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16 Cambodian workers rescued in Thailand, Malaysia
Cambodian embassies rescued 13 Cambodian workers in Thailand and three maids in Malaysia, Koy Kuong, spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said Saturday. ...
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Malaysia's Wah Seong in 10-year power deal with Cambodia
Wah Seong Corporation Bhd’s subsidiary will be selling 48,000 MW of power per annum over 10 years to Cambodia’s power company. Wah Seong said on Friday its subsidiary PMTI Energy (Cambodia) Co Ltd had signed a power purchase deal with the Electricité Du Cambodge to sell ...
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Civil society groups campaign to limit terms for premiership
Civil society groups campaigned Wednesday to seek support from three former Prime Ministers in order to limit terms for Premiership. Kol Panha, president of Committee for Free and Fair Election in Cambodia (Comfrel), told reporters that he met with Pen Sovann to ask him to ...
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Xin Fang workers march to Labor Ministry to solve out working conditions
Around 300 workers from a Taiwanese-owned Xin Fang (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing Co., Ltd marched Monday to Ministry of Labor to seek intervention in their working conditions. ...
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About 230,000 Cambodians visit Vietnam in seven months: Report
229,307 Cambodian people visited Vietnam for tourism and medical checkups from January to July, 2014, according to Vietnam National Tourism Administration’s website. ...
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Shock and awe as yellow-bellied weasel found in Cambodia
British conservation group Fauna & Flora International says it has captured the first image of a yellow-bellied weasel in Cambodia under a joint initiative with Oxford University. In a statement released Wednesday, the group said researchers led by FFI field biologist Channa Phan were conducting a ...
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Right activist says freedom of assembly is hostage of politicians
Ny Chakriya, senior official from human rights group ADHOC, said that freedom of assembly is hostage in hand of politicians. When they get along well with each other, the freedom of expression and assembly is widely opened. Chakriya said Thursday during a ceremony held to announce ...
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Kem Sokha leads parliament sessions
Kem Sokha, newly-elected first vice president of the National Assembly, led a session of the National Assembly Wednesday for the first time after president Heng Samrin went out to have a meeting the outgoing Thai Ambassador to Cambodia for a short period of time. ...
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Sam Rainsy expresses disappointment after Mu Sochua, Yim Sovann fail in votes
Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday expressed disappointment after his two leading lawmakers failed in votes for the posts of chairpersons of the National Assembly’s eighth and tenth commissions. He said he would push for proper solution in accordance with July 22 agreement. “It is rights ...
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Australian plan to send refugees to Cambodia short-sighted: report
Australia’s plan to resettle refugees in Cambodia may be a win-win opportunity for the two countries but is also short-sighted, according to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. In a commentary posted Tuesday, the center’s Asian program said Australian prime minister Tony Abbott was ...
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Parliament goes on electing heads of ten commissions
The National Assembly carried on session Wednesday to vote for members of remaining commissions. The session was attended by 122 lawmakers from ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). ...
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Cambodia's garment industry seen approaching crossroads
Cambodia’s $5.5 billion garment industry is nearing a crossroads amid uncertain prospects for outsourcing, an industry source says, citing participants at a recent trade show in Phnom Penh. “Many industry suppliers believe that while Cambodia remains a growing market for their textile and garment products, there ...
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NA, CPP asked to maintain Khuon Sodary as parliament second vice president
The Committee to Promote Women in Politics (CPWP), and civil society groups in Cambodia have asked the National Assembly and ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to keep Mrs. Khuon Sodary as second vice president of the National Assembly. In a statement issued on Monday, the groups ...
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Hun Sen congratulates Thai military chief on his appointment as PM
Cambodia’s Prime Minister congratulated Thai military chief Prayuth Chan-ocha on his appointment as Thai interim Prime Minister. ...
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Ministry forecasts Cambodia to see rainfalls from 25-28 August
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology foretasted Saturday that Cambodia will see rainfalls from 25-28 August due to low pressure weather across Mekong River basin, Thailand and Laos. A statement issued by Water Resource Minister Lim Kean Hour said Phnom Penh capital, and Kandal, Kampong Speu, ...
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National Assembly to vote for new leadership next Tuesday
123 lawmakers from ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will vote on August 26, 2014 to elect new leadership of the National Assembly. According to the general commissariat of the National Assembly, the agenda will include: Vote for Nguon Nhil ...
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Asia Injury Prevention launches internet campaign in support for Cambodia's child helmet law
The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, supported by The UPS Foundation, has launched a global internet campaign to collect ten thousand pledges in support of the motorcycle passenger, including child helmet law in Cambodia, according to its statement obtained Thursday by The Cambodia Herald. The campaign ...
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CNRP leaders to meet with Japanese Senators Friday
Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha will meet Friday with visiting Japanese delegation led by Azuma Koshiishi, vice chairman of the Senate of Japan, according to its statement Thursday. ...
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Iron fist to eliminate ghost staff in the government institutions
The head of Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), Oum Yingtieng, has officially announced their mission to catch “Corruption Ghosts” that has been lurking and sucking the government’s blood relentlessly. Prior to the campaign, Tieng puts forth a notice to all state institutions that they have 3 months to ...
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Flood death toll rises to 35
Floods caused by heavy rains and increase of water level in Mekong river have claimed 35 lives, Nhim Vanda, first vice chairman of National Committee for Disaster Management. ...
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Workers warn of bigger protest at Thai border
Hundreds of Cambodian workers warned on Monday to hold bigger and longer protest at Poipet-Kloeng Loek crossing border if Thai military doesn’t release 16 Cambodian cart workers today. According to the workers, Thai authority issued a new rule to restrict Cambodian cart workers not to allow ...
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Cambodia sends lawyer to seek bail for 16 detained workers
Cambodian Consulate in Thailand’s Sakaeo province is seeking a defense lawyer to seek bail for 16 Cambodian workers arrested by Thai military. ...
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Hun Sen asks Japan to help repair cracked Chroy Changvar Bridge
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday asked Japan to help repair Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge Chroy Chanvar as cracks are found on this nearly five-decade bridge. Hun Sen made the request during a meeting with Akihiro Ohta, Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism, at the ...
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Corrupt ghosts to be caught
The Anti-Corruption Unit announced campaign Friday to clean up ghost names from the lists, according to president of the unit Oum Yingtieng. Tieng said that the campaign called ‘catch corrupt ghosts’ would be launched next week. ...
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