Gov’t recommends precautions against Zika
Amid fears that the Zika virus could jump to Southeast Asia after its rapid spread through South America, the Cambodian Ministry of Health has asked citizens to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites. In a press release sent Friday, the ministry urged people to wear ...
Jonathan Cox and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20818/gov---t-recommends-precautions-against-zika/
250K Cambodians subject to forced labour or marriage, report finds
Cambodia has the third-highest prevalence rate for modern slavery in the world, trailing only North Korea and Uzbekistan, according to the Global Slavery Index 2016, released this morning by the Walk Free Foundation. ...
Jack Davies and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/250k-cambodians-subject-forced-labour-or-marriage-report-finds
PM warns against trafficking
At an event marking National Anti-Human Trafficking Day in Phnom Penh on Saturday, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that officials who collude with traffickers must be punished. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-warns-against-trafficking-102901/
Bringing Japan FDI into focus
Launched last week, the Cambodia-Japanese Business Investment (CJBI) group aims to facilitate a dialogue between the two countries to bolster investment, and to help guide Japanese businesspeople through Cambodia’s often murky investment climate. The Post’s Cheng Sokhorng sat down with Koem Oeurn, CJBI president, to ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bringing-japan-fdi-focus
Confusion drives more legal, illegal workers from Thailand
Hundreds of fearful and confused Cambodian migrant workers—including those with legal documentation—are continuing to flee Thailand, workers said on Tuesday, even as both the Cambodian and Thai governments called for calm among the migrant workforce. ...
Chhorn Phearun and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second/confusion-drives-legal-illegal-workers-thailand-132138/
Centers in Thailand to grant migrant workers travel documents
The Thai government has agreed to set up stations across Thailand where Cambodian illegal migrant workers can register for documents that will allow them to stay and work in the country, Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng said at a news conference on Thursday. ...
Chhorn Phearun and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/centers-in-thailand-to-grant-migrant-workers-travel-documents-132234/
Migrant workers to get more benefits
The government is negotiating with other countries to ensure the safety of migrant workers and that they receive worker benefits while toiling abroad, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091116/migrant-workers-get-benefits/
PM orders investigation into Koh Kong land grab
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered the Koh Kong provincial governor to clarify reports that state mangrove forests in the province have been grabbed and filled with sand to create land for development. Speaking during the closing ceremony for an annual conference on decentralisation, Mr Hun ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50110227/pm-orders-investigation-koh-kong-land-grab/
Affordable public housing needed: official
A senior official at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction appealed yesterday to institutions, private companies and related parties to help increase public housing for low and middle income families. In the first annual national forum on housing yesterday, Chhan Saphan, a secretary ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31108/affordable-public-housing-needed--official/
Tobacco turns over a new leaf
Agriculture officials and struggling smallholder tobacco farmers are cautiously hopeful that tariff exemptions granted under a new trade agreement with Vietnam will lift sagging demand for their crops. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tobacco-turns-over-new-leaf
Labour minister visits illegal workers in Thailand
Labour Minister Ith Samheng visited migrant workers in Thailand over the weekend, urging them to make use of centres that Thai authorities are opening to provide them with legal documents to remain in the country. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074413/labour-minister-visits-illegal-workers-thailand/
Osaka investors eye Cambodia
A Japanese delegation from Osaka province has expressed its intention to invest in Cambodia’s agriculture sector, after its meeting with Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079416/osaka-investors-eye-cambodia/
Government swaps 30 hectares
The Ministry of Interior is giving 30 hectares of land to a well-connected development company in exchange for a smaller piece of land on the southern outskirts of Phnom Penh. The land swap, announced in a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on January 18, ...
Mech Dara and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-swaps-30-hectares
Ending poverty a big issue
The public has spoken and among their top priorities for spearheading sustainable development in Cambodia are eradicating poverty, administering quality education and achieving peace and justice, according to a new survey published by NGO World Vision. The survey takes focus on 2030’s UN Sustainable Development Goals ...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31539/ending-poverty-a-big-issue/
Moo Moo plans more milk
American-owned dairy farm Moo Moo Farms is looking to markedly increase production of its raw – unpasteurized – milk and increase its current herd of 25 cows. The farm, located in Kandal province, began operations earlier this year. According to a statement from the Ministry of ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31519/moo-moo-plans-more-milk/
Local EU statement on the political situation in Cambodia
EU Heads of Missions in Phnom Penh believe that it is in the interests of Cambodia, and in the interests of long-term stability in the country, for there to be elections that command the confidence of the voters, and that allow the people of Cambodia ...
European Union in Cambodia
Thailand backs off law on migrants
Facing a backlash from employers and observers alike, Thailand has backtracked on a new, heavily criticised law that imposes stricter punishments on irregular workers and their employers, though thousands of Cambodians are still being deported. ...
Yon Sineat and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thailand-backs-law-migrants
Cambodian migrant workers return from Thailand
Despite the Thai government’s temporary backtracking on its harsh punishments of undocumented migrant workers, hundreds of Cambodians working in Thailand continued to pour back into their home country yesterday. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-migrant-workers-return-thailand
12 duped migrant workers rescued
The Cambodian embassies in Malaysia and Vietnam have rescued 12 migrants who were cheated by human traffickers offering them well-paying jobs, with some set to be married off to men in China. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076387/12-duped-migrant-workers-rescued/
200,000 migrant workers register in Thailand
The Ministry of Labour yesterday released data to show how many illegal migrant workers residing in Thailand have taken the first step to register with authorities there in order to gain all their proper paperwork. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077325/200000-migrant-workers-register-thailand/