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  • ‘Meet one, smash one!’: Interior Ministry orders crackdown on inciters

    Amid the ongoing street protest to release unionist Rong Chhun and Khmer Win Party president Soung Sophorn who were arrested over their comments concerning the border issues, the Ministry of Interior has instructed authorities to take legal action against such activists, labelling them as 'inciters' causing chaos.

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  • Cambodia and Vietnam solidify relationship in defence meeting

    The Defence Ministers of Vietnam and Cambodia, General Tea Banh and Ngo Xuan Lich, have held a joint discussion on defence cooperation, the containment of COVID-19 in the region and working on the development of X16 zone ' a culturally significant site where the end of the genocide was marked by the Vietnamese side during the liberation of Cambodia.

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  • Government committee to assist journalists holds first meeting

    Minister of Information, Khieu Kanharith, yesterday held the first meeting with government lawyers to examine issues that journalists face in Cambodia, following an announcement in February of a commitment to assist journalists facing litigation.

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  • Facebook post sparks incitement arrest

    Police in Tboung Khmum province yesterday arrested the author of a Facebook post which said 'Angkor Wat does not belong to Khmer', followed by a live video defending the sentence, causing outrage amongst sites users.

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  • Ministry: No unlawful protests

    The Ministry of Interior is warning citizens not to take part in social justice protests.

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  • Kong Korm calls on former CNRP bigwigs to unite against CPP

    Kong korm, a former senior advisor to the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) wrote an open letter to former lawmaker Ou Chanrath and Son Chhay inviting them to discuss a way to compete with the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) in the coming elections.

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  • Garment workers petition EU for intervention over legal compensation

    More than 250 garment workers from Violet Apparel (Cambodia) Co Ltd who claim to represent 1,284 others gathered on Monday in front of the EU offices to request intervention on legal compensation from the shuttered factory.

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  • Provincial police chief axed after harrasment probe

    The Ministry of Interior has decided to remove Ouk Kosal as the Kampong Thom Provincial Police Chief after concluding its investigation into sexual harassment claims against him from fellow female staff and officials.

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  • Authorities urged to address impact on railway residents

    More than 30 community members living along a railway in Boeung Kak II commune in Phnom Penh's Tuol Kork district gathered on Thursday to submit a joint letter requesting municipal governor Khuong Sreng to address the impact on their homes from a road and a reservoir project in Tuol Kork 2.

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  • CSOs report Covid-19 impacts

    Five civil society organisations presented a report on Thursday highlighting the negative impacts that Covid-19 has had on farmers, sex workers, garment workers and students.

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  • 2021 minimum wage negotiations extended

    The National Council for Minimum Wage held a meeting yesterday regarding the minimum wage in 2021, however, no final decision was made and so the negotiations will be continued on September 9 and 10.

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  • NGOs want more support for women in entertainment

    Five NGOs who work to protect women launched a research report yesterday on the impact of COVID-19 on female entertainment workers, which has revealed that some are struggling with their income.

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  • Cambodia’s foreign policy reaches out to two Koreas

    Positive or negative experiences, like those Cambodia experienced in the 1970s and 1980s, have no value unless we apply them to build firm foundations so as to move forward and develop the nation.

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  • Son Chhay and two former CNRP politics get second lease of life in politics

    Son Chhay, one of the highest-ranking members of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and two other officials, Tav Kim Chhorn and Var Samon, were politically rehabilitated by Cambodian King, according to the separate royal decrees.

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  • Border fact-finding in progress: Tboung Khmum officials probe claims of land losses

    Tboung Khmum provincial authorities are inspecting border areas in Ponhea Krek district and identifying residents there following a report that more than 100 villagers lost their land after the border demarcation with Vietnam was completed.

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  • Minimum wage talks set to roll

    The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training will hold meetings next week on whether the minimum wage for textile, garment, footwear and travel equipment workers will go up in 2021.

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  • Forestry chief moved over incentive money

    A Ratanakkiri Forestry Administration official was transferred after his subordinates accused him of the irregular distribution of what was supposed to be more than 300 million riel in employee incentives to subordinates.

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  • Teacher-turned-torturer Duch passes away at 78

    Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge S-21 Tuol Sleng security centre, died of chronic bronchitis at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh just after midnight on Wednesday. He was 78.

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  • Authorities order the removal of replica temple

    Kampong Cham's provincial Culture and Fine Arts department have asked a restaurant owner to remove a popular foam replica of Nokor Bachey temple from his establishment, as it does not accurately represent the original.

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  • Police told to beef up security measures during Pchum Ben festival

    National Police Chief General Neth Savoeun instructed all police officers nationwide to beef up security and public order measures to ensure the public's safety during the upcoming celebrations of the Pchum Ben festival from today to September 18.

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