ILO, Cambodian garment manufacturers agree to eliminate child labor
Child labor has been a problem plaguing Cambodia for years, and a new agreement between the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) is the latest effort to eradicate it. “The agreement emphasizes collaboration between BFC and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tara Donaldson
https://www.sourcingjournalonline.com/ilo-cambodian-garment-manufacturers-agree-eliminate-child-labor-td/
Promises made to HIV village
Health Minister Mam Bunheng announced yesterday he has proposed that a reserve budget be used to help victims of the mass HIV outbreak in Battambang province’s Roka village, as he vowed to strengthen health services across the country. speaking at a press conference following questioning by ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/promises-made-hiv-village
Hasty hydropower critiqued
Less than a week after Laos declared its “sovereign right” to develop hydropower regardless of neighbouring countries’ objections, the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) gathered an “extraordinary meeting” to stress the importance of sustainable waterways. During the two-day discussions in Pakse, Laos which concluded yesterday, the Us ss='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hasty-hydropower-critiqued
Families affected by land disputes in Cambodia tripled in 2014: rights group
A surge in land disputes in Cambodia affected more than three times as many families last year as in 2013, a local rights group said Thursday, urging Prime Minister Hun sen’s government to address the issue with “long-term lasting solutions” instead of making empty promises. Rights ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/families-02192015114159.html
Mafia ‘not welcome’
Cambodia’s National Police chief Neth savoeun has told foreign embassies that it won’t tolerate “foreign mafia” in the Kingdom, in what appears to be a thinly veiled message to Russia concerning recent conflict between Russian nationals in sihanoukville. According to the statement, savoeun has been ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/mafia-not-welcome
UN panel grills Cambodians
Sitting in Geneva before a panel of international expertS choSen by the UN, Cambodian delegateS yeSterday did their beSt to dodge a SerieS of pointed queStionS regarding the Kingdom&rSquo;S adherence to the International Covenant on Civil and Political RightS (ICCPR). PhraSeS Such aS “I don&rSquo;t know SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/un-panel-grills-cambodians
Cambodia near bottom in gov't openness index
Cambodia ranks near the bottom of 102 countries surveyed in a new index of government openness, scoring dead last in mechanisms through which complaints can be lodged against government officials and 98th in sanctions for officials’ misconduct. Overall, the Kingdom placed 98th in the World Justice ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/cambodia-near-bottom-govt-openness-index
Students who failed exam get second chance
As more than 90,000 students across the country sweat over results that will rule them in or out of university, Prime Minister Hun sen on Monday announced that those who failed the tightly monitored 2014 national exam would be given a second chance to pass. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/students-who-failed-exam-get-second-chance-66253/
Cambodia's parliament leadership reshuffle set for next week: PM
The 123 Cambodian Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling and opposition parties will vote on Tuesday next week to elect their leadership, Prime Minister Hun sen, vice president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said on Monday. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140818/cambodias-parliament-leadership-reshuffle-set-next-week-pm
Three Opposition Activists Remain in Detention After July Violence
Rights groups are calling for the release of three opposition activists who have been held in detention since violent clashes with security forces in July. The activists have been held despite a political deal last month between the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and the opposition Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/three-opposition-activists-remaon-in-detention-after-july-violence/2422001.html
Striking factory workers thwart police arrests
Police in Kompong Chhnang province on Thursday were prevented from arresting workers and union officials outside a samakki Meanchey district garment factory by a mob of irate protesters who pulled two of their colleagues out of a police car to thwart their arrests. About 3,000 employees ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/striking-factory-workers-thwart-police-arrests-66997/
Modern abbatoir under way for Australian cattle
Days after the Australian government announced it had approved the export of 10,000 live cows to Cambodia, a local firm has revealed that it is nearing completion of the Kingdom’s first modern slaughterhouse in Preah sihanounk province – and that it is set to be ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/modern-abbatoir-under-way-australian-cattle
Tenants of white building in dark on demolition
A sense of panic is growing inside Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building, with residents unsure of their fate after Phnom Penh Governor Pa socheatvong said on Tuesday that the iconic apartment block was condemned and would be torn down. Most residents spoken to Wednesday say they ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Chan Cheuk Yin
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tenants-of-white-building-in-dark-on-demolition-67516/
OCIC razes last shacks, families move on
The last of 16 shacks that once clung to the edge of a mammoth development project in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district were demolished by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) on Monday. seven families in Doeum Kor 2 village—where marshlands are quickly being pumped full ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ocic-razes-last-shacks-families-move-on-68073/
Buddhist Institute is safe, minister tells National Assembly
Despite being hemmed in by construction on all sides as NagaWorld expands its casino empire in Phnom Penh, the Buddhist Institute will not be sold off or rented out, Cults and Religion Minister Min Khin told a National Assembly commission on Thursday. In May, the institute’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/buddhist-institute-is-safe-minister-tells-national-assembly-69526/
Thai PM to visit Cambodia to boost bilateral relations
Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha will make an official visit to Cambodia on Oct. 30-31 to boost bilateral ties and cooperation, a senior Cambodian official said sunday. The official added that the two leaders also pledged to enhance bilateral ties and cooperation in politics, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141019/thai-pm-visit-cambodia-boost-bilateral-relations
Somaly Mam Foundation closes down
Months after announcing the resignation of its founder and promising to start afresh to continue its “vital work” protecting vulnerable girls in Cambodia, the U.s.-based somaly Mam Foundation (sMF) announced saturday that it has ceased operations, telling supporters to turn to other organizations to help ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chris Mueller
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/somaly-mam-foundation-closes-down-70300/
Protest still on: youth leader
Ignoring objections and even vague threats made by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Cambodian activists in south Korea plan to stage a protest on sunday ahead of a five-day summit Prime Minister Hun sen is scheduled to attend on December 10. Around 1,500 opposition supporters intend to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/protest-still-youth-leader
New maps show heavy deforestation in 2013
Newly released maps using U.s. satellite data show that Cambodia continued to suffer major deforestation in 2013, much of it in nominally protected forests and wildlife sanctuaries. In November 2013, the University of Maryland released what it said was the first study to combine a consistent ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-maps-show-heavy-deforestation-in-2013-76239/
Hope for B Kak activists
An Appeal Court judge yesterday said that seven female Boeung Kak land activists imprisoned in November for protesting on Monivong Boulevard in Phnom Penh were not actually blocking traffic at the time of their arrest. Eleven activists – the seven women arrested on November 10 and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hope-b-kak-activists