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Cambodia children facing violence: report

The Cambodian government on Wednesday released the findings of a survey [text] showing the magnitude of violence against children throughout the country. According to its findings, over half of Cambodian children have been victim to at least one form of violence before age 18 and ...

JURIST News Staff
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/10/cambodia-children-facing-violence-report.php

Cambodia, Vietnam team up over missing border marker

Cambodia and Vietnam have launched a joint investigation over a temporary border marker found to have gone missing during a routine patrol of the area on Tuesday in Tbong Khmum province, according to a local official. Much of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam remains contested and ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-vietnam-team-up-over-missing-border-marker-70835/

Start of school year delayed

Tardiness is usually discouraged within school settings, but this year, the Education Ministry is endorsing a month-long delay for the whole academic year. Public schools, which typically start in the beginning of October, will this year commence classes on November 3, with studies continuing until the ...

Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/start-school-year-delayed

Twenty fishermen, two brides rescued abroad

Twenty Cambodian fishermen forced to work on a trawler in Indonesia have been rescued, while a pair of Cambodian brides extricated from abusive relationships in China have been repatriated, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. ...

Eang Mengleng and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/twenty-fishermen-two-brides-rescued-abroad-70847/

CNRP whip cries foul on nepotism in parliament

CNRP lawmaker Son Chhay has sent a letter to National Assembly Secretary-General Leng Peng Long accusing the official’s deputy of stacking the parliament’s bureaucratic ranks with members of his extended family. ...

Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-whip-cries-foul-on-nepotism-in-parliament-70668/

Wage talks remain in deadlock

The third day of negotiations between members of a working group trying to reach a consensus on the minimum monthly garment wage remained stagnant yesterday, as manufacturers refused to budge from their $110 offer. ...

Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/wage-talks-remain-deadlock

Assembly’s 2nd Deputy President gets 63 advisers

A Royal Decree signed by acting head of state Chea Sim has approved the appointment of 63 advisers and assistants to National Assembly Second Vice President Nguon Nhel, according to a copy of the document obtained Wednesday. ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assemblys-2nd-deputy-president-gets-63-advisers-70662/

Company keeps farming on revoked plantation

One of 11 firms that had their economic land concessions revoked by the Ministry of Environment on Friday has continued to work its former land in Banteay Meanchey province, according to local residents. ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/company-keeps-farming-on-revoked-plantation-70546/

Farmers hope for rubber fix

Cambodia’s small rubber farmers are hoping a commitment to stabilise prices among rubber producing countries will help curb sliding profits in the sector. Industry representatives from Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and other rubber producing countries met in Malaysia last week to discuss what can be ...

Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/farmers-hope-rubber-fix

Garment factory floor collapse injures 4 in Cambodia

Four Cambodian garment workers were slightly injured on Tuesday after part of the floor in a garment factory collapsed into a pond built underneath, a local police chief confirmed. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141021/garment-factory-floor-collapse-injures-4-cambodia

Heng Pov’s conviction affirmed by high court

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the murder convictions of former Phnom Penh Municipal Police chief Heng Pov and three others in the case of the 2003 killing of Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Sok Sethamoni. Defendants Pov, Ly Rasy, Hang Vutha and Prum Sophearith have been ...

Kim Sarom
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/heng-pov%E2%80%99s-conviction-affirmed-high-court

Cambodia's career fair attracts thousands of job hunters

The fourth edition of Cambodian career fair kicked off here on Tuesday, drawing attention from thousands of university students and graduates on the first day. Carmela Torres, senior specialist on skills and employability at the International Labour Organization, said the event is very important for ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/21/c_133732198.htm

Raid on coffee business nets 9 illegal Vietnamese

Nine illegal Vietnamese immigrants were arrested during a raid on a coffee importer in Phnom Penh on Monday as part of an ongoing nationwide census of foreigners in the country, an immigration official said. ...

Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/raid-on-coffee-business-nets-9-illegal-vietnamese-70411/

Gov’t sets ground rules for ongoing wage talks

The Labor Ministry laid out the ground rules for unions and factories Monday at the first meeting of a new working group charged with getting the two sides to agree on a new minimum wage for garment workers, including a condition that they address each ...

Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-sets-ground-rules-for-ongoing-wage-talks-70409/

S Korean farming industry slammed

Long considered the friendlier and less exploitative option for overseas Cambodian migrants, South Korea is now being slammed by Amnesty International for a number of abuses afflicting its migrant-dominated agriculture sector. The 20,000 foreign workers fuelling South Korea’s farming industry regularly encounter intimidation, violence, excessive working ...

Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/s-korean-farming-industry-slammed

CNRP begins registration for first opposition TV station

CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said Monday that a group of people close to the opposition party has applied to register a firm with the government that will operate the television license promised to the CNRP by Prime Minister Hun Sen during the political deadlock. ...

Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-begins-registration-for-first-opposition-tv-station-70396/

Bird’s nest producers eye China market

Edible bird’s nest producers have called on the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) to facilitate the industry’s access to the Chinese market. Nang Sothy, president of the Cambodia Bird’s Nest Federation, said yesterday that the association had requested the MoC to include the delicacy on the list ...

Chan Muyhong
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/bird%E2%80%99s-nest-producers-eye-china-market

Commerce claims that donations not political

The Ministry of Commerce has defended its solicitation of donations from private organisations as voluntary, legal and a form of corporate social responsibility. The ministry’s response comes after Post Weekend revealed on Saturday, through leaked documents, that the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) made a ...

Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/commerce-claims-donations-not-political

Cambodia's police are in the market for water cannon trucks ‘to be used against demonstrations

The Cambodian police has released a public bidding notice for the procurement of two water cannon trucks which they specifically mentioned are going “to be used against demonstrations. ...

Global Voices News Staff
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/10/20/cambodias-police-are-in-the-market-for-water-cannon-trucks-to-be-used-against-demonstrations/

Cambodia, Australia vow to honor refugee deal despite criticism

Cambodia and Australia have reiterated their commitment to comply with a refugee agreement they signed last month, despite persistent criticism from human rights groups and opposition parties of the two countries, a senior official said on Sunday. The commitment was made during a meeting on ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/19/c_133727099.htm

No background checks on exam monitors: ACU

None of the more than 5,000 independent observers recruited for this year’s national exams had background checks or their identity verified before they were allowed into testing centres, an official said yesterday. During this year’s newly reformed and cleaned-up grade 12 exam, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) ...

Pech Sotheary and Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/no-background-checks-exam-monitors-acu

Livestock law near approval

A draft law on animal health and production is expected to be approved by the December 2015 Asean Economic Community (AEC) deadline, government officials say. Soun Sothoeun, deputy director of animal health and production at the Ministry of Agriculture, said on Friday that the new law ...

Chan Muyhong
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/livestock-law-near-approval

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