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Opposition commune councilors say political court cases interfere with their daily duties
Dozens of commune councilors and members of the opposition Candlelight Party face ongoing court cases — a situation they say is a form of political retaliation aimed at interfering with their daily work.
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Khem Veasna: The cult leader and the destruction of Cambodian families
Since the establishment of the League for Democracy Party (LDP) in 2006 under the leadership of Khem Veasna, LDP supporters have gained momentum each year due to his literal speech, ideologies, and his style of appeal to certain groups of Cambodians. Recently, Veasna spurred belief in what many would call a “cult”, that brought controversy and upheaval to the social and political spectrum in Cambodia.
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More Government Meetings Held Over Human Trafficking
Top government officials continued high-level meetings over human trafficking on Monday as Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities ordered all building owners to report foreign residents and workers on their premises by September 24.
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Brao, Kreung Communities Receive 4,000 Hectares in Ratanakiri
Around 4,000 hectares of state forests have been transferred to collective ownership by indigenous groups in Ratanakiri, according to government decrees.
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Unionists Met With Violence As Authorities Try to Block Petition Submission
Authorities shoved and struck unionists with walkie-talkies as members of eight unions attempted to submit a petition against union-busting to the Labor Ministry and the Council of Ministers office.
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Cambodian psychiatrist calls award reason ‘to work even harder’
Cambodian psychiatrist Chhim Sotheara, one of four winners of this year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, was surprised to learn he had won the award and didn’t know he had been nominated to receive it, he told RFA in an interview this week.
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Cambodia Aims to No Longer Be a Least Developed Country within Two Years
Cambodia will have to fulfill three criteria by 2024 as the country had done in 2021 in order to no longer have the Least Developed Country (LDC) status, said Ouch Borith, minister delegate attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen and standing secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, according to a ministry’s press release on Sept. 9.
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CPP urges opposition to stick to 2015 NEC reform agreement
While standing trial for the 55th time at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, the former president of court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescued Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha cried for justice and claimed he is man of non-violence who stands for national reconciliation.
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Nine villagers who protested against new airport to be tried
The Kandal Provincial Court’s investigating judge Vann Sopanha has decided to send the case of nine people arrested after protesting against a new mega-airport project to trial, according to documents seen by CamboJA.
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Union Leaders Still Aim for Big Minimum Wage Increase
Ahead of minimum wage negotiations on Tuesday, union leaders say they are still aiming for a $21 increase for garment workers, though employers are lobbying for no increase in part due to regional competition.
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Opinion: Reimagining a Wall-Less Classroom for All in Cambodia
A face to face, one-size-fits-all school system in which education is contained within classroom walls keeps learning out of reach for many students across rural underserved areas. Expediting a wall-less classroom system would allow Cambodia to level the playing field and equalize access to quality learning for all.
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Workers Who Left Korea to Escape End of World Begin to Return
Cambodian workers who left their jobs in South Korea in fear of politician Khem Veasna’s prophecy that the world would end in flooding have started to return, hoping to get their old jobs back, a Cambodian association there says.
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Last Love Party Leader Gives In, Will Be ‘Ordinary Farmer’
The last remaining member of the Cambodian National Love Party leadership has decided to abandon his decadelong political career and become a farmer and raise ducks after failing to keep the party going.
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Resolve all complaints, minister tells officials
With too many unresolved complaints from the public, Interior Minister Sar Kheng has instructed his officials to gather all complaints and requests filed with the Ministry and find answers quickly, and leave no issues unsolved.
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Kem Sokha, claiming to be a man of non-violence, cries for justice
While standing trial for the 55th time at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, the former president of court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescued Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha cried for justice and claimed he is man of non-violence who stands for national reconciliation.
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Wife Mourns Ratanakiri Environmentalist’s Imprisonment
Sitting alone in a small wooden house, Kham Salong, 37, says she has struggled without her husband, but still fully supports the environmental work he pursued that landed him in jail.
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Visoth’s love affair with CNLP ends, says party is ‘dissolved’
Following the Ministry of Interior (MoI) refusal to meet Cambodia National Love Party (CNLP) leaders yesterday, acting president Siev Visoth says the party is now dissolved.
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Cambodia’s women-owned businesses face structural challenges
Sao Keng earns a living with her wholesale grocery business near Dey Huy market in Phnom Penh. But an attempt to expand the business was thwarted when a bank rejected her loan request due to factors plaguing many female entrepreneurs in Cambodia.
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‘Villagers reject government’s ‘small’ compensation offer
Families affected by the Union Development Group (UDG) project south of Koh Kong city in Kiri Sakor district’s Koh Sdech village continue to protest the Koh Kong provincial authorities’ offer and refused to relocate due to less land, no infrastructure and without appropriate compensation.
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Investigation into human trafficking to Cambodia continues: Government officials
Government officials reported on the issue of Vietnamese being tricked into working illegally in Cambodia at the Government’s regular press briefing in Hanoi on September 6.
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