Armed police crack down on protest
Three women were slightly injured while participating in a strike of about 500 workers outside the Zongtex Garment Factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district yesterday, a union representative said yesterday. Suos Sokha, head of the Rights and Profit Workers Federation of Trade Unions, said yesterday the ...
(By Tep Nimol, pg. 6)
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072850683/National-news/armed-police-crack-down-on-protest.html
Court again frustrates locals in KDC
KDC International, which is owned by Chea Kheng the wife of Industry Minister Suy Sem has been accused of grabbing 145 hectares of land in the Kampong Chhnang province. The villagers who claim the land have filed objects individually, after having been told to do ...
Interest up at Angkor Wat
Increased interest by Asian tourists has led to about 33 percent growth for Angkor Wat ticket sales so far this year, according to the Apsara Authority. Revenues during the first six months hit US$20 million, compared with about $15 million in the period last year, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080450870/Business/interest-up-at-angkor-wat.html
Case pleaded to prime minister
More than 100 workers from Cambo Handsome One garment factory gathered outside the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday and Saturday, after urging him on Thursday to intervene in a dispute with the factory’s Korean owners. The move followed an appeal to the Ministry ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120553142/National-news/case-pleaded-to-pm.html
Soft loan from Sweden
Sweden loaned Cambodia US$57 million yesterday for economic country development and cooperation for the duration of 2012-2013. The agreement was made between Cambodia’s Economic Minister Keat Chhon and Swedish ambassador to Cambodia Anne Hoglund at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday morning. Keat Chhon ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090658528/Business/soft-loan-from-sweden.html
Dam in Northeast Built on Earthquake Site, Study Finds
Experts are recommending that a proposed dam on the Sesan River in northeast Cambodia be equipped with earthquake protection measures, after discovering a quake occurred in the area some 30 years ago. The proposed Lower Sesan II dam would be situated on a site in Stung ...
UN Envoy Notes Human Costs of Land Concessions
U.N. human rights envoy to Cambodia Surya Subedi wrapped up his seventh mission to Cambodia on Friday, saying that his own assessments of land concessions confirmed that they are being unfairly granted and leaving many communities out in the cold. Mr. Subedi said that meetings held ...
New services, branches in Cambodia woo bank customers
Maybank, one of the largest banks in Cambodia, has officially launched an internet banking service to provide a convenient service to its more than 10,000 customers and says it hopes to increase that number by around 10 per cent. The service, called M2U, will enable customers ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/new-services-branches-woo-bank-customers.html
Prime Minister to Attend G-20 Summit Next Week
Prime Minister Hun Sen, in his capacity as Asean chairman, will lead a delegation to Mexico on Monday and Tuesday to attend the Group of 20 summit, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will join Mr. Hun Sen at the summit, which ...
Factory Owners Agree to Provide More Benefits
Garment factory owners have agreed to provide workers with an additional $9 in monthly benefits for transportation, housing and attendance in order to reduce growing protests in the sector, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) officials said yesterday. “We will provide $3 in attendance bonuses and ...
Cambodia Post to tie up with Thailand
Cambodia Post, a state-owned enterprise with plans to list on Cambodia’s bourse, will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today with the Thai Post intended to provide electronic money transfer services between the two ASEAN neighbours. The initiative hopes to tap the growing remittance via ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030661775/Business/cambodia-post-to-tie-up-with-thailand.html
Cambodia's rice export up 148 pct in Q1
Cambodia recorded a sharp rise in milled rice export in the first three months of 2012 thanks to increasing international market demand and more investment in post- harvest technologies, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday. A commerce report showed that the country exported 95,230 tons ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-04/07/c_132290214.htm
Cambodia's garment exports up 17 pct in Q1
Cambodia exported garment and textile products in equivalent to 1.34 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2013, up 17 percent from 1.14 billion U.S. dollars at the same period last year, the Commerce Ministry’s report showed Friday. Garment industry is the country’s ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-04/26/c_132342123.htm
ELC in Nature Preserve Is Illegal, Government Spokesman Says
An “unofficial” land concession granted earlier this year to an agro-industry firm that has logged luxury hardwood in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary is in violation of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 2012 moratorium on new economic land concessions (ELCs), a government spokesman said Tuesday. Phay Siphan, ...
Aun Pheap and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/elc-in-nature-preserve-is-illegal-government-spokesman-says-47379/
ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ សាកសួរតំណាងសហជីពជុំវិញតួនាទីក្នុងការតវ៉ាទាមទារប្រាក់ឈ្នួលអប្បបរមា១៦០ដុល្លារ
ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃបានកោះហៅតំណាងសហជីពចំនួនប្រាំមួយនាក់ដើម្បីសាកសួ បន្ទាប់ពីមានពាក្យបណ្តឹងមួយពីលោក ចាក លី (Jack Liu) អគ្គនាយករបស់ក្រុមហ៊ុនថៃណាន (កម្ពុជា) (Tainan Enterprise(Cambodia) Co.Ltd, ដោយចោទថា ពួកគេបានញុះញង់ឲ្យមានអំពើ ...
(English) Acacia chip exports to receive tax break: PM
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Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acacia-chip-exports-receive-tax-break-pm
មេដឹកនាំសហជីពខ្វែងគំនិតក្នុងការប្រជុំស្តី ពីប្រាក់ឈ្នួលកម្មករ
មេដឹកនាំសហជីព និងក្រុមអ្នកឃ្លាំមើលវិស័យកាត់នៅកម្ពុជា គឺជាអ្នកតំណាងមិនច្បាស់របស់សហជីព និងអង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាលដែលមានរហូតដល់ទៅ ៥០ នឹងសម្រេចកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងមួយនៅក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំមួយស្តីពីប្រាក់ឈ្នួលអប្បបរមាឆ្នាំ ២០១៥ ...
Sean Teehan
http://bit.ly/1sdmxsV
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការពារជាតិចូលរួមកិច្ចប្រជុំរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការពារជាតិអាស៊ាននៅអាមេរិក
ក្រុមមន្ត្រីបាននិយាយថា លោក ទៀ បាញ់ រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការពារជាតិនឹងជួបប្រជុំថ្ងៃនេះនៅរដ្ឋហាវ៉ៃជាមួយលោក ជុក ហាហ្គេល (Chuck Hagel) រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការពារជាតិអាមេរិក ព្រមទាំងរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការពារជាតិអាស៊ានប្រាំបួនរូបផ្សេងទៀតនៅកិច្ចប្រជុំ ...
ម៉ិច តារា និង Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12649/
(English) UN rights expert appeals for calm amid violence in Cambodia
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Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=230177
សហជីពនៅកម្ពុជាស្វែងរកការគាំទ្រពីស.រ.អា
លោករ៉ុង ឈុន ប្រធានសហភាពសហជីពកម្ពុជានិងជាប្រធានសមាគមគ្រូបង្រៀនកម្ពុជាឯករាជ្យកំពុងព្យាយាមបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូលមន្ត្រីស.រ.អា. និងប្រទេស កាណាដាដើម្បីជួយគាំទ្រដល់ការស្វែងរកយុត្តិធម៌ជូនកម្មកររោងចក្រនិង មេដឹកនាំសហជីព ដែលត្រូវគេបាញ់សម្លាប់និងចាប់ឃុំខ្លួនក្នុងការ ...