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Cambodian workers in limbo as Qatar drags heels on safety standards
The Cambodian government is working on an agreement with the Qatari government that would allow Cambodians to join the thousands of migrant workers helping to build the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. As a safety measure, the Cambodian government has requested that Qatar guarantee ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14391/cambodian-workers-in-limbo-as-qatar-drags-heels-on-safety-standards/
UN border maps arrive next week
A series of maps held by the UN showing the Cambodian-Vietnamese borders will arrive here next week to help in the contentious process of settling the international boundaries. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14393/un-border-maps-arrive-next-week/
More than 200 montagnards now in Phnom Penh, UN says
The number of Montagnard asylum seekers in Phnom Penh has doubled over the past two months with the U.N. saying Thursday that there are now more than 200 in the capital, but the government’s refugee department again denied knowledge of the group. ...
Chris Mueller and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-200-montagnards-now-in-phnom-penh-un-says-91645/
Cambodia tourist target under challenge
A Cambodian plan to attract 5 million tourists to the country in 2015 is hanging in the balance despite a rise in the first half of this year. Cambodia set 5 million tourists as the target this year, an increase from 4.5 million last year. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/654708/cambodia-tourist-target-under-challenge
France agrees to lend Cambodia’s map
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong today told Willian E. Todd, outgoing US Ambassador to Cambodia that, France agreed to lend Cambodia’s original maps that Cambodia requested to French government recently. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/france-agrees-to-lend-cambodia%E2%80%99s-map-8831
New Education ministry ban comes under fire
The backlash began Wednesday against a new Education Ministry directive that bans political activities and unauthorized associations at academic institutions, with the country’s largest teachers’ union and various youth groups accusing the government of hypocrisy. ...
Mech Dara and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-education-ministry-ban-comes-under-fire-91534/
Election body set to form new administration
A sub-decree regulating the internal functioning of the new National Election Committee was signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday, paving the way for the election body to select new administrative officials and begin organizing itself for elections scheduled for 2017 and 2018. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-body-set-to-form-new-administration-91547/
Museum puts spotlight on women
The National Museum in Phnom Penh has launched a new exhibition called “Photovoice of Cambodian Women in the Past, at Present, and in the Future.” ...
Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14316/museum-puts-spotlight-on-women/
Koh Kong fishermen resume anti-sand-dredging campaign
As about 100 fishermen in Koh Kong province on Wednesday resumed their monthslong campaign against a company they accuse of illegal sand dredging, an environmental NGO claimed the firm was now hiring locals as security guards in an attempt to divide the community. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kong-fishermen-resume-anti-sand-dredging-campaign-91551/
New party takes a new step
The recently formed Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) has taken another step in joining the political mainstream, announcing the appointment of a spokesman yesterday. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14353/new-party-takes-a-new-step/
A delegation of American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong visits Cambodia
A delegation of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong led by its president Richard R. Vuylsteke has been on a visit to Cambodia to study the investment environment in the country, according to state news agency- AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/a-delegation-of-american-chamber-of-commerce-in-hong-kong-visits-cambodia-8826
Cambodia needs 2,400 computers to start computerized voter registration next year
The National Election Committee (NEC)’s spokesperson Hang Putea said Cambodia will start computerized-voter registration in March next year, but needs 2,400 computers. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-needs-2400-computers-to-start-computerized-voter-registration-next-year-8823
Ministry warns of punishment for political activity at schools
The Ministry of Education has issued a directive banning political activism or association at academic institutions, saying it will fine or shut down universities, post-secondary schools and student organizations that have engaged in or promoted political activity. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-warns-of-punishment-for-political-activity-at-schools-91454/
Request to stop Indian temple moot as not Angkor Wat copy
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Tuesday informed Indian Ambassador Dinesh Patnaik that Cambodia wants plans to build an Angkor Wat replica in that country scrapped entirely, ministry spokesman Chum Sunry told reporters after a meeting between the two officials to mark Mr. Patnaik’s last day ...
Aun Pheap and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/request-to-stop-indian-temple-moot-as-not-angkor-wat-copy-91443/
Research team: CNRP, CPP maps identical
The Royal Academy of Cambodia border research team said yesterday the maps showing the country’s borders being used by the government and the opposition were identical. ...
Chea Takihiro and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14303//
Malaysia and Cambodia pledge to strengthen military ties
Defense Minister Tea Banh met Malaysia’s army chief, Raja Mohamed Affandi bin Raja Mohamed Noor, yesterday to discuss ways to improve military ties between the two countries. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14302/malaysia-and-cambodia-pledge-to-strengthen-military-ties/
Ministry announces surprise inspections of prisons
Rights group Licadho has welcomed an announcement from the Interior Ministry that conditions at prisons, social rehabilitation centers and drug rehabs will be improved to ensure that the rights of inmates, patients and others housed or confined at the centers will be respected. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14307/ministry-announces-surprise-inspections-of-prisons/
Thailand asks cambodia to repatriate prisoners
A spokesman for the Justice Ministry said Tuesday that the government was considering a request made by the new Thai ambassador to repatriate seven of the country’s nationals serving prison sentences in Cambodia. ...
Mech Dara
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post-new.php
No prosecution for disgraced health official
The country’s anti-corruption czar on Tuesday said the former director of the National Malaria Center must pay back the $351,000 in bribes he took in exchange for mosquito net contracts—effectively admitting the ex-director’s guilt—but that he would not be prosecuted. ...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-prosecution-for-disgraced-health-official-91438/
Prime Minister Hun Sen to visit Australia early December on refugees
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen plans to meet with Australian prime minister for additional talk on the implementation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to the resettlement of refugees from Nauru to Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-to-visit-australia-early-december-on-refugees-8817
NGOs want Cambodia to provide accommodations for students during exam
Civil groups have urged Cambodian authorities to provide places for students to stay during the upcoming national high school graduate exam and prevent hotels and guesthouses from increasing room rates in all cities and provinces. ...
Chandara Yang
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ngos-want-cambodia-to-provide-accommodations-for-students-during-exam-08112015162920.html
Cambodia receives 2.3 mln foreign tourists in 1st half of 2015
Cambodia attracted about 2.3 million foreign visitors in the first six months of 2015, an increase of 5.6 percent compared with the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Tuesday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/11/c_134504960.htm
ACU asks an opposition lawmaker to give answer over an alleged corruption case
The Anti-corruption Unit (ACU) sent a letter to a lawmaker from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Real Khemrin, over the accusation that he embezzled from a recent trip to visit Cambodia-Vietnam border. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/acu-asks-an-opposition-lawmaker-to-give-answer-over-an-alleged-corruption-case-8818
Cambodia’s election body to make the disabled a priority in next elections
Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) will make the disabled a top priority in political participation and include related policy in the country’s new election law to ensure them equality in the next nationwide elections, an agency official said. ...