Social development
ChildFund debuts ‘Swipe Safe’ plans
The NGO ChildFund has announced its strategic plan for 2022-2025 as well as a brand-new online safety project “Swipe Safe” to protect children from online abuse of all kinds. ChildFund said in its press release on November 2 that the ChildFund-initiated project, “Swipe Safe” will begin ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/childfund-debuts-swipe-safe-plans
Bunong claim gov’t gave their land away
Indigenous people representing nearly 100 families in Sen Monorom commune, O’Raing district, Mondulkiri province, have filed a complaint against the authorities for granting 255 hectares of their land to a private company for investment and development as a natural tourism area. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501178877/bunong-claim-govt-gave-their-land-away/
5 banana plantation workers succumb to ‘poisoning’, 69 recover
Five banana plantation workers in Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district died of poisoning on October 25 and 26, while a further 69 workers, who were also poisoned, have recovered. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501178758/5-banana-plantation-workers-succumb-to-poisoning-69-recover/
Mondulkiri solves its biggest land dispute
An outside the court settlement was made in the biggest land dispute in Mondulkiri province had seen since 2019. Bousra commune chief Yeut Savin said yesterday that land disputes involving three companies – Varanasi Economic Land Concession Company, Socfin-KCD Company, Kovipama Company – and indigenous ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501178068/mondulkiri-solves-its-biggest-land-dispute/
PM: Safeguard the elderly amid cold weather next week
Prime Minister Hun Sen called on local authorities and youth to pay close attention to the health of their parents, grandparents and elderly members of their communities, as the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology announced the need for vigilance during an upcoming cold snap. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-safeguard-elderly-amid-cold-weather-next-week
Capital hosts ‘people’s congress’
More than 1,000 people from civil society organisations and community groups have gathered for a three-day “People’s Assembly” in Phnom Penh to express their views and offer agenda items that it would like the Cambodian government to submit to the ASEAN leaders who would attending ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-hosts-peoples-congress
Meta Cambodia launches Digital Economy Portal
A new website dedicated to serving readers’ cravings for the essential progress of Cambodia’s digital economy has been officially launched by Meta (formerly Facebook) and Open Development Cambodia (ODC). ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/meta-cambodia-launches-digital-economy-portal
CPP welcomes 2,000 new members ahead of 2023 nat’l election
A Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) official said at least 2,000 people from Candlelight (CP), currently the country’s second-largest party, have joined the ruling CPP, just days after the latter was warned of supposed links to former opposition leader Sam Rainsy. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-welcomes-2000-new-members-ahead-2023-natl-election
Kampong Chhnang plans to hold traditional kite flying festival
The Department of Culture and Fine Arts of Kampong Chhnang province is making 100 kites to dedicate to the wind god at a traditional event that Cambodians hold on December 8. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501177575/kampong-chhnang-plans-to-hold-traditional-kite-flying-festival/
Nearly 100 indigenous peoples in Mondulkiri province protest against authorities who taken their land
Nearly 100 indigenous people in Sen Monorom commune, Oreang district, Mondulkiri province, protested in front of the commune hall on Wednesday against authorities cutting their 255 hectares of land to Oknha. ...
Kampong Speu factory workers get day-care centres
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on October 27 formally inaugurated four day-care centres for the children of factory workers in Kampong Speu province. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-factory-workers-get-day-care-centres
Minister reaffirms government’s commitment to promote press freedom
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is always committed to improving the respect of press freedom and freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501176536/minister-reaffirms-governments-commitment-to-promote-press-freedom/
Online media literacy forum gives youths digital savvy
The establishment of the Media & Information Literacy Network Cambodia (MIL-KH) is an important step towards providing problem-solving and critical thinking skills to young Cambodians to help them safely use digital communications, according to Oung Chanthol, executive director of the Women’s Media Centre of Cambodia ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/online-media-literacy-forum-gives-youths-digital-savvy
2.2 million Cambodian children exposed to high heatwave frequency
Cambodia is one of the countries currently affected, with 2.2 million children – or 37.1 percent of the total child population – exposed to high heatwave frequency, pointed out a UNICEF’s press release issued yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175840/2-2-million-cambodian-children-exposed-to-high-heatwave-frequency/
Pandemic pushes public mistrust in the media
The pandemic has thrown additional hurdles to the media landscape as there is a quiet resignation of consuming news in the region, the head of a research centre said on Thursday, claiming people find news troublesome, problematic, and biased. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/pandemic-pushes-public-mistrust-in-the-media
Australia announces more support for Cambodia’s health sector
Australia has launched a new project, reaffirming its ongoing to support for Cambodia’s health sector. The launch of the second phase of Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQIP-2) project in Phnom Penh was presided over by Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, Hem Vanndy, Secretary of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175882/australia-announces-more-support-for-cambodias-health-sector/
Vietnam, Cambodia take pride in young generations: Vice President
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan emphasised the pride of the Vietnamese and Cambodian Parties and States in young generations at a reception for a visiting delegation of the Cambodian Union of Youth Federations in Hanoi on October 25. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175120/vietnam-cambodia-take-pride-in-young-generations-vice-president/
Kingdom ranks fourth in latest Nikkei Covid-19 Recovery Index
Cambodia has ranked fourth out of 121 countries in the Nikkei Covid-19 Recovery Index and top of the pile for the ASEAN region, scoring 76.5, according to this month’s latest update. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-ranks-fourth-latest-nikkei-covid-19-recovery-index
OXFAM Cambodia launches agribusiness policy brief
OXFAM, with support from Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in Southeast Asia (GRAISEA), has announced the launch of the “Enabling Stronger Due Diligence in the ASEAN Financial Sector” policy brief. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oxfam-cambodia-launches-agribusiness-policy-brief
Pushing for safety: Ministry issues guidelines on students’ travel to school
In the wake of the recent boat capsize tragedy which claimed the lives of 11 students, the Education Ministry is pushing for measures to enhance safety, including an end to the use of modes of transport which pose a risk to passengers. ...
Cambodian artefact-finding team turns search to museums in Asia
After campaigns to retrieve Cambodian artefacts mostly focused in the western hemisphere, the Cambodian delegation searching for the looted artefacts will be focusing on museums in Asia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501173625/cambodian-artefact-finding-team-turns-search-to-museums-in-asia/
Run with Sai aims to raise $400K to fight cancer
The “Run with Sai: 400,000 steps to save children with cancer”, a charity run initiated by Cambodian singer and performer Uon Pakthom, better known as Sai, officially kicked off on October 22. This event will see Sai run from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap – ...
Keo Kereya
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2022-10-23-1023-242615.html
Hun Sen pledges assistance for autistic child in S Reap province
Prime Minister Hun Sen has stepped in to help with the treatment of a child in Siem Reap province who suffers from severe autism, according to his social media post. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-pledges-assistance-autistic-child-s-reap-province
ADB approves $32.5 mln to Cambodia for improving health services for migrants
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $32.5 million in financing to Cambodia for improving access to quality health services in northwest Banteay Meanchey province, the Manila-based lender said in a statement on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501172365/adb-approves-32-5-mln-to-cambodia-for-improving-health-services-for-migrants/