The Ministry of Information has started posting government news in Arabic in a bid to attract investors from the Middle East region, said a ministry spokesperson.
Boeng Trea lake, which is just north of Tonle Bati, has been drained, excavated and privatized in recent years. But Kandal officials this week gave conflicting accounts of what will happen to the drained lake.
NagaWorld workers were met with less violent resistance from security personnel on Tuesday as they attempted to continue their protest against termination from the casino corporation.
NagaWorld protestors were met with violence by security personnel on the streets of Phnom Penh Monday afternoon, after weeks of their protests proceeding relatively subdued.
Two-thirds of Tonle Bati lake — a popular weekend getaway — will be filled in by a developer, official documents show, as three other lakes in Kandal and a further area on Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok have been privatized by Hun Sen’s decree.
After a few months of rapid deforestation, tree-cutting activity at Kampong Speu’s Metta forest has slowed down in recent days as clearings reach the boundary limits of land allocated to families from the military’s tank unit.
About 100 former workers of the Canteran Apparel factory in Phnom Penh have resorted to petitioning the prime minister himself to sort out their grievances, claiming the manager of their site left without warning and shut down the business without paying any compensation.
NagaWorld union members submitted petitions to the prime minister’s cabinet and National Assembly, with union leader Chhim Sithar remarking that only Hun Sen can resolve
After the highs of forming government in 1993, the royalist Funcinpec, which has been plagued with infighting, now has candidates trying to reinvent the party’s image to appeal to younger voters.
For an estimated half a million young people who were not yet of voting age in 2018, June 5 will be their first chance to cast ballots. Some first-timers and other potential young voters say they want improvements in local governance.
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