Corn prices to rise with new Thai policy
Cambodian officials in provinces bordering Thailand said the price of Cambodian corn would increase as a result of a reduced supply and a new Thai government policy of importing more corn for animal processing. The Bangkok Post reported on Tuesday that the Thai cabinet approved the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Concerns mount over dam
Sketchy detailS that fail to Specify when conStruction of the Lower SeSan 2 hydro dam will begin, or name the ChineSe company involved, have villagerS fearing for their future, repreSentativeS and environmental groupS Say. Since the Council of MiniSterS announced on Friday it had Signed off SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110559575/National-news/concerns-mount-over-dam.html
Better Factories Cambodia Slammed by Stanford Researchers
The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) must employ more transparency in their monitoring of Cambodia’s factories in order to effectively bring change to the country’s working and wage conditions, a report launched yesterday says. According to “Monitoring in the Dark” a ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/better-factories-cambodia-slammed-by-stanford-researchers-11011/
Cambodia's economy to grow by 6.7% this year: WB
Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow by 6.7 percent in 2013 thanks to anticipating increases in agriculture, foreign direct investment (FDI) and tourism, the World Bank said in its latest outlook Wednesday. “The growth is based on achieving the dividends from focus on higher rice ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-01/16/c_132106591.htm
Striving to make finance accessible
Access to finance could reduce violence, empower the most vulnerable in society and improve the livelihoods of Cambodia’s poorest people, a conference on community-led funding heard on Wednesday. sarah sitts, country manager of the international NGO Pact, introduced the funding model of savings-led micro-finance (sLMF). In ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032964776/Business/striving-to-make-finance-accessible.html
Accident rocks garment industry again
For the second time in five days, Cambodia’s garment industry has been rocked by another partial collapse of a structure at a factory. Garment workers are reporting that at least 10 people, including a pregnant woman, have been injured after a concrete platform collapsed into a ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052065721/National/accident-rocks-garment-industry-again.html
Bangladesh woes spare Kingdom
A recent string of disasters rocking Bangladesh’s garment industry has highlighted its factories’ shocking safety record, and stoked optimism that giant fashion brands will flock to move their orders to countries like Cambodia. But Cambodia’s garment industry has not experienced any major deluge of business so ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665643/Business/bangladesh-woes-spare-kingdom.html
(English) Factory shutters in shame
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Daniel Pye, Alice Cuddy and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-shutters-shame
(English) Government’s Trade Union Law may limit freedom of association
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Hul Reaksmey and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governments-trade-union-law-may-limit-freedom-of-association-54042/
(English) Sa’s role in world’s children’s prize ceremony to be celebrated
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World’s Children’s Prize
http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/sas-role-in-worlds-childrens-prize-ceremony-to-be-celebrated-1991682
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ក្រុមមន្ត្រីបានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា កាលពីថ្ងៃច័ន្ទកងទ័ពជើងទឹក ss='cambodia-color'>...
អ៊ួច សូនី និង Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/25467/
Lawmakers Reject Petition
Lawmakers from Cambodia’s ruling party on Monday refused to accept a petition from hundreds of people who held a rally calling for the government’s help in resolving land disputes, drawing criticism from activists who questioned the effectiveness of the country’s parliament. The appeal, which contained more ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/petition-12172012164439.html
Oil prices hit all-time high in Cambodia
Oil prices in Cambodia hit the highest of all time on Friday, with a liter of premium gasoline going for 1.45 U.s. dollars at all petrol stations in the capital. The price is the highest ever if compared with the peak price of 1.41 U.s. dollars ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-02/15/c_132169890.htm
City Blames B Kak Protests On ‘Foreigners’
The Phnom Penh municipality defended itself for the first time this weekend against sustained criticism from rights groups over the jailing of 13 female protesters from Boeng Kak, blaming the backlash on the “insanity” of unnamed foreign provocateurs. sRP lawmakers, meanwhile, met with the women in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Villagers fear eviction looms
Villagers who fear eviction from their homes of 30 years in Kratie province travelled to Phnom Penh yesterday to plead for Prime Minister Hun sen’s intervention. Fifteen representatives of 88 families who live close to Kratie Airport, in Kratie town’s srei Padav village, said provincial authorities ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030561741/National/villagers-fear-eviction-looms.html
Walmart and H&M Suppliers Pay Workers at Closed Cambodia Plant
SupplierS to Wal-Mart StoreS Inc. (WMT) and HenneS & Mauritz AB (HMB) agreed yeSterday to pay about $145,000 in back wageS and Severance to about 160 workerS at a Cambodian factory that cloSed in November, a labor activiSt involved in the deal Said. The agreement, which SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s first dairy plant
Cambodia’s first dairy factory is being planned for Phnom Penh, as one of the owners, a Vietnam-based dairy company, hopes to tap strong local demand for its products. The 2.7-hectare factory, in the Phnom Penh special Economic Zone (PPsEZ), would produce condensed milk, yoghurt and UHT ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042565223/Business/cambodia-s-first-dairy-plant.html
Illegal cosmetics chemicals trashed
Government officials yesterday disposed of some 30 tonnes of chemical substances they said Chinese nationals had intended to sell illegally as cosmetics. Long sreng, deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s anti-economic crime department, said authorities seized the chemicals – some of which already were falsely packaged ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566459/National/illegal-cosmetics-chemicals-trashed.html
Spending on Defense and Security up 17% in 2014
The country’s draft $3.4 billion national budget for 2014 proposes yet another $920 million in new debt to make ends meet, the same amount taken on this year, according to a copy of the spending bill obtained Thursday. The draft budget calls for nearly $400 million—or ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/spending-on-defense-and-security-up-17-in-2014-46747/
New local carrier to launch flights
A new local airline is applying to fly in Cambodia, according to aviation officials, at a time when the market is monopolised by national flag carrier Cambodia Angkor Air and a handful of carriers offering chartered routes. Royal spirit Airlines last Friday met with the state ss='cambodia-color'>...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-local-carrier-launch-flights