Workers at Honda Plant Given Back Their Jobs
A factory in Phnom Penh that assembles motorcycles for Honda decided on Friday to reinstate four workers who had been fired in December for creating a new trade union. About 300 workers at the Honda NCX Company in Pur senchey district had been on strike since ss='cambodia-color'>...
State Utility Staff May Be Registered To Vote Twice
The SRP yeSterday Said it had found that more than 90 employeeS of State-owned power company Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) were regiStered to vote in two Separate placeS for Sunday&rSquo;S commune electionS and warned that the ruling CPP may uSe Such government employeeS to vote SS='cambodia-color'>...
Appeal Court Sets Date as Boeng Kak Hunger Strike Continues
The Court of Appeal on Friday set a date to hear the case of 13 jailed Boeng Kak residents despite the Ministry of Justice calling for a review of their sentencing, and as the health of six of the jailed women, who are on hunger ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia, Vietnam Seek Stop to Xayabari Dam Construction
Cambodia and Vietnam will send a letter signed by the prime ministers of both countries to demand that Laos and Thailand halt the construction of a dam on the mainstream Mekong River in Laos, an official from the Cambodian National Mekong Committee said yesterday. The decision ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia mulls over atomic energy power
Cambodia is mulling over a nuclear power option to feed its anemic energy sector, although private sector pundits called the rough plan a dream – a dangerous one at that. The government plans to use atomic energy in the future as oil, coal and biomass power ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Banks Look to Offer Services Using Renminbi
Banks here are trying to take advantage of a growth in Chinese investment by launching services that will allow payments from local banks to be made in China’s currency, the renminbi. Grant Knuckey, CEO of ANZ Royal Bank, said that because of a growing number of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok An Wants Thai Waters Dispute Resolved
In his first public meeting in weeks, Deputy Prime Minister sok An on Friday met with a delegation of Thai officials in Phnom Penh and pledged Cambodia’s commitment to resolve a decade-old maritime dispute over contested maritime space in the Gulf of Thailand. speaking to reporters ss='cambodia-color'>...
US criticizes Laos decision to build Mekong dam
The United StateS on Monday criticized a deciSion by the Struggling ASian nation of LaoS to build the firSt dam acroSS the mainStream of the Mekong River, a project that environmentaliStS warn could affect tenS of millionS of livelihoodS and trigger a dam-building Spree along SS='cambodia-color'>...
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Jarai ethnic minority claim forest razed
The custodians of a community forest in Ratanakkiri have accused a company of illegally bulldozing their protected jungle. sen Youn, a representative of the Jarai ethnic minority in O’Yadav district’s Lumchor commune, said yesterday an investigation with rights groups had uncovered that the Chea Chanrith Development ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jarai ethnic minority win temporary victory over forest
Local authorities have stepped in to halt construction around a disputed land concession in Ratanakkiri province in an attempt to discover whether the company has the right to clear forest that residents claim they depend on to survive. In what appears to be a rare showing ss='cambodia-color'>...
Israel envoy pledges to boost tourism, agriculture ties with Cambodia
Bangkok-based new ambassador of Israel to Cambodia simon Roded on Monday expressed Israel’s desires to promote bilateral ties with Cambodia in tourism and agriculture. speaking during presenting credentials to President of Cambodia ‘s National Assembly Heng samrin, who received the credentials on behalf of King Norodom ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Cambodia to boast its first tractor factory
Cambodia will soon boast its first tractor assembly plant, with operations expected to begin by the third quarter of this year. The one-hectare plant, in Phnom Penh’s Por sen Chey district, is a joint venture by Belarus-based Minsk Tractor Works, one of the world’s biggest tractor producers, ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Cambodian education investor explains his turn to real estate
Chea Sokheng, general director of Arizon Group Ltd, a potential inveStor in Cambodia&rSquo;S education and real eState SectorS, Said that inveStment in education iS a main contributor to developing human reSourceS and growth of the national economy. Though he mentioned the opportunity to inveSt in the SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mfone Profits Cut in Half in First Quarter
Thaicom Public Company Ltd., which owns a majority stake in local phone operator Mfone, announced on Friday that they have devalued the company by about $1.31 million as profits in the first quarter dropped by half. “In an effort to reflect the fair value of its ss='cambodia-color'>...
Garment workers' strikes pay off
The determination of 3,000 garment factory workers in Kampong Chhnang province’s M&V factory has finally paid off. Workers will return to the factory floor today after management finally agreed to their four-point list of demands yesterday, after initially refusing to budge. Noun sam Ol, deputy president of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Equipment Seized From Plantation at Center of UK Fraud Probe
Forestry Administration officials have seized equipment valued at $1.5 million from a Banteay Meanchey province biofuel plantation, which is being investigated for fraud in the UK, company and forestry officials said yesterday. sustainable Agro Energy’s assets were frozen in February and investigators at the U.K.’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Reported Cases of Land Grabbing Decrease
The number of new land disputes reported in the first six months of this year decreased by 38 percent compared to the same period in 2011, according to data released by rights group Licadho last week. According to the figures, which represent 15 of the country’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Men Sarun to export canned noodles to the US and ASEAN
The producer of Mee Yeung instant noodles is set to expand its business by investing Us$1 million in equipment to produce noodles for export, said a company official. The new machines will be delivered from China and will be able to produce 6,000 cases or ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia's export growth falls
Increased labour strife in the garment sector and slumping Western economies contributed to a slow-down in Cambodia’s exports during the first six months of the year, with total growth dropping by about 74 per cent year on year. Exports rose, to Us$2.5 billion, up 12 per ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Alleged rosewood loggers shot dead by Thai troops
Three Cambodians were shot and killed early on saturday morning after engaging in a firefight while illegally logging along the Thai border, officials said yesterday. The three are believed to have been shot after crossing from Battambang’s samlot district into Thai territory while logging luxury rosewood “The ss='cambodia-color'>...