Cambodia the focus of new IT training course
Cambodia boasts one of the youngest populations in Southeast Asia, with youth under 30 making up nearly 68 percent of the total number of people in the country, according to the United Nations. And its young demographics and relatively cheap labor are just a few of ...
Park Eun-Jee
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2990542
Cambodian university wins prize for firefighting robots
Cambodia’s beleaguered fire department may have a future high-tech solution to its problems after a team of young scientists from Norton University competing in the 4th Malaysian International Robot Competitions (MIRoC) last week placed third in the Fire Fighting Robot category. The annual event, held this ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-university-wins-prize-for-firefighting-robots-56792/
OIC delegation visits Cambodia
A delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) recently visited Cambodia to participate in an international conference organized by the Council for Development of Cambodia under the slogan “Islamic Education and Economic Development in Cambodia” in the capital Phnom Penh. Located in the southern portion ...
Arab News Staff
http://www.arabnews.com/news/604706
Staff of suspended factory demand wages
About 70 workers from the Xing Chang Sin factory marched to the Ministry of Labor on Friday to demand intervention after the factory allegedly failed to pay wages for the past two months. Vong Sovann, deputy director general at the Labor Ministry’s general department of ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/staff-of-suspended-factory-demand-wages-65571/
Authorities warn union leader
Police on Friday warned labour union leader Pav Sina that if he continues to lead protests – thereby violating the rules of a court order – he will be arrested. The Collective Union of Movement of Workers leader was called to the Choam Chao commune police ...
Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-warn-union-leader
Cambodia awards enterprises for HIV/AIDS prevention
Cambodia’s Labor Ministry on Thursday awarded some of the best performing companies in the country for their work on HIV and AIDS education and prevention at workplaces. Labor Minister Ith Samheng handed over 124 awards to enterprises in a range of sectors, including the garment industry, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-11/27/c_133818461.htm
Workers march to ministry to demand backpay
About 50 workers from the Xin Chang Xin garment factory on Thursday marched for the second time to the Ministry of Labor to demand intervention after the factory allegedly failed to pay two months of wages, workers and a union representative said. ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-march-to-ministry-to-demand-backpay-66606/
Education minister calls for libraries, reading in teacher training schools
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has called on all teacher training institutions to establish standard libraries and incorporate reading programmes into their curricula to further enhance the capabilities of pedagogical students. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-minister-calls-for-libraries-reading-in-teacher-training-schools
In debt, out of work
They save for months, borrowing from family and friends, even taking out loans, to pour as much as a year’s worth of earnings into the hands of recruiters that may have no intention and certainly have no guarantee of procuring overseas employment. Recruitment agencies, several of ...
Laignee Barron and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/debt-out-work
Ministry of Education issues new life skills training guidelines
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has issued new guidelines for integrating basic life skills training into public primary and secondary school curricula. This initiative aims to equip students with practical skills for real-life challenges and career development. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501520230/ministry-of-education-issues-new-life-skills-training-guidelines/
Workplace deaths up
Workplace deaths shot up more than 60 per cent last year when compared with 2012, while injuries and payouts to those injured also saw dramatic increases, according to data released yesterday by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Speaking during a conference at the Ministry of ...
Sen David and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workplace-deaths
Poverty line $120, gov’t says
Workers in Cambodia’s capital earning less than $120 per month are living below the poverty line, according to the Ministry of Planning’s own calculation. At a September 17 workshop on the garment industry minimum wage, International Labor Organization Cambodia national director Tun Sophorn cited Ministry of ...
Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/poverty-line-120-gov%E2%80%99t-says
China to provide 100 Cambodian children with free heart surgery in 3 years
China will provide 100 Cambodian children who have congenital heart disease with free surgery in three years in a program called “China-Cambodia Love Heart Journey.” The program was inaugurated on Jan 11 by visiting Premier Li Keqiang and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen ...
Mu Xuequan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/11/c_136888925.htm
Ta Prohm restoration workers go on strike
The entire work force of the Ta Prohm temple restoration project in Siem Reap – more than 100 people – gathered at the temple yesterday to demand the reinstatement of 30 of their number [sic] who were dismissed at the start of the month. The 145 ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020661208/National/ta-prohm-restoration-workers-go-on-strike.html
Preah Vihear Families' Land Issues Go Unheard
About 50 families living on the site of the long-discussed Preah Vihear airport went to the provincial hall yesterday to request that local officials reconsider their earlier decision to refuse them land titles on the grounds that the airstrip would soon be rebuilt. Villagers attended ...
Plans for open paddy market
The Ministry of Commerce is conducting a feasibility study to set up an open paddy market for paddy rice in at least two provinces to make the rice trade more transparent, s senior official says. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122560464/Business/plans-for-open-paddy-market.html
Better Factories Cambodia Slammed by Stanford Researchers
The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) must employ more transparency in their monitoring of Cambodia’s factories in order to effectively bring change to the country’s working and wage conditions, a report launched yesterday says. According to “Monitoring in the Dark” a ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/better-factories-cambodia-slammed-by-stanford-researchers-11011/
Officials Draft Sub-Decree to Develop the Silk Sector
Officials at the Ministry of Commerce met on Friday to draft a sub-decree for the promotion and development of the Cambodian silk sector, but industry experts say the draft does not do enough for the local products used in the production of silk. The main ...
Gov’t revenues rise 11 pct
Government revenues totalled more than $700 million over the first four months of the year, an 11 per cent year-on-year increase, data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) show. In total, the revenue made by the General Department of Taxation (GDT) rose by about ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062166406/Business/gov-t-revenues-rise-11-pct.html
Hunters and Hunted
Unable to effectively police the Cardamoms alone, the Cambodian government partners itself with several international NGOs. The forests directly north of Highway 48 arc patrolled with the help of Wildlife Alliance. Beginning in 2002 with two ranger stations, Wildlife Alliance now operates six outposts in the ...