Latest ELC plan draws scepticism
The government’s latest five-year strategy calls for a complete halt to economic land concessions (ELCs) and an inquiry into those still in the pipeline. But the plan has drawn scepticism from conservationists and rights groups, who pointed out that loopholes have been liberally applied after the ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/latest-elc-plan-draws-scepticism
WHO Says Cambodia on Track to Reach Zero Malaria Deaths
Eight Cambodians have died from malaria so far this year, compared to 37 in the same period last year, a drop of about 80 percent and a sign that the country could soon reach the goal of zero malaria deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) ss='cambodia-color'>...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/who-says-cambodia-on-track-to-reach-zero-malaria-deaths-49149/
Cambodia prepares to talk with China over bilateral cooperation promotion
Cambodia held an inter- ministerial meeting on Monday to discuss and prepare documents for a talk with China in November in order to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation, officials said. Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the Monday’s meeting ss='cambodia-color'>...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/817635.shtml#.Ul0kxlBgd8E
Govt may sell medical services to Cambodia
The government will likely sell a Japanese-style medical service to Cambodia in a package that includes an emergency care center, a medical graduate school and an insurance system. The government has decided to seek a market for the medical service in emerging nations in the Association ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Japan News Staff
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000762523
CNRP looks for quieter plan of action as labor strike looms
When a group of six unions organized nationwide strikes in December demanding a $160 minimum wage, the opposition CNRP aggressively took up the cause. Opposition leaders rallied support outside factory gates around the country and tens of thousands of garment workers flooded into Phnom Penh’s Freedom ss='cambodia-color'>...
Colin Meyn and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-looks-for-quieter-plan-of-action-as-labor-strike-looms-53527/
Labor Ministry denies it has stopped recognizing unions
The Labor Ministry in a statement Thursday insisted that unions were still free to register as entities recognized by the government, a day after a ministry spokesman said that union registration had been effectively suspended for the foreseeable future. Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Mony ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-ministry-denies-it-has-stopped-recognizing-unions-53319/
Pailin governor orders 19 families to move off his land
More than 60 police and military police informed 19 families farming on a plot of land in Pailin province’s sala Krao district on saturday that they would have to move as they were growing crops on state land. However, Prak sophima, provincial coordinator for rights group ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pailin-governor-orders-19-families-to-move-off-his-land-53397/
Hun Sen returns from fruitful week in China
Prime Minster Hun sen ar­riv­ed back in Phnom Penh on sunday after a weeklong visit to Chi­na for an international summit during which Chinese Premier Xi Jinping pledged $145 million in aid and soft loans to Cambodia. On Monday, AKP reported that China promised to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phorn Bopha and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-returns-from-fruitful-week-in-china-59560/
Retail associations urge talks
Six major retail, footwear and garment induStry aSSociationS whoSe memberS account for over 90 per cent of garment importS in the US and Canada have called on the Cambodian government, the Garment ManufacturerS ASSociation in Cambodia (GMAC) and unionS to reSume wage negotiationS. The open SS='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/retail-associations-urge-talks
Kreung protest for release of charged arsonist
Dozens of ethnic minority Kreung villagers protested outside the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court on Monday, demanding the release of a fellow Kreung man presently in pretrial detention for setting fire to a pile of wood on land the community sold in 2007 but claims it was ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kreung-protest-for-release-of-charged-arsonist-54429/
Gov’t to spend $8.2 billion this year
The government will spend more than $8 billion and take out $2 billion in foreign loans this year, according to the 2020 National Budget Law, which was made public on Tuesday after being signed off by King Norodom sihamoni. The government will spend some $8.196 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-spend-82-billion-year
Concern as census counts just over 170 cranes in protected wetlands
Environmental technical teams and bird conservationists on sunday expressed concern for the biodiversity of birds in the wetlands due to the water shortage this year. The concern comes as this year’s ongoing crane census has so far recorded more than 170 of them in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/concern-census-counts-just-over-170-cranes-protected-wetlands
Open Development Cambodia published School locations in Cambodia (2012) dataset
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on school locations in Cambodia (2012) in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the data details information on preschool, primary school,and lycee and college nationwide.=> Please click ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joint statement: Drop all charges against arrested union leader Rong Chhun
On 03 August 2020, 141 undersigned civil society groups issued a joint statement to strongly condemn the nighttime arrest of Rong Chhun and call on the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to immediately drop all charges against the union leader ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
ODC Participated in BarCamp Kampong Cham
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ODC Research & Volunteer Coordinator and ODC Design Team Leader at WorkFrom 24 to 25 August 2013, Research and Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak and Design Team Leader Heng Huy Eng participated in the BarCamp event, a tech and entrepreneurship Conference, which was held in Kampong ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government gives 9,968 hectares in Botum Sakor National Park to Royal Group
Tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company received 9,968 hectares inside Botum sakor National park in Koh Kong province, according to a January 25 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun sen and published earlier this month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Runn Sreydeth and Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/government-gives-9968-hectares-in-botum-sakor-national-park-to-royal-group/
Prime minister orders armed forces to shoot down drones along Vietnam border
Prime Minister Hun sen ordered troops stationed along the border with Vietnam to start “shooting down” unidentified drones flying into Cambodia’s territory, in a Tuesday Facebook Live post. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-minister-orders-armed-forces-to-shoot-down-drones-along-vietnam-border/
Post-election int’l responses: US to restrict visas and aid, Australia increases funding
After Cambodia’s elections, the Us announced it planned to impose further visa and funding restrictions, while China and Russia endorsed the electoral process and its outcome. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Califf and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/post-election-intl-responses-us-to-restrict-visas-and-aid-australia-increases-funding/
International relations
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Cambodia has strong diplomatic links with many countries. Its warmest relationship with a superpower is with the People's Republic of China. The most important economic ties are with China, the United states of America, Thailand and Vietnam. Cambodia is a member of the UN, AsEAN, ss='cambodia-color'>...