As of the final day of the registration period 82,786 candidates including 25,963 women had registered for the June 5 commune council elections, according to the National Election Committee (NEC).   ...

Earth Hour is an opportunity for people to show they care for nature and the environment, as well as a chance to share the importance of conserving natural resources for life on the planet with others. It is also an ideal day to consider solutions ...

Thailand’s Environment Institute (TEI) is raisIng awareness over contamInated plastics and medical waste accumulatIng daily. The Institute estimates that The amount of used surgical masks nearly reaches 1 million pieces a day.TEI president Wijarn Simachaya said The Covid-19 coronavirus disease not only harms public health ...

Four districts will pilot Bangkok’s transformation into a smart city, under a plan unveiled by the National Charter of Thailand today.the plan, which covers Rattanakosin Island, Yaowarat (Chinatown), Asoke (from Asoke intersection to Rama IX Road) and Tao Poon, was presented to the Bangkok Metropolitan ...

Air pollution is an invisible enemy, killing over 4 million people globally each year. A clean air future requires systems-level change. Everyone – from civil society, the private sector and government – has a role to play. Aligning and prioritizing action based on data and facts ...

On 11 June 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a notice to inform all relevant ministries and institutions and foreign travelers entry to Cambodia about charge fees for COVID-19 test, quarantine and treatment services foreign travelers entry to Cambodia at public hospital. Upon arrival to ...

Networking Night: “Tech For Good” is a chance for techies, developers, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and startups to make connections while sharing their latest social technology innovations in Cambodia’s growing tech scene.GUEST SPEAKERS:– Sovan Srun, Co-Founder and CEO of Edemy– Panhavuth Chan Heng, Technical Lead in ...

Survivors of acid attacks in Cambodia are being denied free government treatment that they are legally entitled to, Human Rights Watch says. Its report focused on 17 survivors, none of whom are said to have received government aid for their injuries. ...

A group of indigenous villagers in northeastern Cambodia’s Stung Treng province called on local forestry officials Wednesday to crackdown on illegal saw mills and to provide them with protection after they received death threats from unsanctioned loggers of luxury timber. ...

Nippon Express, a Japanese company specialising in truck, rail and air transport services, is now eyeing an expansion of its operations in Cambodia, according to a recent government announcement. ...

Kem Sokha, first vice-president of Cambodia’s National Assembly, on Wednesday lent his support to Chinese investors in Cambodia and urged them to focus on quality and transparency in their projects. ...

French police will arrive in Cambodia in October to reinvestigate two separate murders of French nationals that have yet to be solved by Cambodian police, an interior Ministry official said Tuesday. ...

The Department of Fisheries has a plan to allow The first batch of at least 20 trawlers to catch fish outside The country’s sovereign territorial waters by next year after a “yellow card” from The European Union (EU) over Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) ...

The election committee of Tbong Khmum province is investigating a complaint that The ruling CPP violated electioneering rules by posting party signs on homes before The official campaign period kicks off for The June 4 commune elections. ...

The National Assembly will vote on Monday on landmark legislation giving The government unprecedented new powers to suspend and dissolve its political rivals, and with barely a note of concern from The democracies helping bankroll The country. ...

Cambodia’s top monastic leader, Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong, urged the nation’s monks yesterday to vote for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, explaining that the outcome of the 2018 national election has been “arranged already”. ...

The Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has opened an investigation into The alleged rape of a high-school student by a district police chief and summoned The 19-year-old to appear for questioning over The case, officials said Sunday. ...

Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday signed two Memorandums of Understanding — on tourism, and on the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation initiative — with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen following a session of delegation-level talks. ...

Cambodia’s ruling party named three sons of long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen to its upper ranks on Sunday as part of a bid to rejuvenate its leadership and claw back support lost at the last general election. ...

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy denied Wednesday that he had plans to meet Prince Norodom Ranariddh to discuss the CNRP joining with Funcinpec against the CPP ahead of the 2018 national election. ...