Thailand frees six Cambodian refugees six months after detention at Paris Peace Agreement training
Six refugees who were arrested during a Paris Peace Agreements (PPA) training on December 29 last year and detained at the Suan Plu Immigration Detention Center in Thailand were released from mid-June to June 25. ...
Seoung Nimol and Tep Suokeany
https://cambojanews.com/thailand-frees-six-cambodian-refugees-six-months-after-detention-at-paris-peace-agreement-training/
Government kicks off pension scheme for private sector
The government has launched a social security pension fund aimed at providing retirement benefits to private sector employees, in a move applauded by civil society groups and workers. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/government-kicks-off-pension-scheme-for-private-sector/
Prime minister orders armed forces to shoot down drones along Vietnam border
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered troops stationed along the border with Vietnam to start “shooting down” unidentified drones flying into Cambodia’s territory, in a Tuesday Facebook Live post. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-minister-orders-armed-forces-to-shoot-down-drones-along-vietnam-border/
Opposition party members beaten and slashed in multiple assaults, NGO reports
A Candlelight Party youth organizer in Phnom Penh was buying a coffee on April 6 when two men in black sped towards him on a motorbike and pulled out a metal baton, striking him on the shoulder. ...
Phon Sotthyroth and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/opposition-party-members-beaten-and-slashed-in-multiple-assaults-ngo-reports/
Open Development Cambodia updates a new dataset on “Road and railway networks in Cambodia (2012 & 2023)”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a new dataset on “Road and railway networks in Cambodia (2012 & 2023)”. This dataset included road networks generated by Open Street Map in 2023 and railway lines in 2012 provided by Save Cambodia’s Wildlife Atlas Working Group in Cambodia ...
PM Hun Manet aborts coal power plant project in Botum Sakor district
The new government has abandoned plans to build a $1.5 billion 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, deciding instead to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant. ...
Pok Ponlue and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/pm-hun-manet-aborts-coal-power-plant-project-in-botum-sakor-district/
Cambodia’s ambitious Funan Techo canal project sparks concerns near and far
Heang Nang Eng, 60, had a bad feeling when she first heard rumors about a canal project that would impact the Prek Ta Hing stream near where she lives. ...
Seoung Nimol and Ly Rosslan
https://cambojanews.com/cambodias-ambitious-funan-techo-canal-project-sparks-concerns-near-and-far/
Cambodia perceived as highly corrupt, despite incremental improvement
Cambodia mildly improved its score on Transparency International’s 2022 corruption index released Tuesday, but remains considered among the most corrupt countries globally. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-perceived-as-highly-corrupt-despite-incremental-improvement/
តារាង៖ ភ្នាក់ងារដឹកនាំ និងសហដឹកនាំវេទិកាឆ្លើយតបមនុស្សធម៌
Source: ភ្នាក់ងារដឹកនាំ និងសហដឹកនាំវេទិកាឆ្លើយតបមនុស្សធម៌, ទាញចេញពី Cambodia Disaster Management Reference Handbook 2020 ...
Cambodia receives $100 mn ADB loan for skills development
FacebookTwitterEmailShareThe ADB has approved a $100 million loan to enhance Cambodia’s labour force by addressing skills gaps through reforms in TVET. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501337397/cambodia-receives-100-mn-adb-loan-for-skills-development/
Kem Sokha to appeal this week against treason conviction
Ex-opposition leader Kem Sokha plans to submit an appeal this week against his treason conviction and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court 27 year home confinement sentence, according to his lawyers. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/kem-sokha-to-appeal-this-week-against-treason-conviction/
Financial support offered to pregnant civil servants
FacebookTwitterEmailShareThe government will expand its support programme to female civil servants and contract workers who become pregnant, as enjoyed by pregnant garment workers to alleviate hardship and reduce poverty in Cambodia. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501316552/financial-support-offered-to-pregnant-civil-servants/
Government confirms foreigners will need work permits for long-term visas
// // // // An Immigration Department official yesterday confirmed that foreigners requesting a long-term extension of their business visas would need to produce a work permit, with implementation of the rule starting September 4. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-confirms-foreigners-will-need-work-permits-long-term-visas
ODC Resources at Work & Honorable Mentions
By making information accessible to anyone with an internet connection, ODC facilitates rational, fact‑based dialogue, improved communication, strengthened policy making, and better development planning across all sectors. the ODC website has been featured on Le Petit Journal, an online French newspaper, as a case of ...
BarCamp Sihanoukville 2013 Recap
On December 7th and 8th, a small team from ODC jumped in a bus and traveled to Kampong Som to participate in BarCamp Sihanoukville. The conference was held at Build Bright University. The day-and-a-half-long event featured presentations from specialists of many fields and interests, including ...
COVID-19 Dashboard
COVID-19 in Cambodia is a profile page where the public can access to an informative dashboard of the COVID-19 cases found in Cambodia, visualized as an info-graph and classified the cases by type, province, gender and nationality. the constantly updated dataset of the COVID-19 cases ...
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