Archive for June, 2008

US woman jailed for “modern-day slavery”

“Modern-day slavery” of two Indonesian housekeepers has brought a sentence of 11 years in jail upon a wealthy New York woman, according to BBC news today.  Her husband was to be sentenced later and expected to get a shorter term.
Additionally, she was fined US$25,000.
Reading the news, I think the conclusion of the court was based [...]

Cambodia landmines facts and figures by Halo Trust

There are approximately 2.5 million landmines across the country. The number coupled with other unexploded ordinance (UXO) is responsible for some 63,000 Cambodians.
No figures as to how much of the land has been de-mined or how many of the landmines have been cleared but Tim Porter of Hal Trust, one of the three de-minig organizations [...]

Google Inc. wins claim for YouTube.net

The National Arbitration Forum recently issued a decision regarding the rights to YouTube.net, ordering youtube.net domain name be transfered to Complainant Google Inc.,. Click here to read the entire decision.
The decision was made on May 5, based on three main reasons:

the domain name registered by the Respondent is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark [...]

Infrastructure, raw materials important for Cambodia’s textile

High-tech manufacturing equipment and ability to produce its own raw materials are essential to make Cambodia a more competitive garment producer in the world market, according to a $395 report by Research And Market.
The excerpt from the “Prospects for the Textile and Garment Industry in Cambodia” mentioned that the country’s garment Industry has evolved to [...]

Labor Forum calls for halt to union discrimination

More than 20 NGOs and unions took part in the Labor Forum at the World Vision Cambodia ’s headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday to seek a halt to discrimination against trade unions, according to Cambodian Press Review on June 20, 2008 which reviewed Rasmei Kampuchea and Koh Santepheap, the two leading Khmer language newspapers in [...]

NGO’s role in improving access to labor justice

Two stories on labor matters were reported in Khmer by Radio Free Asia yesterday. The first one said that Chinese supervisors drove Cambodian workers into the wild in Kampot province, beat them up and finally abandoned them. The second reported that a Thai worker hit a Cambodian worker.
All they could do to have their [...]

Khmer Leaders: Book in Khmer

I got the book from a friend who encouraged me to share it with all my networks. If you read Khmer, just download it and enjoy the read! Click here to download Khmer Leaders!
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Lacing roads with nails in Cambodia means vandalism and disrupting public order

Two tyre repairmen who spiced up their business by lacing roads with nails have been charged with vandalism and disrupting public order, according to The Mercury news today.
It’s nothing surprising for Cambodian people to hear tyre repairmen on roadsides did so to spice up their business.   However, it is surprising that doing so [...]

185 girls raped in 4 months in Cambodia

Non-government Organization officials stated that within the period of four months from January to April 2008, 185 girls and women were raped, Kampuchea Thmey, one of the most leading Khmer language newspaper in Cambodia, reported today.
The figure is similar to that for the same period in 2007. Of the 185 rape victims, 13 were under [...]

Pent-up suffering of Japan. How about Cambodia?

“Pent-up suffering of Japan” is a quote I learnt from a BBC news article about Japan. This happens when people have built up their stress and depression and could not communicate them to the people around. Japanese parents are to be blamed for this, according to the news. Japanese parents were blamed for the suffering [...]

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