Cabinet accepts Win Shingtex worker’s petition
More than 300 former workers at the Win Shingtex (Cambodia) factory, a supplier for US retail giant JC Penny, filed a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet yesterday morning asking the government to intervene after the workers had their wages and benefits cut as ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23413/cabinet-accepts-win-shingtex-worker---s-petition/
Near-zero unemployment in Cambodia, claims Labor Minister
The Labor Ministry proclaimed yesterday that unemployment was nearly eradicated in Cambodia after a recent study showed that less than one percent of citizens remained without jobs. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37336/near-zero-unemployment-in-cambodia--claims-labor-minister/
Training offer for new councillors
The Ministry of Interior plans to offer training courses to new commune councillors, Interior Minister Sar Kheng revealed yesterday after a closed-door meeting with National Election Committee officials. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066121/training-offer-new-councillors/
Ministry meets with protesting garment workers following factory closures
Officials from the Ministry of Labour met with former workers from three garment factories in the capital’s Por Senchey district this morning after the owner absconded without warning last week, leaving 2,000 workers without their severance or salary for the month of January. ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-meets-protesting-garment-workers-following-factory-closures
Strikes down, but advocates, officials differ on significance
Strikes in Cambodia plummeted by more than half last year, according to the Ministry of Labour’s annual report – a statistic lauded by the government as evidence that worker conditions had improved but rejected by labour advocates as a sign that dissent was being suppressed. ...
Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strikes-down-advocates-officials-differ-significance
Students learn wildlife conservation benefits
Students in Kampong Thom and Siem Reap provinces last week learned that protecting wildlife can be beneficial to both local communities and the environment at a workshop hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114897/students-learn-wildlife-conservation-benefits/
Iraqi team arrives for training with CMAC
For the second year running, a delegation of Iraqi demining trainees have come to the Kingdom for a training programme at the Cambodian Mine Action Centre’s (CMAC) Technical Institute of Mine Action in Kampong Chhnang province. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/iraqi-team-arrives-training-cmac
Local tour guides get training boost
The Ministry of Tourism has been training and strengthening the capacity of tour guides in Preah Sihanouk province, with help from leaders of provincial coastal tourism departments and 80 participants from universities and institutions in the province. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080377/local-tour-guides-get-training-boost/
Minister warns unions
Labour Minister Ith Samheng has warned that any registered unions that remain inactive would be dissolved, while at the same time welcoming new unions as long as they respected the law. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099640/minister-warns-unions/
Dropout rates dropped in ’16, Education Ministry says
Significantly fewer upper secondary students dropped out of school in 2016 compared to the previous year, but Cambodian education authorities say they still want to halve the rate to improve graduation rates and students’ chances of success in life. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dropout-rates-dropped-16-education-ministry-says
Proposal to teach Hun Sen’s life story in schools seen as hagiography by some
Students at schools in Cambodia will learn about the life, achievements and leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen under a proposal by the Defence Ministry to change the nation’s curriculum and introduce the ruling party’s fiercely contested historical narrative into textbooks. ...
Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/proposal-teach-hun-sens-life-story-schools-seen-hagiography-some
50,000 to be trained as tourism sector ‘experts’
The government wants to train 50,000 tourism professionals every year between now and 2025 under a new development strategy for human resources within the tourism sector. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39785/50-000-to-be-trained-as-tourism-sector----experts---/
CNRP seminar blocked by Kompong Chhnang governor
The CNRP was forced to hold a downsized version of a seminar for incoming elected officials led by party president Kem Sokha at its headquarters in Kompong Chhnang province on Monday after provincial authorities refused to allow a larger gathering. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-seminar-blocked-by-kompong-chhnang-governor-133878/
Tuol Kork special needs teachers resign
Two Tuol Kork Primary School teachers who taught students with special needs tendered their resignation, citing low salaries and not being recognised by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport as the reasons. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tuol-kork-special-needs-teachers-resign
Photo of pupils learning outside prompts action
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday ordered National Committee for Disaster Management first vice-president Kun Kim to visit O’Chunh Primary School in Teuk Kraham commune’s Sen Rung Roeung I village in Choam Ksan district, Preah Vihear province, after images of students studying in tents went ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/photo-pupils-learning-outside-prompts-action
Ministry prioritising efforts to digitalise job market services
The Labour Ministry is prioritising efforts to digitalise the public employment services system to respond better to changes in the labour market. He was speaking at the launch of the two-day Asia-Pacific Conference of the World Association of Public Employment Services under the theme “Digitalisation ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50666462/ministry-prioritising-efforts-to-digitalise-job-market-services/
Young activists take to the streets ahead of the Cambodian elections
Cambodia’s upcoming elections have been dubbed the “Cambodian Spring”, with an unprecedented number of young activists taking to the streets and social media, demanding a change. More than a third of registered voters are aged between 18 and 30, and the Opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-22/an-cambodian-spring-feature/4834450
Students Urge All Sides to Keep Election Protests Peaceful
More than 200 students and opposition supporters marched Sunday around Phnom Penh’s Wat Phnom with flowers in hand, urging parties to refrain from violence during Saturday’s protest against last month’s contested national election results and for recent incitement charges against two students to be dropped. The ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/students-urge-all-sides-to-keep-election-protests-peaceful-41556/
Online Khmer-English audio dictionary launches
Foreigners seeking to learn the Khmer language have long been restricted by a dearth of resources beyond beginner’s textbooks, often relying on conversation and the methods of individual teachers to advance their vocabulary and comprehension. Aiming to put a small dent in the situation, U.S. citizen ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/online-khmer-english-audio-dictionary-launches-63885/