Cambodian opposition party leader decries sentences as act of repression
The leader of Cambodia’s opposition party on Thursday denounced the conviction and sentencing of 11 party activists to prison terms of up to 20 years for participating in a protest that turned violent as a “brutal act of repression.” ss='cambodia-color'>...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/opposition-party-leader-decries-sentences-as-act-of-repression-07232015161915.html
Three more charged over Freedom Park protest
Three more opposition activists were charged with “joining an insurrection” Wednesday for taking part in a CNRP-led protest that turned violent last year, with two being sent to Phnom Penh’s Prey sar prison and a third detained overnight at municipal police headquarters. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-more-charged-over-freedom-park-protest-90900/
Prey Lang campaign kicks off
As deforestation in Cambodia’s forests has grown in recent years, more and more citizens have come together to fight against it. Now, a group of 300 people are going to campaign for awareness about the destruction of Prey Lang, the largest evergreen forest in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14222/prey-lang-campaign-kicks-off/
Labor leaders want draft law on unions made public
Union leaders will send yet another request to the Ministry of Labor this week to call for changes to a contentious draft law that critics fear will take power away from labor organizations and benefit factories in Cambodia’s largest industry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/labor-leaders-want-draft-law-on-unions-made-public/2911403.html
As exam nears, bribes replaced with tutoring fees
Beginning with last year’s Grade 12 national exam, the Education Ministry put a stop to the time-honored tradition of teachers taking bribes to allow students to cheat on the test, drastically reducing the passing rate among students and the profit-making potential for proctors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Janelle Retka and Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-exam-nears-teachers-replace-bribes-with-tutoring-fees-92015/
Heads of military police school deny graft claims
In its latest published accusation of public graft, the Anti-Corruption Unit on Wednesday posted to its website anonymous claims that the heads of the National Military Police’s training center in Phnom Penh had been taking hefty bribes to secure enrollment, promotions and oth­er benefits. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/heads-of-military-police-school-deny-graft-claims-92092/
In 2nd year of stricter exam, only one report of cheating
There was one recorded case of cheating during this year’s grade 12 exam—held on Monday and Tuesday—down from about 20 last year, when the Education Ministry implemented sweeping reforms to stamp out bribes and cheats from the exam process, according to the education minister. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-2nd-year-of-stricter-exam-only-one-report-of-cheating-92792/
Study finds mouth cancer rife
The Cambodian National Survey of Oral MuScoal LeSionS, launched yeSterday at the UniverSity of PuthiSaStra&rSquo;S health faculty, found the prevalence of oral cancer and potentially malignant oral diSorderS among CambodianS waS 5.6 per cent &ndaSh; about five timeS more than Some other ASEAN countrieS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/study-finds-mouth-cancer-rife
Informal workers find jobs easy, conditions poor
Young workers employed in Phnom Penh’s expansive informal economy may find it easy to get a job, but they face a high likelihood of labor abuses and receive significantly less pay than their peers in the formal sector, according to a study released over the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Chhengpor and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/informal-workers-find-jobs-easy-conditions-poor-93174/
Simple on purpose
Noun Phymean is an executive director at the People Improvement Organization (PIO). Born in Kampong Cham province, she spent over 12 years with the United Nations and other international organizations. Now, the hardworking humanitarian is focusing on helping some of the country’s most impoverished children. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Srey Kumneth and Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15287/simple-on-purpose/
Drug confiscations, arrests up on last year, official says
The Interior Ministry’s anti-drug trafficking department announced on Friday that it has confiscated more than 87 kg of hard drugs and 1.5 tons of marijuana in the first nine months of the year, a sharp increase compared to the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/drug-confiscations-arrests-up-on-last-year-official-says-93524/
Mass infection in pigs sparks fears
A new breakout of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory syndrome (PRRs) has taken the lives of more than 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts across siem Reap since mid-August, a new report by the province’s Agriculture Department says. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mass-infection-pigs-sparks-fears
Royal Railway and Cambodian government talks still on track
Negotiations are still under way between Royal Railway Cambodia and the Cambodian Government on implementing a new concession agreement designed to improve Cambodia’s railway systems as well as keeping the infrastructure running in an orderly manner. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50779061/royal-railway-and-cambodian-government-talks-still-on-track/
South Korea to give $10m for demining activities
The South Korean government will provide $10 million for the Kingdom&rSquo;S landmine clearing activitieS from 2021 to 2025. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750371/south-korea-to-give-10m-for-demining-activities/
Ministry to study Licadho report on rape by relatives cases
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs yesterday said it is studying a Licadho report that found that nearly one in three cases of rape or attempted rape of a woman were perpetrated by a relative of the victim. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50793601/ministry-to-study-licadho-report-on-rape-by-relatives-cases/
Cambodia supports East Timor to join Asean
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak sokhonn restated his support of East Timor’s bid for AsEAN membership. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50947633/cambodia-supports-east-timor-to-join-asean/
Angkor Landmark breaks ground by end-2021: CEO
Phase I of the Angkor Landmark development project about 15km northeast of siem Reap town is scheduled to officially break ground at end-2021, according to the developer’s CEO Tous saphoeun. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/angkor-landmark-breaks-ground-end-2021-ceo
COVAX provides refrigeration equipment to Cambodia
The COVAX Facility donated advanced refrigeration equipment to the Royal Government to boost the country’s vaccination storage capacity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963410/covax-provides-refrigeration-equipment-to-cambodia/
RUPP students campaign to reduce plastic pollution with coffee discount plans
Fifty coffee shops have joined a two-month campaign initiated by the Royal University of Phnom Penh’s (RUPP) Department of Media and Communication (DMC) to reduce the use of plastic in daily lives. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rupp-students-campaign-reduce-plastic-pollution-coffee-discount-plans
CHRC all set to debate rights report with UN expert panel
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) will defend the government’s National Human Rights Report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the UN Office in Geneva, switzerland, in March. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chrc-all-set-debate-rights-report-un-expert-panel