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Cambodia eyes to become region's prominent gems, jewelry market
- 13 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
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Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/13/c_132452793.htm
Poipet Vendors Protest Corrupt Border Officials
- 13 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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More than 800 street vendors and drivers of taxis, tuk-tuks and motorcycles working the border area between Banteay Meanchey province and Thailand yesterday marched through Poipet City calling for an end to the rampant corruption being carried out by border officials. Migrant workers who cross ...
Thailand, Cambodia Recommit to Border Growth
- 12 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding in Phnom Penh yesterday reconfirming their commitment to developing their joint border with new economic zones, checkpoints and a 1,800-MW power plant. “We have agreed to create four international checkpoints to improve trade ...
Task of Obtaining Passport Is Adding To Illegal Migration Problem
- 12 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Thousands of Cambodians cross the border via illegal checkpoints into Thailand every year. Some end up working in slave-like conditions on illegal fishing trawlers. Others work in factories while getting paid under the table. It is often a last resort fraught with danger and uncertainty and ...
Hor Namhong Asks for More Cash for Rail Project
- 11 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong made another appeal to Australia for additional funds to complete a behind-schedule project to rehabilitate the country’s railway network, this time to newly appointed Australian Ambassador Alison Burrows, according to a ministry spokesman. While work on the Southern Line of the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hor-namhong-asks-for-more-cash-for-rail-project-30272/
Cambodia's rice exports up 126 pct in 5 months
- 6 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
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Cambodia’s exports of milled rice have sharply increased in the first five months of this year thanks to rising international market demand and country’s rice promotion strategy, an official said Thursday. The country had exported 146,800 tons of milled rice during January-May period this year, up ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/06/c_132435784.htm
Room for Improvement in Cambodia’s Bank Sector
- 6 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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While Cambodia has made considerable strides in its banking sector, it still lags behind countries in the region in the areas of e-banking and access to services, industry experts attending the Fifth Banking and Microfinance Conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ...
British trade minister to visit Cambodia next week
- 5 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
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British minister for trade and investment Lord Green would visit Cambodia next Monday in order to boost bilateral trade and investment ties, according to a media statement from the British Embassy to Cambodia on Wednesday. Mark Gooding, British Ambassador to Cambodia, said trade between UK ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/05/c_132433361.htm
Dam firm violated law
- 5 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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The parent company behind a firm constructing the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng has repeatedly violated Chinese law by building “massive” power projects without prior approval, China’s national auditor has found. State-owned China Huaneng Group, of which Lower Sesan 2 partner Hydrolancang International Energy ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566083/National/dam-firm-violated-law.html
Authorities Deny Abuses at Thai Plantation Tied To CPP Senator
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Oddar Meanchey province deputy governor Lon An yesterday confirmed CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s involvement in a trio of sugar cane plantations that rights groups took to the National Human rights Commission of Thailand last week, but denied their allegations of rights abuses. The deputy ...
New Battambang Passport Office Caters to Migrant Workers
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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The government announced Monday that it will open a new passport office in the northwest province of Battambang, the first such office outside Phnom Penh. In a statement, posted to the Ministry of Interior website, the ministry said that the new passport office will serve people ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-battambang-passport-office-caters-to-migrant-workers-28788/
Mekong Communities Tell of Hardship From Hydropower Dams
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-communities-tell-of-hardship-from-hydropower-dams-28793/
Cambodian rice exports to Thailand rising; Democrat revives allegations
- 3 June 2013
- The Nation
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- Chavanond Intarakomalyasut / Corruption / Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut / former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra / Kamphaeng Phet / Klanarong Chanthik / milled rice exports / MP Warong Dechgitvigrom / NACC / NACC commissioner Klanarong Chanthik / NACC commissioner Sataphon Laothong / National Anti-Corruption Commission / Phnom Penh Post / rice / rice exports / rice milling / rice pledging scheme / rice trading scheme / Sataphon Laothong / Sia Piak / Sia Piang / Thai Democrat MP Warong Dechgitvigrom / Thailand / Thaksin Shinawatra / unpolished rice / Warong Dechgitvigrom / Yingluck Government
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will consider claims of corruption in the government’s rice-pledging scheme made during a recent parliamentary session, a senior official from the agency said. However, it remains unclear when the NACC will conclude its ongoing probe. During screening of the 2014 ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/NACC-to-probe-rice-scheme-testimony-30207459.html
Sugar firm under fire
- 3 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Asia’s largest sugar company has been accused of torching hundreds of homes, orchestrating the imprisonment of a pregnant activist and using security forces to beat villagers – among a raft of other grave human rights abuses – by communities in Oddar Meanchey province. The allegations levelled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060366024/National/sugar-firm-under-fire.html
Pirated Software May Threaten Garment Firms
- 3 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Garment factories run the risk of having their cargo confiscated by U.S. customs authorities if they continue using pirated computer software in their administrative operations, and may be prosecuted under a law that requires all manufacturers to use licensed digital software, according to a local ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/pirated-software-may-threaten-garment-firms-28459/
Rice exports to Thailand rise
- 31 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Exports of Cambodian unpolished rice to Thailand are increasing, and the trend is promising if the Thai government continues its intervention policy to guarantee the minimum paddy price for their farmers, industry insiders said. Government figures show that in the first four months of this ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165969/Business/rice-exports-to-thailand-rise.html
ADB advises region to combine grids
- 31 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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Cambodia is expected to be able to produce about half the energy it needs by 2035, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), but the Kingdom – along with its neighbours – should also consider integrating their energy grids, which would bring about more competitive ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165966/Business/adb-advises-region-to-combine-grids.html
Homes, Trees Destroyed, Villagers Say
- 31 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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About 50 police, soldiers and environmental officials yesterday demolished two houses and cut down thousands of trees belonging to families who are locked in a land dispute with MDS Import Export Co, owned by tycoon Try Pheap, villagers in Pursat province claimed. Fellow villager Khouch ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165987/National/homes-trees-destroyed-villagers-say.html
Cambodia's trade with foreign countries up 25 pct in four months
- 30 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
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Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries had reached 5.12 billion U.S. dollars in the first four months of this year, a 25 percent rise compared with 4.1 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Commerce’s ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/30/c_132419210.htm
Families seek to Farm Land Claimed by RCAF
- 30 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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Some 300 families from Bantey Meanchey province’s Preah Netr Preah district-embroiled in two separate long-running disputes with Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF)-yesterday submitted complaints to the provincial governor asking for permission to temporarily farm on the land until the ownership dispute is resolved, villagers and ...
Mfone Parent Firm to Consider Workers Demands
- 30 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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The company behind the defunct mobile operator Mfone has told its former employees that it will consider covering millions of dollars allegedly owned to them in severance pay. The former employees have vowed to keep protesting until they are paid the $44.44 million to which ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfone-parent-firm-to-consider-workers-demands-27821/
Sea tourism along coast needs infrastructure, investors
- 29 May 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
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Plans to create a tourist circuit encompassing coastal areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand could be delayed as infrastructure is not yet in place and authorities cannot find investors. The sea route from the Mekong River Delta province of Kien Giang to Sihanoukville in Cambodia and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTEzNTNmYzMyZDI
Thai border SEZs set for discussion next month
- 29 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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In an effort to boost trade activity between Thailand and Cambodia, both countries will discuss plans for two special economic zones along the Thai-Cambodian border next month, according to the secretary of state at the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. “It will provide us ...
Hor Kimsay and Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052965902/Business/thai-border-sezs-set-for-discussion-next-month.html
Thais to urge transport push
- 28 May 2013
- Bangkok Post
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Thailand will propose to Cambodia that they jointly develop border areas and transport links between the two countries, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said yesterday. Thailand will also develop roads, railways and border checkpoints, he said. Proposed road projects include improving roads Nos.5, ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/352101/thais-to-urge-transport-push