The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday of the dangers posed by online violence, cyberbullying and digital harassment for the 85.7 percent of young people aged 15 to 24 years old who are online in Cambodia.
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The suggestion that Cambodia could move towards changing its constitution to facilitate growing Chinese military presence in the country led to another series of headlines about Beijing’s rising influence in the Southeast Asian state.
The World Bank’s annual report ‘Doing Business 2019 'ranks economies based on how easy it is to do business. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Bangladesh are the lowest ranked Asian countries in the ease of doing business report. Bangladesh has been ranked 176th, while Laos has been ranked 154th and Cambodia has been ranked 138th.
In the wrap-up session of the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Cambodia in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, 73 countries made a total of 176 recommendations to improve Cambodia’s human rights record.
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Two Japanese naval vessels are to dock at the Sihanouk Autonomous Port for four days later this month to strengthen Japanese-Cambodian military ties, the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh said.
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The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia issued a statement singling out the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), not the US government itself, as the culprit in the 1970 Lon Nol coup d’etat, apparently mocking last week’s denial by the US Embassy in Cambodia of its country’s involvement.
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French Senator François Grosdidier pledged to lobby European states to ease pressure on the government over perceived democratic setbacks and human rights violations, according to a government official.https://bit.ly/2taW8B9; https://bit.ly/2MUYxZX
