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Britain urges CPP, CNRP to turn to negotiation table to end political crisis
British Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs said that Britain wanted to see Cambodia’s two winning parties returning to negotiation to end political deadlock in the country. Hugo Swire, who is on his two-day visit to Cambodia, made such comments during a meeting Friday with Kem Sokha, ...
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Anti-Corruption Unit investigates corruption cases in response to Global Fund’s report
The anti-corruption Unit is launching its investigation on corruption cases after being revealed by Global Fund Organization through its progressive report. The investigation is being launched in line with the Unit’s announcement on the 37th Meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council on 29 January 2014. ...
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Commerce Minister calls on checkpoint officials to crackdown on expired goods
Commerce Minister asked officials at all border checkpoints to prevent and crackdown on expired products. Son Chanthol, the Commerce Minister, made such comments during a meeting Tuesday with officials from Department of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce, and checkpoints in Banteat Meanchey province. He also asked his officials ...
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IDEMITSU of Japan to build bio-fuel factory in Cambodia in 2015
A world class Japanese Company, IDEMITSU, will build a bio-fuel factory in Cambodia in 2015, and will commence exploring bio-fuel in Cambodia for the first time in 2017, Mr. Heng Ratana, General Director of Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) told reporters yesterday. IDEMITSU has been ...
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Commerce Minister calls on checkpoint officials to crackdown on expired goods
Commerce Minister asked officials at all border checkpoints to prevent and crackdown on expired products. Thong Thira, Banteay Meanchey’s head of Department of Commerce, said that about 71 percent of 700,000 people living in Banteay Meanchey are farmers. He said the province has big 20 ...
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Cambodia earns US$2.6 billion from tourism
Cambodia attracted some 4.2 million foreign tourists last year, up 18 percent year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. Five largest sources of tourists to Cambodia are Vietnam, China, South Korea, Laos and Thailand. ...
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Hun Sen’s son defends government’s legitimacy
Hun Mani, a parliamentary member from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, yesterday visited more than a thousand of local people in Kampong Speu, including supporters of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). He took the time to justify the legitimacy of the government led by His Father, ...
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Update: Mam Sonando’s protest dispersed, several protesters injured
Hundreds of Police and Military Police cracked down on protesters, led by Mam Sonando, the director of Beehive Radio Station, at the Ministry of Information. A reporter of the Cambodia Herald, who is at the scene, reported that several protesters were injured in the crackdown. And ...
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CPP supporters protest against opposition leader
The ruling Cambodian Poeple’s Party’s Supporters today protested against Kem Sokha, the deputy President of the oppostion Cambodia National Rescue Party, in Kampong Cham province. The opposition sees the protest a a disturbance. Hundreds of the CPP supporters rallied in front of the CNRP Headquarters in ...
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Sam Rainsy under attack for effort to freeze aid to Cambodia
Spokesman for the Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Office of Council of Ministers blamed Sam Rainsy for his effort to convince foreign countries to freeze aid to Cambodia. Sam Rainsy left Cambodia last Thursday for Europe in his effort to convince the European countries ...
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Motorcycle drivers without license to be fined 60,000 riel
National Committee for Road Traffic Safety (NCRTS) warned that the motorcycle drivers would be fined up to 60,000 riel (USD15) if they don’t have driving licenses. According to the traffic law, the motorcycle drivers who don’t have licenses can face imprisonment, but because most of ...
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Legal actions to be taken against protest leaders: Interior Ministry
Ministry of Interior warned that legal measures would be taken against those who would hold protests, defying a ban imposed by the government. The warning was made yesterday after the leaders of nine labor unions insisted that they would hold protests, which are scheduled for January ...
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Prach Chan appointed as governor of newly formed province
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday announced that Prach Chan is appointed as the Governor of newly-created Tbong Khmom province which was split from Kampong Cham, the biggest province of Cambodia. ...
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Civil society groups appeal for international intervention for the release of 23 protesters
181 national and international non-governmental organizations handed over their petitions to foreign embassies on Thursday to seek the release of 23 people who were arrested in protest crackdowns. A group of some 50 representatives marched along the streets and submitted the petitions to the German, Sweden ...
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Union leader violates protest law: Phnom Penh official
Phnom Penh official on Wednesday said that union leader Chea Mony violated the protest law and protest ban which was imposed by the government recently for the security concern. The Deputy Governor made the comment after Chea led march along the streets to mark the ...
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FUNCINPEC staff to receive the long delayed salary before Chinese New Year
Nhiek Bunchay, Secretary General of FUNCINPEC Party said yesterday that the royalist Party would pay the seven month salaries it owed to its staff before the coming Chinese New Year. FUNCINPEC Secretary General Nhiek Bun Chhay also said that the long delay of the payment was ...
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Cambodia's 64 trade unions urge gov't to take legal action against gangster unions
Cambodia’s 64 trade unions on Wednesday asked the Minister of Labor Ith Samheng to take serious legal action against some gangster unions that have caused riots and illegal strikes as well as intimidations to their members in protests, according to a joint letter. “We’d like to ...
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Traffic accidents kill 1900 people in 2013
More than 1900 people were killed in 4300 cases of accidents in 2013, which showed higher figures than the year 2012. This requires urgent attention by commuters, and officers in charge. The figures were made known at a training course on 20-21 January 2014, which was ...
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Talks between CPP and CNRP remain impossible due to their different positions
Kem Sokha, Vice President of the Cambodian National Rescue Party, hinted about talks with Cambodia People’s Party to find peaceful solution. However, he did not elaborate how to move ahead and what options should be made for the breakthrough. ...
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Cambodia’s Human Rights in focus: Full text of UN envoy
The UN envoy concluded his six-day visit to Cambodia producing a concrete report, which reflects both the positive and negative aspects of human rights situation in the Kingdom. As for the post-election political impasse, Prof. Surya P. Subedi, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the ...
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Hun Sen gives green light for establishment of independent Human Right Committee
Non-Governmental Organizations received green lights from the Royal Government of Cambodia to kick off a draft law on the establishment of a National Independent Committee on Human Rights in Cambodia. Prime Minister of Cambodia tasked the Civil Society Organizations to develop a draft law on the ...
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UN ready to help end Cambodia’s political deadlock
UN envoy on Thursday said that the political compromise is the only way to end the political deadlock in Cambodia, asking political parties to return to negotiation table to normalize the situation. Speaking at a news conference, Surya Subedi, UN Special Rapporteur on situation of Human ...
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Hun Sen: Minimum wage of workers cannot be increased to USD160
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said it would be impossible to double the garment workers from USD 80 to USD 160 even though he wish to see them to have better life. “Which leaders and Prime Ministers don’t want to see their peoples have good ...
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Hun Sen says investment in Cambodia increases sharply
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said that the flow of investment in Cambodia increased sharply from USD2.9 billion in 2012 to USD4.9 billion in 2013. During the 4th Cambodia-Vietnam Conference on Investment Cooperation at Peace Palace, he said the Vietnamese investments also increased, from ...
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