Searching Result
Found: 15,636
-
Uncertainty and immobility affecting workers in Thailand
The Cambodian embassy in Thailand has called on all Cambodian migrant workers who are residing and working there not to panic or move about the country unnecessarily as the Thai government has re-imposed Covid-19 restrictions on all construction sites in Bangkok and some provinces.
Read More -
Experts Push for Inclusion of Morality and Philosophy in Education Curriculum
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports should pay more attention to the foundation of morality and ethics for students from kindergarten and beyond in order to build a peaceful society. If society is filled with immoral citizens, national laws will be violated, said Pa Chanroeun, president of Cambodia Institute for Democracy.
Read More -
Digital surveillance increasingly used to oppress civil society, rights groups say
As authorities jail multiple activists for their online speech, rights groups and civil society members are decrying the government’s digital surveillance and criminalization of speech.
Read More -
Autistic Teenaged Son of Jailed Cambodian Opposition Member Sent to Jail
Cambodian authorities have sent the teenaged autistic son of a jailed member of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to Prey Sar Prison after being charged with incitement and insulting public officials, his mother said.
Read More -
NCDM on alert as water levels set to jump
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) has advised its municipal and provincial committees throughout the country to be on alert for high water levels and problems caused by rainfall during the rainy season.
Read More -
Digital surveillance increasingly used to oppress civil society, rights groups say
As authorities jail multiple activists for their online speech, rights groups and civil society members are decrying the government’s digital surveillance and criminalization of speech.
Read More -
Vietnam’s New Militia Unit A Response to Tensions with Cambodia, China: Analysts
Vietnam has created an armed maritime militia unit in a province bordering Kampot, according to a Vietnamese military mouthpiece, which analysts say is a counteract China’s potential military presence at Ream Naval Base.
Read More -
Fishing Families Worry About Another Slow Rise of Tonle Sap Lake
Families living on the banks of the Tonle Sap lake here say they are concerned about the currents feeding into the lake, which has been slow to rise again as the fish spawning season arrives. For the third year in a row, water levels remain below average, and villagers worry that the fish they depend on for their livelihoods will continue to disappear.
Read More -
Communities’ Debt Struggles Highlighted, but Investors Largely Silent
A new NGO report on debt struggles in 14 communities — including reports of pressured land sales and threats — has been met with renewed objections from the local microfinance industry and largely a lack of response from its international development funders.
Read More -
Mondulkiri border police and soldiers charged over illegal logging
Ten men including border police, soldiers and a Vietnamese national, who remains at large, were charged on Saturday with plotting to export unlicensed timber forest products across the Cambodia-Vietnam border as well as logging in protected areas. The arrest of the nine men has caused some civil society groups to call for further action against what has been described as systemic corruption that supports illegal logging.
Read More -
Opinion: As US-China Rivalry Grows, Will Cambodia’s Tragedy Return?
Cambodia has been increasingly seen as a center point of the US-China competition for influence in Southeast Asia. The recent allegations of China’s potential military presence in Cambodia is a critical point to test the Kingdom’s resilience and capability in navigating contemporary international politics of great power rivalry.
Read More -
Global Warming: an Unwelcome Leak
This infernal cycle could be triggered if the increase in temperature reaches 1.5 degree—a threshold that, according to the World Meteorological Organization, could be crossed as early as 2025, that is, virtually tomorrow.
Read More -
Women still willing to participate in politics despite intimidation, study finds
A new report examining the participation of women in politics within a single-party Cambodian state has found that male violence remains a key barrier to entry
Read More -
Donor Nations Move Aid to Civil Society
Some western countries have diverted aid from the Cambodian government to civil society groups and local communities in a move analysts see is caused by the government’s non-transparency and the decline in human rights and democracy.
Read More -
World Bank approves $200 million for Cambodia’s fight against COVID-19
The World Bank has approved $200 million worth of International Development Association (IDA) credit for Cambodia’s fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and broader economic recovery.
Read More -
Former CNRP official’s son arrested on charge of incitement in Telegram chat
The 16-year-old son of a former CNRP official has been charged on Friday with incitement and insulting public officials while chatting on the Telegram messaging app.
Read More -
Kampong Speu governor orders intruders off state forest land
Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang has issued an order prohibiting clearing and settling on more than 281ha of state forest land in two locations after some residents illegally occupied and farm the land.
Read More -
Teenager Arrested for Telegram, Audio Messages Insulting Officials
Nine officers stormed the house of a jailed opposition politician on Thursday night, arresting his 16-year-old autistic son who was previously assaulted in public with a brick in April, according to the politician’s wife.
Read More -
Ratanakiri Outbreak Keeps Growing, Test Availability Still a Concern
The northeastern province of Ratanakiri is reporting around 30 to 40 cases of Covid-19 a day, said a local official, resulting in close to 250 cases this week.
Read More -
Koh Kong governor: Annul documents for land in protected areas
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration has annulled the validity of documents for land sales in natural protected areas and biodiversity preservation corridors.
Read More
Generously Supported by
