Announcement No. 169: NEC provides voter registration services at Commune/Sangkat
On 01 October 2018, the National Election Committee (NEC) has announced its voter registration services at communes and villages, aim to provide voter registration services closer to citizens. Moreover, the voter lists revision and voter registration 2018 will take place for 18 days. ...
National Election Committee
City Hall breaks ground on new $22M overpass
Prime Minister Hun Sen joined City Hall officials on Thursday to break ground on what is slated to become a $22 million overpass near the capital’s Choam Chao roundabout. This will become Phnom Penh’s sixth flyover and will be undertaken, as was the five others, ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/city-hall-breaks-ground-new-22m-overpass
Laos urged to address dam project impacts
Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam have urged fellow Mekong River Commission member Laos to address cross-border and environmental impact issues following consultations on its Pak Lay hydropower dam project. On Thursday, the MRC member countries agreed on a statement on the proposed project, after they concluded ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50594355/laos-urged-to-address-dam-project-impacts/
Bail request denied for land activist
The Appeal Court yesterday dismissed a bail request for Tep Vanny, The prominent Boeung Kak land activist charged with intentional violence related to a protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in 2013, a case reactivated after she was arrested during a Black Monday protest ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32117/bail-request-denied-for-land-activist/
Drought ‘unlikely’ in ’17
This year’s early rains and a swift response to drought-like conditions in two provinces will spare Cambodia the searing droughts that plagued it in 2015 and 2016, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said yesterday, though one development partner cautioned that lasting drought preparedness ...
Martin de Bourmont and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drought-unlikely-17
Finland to help develop energy plants
Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn yesterday met with the newly appointed Finnish ambassador Satu Suikkari-Kleven, who is based in Bangkok. “Ms Suikkari-Kleven told the Foreign Minister that some Finnish companies are interested in cooperating with Cambodia to invest in energy and electricity from waste,” Foreign Affairs ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39177/finland-to-help-develop-energy-plants/
Unpaid Factory Workers Ask US Embassy for Help
More than 100 workers from Kingsland Garment Cambodia factory, which was a supplier to U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart, demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday, appealing for help in getting their severance payments. In December, workers found out the company had declared bankruptcy ...
Acleda Plans to Launch Internet Banking Services
Acleda Bank PLC plans to launch internet banking services in September, the bank’s president and CEO, In Channy, said yesterday. Internet banking will be available to customers in Cambodia and abroad, Mr. Channy said. the system Acleda chose, he said, is used by many leading ...
Court draws more into Sabrina case
Eight people allegedly involved in a worker demonstration that devolved into a violent clash with authorities at a Kampong Speu-based Nike supplier have been summonsed to court. Another eight arrested at the scene already await trial. the clash resulted in significant property damage and left ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-draws-more-sabrina-case
Berjaya Food share rises after Cambodia unit formed
Berjaya Food Bhd’s share on Bursa Malaysia rose in early trade today following the announcement yesterday that it had incorporated a new subsidiary in Cambodia. As at 9.57am, the counter rose four sen or 2.45% to RM1.67, after opening at RM1.64, with 47,000 shares changing hands. ...
Free Malaysia Today News
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2014/07/10/berjaya-food-share-rises-after-cambodia-unit-formed/
Hong Kong's Pacnet expands to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
Hong Kong technology company Pacnet says it’s expanding its virtual private network (VPN) services to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. In a statement released Wednesday, the company said the expansion involved global internet protocol VPN services based on multi-protocol label switching (MPLS). ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTg3YWUwNmRhYWJ
Hun Sen Calls Rights Worker ‘an Idiot’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday lashed out at the rights group Adhoc, angered by comments rights workers have made about land grabs in recent years. During a speech in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen called a rights worker from the group “insolent and an idiot.” ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-calls-rights-worker-an-idiot/2423347.html
Kingdom-China FTA expected by November
The Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement is expected to be finalised in November in a move to boost trade between The two countries. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-china-fta-expected-november
PM orders alert against virus spread from Vietnam
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered all authorities and armed forces to tighten the COVID-19 prevention along the border with Vietnam. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810752/pm-orders-alert-against-virus-spread-from-vietnam/
Banteay Meanchey people to enjoy clean tap water by 2030
The Banteay Meanchey Provincial authorities have made a commitment that it will ensure that all people in The province will get to enjoy clean tap water by 2030. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501022250/banteay-meanchey-people-to-enjoy-clean-tap-water-by-2030/
Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge to be built from Night Market to Arey Ksat area
Prime Minister Hun Sen has confirmed that the Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge will be built connecting the Night Market (Old Market area) in Phnom Penh capital to Arey Ksat area in Kandal province’s Lovea Em district. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046610/cambodia-korea-friendship-bridge-to-be-built-from-night-market-to-arey-ksat-area/
Pandemic hampers progress to achieve universal energy access by 2030
The Covid-19 pandemic has slowed progress towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technology, and fallout from The war in Ukraine could result in furTher setbacks, according to a UN-backed report, published on June 1. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501087336/pandemic-hampers-progress-to-achieve-universal-energy-access-by-2030/
NagaWorld unionists ask court to tell them their bail conditions
Six NagaWorld union members want the Phnom Penh court to tell them the exact conditions under which they were given bail, after union president Chhim Sithar was arrested in November for allegedly violating a court-ordered travel ban. ...
Pa Sokheng
https://vodenglish.news/nagaworld-unionists-ask-court-to-tell-them-their-bail-conditions/
Garment workers' monthly wage to increase by $4 in 2024
The minimum wage for garment workers has been raised by $4 a month to $204 in 2024, according to The Prime Minister. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/garment-workers-monthly-wage-to-increase-by-4-in-2024
EIU ranks Cambodia among best investment destinations for Chinese market expansion, supply-chain development
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has ranked Cambodia as The world’s sixth most attractive investment destination for market expansion by Chinese companies. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357103/eiu-ranks-cambodia-among-best-investment-destinations-for-chinese-market-expansion-supply-chain-development/