Protesting Capitol bus drivers attacked
A bloody scuffle in Phnom Penh on 6 February left scores injured after protesting bus drivers and their supporters were brutally set upon by a rival association armed with sticks, metal bars and hammers. Police arrested two protesters – former Capitol bus driver Norn Van, and Cambodia ...
Egat to cut tariffs for poor, SMEs
The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has been ordered to reduce power tariffs for low-income earners and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help with Their living and operating costs, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.Mr Somkid visited Egat on Thursday and met ...
Yuthana Praiwan
Online Seminar | Prepare and count down for PDPA
The online seminar on “Prepare and count down for PDPA” that are various topics as follows:The Essential Keys of PDPA in Thailandintroduction to Legal TechThe Journey of PDPA compliance with Expert Sharingintroduction to GECThailand Personal Data Protection Act ToolRegister to attend The seminar via Zoom ...
Police seize another 3.8m pills tied to Mingaladon probe
Police have seized another large quantity of stimulant tablets as part of a months-long investigation following a major drug bust in Yangon’s Mingaladon Township in late July. Keep reading ...
Lao Front hosts religious festival for ethnic Lao visitors
A group of 45 people of Lao descent who now live in France and other European countries arrived in Vientiane recently to learn about Laos’ development plans and attend a Boun Kathin ceremony.More ...
Times Reporters
Two more deaths at Prey Speu
Two people detained at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu social affairs centre died last month after being rounded up from the streets as part of the city’s preparations for the Pchum Ben festival, a local rights groups has said, prompting renewed calls for the facility’s ...
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-more-deaths-prey-speu
Thai customs taps technology for IUU battle
Thailand’s Customs Department has launched a mobile app for anti-IUU activity to help track fishing routes from the catch to the processing plant. With the application, government officials will know where the catch was made, how it got to the factory and its final production process, director-general Kulit ...
Foreign minister to join Asean meeting
As one of 10 Asean foreign ministers, Cambodian Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhon will travel to China for a two-day meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the foreign ministers of Asean, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry released on Saturday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26033/foreign-minister-to-join-asean-meeting/
Three investment projects to create 2,000 jobs
The Council for The Development of Cambodia has approved three investment projects with a total capital of US$7 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50702925/three-investment-projects-to-create-2000-jobs/
Angkor Landmark breaks ground by end-2021: CEO
Phase I of the Angkor Landmark development project about 15km northeast of Siem Reap town is scheduled to officially break ground at end-2021, according to the developer’s CEO Tous Saphoeun. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/angkor-landmark-breaks-ground-end-2021-ceo
DPM Sar Kheng calls on ASEANAPOL to jointly combat transnational crimes and COVID-19
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister, Sar Kheng, who is also the Minister of interior, has called on ASEANAPOL to jointly crackdown all forms of transnational crimes as well as combat the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501034933/dpm-sar-kheng-calls-on-aseanapol-to-jointly-combat-transnational-crimes-and-covid-19/
Bilateral trade with South Korea tops $657M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea has topped more than $657 million for the first nine months of this year. According to Ministry of Commerce data obtained by the Post on Monday, the figure is a little more than $100 million shy of the $769 ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-south-korea-tops-657m
Concerns Being Raised About Thailand’s Human Rights Commission
Concerns are being raised after the resignation of two prominent human rights advocates from the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand. An alarm bell signaling the need for a total revamp of the flawed and scandal-ridden agency. Thailand’s Human Rights Commissioners Angkhana Neelapaijit and Tuenjai Deetes announced their resignations ...
Bangladesh signs big rice deal
Two weeks after Bangladesh and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Phnom Penh to purchase rice from Cambodia, on Monday of this week Bangladesh signed a deal to buy 250,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078380/bangladesh-signs-big-rice-deal/
Jailed ex-monk questioned over third charge
A defrocked monk who was handed a one-year jail sentence for obstructing officials during a wave of arrests of activists and opposition figures in Phnom Penh last year was on Wednesday questioned over an additional charge of “joining a criminal association,” a human rights monitor ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jailed-ex-monk-questioned-over-third-charge-79147/
Cambodia, Laos central banks to enhance ties
Central bank heads of Cambodia and Laos met on 7 December in Phnom Penh to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation of their banking sectors. Keep reading ...
Prince calls for 3-party coalition
Funcinpec party president Prince Norodom Ranariddh has called on the opposition and ruling parties to form a tripartite coalition with the royalists after Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen embarked on a “honeymoon” after years spent at each others’ ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prince-calls-3-party-coalition
Elderly citizens who got cash handouts 'won't have to refund social welfare'
The Comptroller-General’s Department and local organisations cannot reclaim social welfare provided to The elderly, a legal expert said on Saturday. Earlier, several elderly people across The country were worried after The department instructed local organisations to reclaim Their social welfare. Some of The elderly faced ...
The Nation Reporter
UK Minister Heather Wheeler visits Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The British Minister for Asia and The Pacific visits South East Asia to discuss strengThening ties with The region, The role of women, environmental conservation, and de-mining.The Foreign and Commonwealth office Minister for Asia and The Pacific, Mrs HeaTher Wheeler MP, ...
News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/uk-minister-heather-wheeler-visits-laos-104555
Cambodia well suited for solar, though use remains low
Cambodia has a high degree of solar radiation, making the country a good place for the renewable energy source, a report from the Asian Development Bank says. However, the number of places using it remains very low. there are potentially 134,500 square kilometers suitable to photovoltaic ...