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Read More Op-Ed: Journalism Is Society’s Safety Net
A record number of newsrooms have signed up for World News Day 2024, recognizing the positive influence of journalism the world over. More than 600 newsrooms and media associations across all continents join to bring awareness to the purpose of journalism, a trade that is under constant attack.
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Read More From Confrontation to Concession: Cambodia’s Withdrawal Signals Complex Relationship with the CLV-DTA
Cambodia withdrew from the two-decade-old Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle (CLV-DTA), a regional cooperation initiative that had faced protests and online criticism just months earlier. The decision comes after the government arrested nearly 100 would-be protestors, including minors.
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Read More Court bans Rong Chhun from leaving country
Phnom Penh Municipal Court placed Rong Chhun, a senior adviser for the National Power Party (NPP), under court supervision, prohibiting him from travelling abroad. He is also banned from meeting with opposition groups or participating in protests. Any violation of this order will result in his arrest.
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Read More A Phnom Penh Road Collapsed, Public Say It’s Due To Canal Restoration Works
Approximately 146 meters of road along the canal in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district collapsed on Monday, which a local authority and residents said was possibly caused by the deepening of a canal adjacent to it.
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Read More Wheelchair-bound man has been ‘abandoned’ in Cambodian prison, wife says
A handicapped man has been detained for more than six months without trial after he posted comments on Facebook about Prime Minister Hun Manet and the government’s immigration practices, family members told Radio Free Asia.
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Read More Cambodia sets minimum monthly wage for GFT sector in 2025 at $208
Cambodia recently set next year’s minimum wage for the garment, footwear and travel goods (GFT) sector at $208 per month—a rise of $4 from this year. This increase includes a $2 adjustment decided during the final round of negotiations between employers and unions, with an additional $2 added at the instruction of Prime Minister Hun Manet, according to domestic media reports.
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Read More Opposition Party Advisor Granted Conditional Release After Latest Charges in Years-Long Legal Saga
The summons stems from charges of a “non-recidivism misdemeanor” and “incitement causing serious disruption to social security” brought against Chhun on September 4. Chhun, who used to be the president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, was also charged with incitement for comments he made in 2020 regarding the demarcation of border posts between Cambodia and Vietnam.
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Read More Op-Ed: Enhancing Agricultural Services Would Help Farmers Curb Excessive Use of Chemical Fertilizers
Cambodia’s Agricultural Extension Policy already recognized the essential role of extension services and highlighted limited resources as the major challenge to implementing programs and reaching farmers in remote areas. Therefore, the government must prioritize allocating more funding to these services to create targeted initiatives in specific regions. Collaboration with international organizations and engagement with the private sector would help leverage resources efficiently.
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Read More Garment Workers’ Minimum Wage Raised To $208 for 2025, Employees Say It’s Too Little
The monthly minimum wage of garment workers has been increased by an additional $4, bringing the total to $208 for 2025, however, independent workers and unions are unsatisfied with the new pay. In the final meeting of the tripartite National Minimum Wage Council on September 19, 51 members participated in the voting, with the majority voting in favor of the $206 salary. The government proposed an increase in the current minimum wage, which employers supported.
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Read More Ratanakiri Court Commences Testimony for Case Involving Indigenous Land Cultivators
Ta Bok village chief, Kra Chhoen Cham, stated that the investigating judge questioned him as a witness in the case against Dor Romdoul, a resident in Ta Bok village, who was placed under court supervision after being indicted for encroaching on, clearing, and burning a protected forest. The indictments, filed by the Ratanakiri provincial court, followed a formal complaint from the plaintiff, the Ratanakiri Department of Environment.
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Read More A year of inactivity: Cambodian consulate in Songkhla still pending
Chum Sounry, Secretary of State at Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, confirmed that significant steps have been taken. The Ministry has already secured a location and is currently coordinating with Thai counterparts to expedite the process of establishing the Cambodian Consulate in Songkhla province.
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Read More Community forest or corporate fortune? How public land became a mine in Cambodia
The 10 have connections to the Cambodian military and their families, Mongabay has found, and have begun clearing the forest inside the 3,000-hectare (7,400-acre) piece of formerly public land for a marble mine. Even though the land is supposed to be a community forest, according to an agreement signed by the Cambodian government, Flynn says this type of corporate land grab and subsequent extraction is quite common in the nation. Community forests are created through agreements between communities and the Forestry Administration. In 2017, the government signed off on the creation of the Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest, and the community forest’s committee had since patrolled and defended the forest, taking charge of its sustainable use.
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Read More NagaWorld Union Leader Chhim Sithar Released After Two Years In Prison
The president of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU), Chhim Sithar, was released from prison at 4.30 a.m on September 16, 2024, after serving two years. LRSU union members have been on strike since December 2021 against NagaWorld casino’s decision to implement mass layoffs in the middle of a pandemic. The firings included LRSU’s senior leadership and a large number of its members.
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Read More Cambodia Frees Jailed Unionist Who Led NagaWorld Casino Strikes
A prominent union leader who led a high-profile strike at a Phnom Penh casino complex has been released from prison, vowing to continue her fight for workers’ rights. Chhim Sithar, the leader of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees (LRSU), was released from Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh early yesterday morning. She immediately gave several press interviews in which she pledged to continue leading workers who are demanding better wages and working conditions at the NagaWorld casino.
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Read More UN experts want Cambodia’s journalism charter suspended
A group of United Nations independent experts have urged Cambodia to suspend its recently promulgated Charter for Professional Journalists saying it failed to meet with international human rights standards nor did it include relevant input from all relevant parties. They noted the charter was promulgated by the information ministry on Aug. 6 after it was made public on July 24 and that no comprehensive consultations were held as part of the process and only a few stakeholders were given just nine days to comment.
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Read More UN Calls for Suspension Of Cambodia’s Journalism Charter, Ministry Says It Devalues Industry’s Consensus
Independent UN experts on Thursday called for the suspension of Cambodia’s newly issued Charter for Professional Journalism and urged a thorough review to reform it to ensure that it aligned with international human rights standards. The Ministry of Information officially implemented the charter on August 6, 2024. Stakeholders were given 10 days to provide feedback after the consultation on the draft Charter for Professional Journalism but four days after the deadline, the ministry published it without further discussion.
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Read More Candid Conversation: Cambodia’s Ken Loo
Ken Loo, secretary general, Cambodia’s Textile, Apparel, Footwear and Travel Goods sector (TAFTAC), who has been at the helm of the association since 2001 told Sourcing Journal that the sector has been able to weather a critical time that included the withdrawal of the European Union’s Everything but Arms (EBA) scheme, the pandemic and the subsequent the global slowdown. He also addressed issues about freedom of association that have been a major source of global concern.
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Read More U.S Sanctions Tycoon Ly Yong Phat Over Human Trafficking, Online Scam
The United States has imposed treasury sanctions on prominent tycoon Ly Yong Phat by “blocking all properties and interests” in the U.S owing to his alleged role in “serious human trafficking, online investment scam operation”.
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Read More US sanctions powerful Cambodian casino tycoon
The sanctions from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also targeted Ly’s O-Smach Resort on the Thai border in northern Cambodia, as well as the Garden City Hotel in Phnom Penh, the Koh Kong Resort in southwestern Cambodia and the Phnom Penh Hotel.
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Read More Cambodian carbon credit project hit by rights abuse claims is reinstated
Carbon credit certifying agency Verra announced on Sept. 10 that it has lifted the suspension of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ project in Cambodia following a roughly 14-month review of the project’s audits. Verified emissions reductions, better known as carbon credits, can now once more be issued by Cambodia’s flagship REDD+ project.
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