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Government officials and civil servants attend the award ceremony for model schools and health centers which was presided by Prime Minister Hun Manet, February 22, 2024. (Hun Manet’s Facebook)

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Cambodia To Hire Contractual Public Servants, Experts Amid Local Officer Shortage

22 Feb 2024 6:24 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

While the World Bank revealed last week that Cambodia's expenditures rose mainly because of civil sector salaries that are not linked to job performance, Cambodia now plans to expand opportunities for expert contract officers to improve public administration efficiency.

A woman uses a baby powder in Phnom Penh, August 24, 2022. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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New Tests Find No Asbestos in Baby Powder Brands

6 Sep 2022 6:12 PM|

The Cambodian government is allowing imports of 12 brands of baby powder to resume after temporarily suspending them when they were found to contain traces of asbestos.

A woman looks at news on her laptop in Phnom Penh, September 6, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Trainee teachers to study media and information literacy

6 Sep 2022 3:12 PM|

Soeur Pisey, 19, is in her third year of studying to be a primary school teacher at Phnom Penh Teacher Education College, and will soon return to her hometown in Preah Sihanouk to teach, yet she has never studied media literacy.

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Asbestos was discovered in baby powder, raising health concerns among parents and consumers

25 Aug 2022 1:45 PM|

A government investigation announced a recall on 12 brands of talcum powder sold in Cambodia after finding them to contain traces of asbestos — a mineral carcinogen that can be extremely harmful to human health.

Mey Ponlok uses a typewriter for the blind. Photo taken on August 16, 2022. CamboJA/ Seoung Nimol

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Cambodian universities are failing students with disabilities

23 Aug 2022 10:36 AM|

Students with disabilities still struggle at Cambodia’s private universities, which are failing to meet their needs, and the country does not have any specialized colleges for the disabled despite the government’s National Strategic Plan on Disability – which aims to make access to education easier for people living with disabilities.

Workers laid off from Canteran Apparel (Cambodia) Co. Ltd sit guard outside the factory, which closed without paying them compensation. Photo taken on May 9, 2022. CamboJA/ Va Sopheanut

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Hun Sen orders ministry to help laid-off garment workers

17 Aug 2022 7:13 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the Ministry of Labor to expedite compensation for garment factory workers affected by closures and lay-offs.

Tho Oeun and his family live in a dilapidated house after their economic situation deteriorated following the loss of their land. Photo taken on May 17, 2022. Supplied by CFCC

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Twenty-one Kratie families lost farmland to social concession

17 Aug 2022 2:59 PM|

Twenty-one families involved in a years-long land dispute in Kratie province’s Chhlong district, say they are struggling to make ends meet after losing their farmland and have received no compensation from the government.

Garment workers converging for their lunch in front of a factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, January 14, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Unions want minimum wage increase for garment workers

15 Aug 2022 9:41 PM|

Unions representing Cambodian garment workers say they would like to see an increase in the minimum wage next year, but that companies are hesitant due…

A view of houses in Prek Thei village that collapsed into the creek in Kandal Province’s Takhmao city, August 4, 2022. CamboJA/ Seoung Nimol

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Villagers in Kandal seek assistance following riverbank collapse

11 Aug 2022 4:48 PM|

A collapsed riverbank has severely affected 12 families in Kandal province’s Takhmao city, and dozens more living nearby are worried about further collapse.