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NagaWorld Unionists Arrested From Union Office on New Year’s Eve
Police have detained at least eight NagaWorld union members on the evening of December 31, nearly two weeks after the casino workers’ union initiated a strike against alleged unfair dismissals and violations of the Labor Law.
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Scattered around: Former CNRP commune chiefs take different political paths
Four years after the dissolution of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in 2017, its 500 commune chiefs lost their jobs, some have defected to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), some waiting for the reinstatement of their old party, with others joining the newly created parties.
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‘Colour revolutions’ to be ‘crushed’: PM warns
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reiterated that he will not allow any “colour revolutions” on Cambodian territory, warning that anyone who violates the Constitution will be “crushed by the armed forces”.
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Sar Kheng proposes additional job search help for all new graduates
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has requested that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport conduct a study on establishing education centres along the lines of the One Window, One Service offices to assist students with finding employment after they finish their studies.
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Families affected by mega-airport urge CPP’s top leaders for help
More than 50 families gathered Tuesday morning in front of the CPP headquarters to submit a petition to the party leadership but were turned away from police, who did not allow them to gather at the party office and asked them to go instead to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet office in Takmao.
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Data Show Turbulence, Decline in Mekong River Ecosystems
November is usually a happy month for Cambodia’s fishermen. As the rainy season ends, the waters of the Mekong and its many tributaries should provide a bountiful supply of fish to feed their community and sell at market.
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In push to modernize Cambodian farming, smallholders are stepping up
For many, that hasn’t been easy, but a years-long training program is showing promising results for a growing network of entrepreneurial smallholders. With the support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Agricultural Services Programme for Innovation Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE) has provided essential training to 150,000 smallholder farmers across the country.
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Sex Workers Still Victims of Abuse and Discrimination
Despite continued efforts from government and NGOs sex and entertainment workers in Cambodia remain at high risk of violence and face discrimination in many forms, women from the industry told CamboJA this month.
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Illegal Logging Threatens Kouy Indiginous Minority’s Survival
The equivalent of more than 8,000 soccer fields were deforested in two wildlife sanctuaries last year, Amnesty International said Friday, adding that illegal logging is undermining the rights of Cambodia’s indigenous peoples.
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Three pagodas awarded for protecting environment
“Three pagodas in Siem Reap province received the Environment-Friendly Award from the ministry because those pagodas are very good at cleaning and protecting the environment,” said Pheaktra, adding that the ministry will be looking at pagodas in other provinces as well.
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Fifth Round of Negotiations at NagaWorld Strike Fails to Find Solution
The fifth round of negotiations between NagaWorld representatives and the workers and former employees of the Phnom Penh casino has failed to bring an end to the strike that began on Dec. 18 as the company has continued to reject the demands from the union.
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Activist Seng Theary rejects charges in mass trial
Attorney Seng Theary had attended her first hearing on December 7 at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court dressed as a Khmer apsara dancer, a move she attested was fitting to the “political theater” of the mass trial. On Tuesday, she returned to the court in more sober attire, donned in a suit with a long, striped tie.
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Activist Seng Theary rejects charges in mass trial
In the latest hearing of the mass trial against 139 supporters of the political opposition, one of the accused stood alone Tuesday to testify to more than 20 years of work in Cambodia.
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Adhoc Monitor Says She’s Blocked from Preah Sihanouk Court Hearings
More than a year after she claimed to the same court that defendants were encroaching on her land in Prey Nob district, two guards for land claimed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew, Hun Chea, were pursuing a defamation suit against her for $50,000 plus lawyer fees. Sopheap appeared in court alone, unable to afford a lawyer, she said.
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Cambodian Mothers Urged to Breastfeed Children, Avoid Infant Formulas
Nutritionists issued a warning that children who are exclusively fed formulas as infants are more susceptible to short and long-term illnesses than those who were breastfed
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Environmental activist group suspends work in Cambodia
A Cambodian environmental protection group is suspending operations in Cambodia amid concerns for the safety of its activists, many of whom were detained on charges widely thought to be politically motivated, the group’s founder said in an interview this week.
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Despite Increased Enrollments Cambodia Lags Behind in STEM
More Cambodian university students are doing degrees in computer science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), data shows, but the country still remains underprepared to compete in the 4th industrial revolution and digital economy.
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Journalists learn about infant nutrition
Helen Keller International-Cambodia organised a workshop on Tuesday to train journalists to effectively disseminate information about infant nutrition and breastfeeding.
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800-Strong CPP Committee Meets Friday to Pick Hun Sen’s Successor
The Cambodian People’s Party will hold a national congress on Friday where more than 800 of its central committee members are expected to anoint Prime Minister Hun Sen’s successor.
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Confiscation of flooded forest lands hit thousands of locals along the Tonle Sap
Kampong Chhnang Province: The ongoing state campaign to reclaim from private hands thousands of hectares of protected flooded forest lands along the Tonle Sap lake may affect “thousands” of families who have farmed in the area since before it was deemed a conservation zone, says a local rights group.
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