Cambodian Trade Union warns protest to demand release of arrested members
Cambodian Free Trade Union of Workers (FTU) warned Tuesday to stage a protest if the authority does not release its eight members who were arrested by police on Monday during a demonstration at a Taiwanese-owned garment factory, a union leader said. FTU’s president Chea Mony ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/04/c_132430572.htm
Families in Land Dispute With City Detained for Questioning
Three men locked in a land dispute with Phnom Penh authorities were questioned both by the police and the municipal court Wednesday after they were accused of destroying property on land the government has swapped with a private firm. Ly Bun Heang, said that he, his ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-in-land-dispute-with-city-detained-for-questioning-32193/
Land rights have key role in Cambodia
Faced with widespread evictions and opaque private sector deals, activists in Cambodia are calling on the government to be more open and transparent about land concessions, beef up mechanisms for resolving land disputes, and abide by the rule of law. It is estimated that ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/asean-philippines/188/details/345724/land-rights-have-key-role-in-cambodia
Blackouts tell tale of two cities
It is barely dawn in the quiet suburb of Phnom Penh Thmey, but already the silence has been pierced by the cacophony of generators. On some streets, nearly every household has one of the machines burning through diesel in a bid to fill their basic electricity ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032764725/National/blackouts-tell-tale-of-two-cities.html
ផ្សារហ៊ុនរបស់កម្ពុជា សម្លឹងឃើញការវិវត្តយឺតនៅក្នុងប្រតិបត្តិការឆ្នាំទី១
កាលពីថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ យោងតាមមន្ត្រីផ្សារមូលបត្រកម្ពុជា ក្រុមហ៊ុនផ្សារមូលបត្រកម្ពុជា (ផមក) ត្រូវបានសម្លឹងឃើញពីការវិវត្តយឺតនៅក្នុងប្រតិបត្តិការឆ្នាំទី១ ដោយសារមានតែក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលបានចុះបញ្ជីតែមួយ ...
ងួន សុវណ្ណ
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-04/18/c_132320982.htm
Robust Recovery Continues
Cambodia’s economy is on track to maintain its robust recovery thanks to a cocktail of private sector and government efforts. In 2012, the Asian Development Bank estimated that gross domestic product grew at a rate of 7.2 per cent, an increase from a 2011 International ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061066160/Business/robust-recovery-continues.html
Police Detain Protesting NagaWorld Staff
Nineteen NagaWorld casino employees were detained Tuesday afternoon as police attempted to break up a protest of more than 500 workers who had picketed in front of the casino for the past six days, demanding the company increase their salaries. The workers had been striking non-violently ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-detain-protesting-nagaworld-staff-31336/
Bamboo crafts furnish an income
Prior to 2009, Kong Channa, a rice farmer from Svay Rieng province, would leave his wife and young child for months at a time in neighbouring provinces to supplement his income in the off season. This all changed, though, when he began working with the Cambodian ...
RCAF Asked to Reassure Public After Coup Warnings
Civil society groups and the opposition on Wednesday called on the military to issue a statement repudiating claims made by the owner of a popular radio station that the military would remove the opposition from office if it wins Sunday’s national election. The calls came after ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rcaf-asked-to-reassure-public-after-coup-warnings-36616/
Hun Sen Hopes for Increased Rubber Exports
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that he hoped land being registered to rural families as part of the government’s nationwide land-titling program would be used to cultivate rubber trees in order to help the country compete with Vietnam as the world’s third-largest rubber exporter. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-hopes-for-increased-rubber-exports-24502/
Ministry, NGOs Meet Over Trafficking Report
Ministry of Interior officials held a closed-door meeting Monday with NGO representatives to contest Cambodia’s recent downgrade on the U.S. State Department’s Global Trafficking in Persons Report, which the ministry will discuss in a meeting with the U.S. Embassy this week. The annual report, released last ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-ngos-meet-over-trafficking-report-32932/
Prices fluctuate due to poll
As election data trickled in on Sunday evening and a fear set in borne of uncertainty and a beefed-up police presence, demand for basic commodities surged, food prices briefly rose, and some banks saw an expected rise in withdrawals. Sales of rice jumped from their normal ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prices-fluctuate-due-poll
Health Ministry to Probe Suspect Baby Formula
The Ministry of Health will investigate a baby milk formula sold in Cambodia that has been recalled over a risk it contains bacteria that causes botulism, an official said Tuesday. New Zealand dairy company Fonterra has advised eight companies that bought a whey protein concentrate produced ...
Cambodia’s Top Court Orders Release of Ballot Records
Cambodia’s highest court on Friday ordered the country’s electoral body to release secured ballot information from more than a dozen polling stations to investigate claims by the opposition of irregularities in last month’s disputed elections. Constitutional Council of Cambodia President Ek Sam Ol issued an urgent ...
http://english.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ballot-08232013162229.html
តម្លៃភាគហ៊ុនរដ្ឋាករទឹកធ្លាក់ចុះដល់កម្រិតទាបជាងពេលណាៗទាំងអស់តាំងពីចាប់ផ្តើមជួញដូរ
ជាធម្មតា តម្លៃភាគហ៊ុនរបស់រដ្ឋាករទឹកស្វយ័តក្រុងភ្នំពេញ ដែលនៅតែជាក្រុមហ៊ុនតែមួយគត់ នៅផ្សារមូលបត្រកម្ពុជា មានការប្រែប្រួលបន្តិចបន្តួចប៉ុណ្ណោះ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានធ្លាក់ចុះដល់កម្រិតទាបបំផុត បើគិតតាំងពី ...
ហ៊ុល រស្មី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/5262/
Kem Sokha Accused of Denying Flood Aid to CPP Voters
A village chief in Kompong Cham province’s flooded Tonle Bit commune Thursday accused opposition leader Kem Sokha of refusing to provide emergency supplies to CPP supporters during a donation run on Tuesday. Prek Touch village chief Sar Bora said that Mr. Sokha, vice president of the ...
Flood crisis another setback for real estate sector
While the political crisis in the country is still ongoing, Cambodia is now suffering another crisis due to flooding, which has had a big impact on the country’s real estate business. Kim Heang, the President of Khmer Real Estate, said the buying and selling of real ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/flood-crisis-another-setback-real-estate-sector
Cambodia’s tourism soars
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 16.9% growth in September according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information department. The country attracted 283,787 visits compared to 242,747 during the same month in 2012. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, late last week, data showed the percentage ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2013/11/cambodias-tourism-soars/
Police in strike shootings to be investigated
Police officers who defied orders not to open fire on rioting garment workers on Tuesday – an act that resulted in the fatal shooting of 49-year-old rice vendor Eng Sokhom – could lose their jobs, a National Police spokesman said yesterday. Kirt Chantarith told the Post that a ...
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-strike-shootings-be-investigated
Preah Vihear Residents Protest Future Eviction
Fifty-three families in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district on Sunday protested outside the headquarters of a Malaysian company that is threatening to clear villagers’ farmland to make way for a rubber plantation, rights groups and officials said Monday. The families, who live in Srayong commune’s Srayong ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-residents-protest-future-eviction-47273/