Corruption worse than in Bangladesh: NGO
In a country where corruption is as rife as it is in Cambodia, global brands must work with governments to ensure garment factories are safe and working conditions legal, international nGO Transparency International (TI) said yesterday. In Cambodia, where two workers were killed when a ceiling ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061266221/National/corruption-worse-than-in-bangladesh-ngo.html
S. Korea, Cambodia Agree On Sharing Military Supplies
South Korea and Cambodia have agreed to share military supplies in peacekeeping and rescue operations as part of efforts to expand military ties between the two sides, the defense ministry here said Tuesday. Lee Seon-chul, the head of the South Korean defense ministry’s logistics managment bureau, ...
Hun Sen Questions Motive Behind Criticism
Prime Minister Hun Sen again addressed recent criticism from [Surya Subedi] the U.n.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia , during a speech yesterday in Bateay Meanchey province that focused on land disputes. Mr. Hun Sen was speaking in Thma Puok district’s Banteay Chhmar commune, where he ...
Report on Worldwide Land Grabbing Zeroes In on Cambodia
A new report on land grabbing around the world highlights Cambodia as a prime example of the ill effect of the growing global appetite for farmland by industrial scale operations. Released Wednesday in Stockholm by three Swedish nGOs, The Race for Land offers Cambodia as one ...
Bangladesh woes spare Kingdom
A recent string of disasters rocking Bangladesh’s garment industry has highlighted its factories’ shocking safety record, and stoked optimism that giant fashion brands will flock to move their orders to countries like Cambodia. But Cambodia’s garment industry has not experienced any major deluge of business so ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665643/Business/bangladesh-woes-spare-kingdom.html
ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់គ្រងរាជប្រ៊ុយណេនឹងមកទស្សនកិច្ចកម្ពុជានៅសប្តាហ៍ក្រោយ
យោងទៅតាមសេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានរបស់ក្រសួងការបរទេស និងសហ ប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិកម្ពុជាកាលពីថ្ងៃពុធ ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់គ្រងរាជប្រ៊ុយណេ Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah នឹងមកទស្សនកិច្ចផ្លូវការនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ចាប់ពីថ្ងៃទី២ ដល់ថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែមីនា ក្នុងគោលបំណងបង្កើនទំនាក់ទំនងនិង ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន Global Post
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150225/brunei-crown-prince-visit-cambodia-next-week
Birds culled following death
More than 600 chickens in two villages in Banteay Meanchey province have been culled following the death of a girl from bird flu three weeks ago. The four-year-old died on July 20, only 10 days after showing symptoms of the disease, according to a joint ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080150763/National-news/birds-culled-following-death.html
Int'l Rights Group Says Abuses 'Systematic' in Cambodia
An international rights group yesterday said the situation of human rights in Cambodia was continuing to worsen and accused the government of being “at war” with its own citizens over access to land. In its briefing paper, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) also said that Cambodia was ...
UN Says Cambodia 'Food Secure' Thanks to Gov't Policies
While the global economic crisis weakened the ability of Cambodian households to purchase food, the government’s focus on agricultural production and other policies have since helped alleviate food insecurity in the country, the U.n. Conference on Trade and Development said in a new report. Between June ...
Government Pushes Ahead With NGO Law
After nearly two years of silence on its draft nGO Law, the Ministry of Interior on Sunday said it was aiming to have the highly contentious piece of legislation ready for the Council of Ministers early next year and voted on by July. Meas Sarim, deputy ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-pushes-ahead-with-ngo-law-48245/
ឧស្សាហកម្មស្រូវអង្ករជាតិជួបជុំគ្នាដើម្បីរើសគ្រាប់ពូជលេខមួយ
កាលពីថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ កសិករម្នាក់មកពីខេត្តបាត់ដំបងបានទទួលកិត្តិយសនៅឆ្នាំនេះខាងដាំ ស្រូវល្អបំផុតនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ខណៈដែលមនុស្សមានឥទ្ធិពលផ្នែកឧស្សាហកម្មបានមកជួបជុំគ្នានៅក្រុង ភ្នំពេញជាលើកដំបូងក្នុងវេទិកាស្តីពីស្រូវអង្ករកម្ពុជាដែល ...
កង សុធា និង Ben Paviour
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/29708/
Officials to Map Bunong Land for Communal Titles This Month
Efforts to map the ancestral land of five ethnic Bunong communities that have long sought collective property titles in Mondolkiri province’s Pech Chreada district will finally begin later this month, with funding for the project coming from the U.n., officials said yesterday. “We are working in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-to-map-bunong-land-for-communal-titles-this-month-9644/
Satellite Shots to Help Settle Deforestation Claims
New satellite images of Oddar MeaNchey proviNce promise to help settle wildly coNflictiNg deforestatioN estimates iNside a 64,000-hectare area, which is set to aNchor the couNtry’s first forest-based carboN tradiNg scheme. With the project poteNtially ready to sell carboN credits to foreigN firms iN a matter ...
Illegal Logging a Challenge for Carbon Trading
A Ministry of Agriculture official said yesterday he was aware of allegations of illegal logging by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers within protected community forests in Oddar Meanchey province and was looking into it. “I am following this case, but I haven’t received their petition yet,” ...
Council of Ministers Approves Draft Report on Human Rights
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a draft report on political rights in Cambodia, which made outline efforts being made by the government to reduce poverty and secure land titles for millions across the country, a measure that Cambodia must complete as a signatory ...
(English) Controversial domestic abuse law under government review
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Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-domestic-abuse-law-government-review-117232/
Cambodia Sees Massive Foreign Investment Growth in 2012
Investment in Cambodia from overseas surged by at least 44 percent last year, according to an estimate from the central bank, despite figures suggesting a reduction in the overall flow of foreign currency into Southeast Asian economies. nguon Sokha, director-general of the national Bank of Cambodia, ...
Prey Veng Boy Confirmed as 14th Bird Flu Case This Year
A 3-year-old boy from Prey Veng province’s Kompong Trabek district has contracted avian influenza, a deadly disease that has killed seven children and two men so far this year in the largest outbreak the country has seen, the Ministry of Health said in a statement ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prey-veng-boy-confirmed-as-14th-bird-flu-case-this-year-34758/
(English) New report says garment sector fails to meet UN standards
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-report-says-garment-sector-fails-to-meet-un-standards-54191/
(English) New guidelines aim to protect women, children
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-guidelines-aim-to-protect-women-children-61320/