‘Fake news’ on agenda at summit in Siem Reap
The fight against fake news in the digital era will be on the agenda as Cambodia hosts the 16th Asia Media Summit 2019 attended by some 500 participants from more than 40 countries around the world in Siem Reap province. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-news-agenda-summit-siem-reap
PM urges media to fight fake news
Prime Minister Hun Sen called on journalists to fulfill their professional roles by publishing true information and fighting fake news from both national and international origins. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-media-fight-fake-news
Japan collaboration on enhancing media eyed
Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra recently met with Japanese ambassador Atsushi Ueno to explore ways to enhance media collaboration between the two countries. Pheaktra emphasised the need to combat fake news, stating at his September 6 meeting with Ueno that it poses a threat to society. ...
Sok Raksa
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-collaboration-enhancing-media-eyed
Med students furious over coming fee hike
Medical students are up in arms about a tuition hike that would double costs and prevent some from gaining their degree, they told the Post yesterday. The University of Health Sciences announced Friday that students wishing to pursue a specialty beyond the general medical degree would ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/med-students-furious-over-coming-fee-hike
PM calls for end to ‘fake news’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on local and international journalists to join hands in tackling fake news, which he said could cause social turmoil in the Kingdom and beyond. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-end-fake-news
Ministry to revoke licences of media over fake news
The Information Ministry yesterday warned that it would revoke the licences of print and online media outlets which distribute fake news that endanger national security. Phos Sovann, director-general of General Department of Information and Broadcasting, said in a Facebook video post that the ministry will strictly ...
Ly Livsier
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50632885/ministry-to-revoke-licences-of-media-over-fake-news/
More than 160 fake news cases recorded in July
The Ministry of Information’s Fake News Monitoring Committee said there were total of 161 cases of Fake news, incitement and insults on social media recorded in July. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909696/more-than-160-fake-news-cases-recorded-in-july/
‘Tsunami’ of Tobacco-Linked Deaths Predicted
The government must act now in order to avoid a “tsunami” of tobacco-related deaths in the coming years, according to the co-author of a new report on smoking that appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Wednesday. Research for the study, Smoking prevalence ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tsunami-of-tobacco-linked-deaths-predicted-50317/
Neth Pheaktra: Ministry of Information to focus on institutional modernisation and media quality strengthening
Ministry of Information will focus on institutional modernisation, modern administration, and strengthening of quality of the country’s media through training and reinforcement of professional ethics in journalism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357131/neth-pheaktra-ministry-of-information-to-focus-on-institutional-modernisation-and-media-quality-strengthening/
Journalist union urges end to fake news dissemination
The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia (UJFC) has called on journalists and social media users to put greater focus on moral and ethical considerations when disseminating information in order to avoid spreading fake news. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalist-union-urges-end-fake-news-dissemination
Ministry disputes forests data
The Ministry of Environment released a statement late Tuesday night vehemently refuting University of Maryland data that showed a 30 percent spike in forest cover loss in 2016 over the year before, pointing instead to its own data showing only minimal deforestation over the same ...
Phak Seangly and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-disputes-forests-data
The economics of ELCs
Economic land concessions in Cambodia have a profound and negative impact upon rural households located near the plantations, severely limiting residents’ access to natural resources and causing incomes to dip by almost a fifth, a new study by the University of Copenhagen has found. The report, ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/economics-elcs
Pursat official arrested for falsified paperwork
The head of the bidding office for Veal Veng district in Pursat province was sent to pre-trial detention yesterday on allegations of falsifying paperwork for locals seeking land ownership documents. Heng Donin, Pursat Provincial Court spokesman, confirmed the detention and said district bidding chief Prak ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-official-arrested-falsified-paperwork
Cambodian School Educates New Generation of Social Workers
Cambodia has some 3,000 registered non-profit groups. Some work on highly sensitive issues such as violence against women and human trafficking. But there are few Cambodians formally trained for such work. That is now changing with the country’s first university-level degree program for social workers. When ...
Information Ministry asks police to take measures against fake news spreaders
Information Ministry yesterday asked national police to take measures against several Facebook accounts which have allegedly accused the Kingdom of contracting COVID-19. ...
Khuon Narim
http://khmertimeskh.com/50696894/information-ministry-asks-police-to-take-measures-against-fake-news-spreaders
Ministry trains journos on Covid-19
In a bid to tackle the spread of misinformation, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) will on Friday trained journalists on reporting correctly about Covid-19. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-trains-journos-covid-19
Cambodian-Chinese Media Urged To Collaborate In Combating Fake News
Minister of Information of Cambodia Neth Pheaktra has called on Cambodian and Chinese journalists to work together to protect the integrity of international news by combating fake news and information interference to promote the building of a Community of Common Destiny for humanity. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501394385/cambodian-chinese-media-urged-to-collaborate-in-combating-fake-news/
Student housing falls short in quality, livability and safety
Living in a compact space is just a part of university life, especially for students who come from the provinces to study in Phnom Penh. While the city keeps building an abundance of international-standard complexes, almost none of these are realistic choices for students, many ...
Natalie Leung and Catherine Harry
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/student-housing-falls-short-quality-livability-and-safety
Program eyes NGO aspirants
The Royal University of Phnom Penh plans to make its social work degree available to everyone next year, as young, locally trained graduates look to take the reins from foreign aid workers. RUPP Department of Social Work Faculty member Ung Kimkanika said the move would ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/program-eyes-ngo-aspirants
Health Minister targets illegal medical practitioners
The Minister of Health has instructed all health departments to completely eliminate illegal medical practitioners in order to ensure that only proper treatment is provided across the Kingdom. Speaking during the Roundtable Forum on Hepatitis C at the University of Health Sciences in Phnom Penh on ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50645365/health-minister-targets-illegal-medical-practitioners/