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(English) Prime Minister sister nominated as under-secretary
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s younger sister, Hun Sinath, has been nominated to the position of Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection. She was nominated, at the age of 57, by King Norodom Sihamoni on December 9, 2013. .. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YWY5ODM4YzAxMjN
គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជានឹងចាត់វិធានការលើការបន្តធ្វើពហិការសភារបស់គណបក្សប្រឆាំង
នៅពេលឆាប់ៗនេះរដ្ឋសភាដែលគ្រប់គ្រងដោយគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជានឹង ផ្ញើលិខិតមួយច្បាប់ទៅគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត ( គ.ជ.ប.) ដើម្បីជម្រាបស្ថាប័ននេះជាផ្លូវការអំពីការធ្វើពហិការ មិនចូលប្រជុំសភាពីសំណាក់សមាជិកសភាគណ បក្ស ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8426/
ក្មួយស្រីរបស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បើកក្រុមហ៊ុនពិគ្រោះយោបល់ផ្នែកពន្ធដារនៅកម្ពុជា
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Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8439/
មន្ត្រីម្នាក់៖ ដៃគូជាយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រថ្មីជាមួយជប៉ុនមិនធ្វើឲ្យប៉ះពាល់ដល់ទំនាក់ទំនងជាមួយចិន
ពេលត្រឡប់មកពីបំពេញទស្សនកិច្ចផ្លូវរដ្ឋនៅប្រទេសជប៉ុន កាលពីម្សិលមិញ មន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលរបស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន មួយរូបបានបដិ សេធថា ការបង្កើនទំនាក់ទំនងថ្មីជាមួយប្រទេសជប៉ុន និងសេចក្ដី សម្រេចរបស់កម្ពុជា ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8419/
Cambodian Opposition Gives Government Three-month Deadline
Cambodian opposition officials said Tuesday they will give the government three months to hold a new election, or they will lead a movement in hopes of toppling its leadership. Kem Sokha, vice president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said the government is harming its citizens ...
Theara Khoun
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-opposition-gives-government-threemonth-deadline/1812433.html
Putting hospitals on lockdown
The government plans to extend the country’s still-limited capacity to treat ailing prisoners by building more secure rooms inside provincial hospitals. As part of the General Department of Prisons’ 2014-2018 strategic plan, the Ministry of Interior hopes to have rooms specifically designated for prisoners in each ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/putting-hospitals-lockdown
Garment workers’ patience wearing thin
Taking part in daily demonstrations outside the shuttered factory where she once worked is beginning to weigh on Bou Narith and her co-workers. Government officials this morning will sit down with representatives of employees and a representative from USA Fully Field (Cambodia) Garment factory, which, ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers%E2%80%99-patience-wearing-thin
Cambodia Upgrades Diplomatic Relations With Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to upgrade Cambodia’s diplomatic relations with Japan to a “strategic level” during talks in Tokyo on Sunday, but also thanked his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, for making efforts to mend relations with neighbor China, according to media reports. During a state ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-upgrades-diplomatic-relations-with-japan-49386/
Mekong Countries Agree to Expedite Dam Study
The Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) study on the potential long-term effects of large-scale dam building on the Mekong River needs to be expedited, members of the MRC agreed at the Fifth Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo on Saturday. However, they did not set a date for the ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-countries-agree-to-expedite-dam-study-49360/
NGO alleges bribery over titles
An environmental protection NGO is preparing to file a lawsuit with the Kampong Speu provincial court and a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against an Agriculture Department official who was allegedly paid by a development firm to issue land titles to villagers squatting on state ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-alleges-bribery-over-titles
(English) Interior minister says opposition divided over negotiations
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday blamed stalled negotiations over the disputed results of July’s national election on divisions within the opposition CNRP, whose leaders he said were of two minds about resuming talks. Top-level talks between Prime Minister Hun Sen and CNRP President Sam Rainsy, ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/interior-minister-says-opposition-divided-over-negotiations-49394/
Cambodia sends 4th batch of troops to Lebanon for U.N. peacekeeping mission
Cambodia on Tuesday dispatched the fourth batch of 184 soldiers to Lebanon to replace the third batch’s forces, whose one-year United Nations peacekeeping duties have come to an end. The civil engineering group would perform their one-year duties by clearing landmines, constructing roads, bridges, shelters and ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/17/c_132974000.htm
(English) Via Motorbikes, Cambodian Opposition Protest Winds Through Capital
Cambodian government opposition leaders led around 1,000 protesters, most of them on motor scooters, through Phnom Penh on Monday, part of an ongoing weekly call for demonstrations over July’s election results. The rally was the second day in a row that opposition supporters gathered to demand ...
Voice of America News Staff
http://www.voanews.com/content/via-motorbikes-cambodian-opposition-protest-winds-through-capital/1811618.html
CPP to Inform King, NEC of Opposition’s Assembly Boycott
National Assembly President Heng Samrin will in the coming days send the National Election Committee (NEC) an official letter informing it of the opposition party’s boycott of parliament, according to local media, possibly the first step in the ruling party’s plan to have the opposition’s ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-to-inform-king-nec-of-oppositions-assembly-boycott-49348/
ILO hails better protection for Cambodian migrant workers
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic for is pleased to support the official launch of measures to better protect Cambodian migrant workers. On 16 December 2013, ahead of International Migrants Day on 18 December, the Cambodian Ministry ...
Fibre2Fashion News Staff
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=157264
Cambodian garment manufacturers, trade unionists talk over pay rise with no agreement
Cambodia’s garment manufacturers and trade unionists on Monday began a negotiation on pay rise for garment workers in 2014 but reached no any agreement because the union representatives demanded to double the current wage. The talk was made between the employers represented by Nang Sothy, co-chair ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/16/c_132972280.htm
Factory Owners Slam Government Over Handling of Strikes
Members of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) said during a conference Sunday that they are “fed up” with the government for not controlling strikes by labor unions. “All of us have the same issue: illegal strikes,” Van Porphin, a member of GMAC’s executive committee, ...
Colin Meyn and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-owners-slam-government-over-handling-of-strikes-49352/
Hun Sen in Tokyo for Meeting With Japanese Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hun Sen was scheduled to meet with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Sunday, a day after Japan and the member states of Asean agreed to ensure “freedom of overflight” in the region. The agreement will likely be taken as an affront by ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-in-tokyo-for-meeting-with-japanese-prime-minister-49350/
China, Cambodia to co-chair intergovernmental committee
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong will visit China in January at the invitation of Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced on Sunday. Hor Nam Hong and Yang will co-chair the first meeting of intergovernmental coordinating ...
People's Daily Online
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/8485533.html
Cambodian, Chinese firms ink deals to jointly invest in agriculture
Two Cambodian companies on Monday signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese companies to invest in the agricultural sector. One deal was inked between Chan Sothea, general director of Cambodia’s Century Rice Group, and Ivan, managing director of Shengen Yonglongxin Industrial Company. Under the agreement, the two ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/16/c_132972733.htm
For 2013, trade value to reach $16 billion
The value of Cambodia’s overall trade volume for 2013 is expected to reach $16 billion, according to the former Minister of Economy and Finance, Keat Chhon. The figure comes to a 14.4 per cent rise from last year. ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/2013-trade-value-reach-16-billion
Gambit by CNRP an ‘all-in’ move
In its switch to a strategy of nonstop demonstrations calling for a new election, the opposition party has made a calculated decision to go “all-in” and toughen its stance in a bid to ramp up domestic pressure on the ruling party, political analysts said yesterday. Since ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gambit-cnrp-%E2%80%98all-%E2%80%99-move
Domestic workers seek cap on working hours
In a letter to three government ministries, a local domestic worker rights group last week demanded wage increases and limitations on work hours. Von Samphous, president of the fledgling Cambodian Domestic Worker Network (CDWN), sent the letter to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Ministry ...
Mom Kunthear, P.5
http://www.phnompenhpost.com
Rainsy Considers International Complaint Over Election Result
Opposition CNRP President Sam Rainsy on Friday expressed his intention to take his dissatisfaction with the outcome of the July national election, over which his party is boycotting its National Assembly seats, to an international stage. Speaking at the launch of a detailed election report by ...
Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-considers-international-complaint-over-election-result-49327/