CNRP Says Rallyβs Size Could Exceed Governmentβs Demands
With a major opposition rally planned for this afternoon in Phnom Penh, City Hall and Ministry of Interior officials were at odds with CNRP leaders on Sunday over how many people would be allowed to attend the event. though the Interior Ministry has said only 6,000 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-says-rallys-size-could-exceed-governments-demands-40783/
Cambodiaβs Manufacturers Shift to Higher-Value Clothing
Cambodia’s factories are moving away from producing the most basic clothing items and diversifying to manufacture more intricate products for international buyers. As the garment sector has grown over the past decade, most garment factories have stuck to producing items such as t-shirts and jeans due ...
Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodias-manufacturers-shift-to-higher-value-clothing-44792/
(English) Grappling with avian flu, Cambodians wait for compensation
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Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/851455.shtml#.Uzd_zKiSyls
(English) Development pushes poor from land as Cambodia dams its rivers
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Daniel Quinlan
http://asiancorrespondent.com/120212/development-drives-displacement-as-cambodia-dams-its-rivers/
Land deals? Leave the Red Cross out of it: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly castigated the Kampong thom provincial governor in a speech on Saturday for allegedly claiming a large portion of land and saying it was needed for the local office of the Cambodian Red Cross, an agency lead by Hun Sen’s wife, Bun ...
Agriculture to see lending growth
Some commercial banks could increase loans to the agricultural sector this year, according to industry insiders who cited improvements in the sector and a rise in crop prices. Cambodian farmers lack the capital needed for inputs such as seeds and fertiliser, while domestic rice millers often ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012012654151/Business/agriculture-to-see-lending-growth.html
Workers Call For Factory Official to Go
More than 1000 factory workers protested in Phnom Penh yesterday outside the Sun Well Shoes Company factory in Pur Senchey district, demanding higher wages and the dismissal of the factory’s administration chief, union representatives said. tep Saroeun, a union representative at Sun Well Shoes Company in ...
Spate of abuses continues
Nearly two dozen fishermen were repatriated to the Kingdom yesterday after being trafficked aboard thai fishing boats where they endured forced labour and rampant abuse. the 11 men bring to 30 the number of fishermen repatriated from Malaysia and Indonesia this year. they were visibly shaken ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030954949/National-news/spate-of-abuses-continues.html
Prey Lang villagers on patrol
Kampong Thom province AbouT 500 frusTraTed villagers, ciTing The auThoriTies’ inacTion as Their moTivaTion, rode some 250 moTorbikes inTo Prey Lang foresT over The weekend in yeT anoTher efforT To combaT illegal logging They say is decimaTing The area. The villagers from four provinces surrounding Prey Lang ...
Lost Opportunities as Cambodian Labor Goes Abroad: Advocate
Even with an improved domestic job market, many Cambodian workers are seeking jobs overseas, despite the risks. this is mainly due to the government’s failure to get the word out, Moeun tola, a labor advocate at the Community Legal Education Center, told “Hello VOA” thursday. “We see ...
Emerging Mining Sector to Be Subject to Grassroots Scrutiny
As mining companies continue to scour Cambodia for minerals, work is also under way to build a network of local monitors and activists to shed light on the country’s often-opaque mining sector and its practices. {t]he Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has granted an unknown ...
India shows interest in cashew nut processing
India is considering establishing a cashew nut processing factory in Cambodia to curb exports to India from third countries, according to officials at the Indian embassy. Dinesh Patniak, the ambassador to Cambodia, said Cambodia produced a lot of cashew nuts that were sent to Vietnam for ...
A new push for tourism cooperation
With the aim of attracting 25 million international visitors from 2013 to 2015 to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CVLM) the respective ministers of tourism pushed for greater cooperation in developing the region’s tourism sector on Friday, according to the Vietnamese Communist Party official news ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091758749/Business/new-push-for-tourism-cooperation.html
Asian bloggers discuss Internet freedom at Cambodia conference
Bloggers from across Asia came together in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap this weekend to discuss blogging, technology and Internet freedom at 2012’s Blogfest Asia festival, a gathering of over 160 opinionated and distinctly geeky participants. tops on the agenda? Internet freedom. the Cambodian contingent ...
National Land Program Dropped Communal Titles
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s land-titling scheme announced in June originally included a directive for granting collective property titles to indigenous communities, but this part of the program was scrapped weeks later as it was deemed too costly and time-consuming, documents obtained yesterday show. For “indigenous ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-land-program-dropped-communal-titles-9480/
PMβs Logging Decree βToo Lateβ
Activists are welcoming Prime Minister Hun Sen’s public vow to prevent logging and rosewood trafficking, but they also say it’s too little too late to have any serious impact on protecting Cambodia’s already decimated forests. In a speech on Friday at the Ministry of Interior, Hun ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022561589/National/pm-s-logging-decree-too-late.html
City Rounds Up Homeless Before Asean Meeting
Police in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon began rounding up homeless people as part of the city’s preparations for next month’s Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting, officials said. “We collect them because we don’t want them to affect foreign tourists as we prepare for the arrival of the ...
Countrywide Drought Is Damaging Rice Paddies
More than 16,000 hectares of rice paddies are currently being affected by drought across the country, officials said yesterday. “there wasn’t enough rain for the rice this year, ” said Nhep Srorn, director of takeo province’s agriculture department. Pich Sokhin, governor of Oddar Meanchey province, said ...
PM defends Sonando verdict
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday lashed out at critics of the Mam Sonando verdict, saying outsiders shouldn’t be seeking the release of a prisoner. Speaking to hundreds of villagers at a land title ceremony held in Chhuok district of Kampot province, Hun Sen defended the guilty verdict handed ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012101159243/National-news/pm-defends-sonando-verdict.html
Govt urged to detail link to Cambodia's nuclear plan
Anti-nuclear activists have called on the thai government to clarify its involvement in Cambodia’s controversial plan to construct a nuclear power plant in the border province of Koh Kong. the activists doubted Phnom Penh’s capacity to single-handedly build and manage such a vast and risky project. Santi ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/316888/govt-urged-to-detail-link-to-cambodia-nuclear-plan