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PM warns against trafficking
At an event marking National Anti-Human Trafficking Day in Phnom Penh on Saturday, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that officials who collude with traffickers must be punished. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-warns-against-trafficking-102901/
Rice exporters face greater scrutiny from China
China has set a yearend deadline for Cambodia to submit a list of all Cambodian rice exporters so that Chinese inspectors can evaluate whether they can fully meet food safety laws in a market Cambodian exporters are hoping to increase exports to, according to an ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18623/rice-exporters-face-greater-scrutiny-from-china/
Kingdom ranks low on gender equality
In spite of gains, gender inequality in Cambodia remains significant, particularly in education and political empowerment, according to the World Economic Forum’s recently released 2015 Global Gender Gap Report. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-ranks-low-gender-equality
NGOs call for amendment to nation’s domestic violence law
A decade after the country’s domestic violence (DV) law was passed, the government continues to fail victims of abuse, a coalition of NGOs said in a statement released Friday, calling for the law to be amended. ...
Aria Danaparamita
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-call-for-amendment-to-nations-domestic-violence-law-102905/
From pharmaceuticals to palm sugar, helping a country heal
Born in 1953, Hay Ly Eang is the same age as independent Cambodia. But unlike his home country, which was torn apart by war and political conflicts in the decades that followed independence, Mr. Ly Eang managed to avoid much of the turmoil after leaving the ...
Michelle Vachon
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/from-pharmaceuticals-to-palm-sugar-helping-a-country-heal-102907/
Eight return from China, Malaysia
The Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday the rescue of eight trafficked Cambodian women who worked either as maids in Malaysia or were tricked into becoming brides to men in China.Of the eight women, five worked as domestic workers in Malaysia and three were married off ...
Charles Rollet and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-return-china-malaysia
Workers don’t know their rights: study
Many female garment workers still do not know their rights and work in unsafe and substandard conditions, a new study has found. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18627/workers-don---t-know-their-rights--study/
WWF campaign airs dark possibilities at border
Over 200 people gathered on Friday from across Cambodia to join in a campaign against the construction of the Don Sahong Dam, which has been ongoing in the past month on one of the major channels of the Mekong at the Cambodia-Lao border. The campaign, ...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18634/wwf-campaign-airs-dark-possibilities-at-border/
Tainted rice wine kills 19, leaves 172 ill in Cambodia
Rice wine brewed with a toxic level of alcohol has killed at least 19 people and left 172 more in hospital in northeast Cambodia, the health ministry said Sunday.“Laboratory tests found the deaths were caused by the high methanol level in the wine,” Ly Sovann, ...
AFP News Staff
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/747322/tainted-rice-wine-kills-19-leaves-172-ill-in-cambodia
Vietnam, Cambodia sign defence cooperation plan for 2016
Both sides agreed to focus on all-level delegation exchanges – especially among young officers, deputy ministerial-level defence policy dialogue, personnel training, and joint sea patrols. ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/148691/vietnam--cambodia-sign-defence-cooperation-plan-for-2016.html
Cambodia to resume sending maids to Malaysia
Malaysia and Cambodia have agreed to resume supplying Cambodian maids to the country, four years after the Phnom Penh banned the practice following reports of exploitation and torture at the hands of Malaysian employers. ...
The Malaysian Insider News Staff
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysia-cambodia-to-resume-maid-trade
Heng Samrin wraps up Asian Parliamentary Assembly
National Assembly President Heng Samrin declared Friday the closure of the Eighth Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA). APA grew out of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP), which held its inaugural assembly in Bangladesh in 1999. Cambodia, a founding member, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/heng-samrin-wraps-up-asian-parliamentary-assembly-9110
Months before Cambodian maids return to Malaysia, says report
It will be some months before Cambodian maids resume travel to Malaysia despite a newly signed agreement between the two countries lifting the ban on domestic workers sent from Cambodia to its ASEAN neighbour, The Cambodia Daily reported. ...
The Malaysian Insider News Staff
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/months-before-cambodian-maids-return-to-malaysia-says-report
New Phnom Penh land master plan passed
The Council of Ministers yesterday approved a sweeping new master plan for managing urban development in Phnom Penh over the next 20 years, according to a statement from the cabinet, although it was scant on specifics. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-phnom-penh-land-master-plan-passed-102872/
Borei Keila evictees call for gov’t clarification
About 30 members of the displaced Borei Keila community rallied outside Phnom Penh City Hall on Friday, seeking clarification about the compensation on offer to them amid complaints that municipal authorities have not been keeping the community informed. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/borei-keila-evictees-call-for-govt-clarification-102882/
Canada to open diplomatic office in Phnom Penh
After closing down its tiny Phnom Penh embassy in 2009, Canada has opened a new diplomatic office inside the British Embassy staffed by a single Canadian official, according to a statement released Friday. ...
The Cambodia Daily team
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/canada-to-open-diplomatic-office-in-phnom-penh-102886/
Cambodia, Pakistan agree to enhance parliamentary ties
Cambodia and Pakistan agreed to enhance parliamentary cooperation and collaboration in different fields for mutual benefit of the two countries. ...
Daily Times News Staff
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/11-Dec-2015/cambodia-pakistan-agree-to-enhance-parliamentary-ties
ASEAN integration will require human resources, scholar says
With Asean integration fast approaching, analysts say Cambodia has more to do to strengthen its human resources and be competitive in the region’s open markets. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/asean-integration-will-require-human-resources-scholar-says/3099035.html
Chinese doctors get admiration for free treatment in Cambodia
A group of doctors from east China’s Jiangsu province has received deep admiration from Cambodian officials and common people for providing free treatment to patients here.A group of ten Chinese doctors has been providing medical checkup and treatment to hundreds of patients in southwestern Cambodia’s ...
Zhang Yanfang, Chin Lyhorn
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/11/c_134907038.htm
Education key to art conservation
Art can represent a nation’s identity, and younger generations have a responsibility to conserve it. But that means education, to help youth appreciate art and culture, says Donna Strahan, head of conservation and research at the Freer-Sackler Gallery. ...
Hong Chenda
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/education-key-to-art-conservation/3097455.html
Govt signs MoU on workers’ rights with Cambodia
The Government has signed another Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the recruitment and employment of domestic workers and foreign labour, this time with Cambodia.Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot signed the papers with his counterpart from Cambodia, Ith Samheng, yesterday. ...
The Star Online News Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/12/11/govt-signs-mou-on-workers-rights-with-cambodia/
The National Assembly to host consultative workshop on Trade Union Law
The National Assembly’s Legislative Commission will hold a consultative workshop next week at the National Assembly to collect inputs over a much-criticized draft law on Trade Union. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-national-assembly-to-host-consultative-workshop-on-trade-union-law-9105
Cambodia’s 2015 goods export value up about US $4.5 billion
Cambodia’s goods exports including the garment export in 2015 increased 25 percents in value in 2015, worth more than $4.5 billion, according to Ministry of Commerce’s figure. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia%E2%80%99s-2015-goods-export-value-up-about-us-45-billion-9106
Official says information access could help people understand the courts
An official at the Ministry of Justice says he hopes a new law on information access will help improve the country’s attitude toward its judiciary, which is widely seen as politically biased and corrupt. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/official-says-information-access-could-help-people-understand-the-courts/3097251.html