ASEAN is one of the world’s regions that have the fastest-growing Internet population thanks to its young population, with more than 124,000 new Internet users joining every day.
VOA Khmer’s Hean Socheata spoke to Sophie Busson of Reporters Without Borders about the situation of press freedom in Southeast Asia and Cambodia.
An $8 million fund to support business development in Cambodia would also be dissolved under the plans.
Some warn of 'chaos' as hit-and-run drivers, suspected sorcerers face wrath of angry mobs rather than justice system.
Experts who spoke to VOA Khmer say that a major factor driving mob beatings and killings is a lack of accountability and perceived injustice in society.
More than 7.8 million Cambodians are eligible to vote in the elections, which are scheduled for June 4.
Sok An, 66, died last Wednesday in a Beijing hospital, two days after he was granted the title “Samdech”.
Seng Reasey, a rights worker at local NGO Silaka, said some women have to choose between having a career and having a family.
The 3rd Science and Engineering Festival aims to encourage young Cambodians to better understand STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Mu Sochua, deputy president of Cambodia National Rescue Party, said the party had doubled the number of women candidates it could field compared with the 2012 elections.
Union leaders say the fall is due to legal roadblocks to workers registering complaints with the country’s arbitration body.
Founded in 1995 by a French couple, Christian and Marie-France des Pallieres, PSE is a well-recognized charity, home to nearly 7,000 students who are educated, fed, provided with healthcare and vocational training skills.
Cambodia observers said this week that the country could learn a lot from the current uncertainties in the United States since the election.
Sam Rainsy and the CNRP party faced a series of political threats, including having the immunity of lawmakers stripped and several lawsuits launched against its leadership.
The government rejected the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s assertion, but the CNRP continued to submit similar claims regardless.
The Phan Imex Development Company has been accused of taking over a public road, villager’s land and natural lakes.
In 2016, Cambodia scored 32 out of 100,with a one-point drop recorded in 2017.
Ramp installed on vehicles allows wheelchairs easy access, and offers freedom to previously homebound.
Released on Wednesday, the CPI ranked Cambodia 156th out of 176 countries surveyed.
Preap Kol, executive director of Transparency International Cambodia, said the move could help ensure less money was wasted from the budget this year.
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