ODC’s insight from The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy 2023
The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA 2023) was scheduled for five days from 24-28 July 2023 at Hotel President, seoul, south Korea. The APIGA originally started in 2016 with an aim to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to participate in Internet policy-making ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s Hun Manet, new Thai PM pledge close co-op
On August 22, both Cambodia and Thailand welcomed new prime ministers, marking a unique coincidence. Former Prime Minister Hun sen acknowledged this in a post to his official Telegram channel, highlighting the synchronicity of two constitutional monarchies ushering in new leadership on the same day. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodias-hun-manet-new-thai-pm-pledge-close-co-op
Cambodia’s export to fellow RCEP members reaches $5.26 billion
Cambodia exported $5.26 billion worth of goods to fellow member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the first eight months of 2023, up 22 percent from $4.3 billion the same period last year, according to the latest report by the Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501372630/cambodias-export-to-fellow-rcep-members-reaches-5-26-billion/
Kingdom’s exports to Japan top $1B
Cambodia exported $1.09 billion worth of goods to Japan in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 4.3 percent, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) report showed recently. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355347/kingdoms-exports-to-japan-top-1b/
MGC Museum’s staff trained in silk weaving at IKTT Centre in Angkor
A key partnership was established between UNEsCO and the APsARA National Authority in August 2022 for the implementation of the project “Promoting sustainable tourism and private sector engagement for inclusive community development in response to the COVID-19 crisis”, with the financial support of the German ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501195314/mgc-museums-staff-trained-in-silk-weaving-at-iktt-centre-in-angkor/
Anti-Corruption Unit closes probe into ex-governor’s flooded forest grab
The Anti-Corruption Unit closed its investigation into a Kampong Chhnang ex-governor whose vast tracts of protected flooded-forest land were confiscated amid a crackdown on illegal encroachment. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/anti-corruption-unit-closes-flooded-forest-case-against-ex-governor/
Future plans to create subways to ease capital’s traffic unveiled
Transport in Phnom Penh is slated for vast improvement in the future as plans to construct subways are unveiled. However, skytrains to connect the capital with other provinces have been ruled out. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/future-plans-to-create-subways-to-ease-capitals-traffic-unveiled
Cambodia’s famed Angkor receives 83,854 foreign visitors in seven months, up more than 13 times
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park attracted 83,854 foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2022, up 13.5 times compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501126203/cambodias-famed-angkor-receives-83854-foreign-visitors-in-seven-months-up-more-than-13-times/
Collaboration is key to Cambodian education’s pandemic recovery
Collaboration within the education sector is key to fill the huge learning gap created by the pandemic, with a push needed for digital literacy, entrepreneurship skills, and technological readiness, a new roadmap reveals. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/misti-edutech-roadmap-collaboration-is-key-to-cambodia-education-pandemic-recovery
YEAC signs MoU to strengthen Cambodia’s SMEs
The Young Entrepreneurs Association of Cambodia has signed an MoU with four major institutions to further develop the nation’s small and medium enterprises ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/yeac-signs-mou-to-strengthen-cambodias-smes
Cambodia’s rubber exports earn more than $200 million, up nearly 40%
Cambodia earned more than $200 million from the export of rubber and rubber products, an increase of more than 38 percent compared to the same period in 2022, reaching just over $149 million. This is according to the four-months report of 2023 of the General ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293951/cambodias-rubber-exports-earn-more-than-200-million-up-nearly-40/
PM lauds Royal Group’s renewable power export deal with Singapore
Prime Minister Hun sen lauded the Royal Group’s energy purchase agreement on exporting renewable energy to singapore via submarine high-voltage transmission, terming it a milestone in the country’s energy development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501260356/pm-lauds-royal-groups-renewable-power-export-deal-with-singapore/
Cambodia’s indigenous peoples struggle with digital literacy on eve of elections
Lek Karry has been using a smartphone for nearly two years but the grade 12 student admits she still struggles to distinguish between real and fake information online. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Riel-based deposits and lending help NBC’s de-dollarisation efforts
The banking system has played a crucial role in supporting Cambodia’s recovery from the economic downturn in the wake of Covid-19 with National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) pursuing an accommodative and prudent monetary policy to meet the needs of the economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501263299/riel-based-deposits-and-lending-help-nbcs-de-dollarisation-efforts-2/
Over 220,000 philanthropists help Kantha Bopha children’s hospitals
The Cambodian Kantha Bopha Foundation has successfully concluded its “10,000 riel, 10,000 donors” campaign, amassing more than $2 million in donations from a staggering number of over 220,000 contributors. Foundation officials have lauded this campaign as a standout, praising the active public participation it drew. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita and Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-220000-philanthropists-help-kantha-bopha-childrens-hospitals
Chinese-invested airport in Cambodia’s tourist hub to commence operations in October
Chinese-invested siem Reap Angkor International Airport in northwest Cambodia’s siem Reap province will commence operations in October, said a statement from the state secretariat of Civil Aviation on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332814/chinese-invested-airport-in-cambodias-tourist-hub-to-commence-operations-in-october/
Empowering Communities, A Transformative Force in Cambodia’s HIV Response
December 1 is the 35th anniversary of World AIDs Day, an opportunity to reflect on Cambodia’s dramatic progress in addressing HIV/AIDs, particularly over the past decade, and recognize the work that remains to end the disease as a public health threat. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501399952/empowering-communities-a-transformative-force-in-cambodias-hiv-response/
Cambodia’s total public debt stands at $10.72 billion as of September
The Cambodian government had a total public debt of $10.72 billion as of september 2023, according to the Cambodia Public Debt statistical Bulletin released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501404146/cambodias-total-public-debt-stands-at-10-72-billion-as-of-september/
Cambodia’s exports to RCEP countries up 16 percent in 4 months
Cambodia earned over $3.36 billion from exports to members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the first four months this year, up 16.2 percent from $2.89 billion recorded in the same period in 2023. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501489447/cambodias-exports-to-rcep-countries-up-16-percent-in-4-months/
ADB contributes $4.8 billion to Cambodia’s development since 1970
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided approximately $4.8 billion for 207 development activities in Cambodia as of December 31, 2023, significantly contributing to the country’s socio-economic progress since its first loan in 1970. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adb-contributes-4-8-billion-to-cambodia-s-development-since-1970