Trump vows Paris Agreement pull out; world unites behind green economy
The 22nd United Nations climate summit began as a wonky, low-profile affair. Nearly 200 nations, finally agreeing to keep The world from burning up, began writing The rulebook by which The goals of The 2015 Paris Agreement could be achieved, while seeking The trillions needed ...
Open Data Day 2018
On March 03, 2018, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) would like to invite the public to join Open Data Day 2018 at Emerald Hub, from 08:30 am to 04:00 pm. A number of speakers with years of experience will come to talk about the open data and ...
OPEN DEVELOPMENT CAMBODIA (ODC)
Proposal for training to enhance factory skills
Cambodia has appealed to Germany – a country renowned for its skilled technicians and engineers – to provide vocational training to support the Kingdom’s growing industrial sector, a Commerce Ministry official said on 24 June. in a meeting earlier this week, Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak ...
Super set to build hybrid power plant
SET-listed Super Energy Corporation is planning to develop Thailand’s first power plant based on hybrid renewable resources under a “firm” power purchase agreement (PPA). A firm PPA refers to a steady supply of electricity provided to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat). Usually renewable power, except ...
YUTHANA PRAIWAN
China, Cambodia vow to improve military ties
China and Cambodia have vowed to improve their military ties and continue supporting each other on major issues regarding core interests. the pledge came out of a meeting and talks between Chinese military leaders Xu Qiliang and Chang Wangquan and visiting Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and ...
Line shares stats on user behaviour
Line Thailand shared insights into user behaviour at an event in Bangkok called “Line Nexplosion” on Wednesday (February 19), aiming “to help build a new era of business”.Its figures from 2019 indicated that 59 per cent of users were women and 41 per cent were ...
The Nation Reporter
Thai prototype vaccine passes test with flying colours
Thailand has made progress in developing a vaccine for Covid-19 after laboratory trials of a prototype proved successful, medical authorities announced on Tuesday (May 6).Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences under the Health Ministry, told a press conference that joint research ...
The Nation Reporter
PM challenges EU to follow through on threat to cut aid
Prime Minister Hun Sen on 13 June blithely brushed aside a recent threat from the European Parliament to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cambodia over human rights abuses, challenging the body to follow through.“I am never afraid of China because Cambodia has ...
Mobile phone revenues per user to decline
Revenues per user in Cambodia’s mobile phone sector will drop sharply over the next five years, according to global research and consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan. the company said the average revenue per user – ARPU, a key metric for the industry – would fall ...
Cambodian students win out on ASEAN stock markets
Despite the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX) getting off to a sluggish start over the past three years, local university students are seemingly already on the way to becoming good stock-pickers. the winners, two students from Zaman University who went by the team name of Dark ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-students-win-out-asean-stock-markets
Abortion decriminalised by court ruling
The Constitutional Court has ruled a section of The Criminal Code unconstitutional, effectively decriminalising abortion in Thailand. The ruling takes effect 360 days after The ruling date on Wednesday, or on Feb 13 next year. The court also ordered The section and a related one be ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Rohingya exodus: 132 Asean MPs seek probe
More than 130 Members of Parliament from Asean nations, including two from Singapore, have demanded that Myanmar be investigated by the international Criminal Court (ICC), the most united condemnation from the region since the violence began against the Rohingya a year ago. in a joint statement ...
Five environmental activists to face court
The winner of The 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize Ouch Leng and four oTher forestry activists were sent to Kratie Provincial Court yesterday after being accused of putting signs up in a protected area. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811472/five-environmental-activists-to-face-court/
Government disputes HRW report
Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra has responded to a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) which claimed that the construction of the Lower Sesan II Hydropower Dam had undermined human rights in Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-disputes-hrw-report
Covid surge prompts anti-Covid education campaign
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng on September 18 urged the Phnom Penh municipal governor and his provincial counterparts to promote greater community awareness and participation in the Covid-19 fight, amid an eight-day trend of over 600 new daily cases. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-surge-prompts-anti-covid-education-campaign
Garment exports from SEZs valued at $357 million over first semester
Cambodia exported $357.8 million worth of garments, textiles, shoes and travel goods in the first six months of 2021, inching up 1.4 percent compared with the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894153/garment-exports-from-sezs-valued-at-357-million-over-first-semester/
Ministry plots path to ‘Digital Cambodia’
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications – with technical support from UNESCO – is promoting media and digital literacy in Cambodia through The project “Development of National Media, information and Digital Literacy (MIDL)”. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plots-path-digital-cambodia
Military set to roll out booster jab programme
A senior military official has announced the launch of a 10-day Covid-19 vaccination campaign to begin on April 20, with teams from the Ministry of National Defence administering booster shots in Phnom Penh and several neighbouring provinces. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-set-roll-out-booster-jab-programme
Garment workers protest factory’s move, fear shutdown
Around 300 garment workers from Canteran Apparel gathered on Veng Sreng Street in Chaom Chao commune’s Trapeang Thleung village of Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district on April 19 to protest recent actions by the owner of the business. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers-protest-factorys-move-fear-shutdown
Telling stories about landscapes – Insights from media and science
Global Landscapes Forum invites journalists or media specialists to attend a workshop aiming at discussing environmental and human stories related to Landscapes and explore some of the best tools and techniques that can use for reporting in a way that speaks to both editors and ...