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World Cup labour on agenda

Amid reports of hundreds of workplace deaths at World Cup construction sites, Qatar invited Cambodia on Saturday to discuss implementing a long-signed agreement to send labourers there ahead of the tournament in 2022. The issue was discussed during a meeting between Foreign Ministry Secretary of State ...

Taing Vida and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/world-cup-labour-agenda

Cambodia, DPRK weigh to boost trade, investment ties

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with Vice Foreign Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ri Kil Song on Wednesday to discuss ways to boost trade and investment ties, a Cambodian spokesman said. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-dprk-weigh-to-boost-trade-investment-ties-8149

Nearly 50 abused brides repatriated last year

The number of Cambodian women caught in abusive marriages in China is increasing dramatically, according to rights groups, which last year helped repatriate nearly 50 brides who had been either trafficked abroad or lured by the promise of a better life. Local rights groups Adhoc and ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nearly-50-abused-brides-repatriated-last-year-76897/

Foreign Ministry strikes back at Subedi remarks

Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong yesterday defended the independence of Cambodia’s judiciary following concerns raised by a UN official about the whirlwind imprisonment of 11 activists arrested for protesting last week. Kuong accused Surya Subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur for human rights, of making a habit ...

Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-ministry-strikes-back-subedi-remarks

20 Cambodian workers rescued in Indonesia to return home this afternoon

20 Cambodian workers, who were rescued recently in Indonesia, will return home Wednesday afternoon, said a senior official. Kuong said the repatriation of the Cambodian workers is arranged by the Cambodian Embassy in Indonesia in collaboration with International Organization for Migration (IOM). Following a request ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/20-cambodian-workers-rescued-in-indonesia-to-return-home-this-afternoon:-spokesman-7684

Fake call leads to wild goose chase

On Saturday, Banteay Meanchey border police received a desperate call. More than 80 Cambodian migrants, including women and children, were locked in a house in Thailand. They were being starved and abused. Two boys, begging their captors for food, were kicked to death. So said the ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-call-leads-wild-goose-chase

Thailand, Cambodia to boost tourism

Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Thursday to a joint cooperation plan on tourism, but Preah Vihear temple was left out of the loop. The two countries pledged to cooperate on tourism in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in Phnom Penh by the two countries ...

Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/440496/thailand-cambodia-to-boost-tourism

Reopening entrance to Preah Vihear Temple from Thai side "unnecessary": Cambodian FM

Cambodian foreign ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said Thursday that reopening an entrance to the 11th century Preah Vihear Temple from the Thai side was ” unnecessary” since the country has enough infrastructures to serve tourists to this world heritage temple. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/reopening-entrance-to-preah-vihear-temple-from-thai-side-%22unnecessary%22:-cambodian-fm-7574

Cambodia, Thailand vow to promote ties

Cambodian foreign minister Hor Namhong on Thursday held talks with his visiting Thai counterpart Tanasak Patimapragorn to discuss ways to broaden relations and cooperation between the two neighbors. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/30/c_133753972.htm

Ministry slams Thailand over shooting

The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Friday chastised the Thai government for the fatal shooting of a Cambodian national who was reportedly attempting to steal a motorbike across the border the day before. Every year, dozens of Cambodians are shot by Thai soldiers and border police ...

Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-slams-thailand-over-shooting-71001/

Refugee house hunting

High-level bureaucrats from Australia have visited several sites in Cambodia over the past two months to view properties where refugees from its overseas detention centre on Nauru could be relocated, the Post has learned. Separate sources, who cannot be named because of the sensitivity of the ongoing negotiations, ...

Daniel Pye and Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/refugee-hous

Thai condo collapse kills 3 Cambodian migrants

At least six people, including three Cambodian migrant workers, were killed late on Monday when a condominium construction project north of Bangkok collapsed, according to news reports, officials and witnesses at the scene. Twenty-four people, at least one of whom is Cambodian, were also injured in ...

Vong Sokheng and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-condo-collapse-kills-3-cambodian-migrants

Cambodia Urges China Visa Restrictions

Cambodia says it has asked China to restrict the number of visas it issues to single Cambodian women, to prevent the brokering of marriages to Chinese men. The appeal comes as an increasing number of Cambodian women are finding their way into Chinese marriages and becoming ...

Thida Win
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-urges-china-visa-restrictions/1971535.html

Deposit for brides in China called into question

Human rights groups on Sunday criticized as inadequate a government proposal, announced on Friday, to require single women to deposit $10,000 into a Chinese bank before they are allowed to visit China as tourists, a move meant to curb the trafficking of Cambodian woman to ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deposit-for-brides-in-china-called-into-question-65605/

Thais detain ‘large number’

A large group of Cambodian migrants were rounded up and detained in a Bangkok prison at the end of May, where many still remain, Thai officials told the Post yesterday. Separate unconfirmed reports that at least 130 Cambodians had been in detention for more than a month emerged ...

Alice Cuddy and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-detain-%E2%80%98large-number%E2%80%99

Raid on house finds 84 workers

Before dawn yesterday, Thai military officials raided a house not far from the border, finding dozens of undocumented Cambodian workers crammed into a room awaiting transportation deeper into the country. The 84 workers were woken, taken into military custody and deported, but the brokers who had ...

Cheang Sokha and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/raid-house-finds-84-workers

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