Cambodia: A rising star with a falling reputation?
Cambodia’s reputation as a standard-bearer for apparel workers’ rights is wearing thin – and yet the country is a rising star when it comes to attracting foreign investment and increasing exports.
There are many reasons to deter brands and retailers from sourcing clothing in Cambodia.
The Kingdom
http://www.just-style.com/analysis/a-rising-star-with-a-falling-reputation_id117944.aspx
Villagers Block Road to Stop Threat of Evictions
A simmering land dispute in Kratie province’s Snuol Wildlife Sanctuary flared up Friday as hundreds of desperate villagers blocked National Road 76A for four hours in an effort to prevent the clearing of their homes and farms by a rubber company, villagers and human rights
Government Says New Jet Was Leased From Chinese Airline
The Council of Ministers has revealed that its new Airbus A320, meant for shuttling Prime Minister Hun Sen and a select few others around the world, is being leased from China Southern Airlines but refrained from disclosing how much the deal was worth.
Last month, CPP
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-new-jet-was-leased-from-chinese-airline-12328/
Cambodian documentary makes Sundance Film Festival
Until the arrival of large-scale development around her home in the northeastern province of Ratanakkiri, Sav Samourn, a member of the ethnic Jarai minority, was frightened of wild animals and ghosts.
But as trees disappeared and industrial machinery razed the forestland, the old fears fell away.
Kingdom’s crafts can be hit in Korea
Cambodian handicrafts and home decor products could take off with South Korean buyers if certain obstacles – conceptual design, development techniques, and slow delivery services – are overcome, business owners and merchants said yesterday.
Speaking at a seminar on Korean Market Access for Cambodia’s textiles at
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom%E2%80%99s-crafts-can-be-hit-korea
A nation pays respects
They came from down the road and from across the country, trailing flags and portraits in their wake. They paused to pin thin black ribbons and coarse patches of cloth onto blazing white shirts.
And, one by one, starting early yesterday morning, Cambodian mourners lined the
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012101859295/National-news/a-nation-pays-respects.html
ជនភៀសខ្លួនម៉ុងតាញ៉ាបន្តរស់នៅក្នុងសភាពភ័យខ្លាច
ដោយថ្ងៃកំណត់ជិតមកដល់សម្រាប់ជនភៀសខ្លួនម៉ុងតាញ៉ាដែលស្នើសុំសិទ្ធិជ្រកកោននៅកម្ពុជាដើម្បីវិលត្រឡប់ដោយ «ស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត» ទៅកន្លែងដែលពួកគេរងការយាយីវិញ ឬត្រូវបាន
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី និង Alice Cuddy
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អនុស្សរណៈចំនួន ៤ ត្រូវបានចុះហត្ថលេខារវាងប្រទេស កម្ពុជា-ហ្វីលីពីន
ក្នុងដំណើរទស្សនកិច្ចផ្លូវការរបស់ប្រធានាធិបតីហ្វីលីពីនមកកម្ពុជាចាប់ពីថ្ងៃទី ១៣ ដល់ ១៤ ខែធ្នូដែលអមដំណើរដោយកីឡាករប្រដាល់ល្បីឈ្មោះរបស់ហ្វីលីពីនលោក ម៉ានី ប៉ាក់គីអៅ ផងនោះកម្ពុជា-ហ្វីលីពីន បានចុះហត្ថលេខាលើអនុស្សរណៈចំនួនបួនទាក់ទងនឹងកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការក្នុងការប្រយុទ្ធប្រឆាំងឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម
ទូច សុខា
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Integration a priority
When deciding what aspects of their economies to prioritise to grow their economies, ASEAN’s less developed countries, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), should look to the organisation’s oldest members (the ASEAN-6) for guidance, according to a joint statement following the fourth CLMV Economics Ministers’
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082958333/Business/integration-a-priority-for-asean.html
A winning wager
Near the river in Phnom Penh and next to Diamond Island, there’s a huge, bunker-like building that is almost always a beehive of activity. Inside, there are people enjoying an evening concert or strolling around studying the decor, including large stone faces of the Buddha. Others, however, are occupied with more mundane matters-placing
A smooth ride?
It’s not a claim every country can make, but Cambodia builds its own cars. A country known for its low-skilled workforce, the Kingdom exceeded expectations with its January release of the Angkor Car, a mini-electric vehicle able to get up to 300 kilometres per charge.
(English) A refined approach?
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Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/refined-approach
Workers waiting for a bargain
Informal workers, a class that includes beer promoters, tuk tuk drivers and farmers, are among those who stand to benefit most from the upcoming trade-union law, observers say – and workers say it can’t come soon enough.
Dave Welsh, country director of the American Center for
បទប្បញ្ញ្ញត្តិនៃការបោះឆ្នោតសម្រាប់ប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយត្រូវបានហៅថាការបំភិតបំភ័យ និងការក្រើនរំឭក
ក្រុមមន្ត្រីកាលពីម្សិលមិញបាននិយាយថា គោលការណ៍ណែនាំលើប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយចេញដោយរដ្ឋាភិបាលសម្រាប់ការអំឡុងពេលបោះឆ្នោត ដែលហាមប្រាមការចេញផ្សាយព័ត៌មានដែលប៉ះពាល់ដល់ស្ថេរភាពសង្គម គឺគ្រាន់ជាការរំលឹកនៃច្បាប់ដែលមានស្រាប់ ប៉ុន្តែអង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាលមួយ
Matt Surrusco និង វណ្ណ រឿន
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-rules-media-called-threat-reminder-130159/
U.S. and Cambodia Chamber of Commerce Ink Deal on Trade Loan Guarantees
PHNOM PENH — The U.S. Export-Import Bank ( Exim Bank) and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) inked the Memorandum of Understanding on trade loan guarantees to boost trade between the U.S. and ASEAN member countries, according to a statement released by the U.S. embassy
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2011-08/25/c_131072977.htm
Cambodia building 248-km national road with Chinese aid
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday broke ground for the construction and enlargement of a 248-kilometer stretch of national road No. 6A, saying that the road is vital for the development of the economy and tourism.
The road will be widened from the current 7
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-03/05/c_132209913.htm
Mfone to File Complaint Against Six Companies
Bankrupt mobile phone operator Mfone is planning to file a complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court against six telecommunications firms it says have failed to pay back more than $1 million in outstanding debt to the firm, the court administrator charged with overseeing Mfone’s
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfone-to-file-complaint-against-six-companies-34409/
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,
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165738/National/homeowners-petition-adb.html
Maersk sees a slowing EU
The Cambodia representative for the world’s largest shipping company said exports from Cambodia to Europe grew by more than 60 per cent during 2011, but have since weakened. “Rice exports grew a lot during 2011 and a lot of it went to Poland and France,”
Stuart Alan Becker, P. 9
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050856019/Business/maersk-sees-a-slowing-eu.html
ANZ report shows a vulnerable Cambodia
Cambodia and Thailand’s financial exposure to Europe would make the two counties the most vulnerable regionally, an ANZ Bank report showed.
The Kingdom’s exports and tourism sectors were on increasingly unstable ground as Europe’s debt crisis advanced.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070957290/Business/anz-report-vulnerable-cambodia.html
