Opposition pushes migrant vote reform
Opposition CNRP lawmakers have suggested amendments to a law which would let Cambodian migrant workers register and vote abroad. The amendments were sent to National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Friday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077928/opposition-pushes-migrant-vote-reform/
Military officer forced to give public apology
A Kampong Thom provincial military police officer is being forced to issue a public apology to Kampong Thom High School teachers after he cursed at them for instructing his daughter to change her clothes to match the school uniform. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093739/military-officer-forced-give-public-apology/
Chinese sign real estate partnership
The Cambodia Valuers and Estate Agents Association (CVEA) and Emerald Plus Property Service Management (EPPSM) struck a deal with Dae Yang Constructor and Real Estate Association from Sichuan Province to help each oTher find investment, development and trading opportunities. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37800/chinese-sign-real-estate-partnership/
Cambodia’s NGOs say measures proposed by parties would curtail free speech
Nine nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday slammed Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties for considering measures that would ban them from giving interviews or making statements deemed “insulting” to political parties during election periods, saying the restrictions would violate free speech. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ngos-02042015175755.html
Ruling party MP slammed for blocking press briefing on Cambodia NGO law
A rights group and journalist organization on Thursday slammed a lawmaker from Cambodia’s ruling party for barring an opposition MP from addressing the media with his concerns over a controversial draft law on nongovernmental organizations currently under review by parliament. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/lawmaker-07022015153933.html
New Zealand FM to visit Cambodia next week, air services pact expected to be signed
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully will pay a two-day visit to Cambodia from Aug. 18 to 19, where he will sign an agreement on air services, according to a press statement from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry on Thursday. ...
MPs ‘hastily’ approved laws, new report says
Lawmakers have hastily approved key legislation with little or no meaningful debate, according to a mid-year report on the National Assembly’s performance, which criticised opposition president Sam Rainsy for stifling discussion prior to two important votes. ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mps-hastily-approved-laws-new-report-says
Cambodia, Singapore strengthen intellectual property collaboration
Cambodia and Singapore have convened a meeting to further boost bilateral collaboration on the intellectual property sector. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750830/cambodia-singapore-strengthen-intellectual-property-collaboration/
Officials step up crackdown on illegal fishing
Fisheries and local officials are stepping up a crackdown on illegal fishing nationwide as the closed fishing season is set to begin next month, according to a senior Agriculture Ministry official. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501083661/officials-step-up-crackdown-on-illegal-fishing/
Safeguarding against the race for data
Putting Thailand 4.0 and a cashless society in place seems to be the dream of Thai policymakers and business tycoons, but the recent data leakage by two of the country’s major financial institutions has left many wondering whether the virtual dream is in fact a ...
E-tourism and why it is necessary for the ever-transforming Thailand
As technology advances further, people except information to be readily available. E-tourism, which entails digitalising tourism in Thailand, has contributed positively to the Thai economy.Keep reading ...
Reordering the landscape
The year 2020 will see a confluence of transformations for Bangkok. From its roots as a small trading post to a modern capital full of business opportunities, culture and vices, The face of Bangkok will be altered again over The next two years, hopefully for ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cleaning the economy
Bringing the economy back on track for normal growth is necessary, but may be insufficient if the government does not direct growth in a cleaner manner.Power generation and industries that play a major role in driving the Thai economy need to be seriously adjusted to ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Making education higher: The Webster way
With the spotlight on the modernisation of the nation’s economy and the drive to achieve Thailand 4.0, doubts over the country’s ability to achieve such lofty goals have called into question the capacity of the current educational system to support the development of its ambitions. ...
Prime minister warns ‘bad officials’ over building violations
Days after City Hall ordered NagaWorld casino to halt its expansion because it was damaging Phnom Penh’s beauty, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday warned “bad officials” to stop allowing construction projects to damage the country’s aesthetic allure. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-warns-bad-officials-over-building-violations-99703/
Towers to improve Angkor Wat's cell coverage, discreetly
Visitors to Cambodia’s premiere tourist destination, Angkor Wat, can expect better mobile network coverage come June, after Apsara Authority signed an agreement with local telecom services firm Camtowerlink Communications to install six camouflaged mobile towers across the vast temple site. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/towers-improve-angkor-wats-cell-coverage-discreetly
Korea envoy claims gov’t probe a ‘setup’
Cambodia’s controversial ambassador to South Korea, Suth Dina, has released a public plea to Prime Minister Hun Sen to safeguard his job, amid what appears to be an investigation by the Foreign Affairs Ministry into his office, it emerged yesterday. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/korea-envoy-claims-govt-probe-setup
SL factory owners deny agreement
Just as a solution to a two-week-long dispute at two SL Garment factories seemed over on Saturday, the company’s owner issued a statement refusing to recognise an agreement that had lured more than 5,000 employees back to work. ...
HRH Premier receives Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister
His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said that Bahrain is looking forward to consolidating ties with Cambodia through bolstering bilateral cooperation at all levels and intensifying exchanged visits between the public and private sectors for their joint interests. ...
Bahrain News Agency Staff
http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/622912
Three charged over fake military checkpoint
The Kompong Speu Provincial Court on Saturday charged three men with illegally establishing an armed force, illegally using weapons and wearing fake military uniforms after They were arrested for operating a fake roadside checkpoint to extort money from loggers, officials said on Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-over-fake-military-checkpoint-78018/