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ASEAN integration concerns aired at grassroots event

Hundreds gathered on 16 November in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for the fifth Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly, where they called for issues ranging from deforestation to democracy to be addressed ahead of ASEAN integration. About 700 people from the Cambodian Cross Sector Network, a group made up ...

Cambodian PM calls for drought aid preparations

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on local authorities and government ministries to be ready to distribute water to farmers around the country due to the ongoing shortage in Cambodia’s reservoirs. “Drought . . . has been threatening our agricultural production, therefore relevant authorities and ministries have to ...

Stripped of immunity, Rainsy delays return

Three days after a warrant was issued for his arrest, Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy on 16 November backed off a pledge to return to the Kingdom and face the prospect of jail, but insisted he would arrive soon. A day of drama that began ...

Activists call for delay of controversial union law

A group of more than 20 union leaders filed a petition in front of the National Assembly on 16 November demanding a delay in the passage of the draft trade union law, while yet again requesting a full copy of the controversial legislation. The draft law, which ...

Mekong locals seek a voice on Don Sahong

More than 6,400 residents of Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia have signed and thumb-printed a statement on the Don Sahong Dam project, airing concerns ranging from the river’s diminishing fish stocks to the lack of transparency of the Mekong River Commission. The statement, presented last week at ...

Thailand's tourist numbers maintained at 32m

Thailand’s Office National Economic and Social Development Board has maintained the tourist number target for 2016 at 32 million, despite terrorist attacks in Paris. Keep reading ...

Myanmar poll raises internet usage

Internet usage in Myanmar rose by 300 per cent on 8 November when the nation hosted the general election, according to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Keep reading ...

Thai Deputy PM insists on using administrative order in rice cases

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has reiterated the government is not bullying ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra when it demands compensation from her for damages from the rice-pledging programme using using the 1996 administrative tort law instead of the Civil Code. Damages can be claimed in one of the ...

Thai economy expands 2.9% in Q3

The Office of National Economic and Social Development Board revealed today that the Thai economy expanded 2.9 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year. Keep reading ...

Auctions of rotten rice to begin this month

The Thai government will begin auctioning 2 million tonnes of rotten rice by the end of November, looking to offload stockpiles of the staple grain built up under the rice-pledging programme. The world’s second biggest rice exporter after India is holding about 13 million tonnes of ...

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