PM: Election law changes apply to all
The amendments to the election law that were unanimously passed by the National Assembly on June 23 were not aimed at opposition parties alone, but would ensure that each of the Kingdom’s political parties would bear responsibility for the people, said Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-election-law-changes-apply-all
Ministry declares 29-day school break during SEA Games
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has declared a 29-day public and private school break from April 20 to May 18, while Cambodia hosts the 32nd SEA Games. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501261347/ministry-declares-29-day-school-break-during-sea-games/
First ten days of election campaign peaceful
The first ten days of the campaign for Cambodia’s 7th mandate general election went smoothly. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501323478/first-ten-days-of-election-campaign-peaceful/
Phnom Penh buses set to ‘streamline’ travel to polls
Khuong Sreng, the governor of Phnom Penh, announced that the municipal administration has organised approximately 350 city buses to assist in travel for the July 23 national elections. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-buses-set-streamline-travel-polls
Candlelight Party distances from ballot spoil campaign
As Sunday’s general election approaches, the Candlelight Party (CP) has publicly distanced itself from online calls for people to spoil their election papers. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/candlelight-party-distances-ballot-spoil-campaign
PM: Future candidates must vote
Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 13 declared that some of the Constitution’s election-related clauses would be amended in response to an overseas opposition group launching a social media campaign urging eligible voters to abstain from the July 23 general election. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-future-candidates-must-vote
Workers given three paid days off to vote
The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training has announced that private businesses and employers will allow their staff a paid three-day leave to return to their home provinces and vote in the upcoming National Election. ...
Ponlue Pok
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-workers-given-three-paid-days-off-to-vote
Cambodian National Assembly endorses election law changes
Cambodian lawmakers in the National Assembly unanimously approved amendments to the country’s election laws on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501314294/cambodian-national-assembly-endorses-election-law-changes/
New policy may prevent opposition candlelight party from registering for elections
The leading opposition Candlelight Party is currently unable to register for the upcoming national elections due to a new policy by the National Election Committee, according to the party’s acting secretary general Kong Monika. ...
Sovann Sreypich and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/new-policy-may-prevent-opposition-candlelight-party-from-registering-for-elections/
Ministry of Education and UNICEF review Cambodia Education Development Plan 2023
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with UNICEF, organized a consultative workshop on “Mid-Term Review of the Fourth Sustainable Development Roadmap 2023 on Education in Cambodia”. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501345324/ministry-of-education-and-unicef-review-cambodia-education-development-plan-2023/
King appeals to citizens to cast ballots in National Election
In a heartfelt letter to the people, King Norodom Sihamoni has appealed to all Cambodian citizens to participate in the upcoming national elections on July 23. ...
Tith Kognov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501241497/king-appeals-to-citizens-to-cast-ballots-in-national-election/
SEA and Para Game medallists awarded $6.6m
Cambodia spent about $6.6 million to reward Cambodian medallists at the 32nd SEA Games and 12th ASEAN Para Games 2023, providing essential funds for awarded athletes to support their livelihoods and future training. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-sea-and-para-game-medallists-awarded-66m
Schools off during SEA and ASEAN Para Games
Students across the nation have been given 28 days off school during the 32nd SEA Games and 12th ASEAN Para Games, with the possibility to study online. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-schools-off-during-sea-and-asean-para-games
NEC receives 35 election-related complaints
The National Election Committee (NEC) has received a total of 35 election-related complaints nationwide as of July 25, 2023, Hang Puthea, a Member and Spokesperson for NEC said Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331357/nec-receives-35-election-related-complaints/
Circular strategy on environment launches
Cambodia has unveiled the ‘Circular Strategy on Environment 2023- 2028’, intending to transform the potential of the environmental sector for the benefit of Cambodians, ensure environmental response to climate change, and promote green development. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/circular-strategy-on-environment-launches
The Environment Ministry strengthens cooperation with all stakeholders to improve Cambodia’s environmental quality
The successful implementation of the Ministry of Environment’s Circular Strategy on Environment is indispensable. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501514610/the-environment-ministry-strengthens-cooperation-with-all-stakeholders-to-improve-cambodias-environmental-quality/
Ministry to businesses: No New Year’s price hikes
The tourism ministry has called on business owners and service providers not to raise prices during the upcoming Khmer New Year holidays to allow tourists to enjoy the traditional holiday after two years of postponements brought upon by the Covid-19 outbreak in Cambodia. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-businesses-no-new-years-price-hikes
NEC granting 7,662 party agents status as observers
The National Election Committee (NEC) has so far granted permission to 7,662 political party representatives – 1,617 of them women – to observe its preparations of voter lists, ahead of next year’s national elections. ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-granting-7662-party-agents-status-observers
Cambodia sees 9.7 million people registered on voter list
Cambodia has registered a total of 9,710,645 eligible voters, of them 5,161,906 are women. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501219683/cambodia-sees-9-7-million-people-registered-on-voter-list/
Expired ID cards to be okayed for 2023 National Election
The government will issue a sub-decree to extend the validity of expired ID cards to enable people to cast their ballot for the National Election on July 23. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229685/expired-id-cards-to-be-okayed-for-2023-national-election/