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Illegal building at Angkor site must go, says Unesco

The Unesco representative in Cambodia has expressed support for the Apsara Authority’s actions to prevent the spread of illegal constructions in the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39692/illegal-building-at-angkor-site-must-go--says-unesco/

Heritage cities to boost tourism

Cambodia wants Unesco recognition for Kampot, Kratie and Battambang cities and hopes they would be considered by the UN organisation to be recognized as World Heritage sites when the kingdom files its application next June.​ ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38062/heritage-cities-to-boost-tourism/

Hope grows for three cities to be inducted into UNESCO list

Via the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the Ministry of Tourism, the government is progressing with a set of relevant documents as a proposal to UNESCO to induct Battambang city, Kampot city and Kratie city on to the United Nations arm’s World Heritage ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/hope-grows-three-cities-be-inducted-unesco-list

Government’s ‘late’ UNESCO bid draws social media outcry

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts yesterday announced that they have submitted the Khmer martial art Bokator, as well as Lakhon Khol – the traditional masked dance theatre – to be considered for recognition on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list. ...

Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governments-late-unesco-bid-draws-social-media-outcry

World Heritage status, tourists threaten Angkor preservation

The global recognition given to the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap—and other sites around the world that receive U.N. world heritage status—does as much to damage as it does to preserve the historical gem, according to a new research paper that was published in the ...

Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-heritage-status-tourists-threaten-angkor-preservation-127067/

Teachers’ salaries to be reviewed

The Education Ministry will look into further increasing the minimum wage for teachers in Cambodia after educators said the recent hike of $37, to take effect next April, was still insufficient.​ During the 2016 Teachers’ Day celebration at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia yesterday, Education ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30562/teachers----salaries-to-be-reviewed/

To court students, vocational programs get a makeover

One slickly produced television ad tells students “to join the community of minds that craves to learn,” as three teenagers assemble an electrical circuit board. “Better Skills! Better income!” a group of students shout in unison, fists raised. ...

James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16768/to-court-students--vocational-programs-get-a-makeover/

Ambitious adult literacy campaign falls short of target

With less than three months left before the end of a campaign to boost adult literacy in Cambodia, enrollment in classes run jointly by the government and Unesco has dropped below 75 percent of the year-end goal, officials said Tuesday. ...

Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambitious-adult-literacy-campaign-falls-short-of-target-96688/

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/

New law on juvenile justice provides for rehabilitation

The Ministry of Social Affairs has completed drafting a law on juvenile justice that will soon be moved forward for approval and debate at the legislature. The new law, as drafted, aims to provide rehabilitation opportunities for juveniles, rather than simple prison sentences, and meets ...

Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-law-on-juvenile-justice-provides-for-rehabilitation/2889738.html

UNESCO to push both adult literacy and preschool education

Months away from the end of a 15-year plan to improve education in the country, officials announced Wednesday that Cambodia still needs to make strides to meet adult literacy benchmarks and set new priorities focusing on the country’s youngest students. ...

Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unesco-to-push-both-adult-literacy-and-preschool-education-85370/

Campaign aims to boost Adult Literacy

UNESCO and the Ministry of Education on Monday launched a two-month joint campaign to raise the adult literacy rate to 84.4 percent by the end of the year by airing television and radio spots to encourage enrollment in after-school literacy classes. ...

Hul Reaksmey and Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/campaign-aims-to-boost-adult-literacy-78943/

For many, work-school equation doesn’t add up

Almost a quarter of Cambodian students aged 7 to 14 are forced to give up school because their work intercedes, according to a new study by UNESCO. With 10 per cent of 7- to 14-year-olds classified as child labourers, Cambodia has more young children working ...

Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/many-work-school-equation-doesnt-add

Gov’t seeks World Heritage protection for three cities

The Cambodian government plans to formally request that Unesco give three of the country’s provincial capitals World Heritage protection, state news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) reported Friday.​ The cities are the capitals of Battambang, Kampot and Kratie provinces, according to the AKP.​ ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-seeks-world-heritage-protection-for-three-cities-76374/

First World Conference on Tourism and Culture set for Cambodia

UNWTO and UNESCO will work together to organize the first ever World Conference on Tourism and Culture, set to take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia next year. From February 4-6, 2015 the two agencies will bring together for the first time, ministers of tourism and ministers ...

Travel Mole News Staff
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2014690&c=setreg®ion=2

UNESCO's General Conference president hails Cambodia for efforts to safeguard cultural heritage sites

The president of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday hailed Cambodia for its efforts to preserve and develop world heritage sites, a Cambodian spokesman said. Hao is visiting Cambodia to attend the official launching of the ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-12/01/c_133825742.htm

Info law to be open to input

The Ministry of Information yesterday announced a three-year public consultation period on a new access to information draft law that has been in the works since 2007. But freedom of information advocates greeted the news with scepticism, citing a lack of representation from civil society on ...

Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/info-law-be-open-input

Ministry facing teacher shortage

Less than a week away from the start of the new school year, the government is short on teachers. Every year, the government struggles to recruit enough instructors to keep pace with enrollment rates and replace those who have retired, left teaching or passed away. The ...

Laignee Barron and Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-facing-teacher-shortage

Ministry rolls out new strategy to revitalize arts

The Ministry of Culture on Tuesday introduced the country’s first strategic cultural policy, an ambitious plan that includes setting up provincial cultural centers, launching arts education in schools, holding annual cultural events and promoting individual artists. Speaking to an audience that included representatives from the leading ...

Kuch Naren and Michelle Vachon
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-rolls-out-new-strategy-to-revitalize-arts-68720/

Tenants of white building in dark on demolition

A sense of panic is growing inside Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building, with residents unsure of their fate after Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong said on Tuesday that the iconic apartment block was condemned and would be torn down. Most residents spoken to Wednesday say they ...

Hul Reaksmey and Chan Cheuk Yin
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tenants-of-white-building-in-dark-on-demolition-67516/

Temple may be heritage site

Sambor Prei Kuk, the seventh-century temple of the pre-Angkorian Chenla Kingdom built by Isanavarman I, is to be submitted for consideration as a World Heritage Site to UNESCO. The announcement came yesterday at a seminar on research and conservation on the temple complex, the most important ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/temple-may-be-heritage-site

Cambodia to establish int'l committee for safeguarding, developing world heritage Preah Vihear

ambodia is working with UNESCO to form an International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Preah Vihear (ICC-Preah Vihear), Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said Tuesday. Speaking during a meeting with South Korean Ambassador to Cambodia Kim ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-08/19/c_133568463.htm

Solo act taking its toll

It was difficult enough for Savoeurn Dimang when, until a month ago, he was one of just three teachers running the local primary school in Kors Kralor district’s Samrong Leu village. But now, with one teacher having left for South Korea and the other bowing out ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/solo-act-taking-its-toll

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