Chinese sign deal on dam, villagers fear flooding
The massive and highly controversial Lower sesan 2 Dam project took a major step forward yesterday with the inking of government power purchase agreements and an investment deal between Royal Group and a Chinese company. But details about the contracts, their implementation or the fate of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Non-Government Groups Take Stock of the Country’s Rights Records
The government’s abuse of land rights and indigenous minorities were among the top concerns raised Tuesday by non-governmental groups at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Cambodia’s progress toward achieving a long list of U.N. human rights recommendations. As part of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/non-government-groups-take-stock-of-countrys-rights-record-21113/
Telecoms Regulator Calls For Price Meeting
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) is calling all mobile phone operators to attend a meeting next week in order to reconsider the costs for within-and across-network calls, after disputes over bonus promotions in Cambodia’s crowded telecoms market. TRC director Mao Chakrya said that for the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050165340/Business/telecoms-regulator-calls-for-price-meeting.html
Homeowners petition ADB
The occupants of 90 Phnom Penh households whose homes were partially or completely dismantled to make way for the Railway Rehabilitation Project partly funded by the ADB have demanded the bank offer them fair compensation. In a letter submitted to the Inter-Ministerial Resettlement Committee, the ADB, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165738/National/homeowners-petition-adb.html
Mekong basin countries target double-digit tourism growth
Five SoutheaSt ASian countrieS, Cambodia, LaoS, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, are targeting a double-digit growth rate of international viSitorS annually by 2015 under the theme “Five CountrieS &ndaSh; One DeStination”, according to Hoang Tuan Anh, Viet Nam&rSquo;S MiniSter of Culture, Sport and TouriSm. In a SS='cambodia-color'>...
VietNamNet Bridge Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/travel/84268/mekong-basin-countries-target-double-digit-tourism-growth.html
(English) Labor Leaders Say Negotiations Should Continue
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Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/labor-leaders-say-negotiations-should-continue/1837064.html
ស្ថាប័នឃ្លាំមើលសាជីវកម្មហិរញ្ញវត្ថុអន្តរជាតិនឹងដំណើរការស៊ើបអង្កេតលើក្រុមហ៊ុនមីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុកំពូលៗមួយចំនួនក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា
ស្ថាប័នឃ្លាំមើលសាជីវកម្មហិរញ្ញវត្ថុអន្តរជាតិ (IFC) បានប្រកាសកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារថា ខ្លួននឹងដំណើរការស៊ើបអង្កេតលើ គ្រឹះស្ថានហិរញ្ញវត្ថុកំពូលៗនៅកម្ពុជាមួយចំនួន បន្ទាប់ពីស្ថាប័ន IFC បានដកសំណើសុំការពិនិត្យលើការសម្រេចស៊ើបអង្កេតនេះ។ ss='cambodia-color'>...
សហជីពថាកូនប្រុសប្រធាននាយកប្រតិបត្តិណាហ្គាខប បោកកម្ទេចទូរសព្ទកូដករម្នាក់
កូនប្រុសរបស់ប្រធាននាយកប្រតិបត្តិ ដែលជាមហាសេដ្ឋីណាហ្គាខប (NagaCorp’s ) ត្រូវបានសហជីពចោទប្រកាន់ថា បានធ្វើសកម្មភាពដ៏គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលមួយដោយបានឆក់យកទូរសព្ទរបស់បុគ្គលិកកាស៊ីណូណាហ្គាវើលដ៍ម្នាក់ដែលជាកូដករគប់ទៅនឹងដី ដែលក្នុងវីដេអូនោះក៏បង្ហាញថាបុរសនោះបានគប់កោណចរាចរណ៍លើអ្នកតវ៉ាដែលជាសមាជិកសហជីពផងដែរ។ ss='cambodia-color'>...
សុវណ្ណ ស្រីពេជ្រ និង Jack Brook
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/nagacorp-chief-ceos-son-smashes-casino-strikers-phone-union-says/
អត្រាអ្នកមានការងារធ្វើនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាមានរហូតទៅដល់ ៩៩.៣ ភាគរយ ដែលជាអត្រាដ៏ល្អបំផុតមួយនៅក្នុងពិភពលោក
អត្រាអ្នកមានការងារធ្វើនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានបន្តកើនឡើងរហូតទៅដល់ ៩៩.៣ ភាគរយ ដែលរក្សាបាននូវអត្រាដែលល្អបំផុតមួយនៅក្នុងពិភពលោក។ ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301991/cambodias-99-3-job-rate-among-worlds-best/
Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away
Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ss='cambodia-color'>...
Trafficked numbers rising
Their stories have become all too familiar – Cambodian fishermen enslaved on fishing boats after being promised lucrative jobs overseas. They’re also becoming increasingly common. Anti-trafficking NGOs told the Post this week that they have noticed an exponential increase in the number of trafficking complaints from ss='cambodia-color'>...
Danson Cheong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265773/National/trafficked-numbers-rising.html
After Factory Collapse, Questions Mount Over ILO Monitoring
Labor rights activists and a government official accused the International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program of ineffectiveness in its monitoring of factory conditions following a deadly ceiling collapse on Thursday at a shoe factory in Kompong speu province. Moeun Tola, labor program head of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-factory-collapse-questions-mount-over-ilo-monitoring-24860/
Cambodia’s airports see growth in 2011
There has been a 13 percent increase to Cambodia’s two international airports since the beginning of the year. The UsA, China, south Korea and Vietnam along with Japan were the key factors in this growth. The government’s attempts to attract visitors and investors is cited ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ongpin’s Atok buys Hong Kong company
Atok-Big Wedge Co. Inc., a listed company owned by the group of former Trade minister Roberto Ongpin, acquired Tidemark Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong company that owns 25.9 percent of Forum Energy Plc, an oil and gas firm controlled by Philex Mining Corp. Atok-Big Wedge said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s beer market growing more crowded
The Kingdom’s latest brewery is set to launch on November 1, introducing a new player into the growing Cambodian beer market, insiders said yesterday. The Khmer Brewery plant, a Us$60 million joint venture between locally based Chip Mong Group and major international brewery manufacturer Ziemann Group, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s ISP market gets mega player
Internet service protocol company Mega will join the Cambodia’s gaggle of active providers today after launching an unconventional marketing campaign that sought to stir curiosity. Four billboards without a clear company name appeared around Phnom Penh in early January. “something Mega is coming soon” the ad, ss='cambodia-color'>...
China’s ‘No Strings’ Aid Increasingly Attractive
The timing couldn’t have been better. After a week in which one NGO was suspended and others warned to “readjust their work,” and the World Bank was finally forced to reveal that it had stopped loaning to Cambodia, the government announced over the weekend that ss='cambodia-color'>...
Land Grabs Mar Cambodia’s Investment Boom
The evictions and so-called “land grabs” have angered aid donors, putting at stake hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid as well as a trade scheme that gives Cambodian produce tariff-free access to the EU. International donors and lenders such as the World Bank ss='cambodia-color'>...
Country’s Buyers Discuss Faintings, Union Law
Multiple government ministries and the International Labor organization will form a group to investigate the mass fainting that have plagued Cambodia’s garment industry over the past several months, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said yesterday. There have been at least 15 mass fainting since the beginning ss='cambodia-color'>...
S&P downgrades national sovereign debt rating
Ratings agency standard & Poor’s yesterday lowered Cambodia’s long-term sovereign credit rating by one notch to B due to the country’s continued inability to diversify its economy and increase government spending. The decision by standard & Poor’s comes after the agency said in september that constraints ss='cambodia-color'>...