Cambodia exports to US rise by over 10 pct
Driven by a slowly recovering American economy, Cambodian exports to the US increased 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the same period last year, according to the latest US government data. Cambodian exports from January to March totalled $771 million, up ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-exports-us-rise-over-10-pct
International union urges factories to raise wages
A major international union wants Cambodian garment workers and factory managers to return to negotiations, following meetings between international companies and officials. The IndustriALL Global Union said Tuesday that management should seriously consider a minimum wage of $160 per month, after international buyers such as Levis ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/international-union-urges-factories-to-raise-wages/1923487.html
Malaysian trade exhibition kicks off in Cambodian capital
The fifth edition of a Malaysian trade exhibition kicked off here on Tuesday, aiming to further promote bilateral trade and investment ties, officials said. The three-day event, held at the Diamond Island Exhibition Center, features 62 Malaysian companies from diverse sectors including construction, business services, industrial ...
Asean-China-Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-06/12/c_133402783.htm
Displaced communities ask EU to monitor funds
Residents of three displaced communities in Phnom Penh on Friday submitted a petition to the office of the European Union delegation, urging it to monitor funds it gives to the government. More than 50 protesters from the Boeng Kak, Borei Keila and Thmor Kol neighborhoods were met ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/displaced-communities-ask-eu-to-monitor-funds-62707/
Cambodia opposition leader Sam Rainsy endorsed by parliament, ends year-long stalemate
Cambodia’s parliament endorsed opposition leader Sam Rainsy as a lawmaker on Monday as part of a deal with long-term rival Prime Minister Hun Sen that both leaders hailed as an end to a year-long political crisis. Cambodia has been without an effective parliament since Sam Rainsy’s ...
Prak Chan Thul
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/us-cambodia-politics-idUSKBN0FX0I720140728
Exploding bullet kills two children
Two children were killed by the explosion of an unfired rifle shell in a rice field in Battambang province on Friday afternoon, a district police officer said. Captain Phong Sarin, district deputy police chief, said that Roeun Rith, 7, and Mann Marin, 7, “saw an unexploded ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/exploding-bullet-kills-two-children
Japan’s small, medium companies see business opportunity in Cambodia
Many small and medium companies of Japan are showing their interest in doing business in Cambodia, according to an assistant of Prime Minister Hun Sen. 99 percent of Japanese small and medium companies are interested in investing in Asia, especially in Cambodia, which is located ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZmRkYzBiYWVjZWR
Cambodia inaugurates China-funded road in northwestern province
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday inaugurated the China-funded road No. 57B in northwestern Battambang province, saying that the road will contribute to developing economy and reducing poverty. The inauguration ceremony, held in the province’s Bovel district, was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/847335.shtml#.Ux-25MrsQf1
Land activists ask to speed up land dispute solution
About 50 Borei Keila and Boeung Kok residents held a protest on Wednesday in front of Phnom Penh City Hall, asking it to speed up land solution. The protesters held banners showing picture of developer Shukaku Inc pumping sand to fill up the Boeung Kok, ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YWI1YzYxY2ZiNDA
National TV director general not allowed to resign
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith didn’t allow director general of National Television of Kampuchea (KTV) to resign from his post and asked him to fulfill his duty as usual. Kim Kunwath wrote a resignation letter immediately after the KTV failed to broadcast live the Royal Ploughing ceremony ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YzNiYzRhNWMyM2M
Cambodia's tax revenue up 12 pct in first 5 months
Cambodia collected 444 million U. S. dollars in tax revenue during the first five months of the year, up 12 percent over the same period last year, said a press statement released by the General Department of Taxation on Wednesday. In May alone, the department ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-06/04/c_133384006.htm
‘Chemical’ barrels to be tested
Experts will begin tests today on two barrels discovered in Mondulkiri province earlier this week, which are suspected to contain chemicals used by the US in the 1970s in its war against the Viet Cong, officials said yesterday. Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine ...
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98chemical%E2%80%99-barrels-be-tested
Explosion injures one
An anti-tank mine exploded in Battambang province’s Bavel district on Saturday, injuring an agricultural worker and damaging machinery, an official said, marking the latest in an upswing of explosions this year. The victim, identified only as Sok, 46, of Bavel’s Kdol Tahen commune, and was hired ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/explosion-injures-one
Battambang fire causes over $1m in damage
A fire that ripped through a market in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district late on Monday night caused somewhere between $1 million and $2 million in damages, according to local officials. The fire, which reportedly started at about 11:30 p.m. and destroyed 244 stalls, was believed to have ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/battambang-fire-causes-over-1m-in-damage-64725/
Farmers threaten ANZ with protest, demand help
Farmers from Kompong Speu province handed ANZ Royal Bank a petition on Friday insisting it still had a responsibility to help mend the damage done by a sugar plantation in has helped finance, even though the bank and plantation recently parted ways. They threatened to start ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/farmers-threaten-anz-with-protest-demand-help-65597/
Government Policy Implementation Teams Seen as Unnecessary
Government officials say they have created special teams to implement policies at the local level nationwide, but opposition officials and civic groups say they doubt the teams will lead to the “deep reforms” promised. The teams, announced earlier this week, are comprised of senior members of ...
Maiden landing at beachside airport
Sihanouk Ville International Airport received its first international flight this week, a landing the industry hopes will open up the coastal resort destination to more foreign tourists. A flight by South Korea-based Skywings Asia Airlines, an international charter carrier, arrived from Seoul on Tuesday. one hundred ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/maiden-landing-beachside-airport
Cambodian court charges French organization director with rape, sexual molestation
A Cambodian court on Friday accused Philippe Broaly, 49, director of Enfants du Cambodge, of rape and sexual molestation after he has allegedly sexually exploited seven boys living in his organization, a senior police officer confirmed. “The Preah Sihanouk provincial court formally charged the French ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/euruope/2014-10/17/c_133724839.htm
Strikers to be held in prison
The Kampong Cham Provincial Court yesterday ordered that five workers who were arrested during a violent protest at Juhui Footwear on Saturday be held in prison while charges against them are investigated. Two of them, Khun Sokhom and Mon Sarem, officials from the Coalition of Cambodian ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/strikers-be-held-prison
CNRP leaders hammer out party platform
Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha led a delegation from the CNRP over the weekend in a seminar organized by a pair of German think tanks that have been helping the party develop a coherent political platform. CNRP public affairs director Mu Sochua said ...
Alex Willemyns and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-leaders-hammer-out-party-platform-71624/