National government
Ministries and other national bodies
Police told to target known human trafficking establishments
National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun called a high-level meeting in Phnom Penh on Monday to instruct relevant police units to increase their surveillance of establishments known to deal in human trafficking. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-told-to-target-known-human-trafficking-establishments-93170/
Informal workers find jobs easy, conditions poor
Young workers employed in Phnom Penh’s expansive informal economy may find it easy to get a job, but they face a high likelihood of labor abuses and receive significantly less pay than their peers in the formal sector, according to a study released over the ...
Aun Chhengpor and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/informal-workers-find-jobs-easy-conditions-poor-93174/
Maritime school official questions abuse claims by seamen
Two days after four men were repatriated to Cambodia following their escape from a cargo ship docked in the Philippines, an official at the maritime school where the group studied questioned the veracity of the reports of mistreatment. ...
Ouch Sony and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/maritime-school-official-questions-abuse-claims-by-seamen-93165/
New border openings
In another push to facilitate bilateral trade, Cambodian and Thai delegates met for two days last week to discuss developments on a handful of new border crossings, a rail line connecting the two countries at Poi Pet, and special economic zones designed for those living ...
Naomi-Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15201/new-border-openings/
Military seeks new recruits
More than 600 cadets will be recruited to become military officers, the Ministry of Defence announced yesterday.Recruits for the 2015-2016 class will be selected from candidates of both sexes, aged 18-25, in good health and with clean criminal records. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-seeks-new-recruits
Four maids return after fleeing bosses in Malaysia
Four male maids will return to Cambodia today after escaping from their employers and seeking assistance from the Cambodian Embassy in Malaysia, where they say they were forced to work overtime and were not paid, an official said Monday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-maids-return-after-fleeing-bosses-in-malaysia-93042/
Unlicensed clinics prove a tough issue to treat
Operating from a modest tin shack he shares with his wife and children near the Mekong River in Kandal province, 34-year-old Seurn Sokheang treats his neighbors for a wide range of ailments. ...
George Wright and Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-clinics-prove-a-tough-issue-to-treat-93040/
Australian ministers deny collapse of refugee deal
Australia’s foreign minister on Monday insisted that a controversial refugee deal with Cambodia was alive and well, dismissing Australian news reports that efforts to resettle more refugees here from Nauru had collapsed. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-ministers-deny-collapse-of-refugee-deal-93037/
Gov’t to tackle pirated art
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said it will take tougher measures against pirated art in Cambodia, claiming that the practice is undermining artistic expression in the Kingdom. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15169/gov---t-to-tackle-pirated-art/
Gov’t approves plan to increase foreign borrowing over 3 years
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a plan to increase the amount of borrowing from foreign countries by as much as 33 percent over the next three years, in a bid to counter a decrease in grants and concessional loans. ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-approves-plan-to-increase-foreign-borrowing-over-3-years-92892/
No plans for more refugees from Nauru
Almost three months after four refugees arrived in Cambodia from Nauru as part of a controversial resettlement deal with Australia, the Interior Ministry said on Friday that it had no plans to receive more refugees being held in the South Pacific island nation. ...
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-plans-for-more-refugees-from-nauru-2-92886/
New Thai-Cambodian border crossings set
Thailand and Cambodia confirmed on Friday they will open or upgrade a slew of new border crossings to facilitate commerce and travel between the two nations. ...
Penchan Charoeun Suthipan
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/672900/new-thai-cambodian-border-crossings-set
Ministry to issue travel papers to migrant workers
Beginning next month, the Interior Ministry will provide labor-specific travel documents to Cambodians with permission to work abroad, according to an August 25 announcement from the ministry obtained Thursday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-to-issue-travel-papers-to-migrant-workers-92801/
Despite conflict, Cambodia’s borders continue to open
The opposition has accused Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government of a litany of sins, including ceding territory and allowing Vietnamese companies to exploit Cambodian resources. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15039/despite-conflict--cambodia---s-borders-continue-to-open/
Three charged for smuggling marijuana from Laos
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged three men with drug trafficking for allegedly smuggling more than 1 ton of marijuana into the country from Laos, police said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-for-smuggling-marijuana-from-laos-92794/
50th microfinance institution launched in Cambodia
The Royal Microfinance institution launched its operations in Cambodia on Thursday, bringing the total number of micro-lenders in the kingdom to 50. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15004/50th-microfinance-institution-launched-in-cambodia/
Fine arts university relocation sparks concerns
A plan to move Cambodia’s oldest fine arts college is sparking concern among teachers, students and artists. Established in 1918, the university is considered the primary center of arts and culture education in Cambodia. ...
Socheata Hean and Sun Sokhen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/fine-arts-university-relocation-sparks-concerns/2934383.html
Ten Koreans jailed for hacking ministry of posts
Ten South Korean nationals—five men and five women—were sentenced to one year in prison Wednesday for hacking into the digital infrastructure of the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry and attempting to set up a racket in Phnom Penh to extort money from people in their home ...
Ouch Sony and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ten-koreans-jailed-for-hacking-ministry-of-posts-92658/
Immigration police fine and arrest immigrants at construction site
The Department of Immigration conducted a raid yesterday on a construction site in the capital near Wat Phnom. In all, officials checked 61 workers for valid permits. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14995/immigration-police-fine-and-arrest-immigrants-at-construction-site/
Tighter security on exams, but critics say teachers need paid more
A major exam for students this year included tighter security in order to prevent widespread cheating, but critics say more needs to be done to improve Cambodia’s education system. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/tighter-security-on-exams-but-critics-say-teachers-need-paid-more/2933104.html
Cambodia’s 'no cheating in exams' policy is working
Cambodia’s education minister says this year’s effort to prevent final-year students from cheating on their exams worked well, and he is confident results will be better than they were for the class of 2014. Many pupils will be hoping the same, given that 60 percent ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/education-minister-says-cambodia-no-cheatig-in-exams-policy-is-working/2932876.html
Hun Sen admires education reforms
Prime Minister Hun Sen admired the ministry of education for doing good job at education reforming during the national exam in the last two years. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-admires-education-reforms-8891
Repeat test takers learn to manage expectations
Nam Meng Ang, 18, had little confidence in his ability to pass the grade 12 national exam this year—which determines which students get to enter university—having failed last year’s test, and the retake offered several weeks later. ...
Aun Chhengpor and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/repeat-test-takers-learn-to-manage-expectations-92536/
Drug users arrested in raid sent to rehab
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged just 11 of the 88 people arrested on Friday during a sweeping raid of a drug-riddled ghetto in Sen Sok district’s Toek Thla commune, sending the remaining 77 to the city’s Orkas Knhom drug rehabilitation center, police ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/drug-users-arrested-in-raid-sent-to-rehab-92534/