Local beer to be sold in France
Khmer Brewery, the maker of Cambodia Beer, plans to begin sales to France, the company’s third export market, this month, having tasted success in Japan and Malaysia. It is one of six breweries in the Kingdom, but the only one whose investor base is local. With ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040164803/Business/local-beer-to-be-sold-in-france.html
Arrivals of tourists up 20 per cent
Arrivals at the Kingdom’s two main international airports rose more than 20 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2013, according to data from Cambodia Airports. officials said the rise reflects the normalisation of the world economy and the country’s political stability. According ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042965288/Business/arrivals-of-tourists-up-20-per-cent.html
Land Case Involving Minister’s Wife Is Heard
The Court of Appeal yesterday heard the case of a land dispute between a 70-year old woman from Kompong Chhang province and a company owned by the wife of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy over a 3,000 square meter parcel of land. In May ...
(English) USAID Review of Health NGO Finds Litany of Irregularities
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Simon Henderson and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/usaid-review-of-health-ngo-finds-litany-of-irregularities-49464/
(English) Cambodian Military Cracks Down on Striking Garment Workers
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/strike-01022014190125.html
Cambodia's rubber export up 32 pct in first half of 2013
Cambodia has seen a 32 percent rise in dry rubber exports in the first six months of the year, according to the figures of the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. Revenues from the exports valued at 76.5 million U.S. dollars during the first half of ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-08/20/c_132647504.htm
Labour negotiations begin at SL Garment factoy
A meeting between factory management and representatives of more than 5,000 striking workers at one of Asia’s largest garment-processing factories yielded no progress. Ken Loo, secretary-general of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, has called the strike illegal because workers failed to notify the company ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-negotiations-begin-sl-garment-factoy
(English) Cambodia denies backing Japan's plan to enhance military role
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Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-07/01/c_133451532.htm
(English) Business employers say corruption greatest threat to economy
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Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/business-employers-say-corruption-greatest-threat-to-economy-53963/
(English) UNESCO's General Conference president hails Cambodia for efforts to safeguard cultural heritage sites
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Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-12/01/c_133825742.htm
European Lawmakers Press for Probe of Land Concessions
Lawmakers from the European Union (E.U) are again urging the block’s trade commissioner to investigate Cambodia’s Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) over a raft of alleged rights abuses and consider revoking the duty free access their owners currently enjoy to member states. Going mostly to industrial ...
Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away
Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ...
South Korea Will Help Restore Ancient Khmer Temple
South Korea plans to restore the ancient Khmer temple, Preah Pitou at western Baray and other temples in Siem Reap, home of a world-class tourism destination. The restoration project was announced after the meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Sok An, Minister in charge of ...
Protesters Want Obama’s Support Over Evictions
About 100 residents embroiled in land disputes in Phnom Penh submitted a petition to the U.S. Embassy yesterday requesting that President Barack Obama raise the issue of evictions and reform of the country’s land concession policy when he visits Cambodia later this month. The plea comes ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protesters-want-obamas-support-in-evictions-5252/
Cambodian legislators, officials talk to enhance migrant worker rights
Approximately 150 parliamentarians, government officials, recruitment agency representatives, trade unions leaders, and development partners gathered here on Monday to discuss ways and measures to promote and protect the rights of Cambodian migrant workers. Speaking at the opening of the parliamentary forum on the promotion and protection ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-11/12/c_131967978.htm
US-Asean Meeting Addresses Economic, Security Cooperation
At the U.S.-Asean meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh yesterday, the U.S. and the 10 Asean member nations agreed to further their cooperation in all areas, including security to ensure peace in the region. ...
Unequal treatment at Cambodian factories
The ongoing story of garment workers left jobless by company closures in late December is fast becoming A Tale of Two Factories: one group of workers has everything before it, the other has nothing. It’s this widening gulf between workers at Yung Wah Industrial and Kingsland ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022561588/National/unequal-treatment-at-factories.html
Wage hike forces Thai firms hire Cambodians
Thai factories have opted to hire Cambodian workers under a memorandum of understanding between Cambodia and Thailand after the Bt300 minimum wage policy came into effect for Thai workers across the country. A total of 154 Cambodians – 118 men and 36 women – with work ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Firms-hire-Cambodian-workers-under-MoU-30197348.html
More workers join Svay Rieng strike
Workers from at least six more factories in Bavet town’s Manhattan and Tay Seng Special Economic Zones joined about 5,000 workers who had been on strike since yesterday for a minimum wage increase and better working conditions. Va Sarorn, director of the Svay Rieng ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013021461351/National/more-workers-join-svay-rieng-strike.html
Angkor Air forecasts first loss
AFTER finishing in the black every year since its launch in 2009, Cambodia’s flagship airline is forecasting a loss for the first time, in a situation that an industry analyst has described as “not necessarily typical”. Cambodia Angkor Air’s (CAA) loss is projected to span two ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030661776/Business/angkor-air-forecasts-first-loss.html