers and other employees. When contacted yesterday, Sok Heng Ly, an administrative employee listed in the ...
(English) Land activists ‘under threat’
Cambodian land advocates face some of the most threatening and deadly working conditions in the world, according to a new report by UK-based environmental watchdog Global Witness. Since 2002, 908 reported killings linked to land activism have occurred across 35 countries – with 13 taking place ...
Amelia Woodside and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-activists-%E2%80%98under-threat%E2%80%99
International Tourists Up 13.4 Percent
The number of visitors arriving in Cambodia in the first six months of this year has increased 13.4 percent to 1,385,029, compared to the same period in 2010, Kong Sophearak, director of the statistics department at the Ministry of Tourism, said yesterday. The largest influx ...
អណ្តើកហ្លួងជាច្រើននឹងទៅកាន់ជម្រកថ្មី
សត្វអណ្តើកហ្លួងដែលជិតនឹងផុតពូជប្រមាណ ២០០ ក្បាល នឹងត្រូវបាននាំយកទៅកាន់មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលអភិរក្សមួយនៅស្រុកមណ្ឌលសីមា ខេត្តកោះកុងនៅថ្ងៃនេះ ជាមួយនឹងក្រពើភ្នំ ១៣ ក្បាលទៀត។ លោក Eng Mengey មន្ត្រីទំនាក់ទំនងសម្រាប់អង្គការ WCS បាននិយាយថា សព្វថ្ងៃនេះជីវិតសត្វអណ្តើកហ្លួងទាំងនេះកំពុងប្រឈមនឹងការគំរាមកំហែង ដោយសារតែការបាត់បង់ជម្រក។ ...
វ៉ែន រដ្ឋាវង្ស
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29655/royal-turtles-get-new-home/
More Lao land deals inked
Laos has contracted firms to build and operate another significant hydro-power plant on the Mekong River system, adding to the existing furor over potential effects on downstream countries such as Cambodia from the controversial Xayaburi dam. The contracts, reportedly worth $1 billion, are for a series of three dams making ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102559403/National-news/more-lao-dam-deals-inked.html
Chut Wutty Remembered in Koh Kong Memorial
Mondol Seima district, Koh Kong province – It was a gesture the late conservationist and outspoken anti-logging activist would have appreciated. After blessing the site where Chut Wutty was shot dead just over two weeks ago under still mysterious circumstances in this remote patch of the ...
CEDAC plus honey makes for a sweet deal
Honey collectors from four provinces in Cambodia signed an agreement with the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) in order to bring more honey to the capital. CEDAC has encouraged farmers from four provinces – Preah Vihear, Kratie, Koh Kong and Mondulkiri – ...
Last link in Wutty case freed
The only man convicted in relation to a murder case that made global headlines, the killing of environmentalist Chut Wutty and military police officer, In Rattana, walked free on Friday, less than two weeks after his sentencing, rights group Licadho said. Ran Boroth, who was ...
Sokimex Orders Businesses Off Prime Real Estate
Dozens of business owners occupying more than 8,000 square meters of prime real estate behind Phnom Penh’s Wat Ounalom have been ordered to vacate their premises by the local conglomerate Sokimex Group, an official from the firm said Wednesday. Though the firm declined to say what ...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokimex-orders-businesses-off-prime-real-estate-41237/
(English) Trial continues: Workers to gather at court house
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Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trial-continues-workers-gather-court-house
(English) Sokha Hotel expected to open by september
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Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/sokha-hotel-expected-to-open-by-september-63481/