Report Says More Than 10 Percent of Children Are ‘Laborers’
More than 10 percent of children in the country aged between 5 and 17 work as laborers, with more than 5 percent engaged in “hazardous labor,” a situation that must be addressed by the government, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a report released ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-says-more-than-10-percent-of-children-are-laborers-48198/
Monks and Cash Rewards Save Softshell Turtles
SAMBOR DISTRICT, Kratie Province – A sharply dressed usher in a crisp black shirt, black pants and a shiny black tie escorted guests to one of several bungalow-style, private booths at the Mloub Dong restaurant on a recent evening. While the privacy the restaurant offers is ...
Khy Sovuthy and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/monks-and-cash-rewards-save-softshell-turtles-49329/
(English) Groups Demand Mandatory Minimum Wage, Threaten Protest
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Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/groups-demand-a-mandatory-minimum-wage-threaten-to-protest-50428/
(English) Cambodia’s parliament OKs dam compensation plan
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Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/dam-06192014195419.html
Little appetite for garment strike in Phnom Penh
Most garment factories did not open for business Thursday, choosing to extend the Khmer New Year holidays—which officially ended Wednesday—rather than face industrial action in the form of a planned nationwide stay-at-home strike. However, a number of workers interviewed Thursday said they knew nothing about the ...
Zsombor Peter and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/little-appetite-for-garment-strike-in-phnom-penh-56695/
(English) ‘Burst’ of land disputes sees dozens of Cambodians charged: rights group
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-05082014175124.html
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខេត្តសៀមរាបតវ៉ានឹងការរឹតត្បិតរបស់អាជ្ញាធរអប្សរា និងស្វែងរកការផ្តល់ប្លង់កម្មសិទ្ធិដីធ្លី
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋប្រហែលជា១០០នាក់តំណាងឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជាច្រើនពាន់គ្រួសារមកពីសហគមន៍ចំនួនប្រាំពីរក្នុងខេត្តសៀមរាប ដែលកំពុងមានជម្លោះដីធ្លីបានមកដាក់ញ្ញតិនៅក្រសួងពាក់ព័ន្ធក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ដោយបាន ...
ឃួន ណារីម
https://cambojanews.com/siem-reap-villagers-protest-apsara-restrictions-seek-land-titles/
ក្រសួងអប់រំចាប់ផ្តើមធ្វើយុទ្ធនាការលើកកម្ពស់ស្តង់ដាសាលារៀនគំរូតាមរយៈការអប់រំឌីជីថល
ក្រសួងអប់រំ យុវជននិងកីឡា ចាប់ផ្ដើមធ្វើយុទ្ធនាការ លើកកម្ពស់ស្តង់ដាសាលារៀនគំរូតាមរយៈការអប់រំ ...
ជា សុខនី
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2024-2-22-1739-258630
Chinese Embassy Petitioners Sent Packing
Just hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao landed in Phnom Penh on Friday, a group of dismayed Koh Kong province villagers whose land is under threat from a sprawling Chinese tourism project were escorted onto a bus and sent back home before they were able ...
Standards Building Up Safety Fears
When a 100-metre-long section of a Phnom Penh garment factory crumpled in on itself like a cheap pup tent, Sen Sok district officials promised an investigation. The results of that investigation, which was to have taken place more than a year ago, in March 2012, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265780/National/standards-building-up-safety-fears.html
Cambodia's garment industry at crossroads
Nun Vanak is an excellent example of how Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has helped to change lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this country. The 23-year-old is part of Cambodia’s half-a-million-strong workforce – mostly young women – that keeps these garment factories running. Her income ...
Despite Popularity, Rainsy’s Role Remains Uncertain
When opposition leader Sam Rainsy last touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport, he was greeted by some 100,000 supporters in what was the largest opposition rally in Cambodia’s 20 years of democracy. When he returns on Friday from the U.S., where he has been attending ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/despite-popularity-rainsys-role-remains-uncertain-39565/
Opposition Party Threatens Nationwide Labor Strikes
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday announced that his party could stage nationwide labor strikes in protest of disputed election results, and said the CNRP would begin an international campaign to make the CPP government a pariah state. “In the air is an idea of ...
Phorn Bopha and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/opposition-party-threatens-nationwide-labor-strikes-43403/
Meas Sotha—The Man at the Center of the SL Factory Strike
Meas Sotha is not leaving the SL Garment Factory. As tensions between management and workers have intensified over the past five months, Mr. Sotha and his role at the strike-plagued factory have moved center stage. Workers claim that since Mr. Sotha took over from a previous SL ...
Colin Meyn and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/meas-sotha-the-man-at-the-center-of-the-sl-factory-strike-47684/
World Bank Says Freeze on Lending Remains
After repeatedly equivocating about whether it has lifted a 2011 freeze on new lending to Cambodia in response to the government’s forced evictions of families in Phnom Penh, the World Bank has said that the suspension is still firmly in place. “The World Bank has not ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-says-freeze-on-lending-remains-46681/
(English) EU clarifies rice comments
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Eddie Morton and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-clarifies-rice-comments
SUVs Block Pagoda to Keep Out Monks on Peace March
Harassment of monks and their supporters, who are marching to Phnom Penh to participate in International Human Rights Day rallies in the capital, continued Friday when three suburban utility vehicles were used to block the entrance to a pagoda in Kompong Speu province where marchers ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/suvs-block-pagoda-to-keep-out-monks-on-peace-march-48816/
BHP Billiton Faces Bribery Charges After Abandoned Project
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the country’s financial regulator have informed Australia-based mining giant BHP Billiton it could still be charged over allegations the company bribed overseas officials, which include claims of improper payments to members of the Cambodian government. Prime Minister Hun Sen ...
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អ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេសរបស់ឧត្ដមស្នងការអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិទទួលបន្ទុកផ្នែកសិទ្ធិមនុស្សប្រចាំកម្ពុជា បានមកដល់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដើម្បីពិនិត្យមើលការអនុវត្តផ្នែកគោរពសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស100; ជាងនេះទៀត អ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេសរូបនេះ ក៏គ្រោងនឹងជួបសន្ទនាជាមួយដៃគូពាក់ព័ន្ធនានា និង ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/human-rights/rally-at-un-office-01122014222212.html
(English) Threat to unleash ‘paratroopers’ in land dispute
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/threat-to-unleash-paratroopers-in-land-dispute-51740/