Six months after the government revised the Drug Abuse Act to open the door to medical marijuana, researchers at Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital in Prachin Buri are expecting to see profound benefits soon among people with Parkinson’s disease.Known for its research into and development of ...

Eleven people have been killed and more than 14,000 sickened by a nationwide dengue fever outbreak that has been super-charged by the onset of the rainy season.“From January 1 to May 25 there have been 14,126 cases of dengue fever in Thailand, or 21.28 patients ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday that Cambodia would not fall into a so-called debt trap as it embraces China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) as the Kingdom only accepted projects beneficial to the country. Hun Sen was speaking in China on the first ...

Boeung Kak demonstrators left the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh disappointed yesterday after their petition calling for the release of 15 Boeung Kak lake residents locked in Prey Sar prison was not accepted. About 50 villagers, flanked by supporters, marched to the palace from the National ...

The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday questioned The seventh and final witness to The April 26 shooting death of well-known environmental activist Chut Wutty by provincial military police officer in Ratana, court officials said. Srey Makny, The court’s deputy prosecutor, said witness Bou An was questioned ...

Open Development Laos (ODL) publishes a new topic page on Sustainable Development Goal#3 -Good Health and Well-being, available in Lao and English. The topic explores The localization of SDG 3 into The national plan and implementation. Also progress and challenges faced in The implementation process ...

Asia’s largest budget airline AirAsia, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, plans to open a subsidiary company in Cambodia to handle an anticipated increase in the number of passengers travelling to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville from Malaysia. ...

An anti-government activist has been imprisoned over a social media post in which he called for people in Cambodia to join him in a “colour revolution”, though critics of the arrest say he enjoys no political influence. ...

PPMM #20 AdvertGreetings,You’re invited to a special edition of the Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup, which is scheduled from 6:00 – 7:30pm on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 at Equinox.Members of the PPMM group are fans of the open movement, especially open source mapping applications. in honor ...

The total revenue of Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX)-listed Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) shot up by 17.5 per cent last year, indicating strong growth in its year-on-year business performance. An annual report from The Ministry of Public Works and Transport released on Wednesday said The Port’s ...

Demand for Kampong Speu palm sugar has surged, with orders already up 70 per cent this year, as appetite for the premium organic sugar product grows, boosting its price. Orders for 260 tonnes of the palm sugar have been placed this year, compared with 150 tonnes ...

The National Tourism Policy Committee has unveiled a four-year plan to enhance tourism competitiveness and has also approved a special zone focusing on four islands in souThern Thailand. Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn on November 30 said The committee would organise a series of training programmes ...

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The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved a proposed amendment to Article 45 of The Law on Political Parties in a move that could pave The way for former senior opposition leaders banned for five years to return to The political stage. ...

The government will ask for more than $100 million in concessional loans from The Japanese government to begin building a new container terminal inside Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) early next year to handle The surging volume of containers passing through The port. ...

The watchdog coalition Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) yesterday voiced concern after The National Election Committee short-listed its incumbent secretary-general Tep Nytha as a candidate to hold The position, accusing The nine-member body of lacking transparency in its selection process. ...

Less than two weeks after it was established, the reformed National Election Committee (NEC) will formally convene today for the first time to meet with delegations from Japan and the European Union (E.U.), two of the biggest past contributors to electoral reform in Cambodia. ...

Authorities in Banteay Meanchey province seized more than $10,000 worth of illegal fertilizer from a government official and his brother on Tuesday, while the accused claimed they were targeted because the official who led the sting had family ties to the fertilizer trade. ...

The business community has welcomed a government decision to ease restrictions for local and foreign investors who reside in The Kingdom, particularly The waiver of hotel quarantine and The option to isolate at home. ...

The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) will replace The longstanding cooperative structure of The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) in developing The Mekong basin, a Chinese scholar said recently.Keep reading ...