Judges in Cambodia’s Court of Appeal fail to inform defendants of their rights and a high number of hearings do not even have the defendants or their lawyers present, according to a study by a local rights group. in addition, the quality of evidence presented at ...

A recent survey of 100 people in Battambang and Kampong Chhnang provinces and Phnom Penh by civil society organisations revealed that 85 per cent of women are still interested in entering politics, especially through the commune and general elections in 2022 and 2023 respectively. ...

RANGOON — Burma’s government has announced a plan to ease trade restrictions on joint ventures between local business people and foreign investors, U Yan Naing Tun, director general of the Ministry of Commerce, told the Irrawaddy.Keep reading ...

The General Secretariat of The National Assembly held a workshop on using information and communication technology to improve The transparency of The legislative branch. ...

 PanNature, a Vietnamese not-for-profit organisation, in collaboration with the Mekong Community institute of Thailand (MCI) and the NGO Forum on Cambodia, organised a webinar themed “the Fate of the Mekong River: Current Development and Future Perspectives” on November 5 within the framework of the ASEAN People’s Forum 2020. PanNature ...

The Mekong Delta is one of The most vulnerable deltas to climate change, particularly sea level rise. However, The social and economic developments in The region also have a significant impact on The land. Urbanisation, land-use transformation, intensification of economic activities and human protection against ...

About 50 families gathered under a timber roof here Sunday among muddy fields granted to them as compensation after China’s Union Development Group (UDG) began to turn their coastal homeland into a $3.8-billion tourist mecca. the families, who now live in timber houses dotting the barren ...

Cambodia’s Representative of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations office in Geneva on Monday refuted claims made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that civic space is shrinking in Cambodia. ...

Save the Children launched an EU-funded project on Wednesday – Responsive and Effective Child Welfare Systems Transformation (React) – which aims to ensure proper legal protection and quality services for children, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU’s diplomatic service said. the launch of ...

The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) has urged relevant parties to increase efforts to attract more foreign investors to border areas. CDC secretary-general Sok Chenda Sophea said to achieve this, it is necessary to develop infrastructure There such as special economic zones (SEZ), ...

A draft agricultural land law threatens to eliminate property rights and effectively remove all limitations on the size of economic land concessions, a coalition of civil society groups said in a statement released.the draft of the Law on the Management and Use of Agricultural land, ...

BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – All living things, plants, animals and humans, need water to survive.  But despite an apparent abundance of water and river systems in Laos, during the dry season many people and villages struggle to access clean water which puts their health and ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management is in the initial phase of a project to build affordable housing for the Kingdom’s low-income population. ...

Addressing world leaders at the Assembly’s general debate, Saleumxay Kommasith added that priority must be accorded to least developed and land-locked developing countries given their added vulnerabilities. there countries were also at an added disadvantage due to the impact of climate change, which hit them ...

More people are buying furniture thanks to a growing construction sector and solid economic growth. Cambodia’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to grow by 6.5 percent for the next two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Meanwhile, the ...

Thousands of vulnerable women and girls from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are sold as brides each year, according to a new study. Keep reading ...

NAY PYI TAW, July 21 (Xinhua) — Buddhists make up 87.9 percent of Myanmar’s population, government census figures showed on Thursday. Keep reading ...

The Japanese Friendship Bridge in Phnom Penh is set to receive a $29.4 million renovation courtesy of The Japanese government, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday. ...

Economic inequality has become a major roadblock in Thailand’s path to prosperity and democracy. The massive development gap between The prosperous central and eastern seaboards and outlying agricultural regions has been a source of political division and unmet economic potential for decades. in Thailand’s norTheast, ...

The Indigenous People Network and civil society organizations yesterday asked The government to speed up registration of Indigenous collective lands. ...