Energy Ministry to see if oil situation will impact inflation
The Energy Ministry will hold a special meeting with The Energy Administrative Committee today (September 17) to discuss The possible impact The drone attacks on two major oil-processing facilities owned by Saudi Arabia’s Aramco may have on living costs in Thailand.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
SK Group donates US$10 million for Attapeu flood relief
The SK Group has donated US$10 million (about KRW 11.2 billion) to The Lao government as a contribution to The relief fund for The flood recovery effort in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province.More ...
Times Reporters
Poverty fight calls for facts
The government is seeking to get The facts on poverty and development in The country with The decree no.348 on criteria standards for poverty graduation and development status.More ...
Vientiane Times
National Assembly passes $6 billion 2018 budget
The National Assembly, with only ruling party lawmakers in attendance, voted on Friday to pass The national budget for 2018 and to add two additional positions to 10 parliamentary committees, a day after a Supreme Court ruling dissolved The only oTher party to hold seats in The ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-assembly-passes-6-billion-2018-budget
Cambodia files first charge under new royal insult law
A primary school principal in Cambodia became the first person to be charged under the kingdom’s new lese majeste law on Sunday over a comment he wrote on Facebook, officials said. Cambodia made insulting the king a crime in February, triggering alarm from rights groups who ...
Greenwashing Big Hydropower
Despite being linked to several disasters, the Asian Development Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to large hydro developments. Rishika Pardikar speaks to people holding it to account. Large hydropower projects, which use moving water to create electricity, can have destructive consequences for the environment – despite their seemingly ...
Rishika Pardikar
Fishers turn to technology to make ends meet
Unlike the thousands made jobless and hungry by the Covid-19 crisis, many families who rely on traditional fishing methods for a living in coastal provinces still manage to put some food on their tables.However, the pandemic has hit their pockets hard. they can no longer ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Digital platform law spelled out
A royal decree meant to regulate digital platforms will take effect on Aug 21, intended to transparently govern operators and promote consumer protection, says Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn. The digital platform service law was published in The Royal Gazette on Dec 23, 2022.Once ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
It's a lean green machine
Natural resources and the environment is one topic in which parties are competing to win support from voters in the general election next month. Almost every party has announced policy proposals to protect people from environmental harm and promote a clean and sustainable development. Although active ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cambodia should not focus on Trans-Pacific Partnership, analysts say
As the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership moves forward, analysts say Cambodia should focus on other obligations in the region.Jayant Menon, lead economist for the Asian Development Bank, told VOA Khmer from Manila that Cambodia would do better to try to meet its obligations under Asean and ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-should-not-focus-on-trans-pacific-partnership-analysts-say/3013799.html
Semi-skilled builders see wages drop, report says
Real wages for Cambodia’s semi-skilled construction workers fell during the past five years, according to a recent report from market research firm BDLinK Cambodia. A 36 per cent increase in the Kingdom’s consumer price index during the period put semi-skilled workers’ real wages last year ...
City working to keep experimental bus route running
An experiment in public busing sponsored by the Japanese government ends tomorrow, but Phnom Penh officials say they want the service to continue. the service will be handed over to the city and a Chinese company, so that 10 bus lines will keep running, but officials ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/city-working-to-keep-experimental-bus-route-running/1863224.html
Private sector fears trade war hit on exports next year
The nation’s peak private-sector advisory grouping has voiced fears that The escalating trade conflict between The United States and China could harm The export sector – a standout performer in The Thai economy – next year.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Environment Minister mainstreams climate change with youth
More than 100 youth and civil servant from relevant institutions took part in a training course this morning on Climate Change for Youth, where the Environment Minister encourage youth to participate in solving issues in relation to climate change at Preah Sihanouk province. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/environment-minister-mainstreams-climate-change-with-youth-9121
Battambang investors bankroll cassava processing plant
Investors In Cambodia’s northeast on Monday announced an Investment In a cassava-processIng plant In Battambang provInce. Prak Phoung Kesoa, assistant CEO at Battambang Agro-Industry, said yesterday that the plant would be 100 per cent Cambodian owned ...
South Korea passes bill to ratify tax deal
The South Korean Assembly has passed a bill to ratify a double tax agreement (DTA) with Cambodia. Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) are treaties between two or more countries to avoid international double taxation of income and property. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807137/south-korea-passes-bill-to-ratify-tax-deal/
Minister: No fees for Covid rapid tests throughout Kingdom
The Ministry of Health has instructed municipal and provincial referral hospitals and oTher state health facilities not to charge any fees to citizens who come to take Covid-19 antigen rapid tests. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-no-fees-covid-rapid-tests-throughout-kingdom
Climate-proof farming techniques ‘boost yields’
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon presented a study on water and soil management using climate-wise farming techniques that can help farmers adapt to climate change and increase their rice yields at the same time. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/climate-proof-farming-techniques-boost-yields
Phnom Penh’s Governor calls for stricter measures to ensure high-risk businesses remain close
Amid clandestine operations by desperate club, karaoke, and other high-risk business owners, Phnom Penh’s Governor issued an order to authorities of the capital’s 14 districts to implement stricter crackdowns on those who defy administrative measures. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964252/phnom-penhs-governor-calls-for-stricter-measures-to-ensure-high-risk-businesses-remain-close/
Three more ex-CNRP officials granted political rehabilitation
King Norodom Sihamoni on February 15 issued a royal decree granting political rehabilitation to three former senior officials of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) – Chan Cheng, Ket Khy and Pot Pov. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/three-more-ex-cnrp-officials-granted-political-rehabilitation