H&M under fire for low Cambodia wages
H&M workers in Cambodia are only paid 3 kronor ($0.45) an hour, forcing many into debt to feed their families, according to a report on the TV4 documentary Kalla Fakta (The Cold Facts) Many textile workers therefore borrow money for food, leading to considerable debts with ...
Despite Environmental Concerns, Xayaburi Breaks Ground
Lao officials and executives of a Thai construction company conducted a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday in Xayaburi to inaugurate the first dam to be built on the lower mainstream Mekong, putting to one side concerns that the dam could devastate fisheries in Cambodia and Vietnam. Prior to ...
Government Bank Gives Loan for Rice Milling
The government-backed Rural Development Bank has handed a $4.5 million loan to a company planning to invest in Cambodia’s efforts to export more milled rice. Rural Development Bank chairman Son Kuon Thor said yesterday that the bank was giving the loan to a new company ...
Million-dollar rosewood bust
Five men allegedly caught with 10 cubic meters of illegal rosewood worth more than $1 million on Wednesday were being questioned in Stung Treng provincial court yesterday, officials said. Chroeung Khmao, the provincial prosecutor, said the men – four Chinese citizens and one Cambodian – were ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022261563/National/million-dollar-rosewood-bust.html
Cambodia, Vietnam Trade Rises
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia in the first four months of the year reached nearly US$1.3 billion, a 10 per cent rise over the same period last year. According to the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia, Vietnam’s exports to Cambodia fetched over $1 billion while ...
The Cambodia Herald Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YzA1YWUwMDU3OTh
Thai and Cambodian trade fair on the road
In a joint effort to promote trade ties, government officials in Cambodia and Thailand have organised the first “Caravan Fair” in which producers within the neighbouring countries will showcase their products to one another. The Cambodia-Thailand Caravan Fair 2013, a travelling event starting on June 25 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061966350/Business/thai-and-cambodian-trade-fair-on-the-road.html
Villagers Make Heady Claims Against NGO
Families living in Koh Kong province have called on the provincial governor to intervene in what they claim are ongoing land disputes with Forestry Administration authorities and conservation NGO Wildlife Alliance. Thirty-eight families from Mondul Seima and Khemarak Pumin districts have 110 hectares of land between ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065550/National/villagers-make-heady-claims-against-ngo.html
Insurance premiums on the rise
The Kingdom’s total insurance premiums rose sharply in the first quarter of the year, compared with the same period the previous year, thanks largely to the growth of the economy and an influx of foreign direct investment, industry insiders said. Official data from the General insurance ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765846/Business/insurance-premiums-on-the-rise.html
Security to Be Boosted on Final Day of Election Campaigning
Phnom Penh authorities said Thursday that all necessary security measures were in place to ensure that today’s final burst of campaigning would be peaceful and cause limited disruption in the city and that Sunday’s national election vote goes ahead without incident. Municipal police chief Heng Chantheary ...
Killing of endangered gaur prompts arrests
Four unidentified men were arrested yesterday for allegedly killing an endangered and pregnant gaur – a species of wild bovine – in a protected wildlife reserve in Mondulkiri province, provincial officials said. After villagers discovered the carcass on Wednesday, provincial authorities along with conservationists in charge ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/killing-endangered-gaur-prompts-arrests
(English) Vietnamese Shops Worry Over Possible Violence
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Ben Sokhean and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/vietnamese-shops-worry-over-possible-violence-50301/
(English) Preah Vihear overnight tourist stays a hard sell
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Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-vihear-overnight-tourist-stays-hard-sell
(English) Police presence has strikers on edge
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Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-presence-has-strikers-edge
(English) Migrants flee Thai instability
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Cheang Sokha and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-flee-thai-instability
(English) NCPO to thank Cambodia for release of Wira Somkhwamkhit
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Thailand National News Bureau Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNFOR5707030010001
(English) Cracking down 101
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Daniel Pye and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cracking-down-101
(English) Avian flu worst at borders
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Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/avian-flu-worst-borders
(English) Safe water lowers absenteeism
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Joe Decapua
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/water-absenteeism-18mar14/1874739.html
(English) Classroom talk remains barrier
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Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/classroom-talk-remains-barrier
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ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
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