Social development
UN Rights Envoy hails Cambodia's political breakthrough
United Nations human rights expert for Cambodia Surya Subedi has welcomed the political breakthrough reached between the two main political parties in Cambodia. “I welcome the agreement reached between both parties that finally breaks the deadlock that has gripped the country for almost a year,” said ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1055742
Easing sex trade laws ‘could lower’ HIV rate
Decriminalising sex work could slash the world’s HIV infections by a third or more, according to a new study. Published yesterday in health journal The Lancet, the paper says that punitive treatment of sex workers can “elevate HIV acquisition and transmission risks”. In Cambodia, which has Southeast Asia’s ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/easing-sex-trade-laws-%E2%80%98could-lower%E2%80%99-hiv-rate
Farmers ask Hun Sen for help, told to go home
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet on Tuesday refused to accept a petition from some 200 farmers who traveled from Kratie province to Phnom Penh to ask for help in settling their land dispute with a plantation owner, urging them to try settling the case with ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/farmers-ask-hun-sen-for-help-told-to-go-home-64716/
Villagers charged with destruction of property in KDC clashes
Two villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the well-connected KDC company were charged Tuesday with intentional destruction of property and causing injuries during clashes with workers at the disputed development site in Kompong Chhnang province last week. On Monday, provincial police arrested 30-year-old Mang ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-charged-with-destruction-of-property-in-kdc-clashes-64707/
Release quickly follows deal
A jubilant crowd of opposition supporters burst into cheers yesterday afternoon as seven Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers-elect and one party activist were released on bail just hours after an announced rapprochement between the CNRP and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. They walked free through exits ...
Joe Freeman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/release-quickly-follows-deal
Brands dodge blame over substandard factory
Behind the walls of the nondescript Hung Tak garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, more than 400 workers have been toiling in substandard conditions to cut and stitch clothing for some of the world’s biggest brands. But since the factory was named by the ...
Holly Robertson and Sun Heng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/brands-dodge-blame-over-substandard-factory-64606/
Ocean settles as other worker strikes gain steam
Workers from the beleaguered Ocean Garment Factory on Monday came to an agreement with management over furlough pay, following more than a month of protests. “All the workers at Ocean Garment Factory have accepted the offer from the factory and the strikes are finished now,” said ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ocean-settles-as-other-worker-strikes-gain-steam-64619/
Villagers in court: Prey Lang land activists deny charge
Forest activists accused of destroying private property told a court hearing in Kampong Thom province yesterday that they were acting to protect mainland Southeast Asia’s largest evergreen forest from illegal logging. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-court-prey-lang-land-activists-deny-charge
Sochua ‘off limits to US Embassy’
Despite multiple requests, the US Embassy has not been given access to visit dual citizen Mu Sochua since her arrest last Tuesday, officials said yesterday. “Consular officers attempted to visit Mu Sochua the evening she was arrested but were not permitted to see her and multiple ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sochua-%E2%80%98-limits-us-embassy%E2%80%99
To fight illegal logging, officials seek out saws
Desperate to cut down on illegal logging, Kampong Thom forestry officials are trying out a new strategy: disarming loggers before they can get to the trees by cracking down on chainsaw dealers and other sellers of equipment used to fell trees. On Sunday night, the Baray ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fight-illegal-logging-officials-seek-out-saws
Acid attack leaves 3 injured
After more than half a year with only one acid attack recorded in Cambodia, police in Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town are at a loss to explain an incident yesterday in which three women were allegedly doused with the chemical while eating noodles at a local ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acid-attack-leaves-3-injured
Strike for a song: Employees ‘waste time on phones’
About 500 garment workers whose bosses have complained that they spend too much of their working day talking on the phone and listening to music protested outside their Kampong Speu factory yesterday, demanding better working conditions. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strike-song-employees-%E2%80%98waste-time-phones%E2%80%99
Cambodia Faces Key Challenges in Effort to Tackle HIV/AIDS
Cambodia’s efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS over the past 15 years have won it praise, and put it well ahead of many other low-income countries. But some of those most involved in the fight against AIDS are worried that an array of challenges could see some of ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-faces-key-challenges-in-effort-to-takckle-hiv-aids/1961705.html
In Cambodia, fake orphanages soak up donations by duping tourists
Just before the sun sets over the enchanting Angkor temples in northern Cambodia, a group of children gets ready for their big show. Every day, according to fliers at restaurants and hotels around town, the children perform an hour-long “charity show” for tourists visiting the ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140721/in-cambodia-fake-orphanages-soak-up-donations-by-duping-tourists
ANZ Bank accused of abandoning farmers after splitting with sugar firm
Early this month, in what looks like a failed attempt to save its reputation, Australia‘s ANZ Bank severed its ties with Phnom Penh Sugar, a company accused of a range of human rights abuses linked to its plantations in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia. The move ...
Army, villagers cut land deal
A hotly debated land dispute between villagers and the military in Banteay Meanchey province was solved – for many villagers at least – with a win-win strategy on Friday, according to the provincial governor. In negotiations, village and provincial officials divided up 80 hectares of land ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-villagers-cut-land-deal
Sorya back at negotiating table
Former staffers of Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation will meet with a company representative tomorrow to demand reinstatement after more than two weeks of the firm’s continued refusal to comply with a decision by the Arbitration Council, they and the bus operator said yesterday. According to Yim ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sorya-back-negotiating-table
Fine dining ups bird count
Over the past six months, 19 “vulture restaurants” have led to a slight rise in the number of the birds spotted in Cambodia, according to a recent Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report. Contrary to the name’s sound, the vultures aren’t the dish being served ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fine-dining-ups-bird-count
Water plan for schools on tap
At nearly half of the Kingdom’s primary schools, students have to make a daily choice between drinking contaminated water or going thirsty, a dilemma the government hopes to soon banish with new minimum sanitation and safe water standards. The guidelines, which have yet to be finalised ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-plan-schools-tap
Anti-Vietnam protesters bring a petition to foreign embassies
As scheduled, Khmer Krom citizens gathered Monday in front of French embassy in order to present their petition which asks the VN embassy’s spokesman to apologize for his comment over Khmer Kampuchea Krom territory. Some 500 students, monks, and citizens were led by leaders of Federation ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=MWJmZWVhMzZkNzc
Malaria cases down in first six months of the year
Five Cambodians have died from malaria in the first six months of the year, down from six during the same period last year, while the number of recorded cases of the disease has dropped by about 20 percent compared to last year, according to the ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/malaria-cases-down-in-first-six-months-of-the-year-64539/
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
Cambodia reports 15,980 malaria case in H1 2014
Cambodia has reported 15,980 malaria cases in the first six months of 2014, down 18 percent from 19,560 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Sunday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140720/cambodia-reports-15980-malaria-case-h1-2014
Information expert breaks down Cambodia’s ‘Cybercrime’ Law
Cambodia’s cybercrime law was leaked earlier this year. Cambodian officials have denied the existence of such a draft law, but local and international rights group have criticized the secret draft process, as well as some stipulations that might affect freedom of speech online. VOA Khmer ...
Sophat Soeung
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/information-expert-breaks-down-cambodia-cybercrime-law/1960021.html