‘Pitfalls ahead’ for web freedom, report finds
While Cambodia lacks a “rigorous, systematic approach to internet censorship”, new programs regulating telecommunications, online expression and cybercrime threaten the relative freedom it currently enjoys, according to a new report.The Freedom on the Net 2015 report, released on Friday by American watchdog organisation Freedom House, ...
Daniel Nass
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pitfalls-ahead-web-freedom-report-finds
Press release on dissemination meeting with stakeholders on the re-election process for the new municipality and district council elections
On 16 January 2023, the National Election Committee has posted a press release on the dissemination meeting with stakeholders on the re-election process for the new municipality and district council elections on their official website. According to the press release, the meeting has set Sunday, 09 ...
National Election Committee
Press release on new CamboJA study reveals consequences of threats to digital rights and online freedom of expression in Cambodia
On 23 November 2023, CamboJA issues a press release on new CamboJA study reveals consequences of threats to digital rights and online freedom of expression in Cambodia.A new impacts study from CamboJA finds that journalists and active online citizens have serious concerns regarding the state ...
Drainage System Planned For Boeng Kak Lake
About 70 residents from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake met with Daun Penh district governor Sok Sambath yesterday to discuss the first phase of a new drainage system around the lake area that will protect against floods, a villager and municipal official said. ...
Civil society groups slam gov’t web-monitor group
Some 116 organisations and associations have urged Cambodian officials to dismantle the new inter-ministry working group that was recently set up to monitor social networking sites, claiming it is an “abuse on the rights and freedom of expression via the internet”. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-society-groups-slam-govt-web-monitor-group
Cambodia Post launches e-payment, money transfer app
In a bid to modernise its offer of services, Cambodia Post, the state agency responsible for providing postal service in the Kingdom, on Friday unveiled a new application that enables electronic payments for a range of services as well as money transfers. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50499269/cambodia-post-launches-e-payment-money-transfer-app/
Fasmec brings in website for SMEs
Cambodian entrepreneurs who are members of the Federation of Association for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (Fasmec), can soon display and sell their products on a new shopping website, thanks to a partnership with London-based Sram & Mram Resources Ltd. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fasmec-brings-website-smes
Minister insists community groups are exempt from NGO law
The Interior Ministry has reiterated its claims that a new law requiring NGOs and associations to register with the government does not apply to small community-based groups, despite recent efforts by police to apply the legislation to a group of families in Kratie province. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-insists-community-groups-are-exempt-from-ngo-law-95296/
H&M's suppliers guilty of labour rights abuses, report alleges
A new report has alleged labour rights abuses at Cambodian supplier factories for apparel giant H&M, as more than 500 garment workers gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to air some of the same concerns over working conditions during a workers’ forum. ...
Sen David and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hms-suppliers-guilty-labour-rights-abuses-report-alleges
Cambodia-Thailand checkpoints to be upgraded
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to upgrade four border checkpoints and open new checkpoints to boost bilateral trade and tourism along the border, with the aim of increasing trade volume between the two neighbors to $15 billion over the next five years. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26368/cambodia-thailand-checkpoints-to-be-upgraded/
Gas One aims to pipe into demand for LPG
A new Japanese company, Gas One (Cambodia) Co Ltd, aims to tap into the surge of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) usage in the Kingdom by providing engineering and supply solutions to large-scale developments, its chief executive said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gas-one-aims-pipe-demand-lpg
Cambodia to do best to develop friendship with Vietnam
Cambodia will do its best to develop the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam to a new height, Cambodian Senate President Say Chhum assured Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during their meeting in Hanoi on December 16. ...
Vietnam+ News Staff
http://en.vietnamplus.vn/cambodia-to-do-best-to-develop-friendship-with-vietnam/86334.vnp
‘Youth Party’ latest to target upcoming polls
A new political party has entered the election race, becoming the seventh to launch since the 2013 poll.The Cambodian Youth Party (CYP), which claims to have 3,000 members, will hold a press conference today to publicise its platform. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-party-latest-target-upcoming-polls
Australia job request
Labor Minister Ith Samheng asked the new Australian ambassador yesterday if her country could take in seasonal workers from Cambodia, prompting disappointment from a number of civil society groups hoping the government would make more of an effort to create jobs here. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27980/australia-job-request/
Refugee deal dead in the water
The new Australian ambassador to Cambodia praised the Kingdom yesterday for taking in refugees from the island nation of Nauru, where Australia has controversially held refugees against their will in appalling living conditions in an effort to stop others from seeking asylum there. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28112/refugee-deal-dead-in-the-water/
Cambodian government plans stricter internet controls
Cambodia announced plans this week to form a new government department responsible for monitoring and cracking down on a range of vaguely defined “online” crimes, drawing expressions of concern from human rights groups and the country’s political opposition. ...
So Chivey
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/controls-09102015155636.html
Letter urges Kerry to pressure government on human rights
Ahead of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s planned visit to Cambodia this week, local and international NGOs have urged Mr. Kerry not to sign any new bilateral agreements unless Cambodia vows to improve its human rights and democracy efforts. ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/letter-urges-kerry-to-pressure-government-on-human-rights-106254/
More Boeng Kak families accept land swap
Twenty-one more families facing eviction from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood have accepted new plots of land in exchange for moving, further whittling down the number of families still holding out for better deals. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-boeng-kak-families-accept-land-swap-111119/
Labour rights issues ‘industry-wide’: H&M
Swedish apparel giant H&M yesterday responded to a new report that alleged labour rights abuses in its Cambodian supplier factories by saying such issues plagued the entire industry and were difficult for any one company to fix. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-rights-issues-industry-wide-hm
Open Development Cambodia publishes Forest Policy and Administration page
Open Development Cambodia has published new topic page of Forest Policy and Administration.Please click here to access topic page of Forest Policy and Administration. ...