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Concern for children as Cambodian workers begin to flood back

Cambodian workers are migrating back to Thailand en-masse following a mass exodus last month in the wake of the coup. This movement has sparked safety concerns for young children travelling alongside their parents, says World Vision, one of the world’s largest aid agencies. “Our staff working ...

The Nation News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Concern-for-children-as-Cambodian-workers-begin-to-30238410.html

PM to end missing link to Cambodia

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised on Saturday to complete a missing rail link with Cambodia to foster closer ties with the neighbouring country. Ms Yingluck inspected the damaged tracks from Aranyaprathet district in Sa Kaeo to the border with Poipet in Cambodia and directed officials ...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/343138/yingluck-to-end-missing-link-to-cambodia

Passport Posts A Go

Cambodia is making plans to open passport offices along its border with Thailand in a bid to cut down on illegal migration, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced yesterday. Speaking at the close of a migration workshop, Kheng said that officials are already preparing to open a ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032964787/National/passport-posts-a-go.html

Cheap gas for Cambodians rationed

Heavily subsidized prices for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas for vehicles (NGV) in Thailand draw dozens of cars daily from Cambodia to refill their tanks in this Thai border town. But complaints that too many Cambodians are getting a free ride, or rather a ...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/335137/curbs-placed-on-cambodian-cars-refilling-gas-in-thai-border-town

Thai-Cambodia buses open a new era with new land connections on public transport

BANGKOK- First bus services between the two Kingdoms of Cambodia and Thailand had their debut on December 29, said the Transport Co., a Thai state enterprise under the Transport Ministry. The service includes the Bangkok-Siem Reap route, a 424-kilometre trip that takes about seven hours. ...

http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/51288/thai-cambodia-buses-open-a-new

Thailand, Cambodia launch direct bus services linking Bangkok, Phnom Penh

Poipet – Thailand and Cambodia on Thursday launched direct bus services linking Bangkok and Phnom Penh via the Aranyaprathet-Poipet border crossing, aiming to cut transportation costs, MOCT reported on June 15. Transport Minister Jarupong Ruangsuwan and Cambodian Public Works and Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek and representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) co-presided at the ...

http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/

Business sector feels pinch of govt's minimum wage hike

BANGKOK – The Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s planned 300 baht daily minimum wage hike has forced some businesses to shift their production bases to areas bordering Cambodia and Myanmar, the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) told a seminar on Monday. At a seminar on implementing the ...

http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/266308.html

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