Stonewalling at Angkor complex’s temple
THIRTY workers involved in the restoration of the Angkor complex’s Ta Prohm temple were barred by their manager from entering the work site yesterday because of their unionism, labour representatives said. The stand-off followed the manager’s announcement that on February 1, he would dismiss the 30 ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012560975/National/stonewalling-at-temple.html
Australian Investor Jailed After Business Dispute
An Australian businessman who once fronted a telecommunications firm in Cambodia has been sent to Prey sar prison on fraud charges in a case one of his associates said was triggered by a disgruntled partner in a failed business venture. Frank May, 63, the former chief ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-investor-jailed-after-business-dispute-7759/
Lawmakers to Discuss Sesan 2 Dam Draft Law
The National Assembly has announced that it will discuss a draft law on the financing of a controversial dam project in stung Treng province on February 15, a move environmental groups called premature. Meach Mean, coordinator for 3s Rivers Protection Network – which has been ss='cambodia-color'>...
Shopping shapes up in Phnom Penh
With demand for shopping space in Cambodia on the rise and investor interest growing, the Japanese developer Aeon Mall (Cambodia) Co Ltd last week broke ground on the construction of a Us$205-million mall in Phnom Penh. “We are happy to contribute to the development of ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/retail/326570/shopping-shapes-up-in-phnom-penh
Australia Drops Cambodian Bribery Allegations
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have closed an investigation into suspicious payments to officials in Cambodia by the world’s largest mining company BHP Billiton, according to a report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Although the report, released last month, does not ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/australia-drops-cambodian-bribery-allegations-5337/
Cambodia: shrinking forests breed violence
Hang Serei Oudom told hiS 7-month pregnant wife that he waS going out to meet a Source. A journaliSt for Vorakchun Khmer Daily, he waS inveStigating illegal logging for luxury woodS in the jungleS of Cambodia&rSquo;S northeaStern Ratanakkiri province. Three dayS later, on Sept. 11, he SS='cambodia-color'>...
PM calls for ASEAN investors
Prime Minister Hun sen, in his capacity as the 2012 AsEAN chair, has called for investors within the AsEAN member states as well as around the globe to invest in Cambodia in various sectors, particularly agriculture, food processing and manufacturing. The premier made the appeal on ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111959806/Business/pm-calls-for-asean-investors.html
Laos defends actions on Xayaburi at MRC meet
Laos yesterday defended its decision to begin building the Xayaburi dam amid criticism from Cambodia on a lively final day of the Mekong River Commission’s annual council meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos. According to separate sources who attended, Cambodia spoke out against Laos for “misinterpreting” the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government Tells Unions to Agree on Minimum Wage Demands
The government on Monday re­quested that manufacturers look at raising the minimum wage for garment workers, but only after divided trade unions agree on what that wage should be. “After discussions, those present at the meeting agree in principle to discuss raising the minimum wage ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/government-tells-unions-to-agree-on-minimum-wage-demands-8193/
More workers rally at ongoing Naga strike
bout 100 chefs and kitchen staff walked off the job at the capital’s NagaWorld casino yesterday as a workers’ strike at the luxury entertainment venue entered its fifth day. More than 1,000 protesters — the majority of the casino’s workers — rallied outside the front entrance ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022761629/National/more-workers-rally-at-ongoing-naga-strike.html
Climate change to affect Mekong production
Climate change will have a significant effect on major industrial and food crops in the Lower Mekong basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, says a new study. The study, conducted by the Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Project for the U.s. Agency ss='cambodia-color'>...
Local banks gain trust: survey
Nearly nine out of 10 Cambodians have confidence in local financial institutions, a trend that stands in sharp contrast to Europe and the Us, a poll published last week found. However, industry insiders question the results, as the Kingdom’s financial services are still under-developed. The poll ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765847/Business/local-banks-gain-trust-survey.html
Land Titling Program Favors Wealthy Businessman
In Washington today, attendees of the World Bank’s Annual Conference on Land and Poverty will hear a flattering account of Prime Minister Hun sen’s ambitious project to furnish nearly half a million Cambodian families with new private land titles just in time for July’s national ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/land-titling-program-favors-wealthy-businessman-17831/
Regional pharma producers eye Kingdom
International pharmaceutical companies are increasingly looking to sell their products to Cambodia, although the market is full of obstacles, according to experts. After several big international players announced sales expansion plans, two companies from Indonesia, a major manufacturing hub in southeast Asia, are planning to follow. Kalbe ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052465819/Business/regional-pharma-producers-eye-kingdom.html
Brunei inks deal to buy Cambodian jasmine rice
The government of Brunei on Saturday Signed a one-year contract to purchaSe 3,000 tonS of jaSmine or fragrant rice from Cambodia, the firSt Such deal reached by the two ASian nationS. The deal waS inked between Pg Haji Mohd Noordin B PLP Pg Haji Mohd Said, SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-07/06/c_132517759.htm
Malaysian couple jailed for starving maid to death
A Malaysian Court yesterday sentenced a couple to 24 years in jail for culpable homicide after their Cambodian maid starved to death while working for them in their home on the northwest coast of Penag, Agence France Press (AFP) reported. Cambodian opposition lawmaker and former ss='cambodia-color'>...
Strikers, police clash
A woman was killed and at least six others shot yesterday morning when police fired live ammunition into a crowd of hundreds of rioting garment workers in the capital’s stung Meanchey district. UN reports said police also arrested 37 people, including seven monks, as a result ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan, Mom Kunthear and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strikers-police-clash
(English) Hun Sen warns against attempts to hold Cambodia ‘Hostage’
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/warning-02102014190358.html
(English) Tea Banh denies troop entry
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Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/394545/tea-banh-denies-troop-entry
Cambodia Verifies the World’s First VCS Triple Gold CCB Avoided Deforestation Project
SAN FRANCISCO&nbSp;&mdaSh; The Oddar Meanchey REDD+ (Reduced EmiSSionS for DeforeStation and Degradation) project in Cambodia iS the firSt in the world to complete verification of emiSSion reductionS under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) with a triple gold Climate, Community and BiodiverSity (CCB) accreditation for emiSSion SS='cambodia-color'>...
The Herald Staff
http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/09/24/5239878/cambodia-verifies-the-worlds-first.html