Thai Firm Moves in to Build Koh Kong Power Plant
A Thai Company is conducting a feasibility study to build a coal-fired power plant in Koh Kong province and has already invested in a local firm with permission to develop the plant, according to officials and the company. in an announcement to the Thai Stock ...
In Cambodia, Lost Retreats Once Again Found
Kep province – On a sunny weekday in Kep, a seaside village about halfway along Cambodia’s coast, the crab market was heaving. Women in straw hats and rubber boots stood knee deep in the surf shouting out prices, periodically darting into the sea to pull writhing ...
ជីវិតអ្នកចូលព្រៃកាប់ឈើលក់ឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុន ទ្រីភាព នៅភ្នំក្រវាញ
អង្គុយក្នុងតង់ខៀវនៅក្នុងចំណោមតង់ជាច្រើននៅក្រោមដើមឫស្សីជាប់មាត់ស្ទឹង ស្ថិតនៅ ឃុំរកាត ស្រុកភ្នំក្រវាញ ខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់ ដែលទើបតែមកតាំងនៅថ្មីប្រមាណ ២ខែ តាមរយៈមេការលោក ញៀន (ឈ្មោះដាក់ឲ្យ) បានធ្វើដំណើរពី ខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ ដោយបានចំណាយពេលជាច្រើនឆ្នាំក្នុងការ ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
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Ethnic Banong Thwart Group of Illegal Loggers in Mondolkiri
More than 100 Banong ethic minority villagers in Mondolkiri province on Wednesday stopped and briefly apprehended a group of 11 outsiders who they say were caught illegally logging timber in the area, villagers said yesterday. The villagers say that they took it upon themselves to stop ...
មានភាពតានតឹងកាន់តែខ្លាំងឡើងនៅក្នុងជម្លោះដីធ្លីនៅភូមិឡពាង
កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ និងនគរបាលខេត្តប្រហែល១០០នាក់បានចុះទៅភូមិឡពាង កាលពីព្រឹកម្សិលមិញ ដើម្បីអនុវត្តដីកាតុលាការបង្គាប់ឲ្យចាប់ខ្លួនអ្នកភូមិបីនាក់ ដែលប្រឆាំងនឹងគម្រោងអភិវឌ្ឍកសិកម្ម។ ប្រជាជនមូលដ្ឋានជាង៧០នាក់ដែលបានជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធនៅ ...
គុច ណារ៉េន
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/16850/
Locked-out toy makers left in lurch over wages
Employees at the First & Main cuddly-toy company arrived at work yesterday expecting to be paid outstanding wages – instead, a notice on the gates told them all equipment inside the Phnom Penh factory would be auctioned off, because the company was closing for good. The ...
Vehicle Imports up 45 pct in first half
Ministry of Commerce officials maintained that low import taxes and increased demand from consumers were the causes behind the 45.26 increase in vehicle imports in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year. The data showed 486,827 vehicles, of all makes and ...
Should Minimum Wage Be Market Driven or Government-Dictated?
Manufacturers and unions aligned with the ruling CPP yesterday said the current labor shortage inside the garment industry would act as an incentive for employers to increase salaries, and that there was no need for the government to impose a new minimum wage. During a meeting ...
No Plan to Shut Beehive Radio, Gov’t Says
As questions linger over the fate of the independent Beehive Radio station in the wake of its owner’s arrest, a government official yesterday insisted there were no plans to stop it from broadcasting, despite its often critical stance toward the ruling party. “No plan to shut ...
Sam Rainsy deleted from Voter Registration
The National Election Committee (NEC) has removed opposition leader Sam Rainsy from the voter list for next year’s national election on the grounds that he is a convicted criminal, an NEC official said yesterday. The decision means that even if Mr. Rainsy is granted a royal ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sam-rainsy-deleted-from-voter-list-for-election-5229/
Cambodia Real Estate Could Benefit From QE3
Cambodia’s highly dollarized economy could benefit from a rush of foreign capital into Asia unleashed by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest economic stimulus, unlike some of its Asian neighbors, as it lifts demand for real estate and garment exports in the developing country, a senior ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578106160673901682.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Co-op scheme aims to boost farmers’ profits
An ambitions new agricultural development project backed by a former US diplomat is aiming to dramatically revamp the sector and bring profits back into the hands of farmers. Sichan Siv, a Cambodian with dual citizenship who spent five years serving as US ambassador to the UN, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012121960368/National/co-op-scheme-aims-to-boost-farmers-profits.html
Mobile Banking Services On A Rise
F1soft Company, a software service provider that makes banking transactions available via phone, had commenced operations in Cambodia, company officials said yesterday during a workshop. Sean Thorninn, a lecturer in economics at the Limkokwing University and expert in Cambodia’s landscape of microfinance institutions (MFI), told ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050765437/Business/mobile-banking-services-on-a-rise.html
Factory production sluggish
In the wake of last month’s election, production levels at Cambodian garment factories are still below the norm as lIngerIng fears of political unrest keep workers at home and away from the capital. Shrugged off at the outset as a natural byproduct of the election that ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factory-production-sluggish
(English) Gov’t Unveils Legal Plan to Break Garment Industry Strike
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Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-unveils-legal-plan-to-break-garment-industry-strike-49763/
កម្មវិធីរោងចក្រកាន់តែប្រសើរនៅកម្ពុជា មិនបង្ហាញទំនាក់ទំនងរវាងរោងចក្រល្មើសច្បាប់និងម្ចាស់ម៉ាក
អគាររោងចក្រ យូអេសអេ ហ្វូលី ហ្វៀលហ្គាមិន (USA Fully Field Garment) ដែលមានទីតាំងស្ថិតក្នុងខណ្ឌមានជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះមិនមានអ្វីនៅខាងក្នុងទេ ហើយនៅខាងក្រោមមានសំរាមរាយបា៉ាយ និងឡាំងពេញដោយស្លាកសម្គាល់ម៉ាកសម្លៀក ...
Simon Henderson និង ឃី សុវុទ្ធី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12876/
(English) Scores of factories ‘set to sue’ over wage strike
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Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/scores-factories-%E2%80%98set-sue%E2%80%99-over-wage-strike
(English) EU concludes ‘frank’ talks on rights, reform
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Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-concludes-%E2%80%98frank%E2%80%99-talks-rights-reform
Beer Promoters 'banished' for striking
Angkor Beer promoters involved in last August’s strike over unpaid overtime have been banished to less popular restaurants and beer gardens in the past year, a report on the profession says. According to Promoting Decency? Report on the Situation of Beer Promotion Workers in Cambodia, released this ...
In 6 Months, 26 Shot Dead on Border While Illegally Logging
In the first six months of the year, 26 Cambodians have been shot dead by the Thai military while illegally loggIng along the border, nearly double the number killed In all of 2011. “AccordIng to the Cambodian-Thai Relations Bureau documents for the semester, there were 26 ...