Capital hosts ‘people’s congress’
More than 1,000 people from civil society organisations and community groups have gathered for a three-day “People’s Assembly” in Phnom Penh to express their views and offer agenda items that it would like the Cambodian government to submit to the AsEAN leaders who would attending ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-hosts-peoples-congress
Cambodian ministry signs MoU with private company on e-commerce cooperation
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Lanton Cloud service Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, said a ministry’s news release on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239890/cambodian-ministry-signs-mou-with-private-company-on-e-commerce-cooperation/
Economy to grow 5.5% in 2023, says NBC
Cambodia’s GDP is expected to grow by 5.5 percent with a low inflation rate of two percent in 2023, due to external factors and the re-opening of the economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/national-bank-cambodia-economy-to-grow-5-point-5-2023
Real estate momentum slow at 0.5 percent growth in 2023
Real estate growth has marginally improved year-over-year. But the momentum of growth is still slow with 2023 seeing the real estate sector grow 0.5 percent, compared to 0.2 percent in 2022. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501446564/real-estate-momentum-slow-at-0-5-percent-growth-in-2023/
Police, soldiers, military complete good men march
Capping a week in which footage emerged of a tycoon viciously beating a female entertainer and a man entering a Phnom Penh school to slap a teenage girl, some 160 security personnel marched down the riverside here on Friday chanting slogans to conclude the “Good ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-soldiers-military-complete-good-men-march-87963/
Joint statement: On International Women’s Day 2020, CSOs call upon the Royal Government of Cambodia to prioritize women’s human rights
On 8 March 2020 – the occasion of International Women’s Day 2020, the undersigned civil society organizations, urge the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to prioritize women’s human rights by taking immediate and concrete steps to implement the recommendations they accepted during Cambodia’s third Universal ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voices for Gender Equality
Open letter on CSOs call for related ministries to take action against Mr. Pheng Vannak's recent misogynistic statements
On 14 February 2023, ActionAid Cambodia issued an open letter on CsOs call for related ministries to take action against Mr. Pheng Vannak’s recent misogynistic statements.CsOs call for related ministries to take action against Mr. Pheng Vannak’s recent misogynistic statements; such statements insulted and harassed ss='cambodia-color'>...
ActionAid Cambodia
NA President Sudary addresses ‘2024 Women Speakers Summit’
The president of the National Assembly Khuon sudary has shared the government’s action plan to eliminate maternal mortality and violence against women and girls with delegates at the “2024 Women speakers summit” in Paris, France. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501453585/na-president-sudary-addresses-2024-women-speakers-summit/
Parties express satisfaction with ballot slot positions
While Prime Minister Hun sen expressed satisfaction at his Cambodian People’s Party’s (CPP) 20th spot on the list, the Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) expressed surprise at having drawn the same number that the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) drew in the last election. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-express-satisfaction-ballot-slot-positions
Germany’s Merkel sends PM ‘congratulations’ on poll win
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first leader of a Western democracy to congratulate Prime Minister Hun sen on his party’s landslide victory in the July 29 national elections, issuing a letter wishing him success over the course of his new term of office. Observers, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/germanys-merkel-sends-pm-congratulations-poll-win
U.S. business executives eye investment potential in Cambodia
More than a dozen of American company representatives are visiting Cambodia to look into investment opportunities, a Cambodian spokesman said Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/04/c_133621460.htm
Cambodia to release official results of general election on Aug 4
Official results of Cambodia’s general election with the allocation of seats in the National Assembly will be announced on Aug. 4, said the country’s National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335571/cambodia-to-release-official-results-of-general-election-on-aug-4/
People’s votes for CPP gives three clear points, says PM Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun sen who is also President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), yesterday stated that the people’s votes for CPP in the recent general election clearly revealed three points. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332146/peoples-votes-for-cpp-gives-three-clear-points-says-pm-hun-sen/
Forces prevent Women’s Day march
Some 400 women from variouS aSSociationS, unionS and civil Society organiSation were blocked by Phnom Penh municipal Security forceS from marching from the Olympic Stadium to the Council of MiniSterS to deliver a joint petition on International Women&rSquo;S Day which fell on Friday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forces-prevent-womens-day-march
CARE: females slog but paid less
Female workers are still being paid less than their male counterparts on construction sites, while building companies value male construction workers as more skilled than women, according to a CARE Cambodia report released Friday. CARE’s research paints a comprehensive picture of the situation of women working ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29596/care--females-slog-but-paid-less/
Using technology to counter gender-based violence in Cambodia
As the risks of abuse and violence against women morph with societal changes in Cambodia, technology and social media are helping those in need to stay one step ahead. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joanna Mayhew
http://www.dw.com/en/using-technology-to-counter-gender-based-violence-in-cambodia/a-18657639
PM says people can topple him if gov’t breaks its campaign pledges
Prime Minister Hun sen said on Wednesday that the people could rebel to overthrow him if he did not follow through on his promises. However, he said that would be unnecessary as he would voluntarily step down if such was the case. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-says-people-can-topple-him-if-govt-breaks-its-campaign-pledges
Disappointed in election preparations in Cambodia, house committee to meet on possible sanctions
The lawmakers were set to discuss the Cambodia Democracy Act and an amendment that could see Phnom Penh handed further sanctions over its crackdown on the opposition, civil society, and independent media. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/us-congress-to-hold-final-hearing-on-possible-cambodia-sanctions/4398333.html
CPP lawmaker visits migrants in Thailand
A Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) lawmaker has said that the Kingdom’s migrant workers in Thailand have vowed to return home to vote in the July 29 national elections. But a former deputy president of the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) expressed doubts that this ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-lawmaker-visits-migrants-thailand
Officials from six countries meet to save Eld’s deer
Officials, scientists and conservationists from six countries yesterday gathered for a three-day conference in the capital to share their experience in conserving the endangered Eld’s deer. About 50 people from Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, where the species is found, will share their ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50553628/officials-from-six-countries-meet-to-save-elds-deer/