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Read More Cambodia’s CLV-DTA Crackdown Shows Vietnam Is Still the Elephant in the Room
Cambodia plans to host a summit on the progress of the triangle later this year. The issue came to life on July 23, when Hun Sen, now president of the Senate, took to Facebook to announce that three people had been arrested for spreading false information about the agreement.
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Read More Unions Seek $14 Rise, Employers $1, in Second 2025 Minimum Wage Meeting
The workers’ union representative proposed an increase of $14 wage to the current $204 minimum wage for garment workers with the National Minimum Wage Council for 2025, with employers saying they can only offer an increase of $1. Following a meeting at the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, Kim Chansamnang, deputy chief representative of the Workers’ Professional Organization, said on Thursday that the $14 hike was a preliminary proposal for the workers’ wage discussion.
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Read More EXPLAINED: Why are commutes so deadly for Cambodian factory workers?
While a handful of factories provide transportation, the effort is ad hoc and comes with its own complications. As a result, most workers have no choice but to continue piling into vehicles jerry-rigged to carry as many passengers as possible despite the dangers.
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Read More HRW Says 94 People Arrested In Alleged Anti-CLV-DTA Sweep, Authorities Deny Figure
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Cambodian government to immediately drop the charges of those who were arbitrarily arrested for publicly criticizing the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Areas (CLV-DTA). However, government spokesperson Pen Bona stated that those who were arrested “violated laws” and had nothing to do with them exercising their freedom of expression. According to the HRW statement on Wednesday, 94 people were arrested, with at least 59 charged, under arrest or in pretrial detention.
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Read More Securing Jobs Remain A Major Challenge For People With Disabilities in Cambodia
Research has found that people with disabilities in Cambodia continue to face significant challenges when it comes to finding employment. The Digital for All program culminated with a workshop called Disability Inclusion: Collated Solutions on Civic Engagement for People with Disabilities on July 18. The research report was released on August 12, 2024. The project’s goal was for civic engagement to be more inclusive for people with disabilities by raising awareness about strategies on digital platforms, promoting behavioral changes, and influencing policymakers on digital literacy and necessary accommodations.
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Read More Kampot Multipurpose Port Receives Applause from Government, But Affects Livelihoods
The deep-sea area in Kampot province’s Kilo 12 village is where Bou Teap and other fisherfolk ply the waters for fish, crabs and shrimp. But as port developments and other infrastructural projects multiply along the coast, Teap and others say the fishing culture has dramatically changed. "They [developers] filled in – that wiped the seagrass and all the places where the fish lay eggs and have their nursery, so there was no place to fish,” she said, as she sat on a boat and removed garbage from her nets.
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Read More Kandal Villagers In The Dark About 88 Canal Project, Seek More Information From Authorities
Hundreds of families in Kandal province affected by the 88 canal flood mitigation project are worried that they will get a small compensation for their house and land as the canal development took off early August. It appeared that none of the villagers possessed details of the project or compensation.
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Read More Japan-based Cambodian activist demands Hun Sen and PM son release his brother
A Cambodian political activist in exile in Japan is demanding the release of his brother, who has been detained in Phnom Penh in a move seen as an act of “revenge” for criticism levelled against the previous Hun Sen government and his son Prime Minister Hun Manet. Vannith Hay, 28, brother of activist Vanna Hay, was detained on August 16 as he attempted to cross the Cambodian border into Thailand, the latter told This Week in Asia. Vannith was trying to flee his homeland just days after Vanna managed to get seven members of his immediate family to Japan, where he has lived since 2008.
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Read More Despite Dismissal Of Case Against Kuy Residents, Land Encroachment Persists
Preah Vihear Provincial Court dismissed a legal case against four Kuy indigenous residents of M’lou Prey II commune, Chheb district in April this year, rendering it “null and void” and “not necessary” due to lack of compelling evidence. However, problems have cropped up with outsiders trying to assert authority on the land again. On February 27, Preah Vihear provincial court questioned them to hear their testimonies about the dispute with the company on the concession land which appeared to have stalled its development.
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Read More Cambodia announces fundraising effort for ‘border infrastructure’
Overseas Cambodians held protests in South Korea, Japan, France, Canada and Australia on Aug. 11. Planned demonstrations in Cambodia on Aug. 18 were never held after the government deployed security forces and arrested more than 30 people. The fundraising effort appears to be aimed at harnessing some of the nationalistic sentiment sparked by CLV critics, according to Oum Sam An, a former lawmaker for the former main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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Read More Information Minister Reports Enhanced Security and Media Performance in First Year of Seventh Mandate
Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra reported strengthened information security and positive assessments of media operations over the past year since the Ministry began its mission under the seventh-mandate Royal Government on 24 August 2023.
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Read More Cambodia’s embassy in South Korea extends passport services for 60 days
Cambodia’s embassy in Seoul said Friday that it will offer passport services for 60 more days – a change from an announcement earlier this week that angered Cambodian workers in South Korea.
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Read More PM Hun Manet Orders Resolution of Angkor Residents’ Plight With Apsara Authority
Prime Minister Hun Manet urged relevant authorities to end the dispute between residents living around Angkor Wat and Apsara National Authority (ANA), a decision lauded by civil society groups, which welcomed the involvement of the government in the resolution of the issue.
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Read More Justice Ministry updates mechanism for settlements
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Keut Rith chaired a meeting on Tuesday to announce an updated mechanism to expedite the settlement of court cases under the Committee tasked with “Campaign to Investigate and Resolve Court Irregularities”, launched on August 14. The meeting also aimed to monitor progress of work and the direction of the steering committee tasked with investigating and resolving irregularities in the courts.
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Read More More Opposition Members Detained Prompting Fear of Shrinking Freedom
An opposition Candlelight Party commune councilor in Siem Reap city was arrested on Wednesday, which the party claimed has brought the total number of the arrests of their members and activists in connection to the anti-Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Areas (CLV-DTA) to 10. Several Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA) members and Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) forum participants remain in police custody for questioning, while a mother has sounded the alarm about her missing daughter, Sak Kanika.
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Read More Bunong Man Who Sang About Land Struggles Questioned By Mondulkiri Police
A Bunong man was questioned by Mondulkiri police after he released a song describing the sufferings of indigenous people in land disputes in conjunction with World Indigenous Peoples Day. While indigenous people state their right to sing on International Day of Indigenous Peoples has been restricted, local authorities request that the songs be sung with clear information to avoid “problems” on social media. But indigenous people’s associations and human rights groups say that the recent questioning restricted indigenous peoples’ freedom of expression.
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Read More Cambodia says it will stop issuing passports at Seoul Embassy
No reason was given, but Wednesday’s announcement from the Cambodian Embassy in Seoul comes two weeks after overseas Cambodians living in South Korea, Japan, France, Canada and Australia held protests against an economic cooperation agreement with Vietnam and Laos.
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Read More Union Leader Chea Chan’s Guilty Verdict Quashed, Walks Out A Free Man After Six Months In Jail
Phnom Penh Appeal Court has overturned the trial court’s guilty verdict of Wing Star Shoes union president Chea Chan, who has served six months in jail. Chan was arrested without a court warrant in February 2024 after his factory filed a complaint following his election as union leader.
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Read More Endgame at Boeung Tamok: Samraong Tboung Villagers Accept Government Settlements After Protests and Convictions
After nearly six years of resisting displacement from government land grabs, the generational families around Boeung Tamok lake have reached their breaking point. In February, a heated protest over excavation for a canal project in their backyards led to criminal charges against the Samraong Tboung community, a village in the Prek Pnov district on the banks of the Boeung Tamok. Since then, the villagers have petitioned Phnom Penh City Hall for fair market-value compensation and the dismissal of their charges.
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Read More Sixteen Youths Released While Several Others Continue To Be Questioned Over Planned CLV-DTA Rally
Sixteen youths from Siem Reap and Battambang provinces, who were in Phnom Penh to attend a social protection forum by Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) in a hotel, were allowed to return home on Monday night, a senior officer of rights-based NGO, Adhoc, confirmed. The youths were detained on August 17 night for questioning amid arrests by the authorities in the days leading up to an anti-Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Areas (CLV-DTA) rally planned on August 18, which did not happen.
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