CNRP founder Sam Rainsy has said he will return to Cambodia on Nov. 9, four years after fleeing to France following a conviction for criminal defamation in which he was ordered to pay $1 million in compensation. He also faces a five-year prison sentence in a separate case.
The government last month said the number of trafficking victims rescued in Cambodia had more than doubled in the first half of the year, compared to 2018, with 101 children freed.
Systems in which humans and environment are linked and interact 'are on a very worrying trajectory, threatening the very existence of humanity,' group chairman says
The US secretary of state says two countries have reached consensus on agricultural, digital and industrial issues
Carrie Lam formally scrapped the bill last week
With an increase in automation and temporary contracts, billions go without rights like holiday pay or a minimum wage, but the technology which has enabled many of these changes can also be used to beat workplace abuses
Millions of migrant workers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos toil in Thailand’s low-skilled sectors, where limited state oversight and unscrupulous employment practices leave many vulnerable to exploitation and modern slavery, activists say.
Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolved the CNRP in Nov. 2017 after finding it and leader Sokha had plotted with the United States to overthrow Hun Sen, who has been in power for more than three decades
Large study says sexuality shaped by mix of genetics, environment, with genetic factors having 'very small effect' on sexual behavior
The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the US-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions on China's military and US relations with Taiwan
Three out of four of the world's poor live in rural areas and rely heavily on agricultural production, with food insecurity, water contamination and drought
Since the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997, critics say Beijing has reneged on a commitment to maintain Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms under a "one country, two systems" formula
A Chinese survey vessel on Saturday extended its activities to an area closer to Vietnam's coastline, ship tracking data showed, after the US and Australia expressed concern about China's actions in the disputed waterways
However, more research is needed, the UN agency said, of the estimated 5 ounces of plastics ingested each week
“The Royal Government of Cambodia will stop the issuance of online gambling policy and licenses, both within and outside of the Kingdom of Cambodia, from the date of signing this directive,” said a directive signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The Monk’s Community Forest, established in 2002 by Bun Saluth, chief monk at Samroang pagoda, sprawls over 71 square miles in the country’s northwest, on what was once a bloody battlefield under the Khmer Rouge.
“It can hopefully educate them about what is at stake if they do decide to migrate to Thailand,” said Rathjen by phone from Australia, where the film will be screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival on Friday.
Cambodia imposed an annual interest-rate cap of 18 percent on MFIs in 2017. But that had proven “ineffective” in slowing credit growth, Licadho and STT said.
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites which are carried by mosquitoes and spread through their blood-sucking bites.
Some of them, after spending most of their lives in the United States, are sent back to a homeland they hardly know after running afoul of U.S. law.
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