Seng Hour has been listening to politician Khem Veasna’s sermons for three years. So last month, when Veasna predicted a worldwide flood, he left his job in South Korea to escape the disaster to join Veasna at his farm in Siem Reap.
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.
Workers will not get compensatory leave for Pchum Ben holidays falling on the weekend. A Candlelight official said there had been no progress made in a police investigation into violence against them in July.
A face-to-face, one-size-fits-all school system where education is contained within classroom walls keeps learning out of reach for many students in rural underserved areas. A wall-less classroom would level the playing field, writes Future Forum’s Dara Chea.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday sentenced a senior Kampong Chhnang police officer to three years and six months in prison for illegally clearing flooded forests around the Tonle Sap lake from 2017-2021.
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