The Open Letter, Published in Sunday’s New York Times, Calls for the Immediate Expulsion of the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The world’s preeminent women leaders in business, politics, advocacy and the arts published an open letter in Sunday’s New York […]
Cambodian PM Sends Condolence Message to S. Korean President
Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has expressed his sincere condolences to President of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Yoon Suk Yeol over Halloween stampede in Seoul. “I am deeply saddened to learn about the tragic accident in the Itaewon district of Seoul on 29 October […]
Cambodia-Ukraine Summit to be Held at 16:00 on Nov. 1
The planned telephone conversation between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and President of Ukraine H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy will take place at 4:00 pm (time in Phnom Penh) or 11:00 am (time in Kyiv), on Nov. 1, 2022. The summit time between the two top leaders […]
PM Hun Sen Ends Mission to Flood-hit Provinces in Prey Veng
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen is ending his mission to flood-affected provinces, especially those around the Tonle Sap Lake, to distribute rice seeds and foodstuffs to the victims. “Indeed, today is the last day of my presence in flood-hit provinces,” said Samdech Techo Hun Sen while presiding over a distribution […]
Samdech Techo Hun Sen to Enjoy Boat Race in Kandal Province This Afternoon
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will enjoy the last day of boat race in Takhmao town, Kandal province this afternoon. Kandal province is organising on Oct. 29-30 a boat race at Bassac River with the participation of registered 92 boats, to attract national and international tourists as well as to […]
IMF Sees Inflation Having Similar Impacts on Poverty in Cambodia and Vietnam
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects higher food and energy prices to have similar impacts on relative poverty in Cambodia and Vietnam. In its outlook for Asia and the Pacific released in Singapore last week, the IMF also said that the consequences for vulnerable Cambodian and Vietnamese households were likely to be about five times […]
Southeast Asia remains world rice bowl as pockets of region suffer crop disasters
Rice crops in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have taken a hit from flooding and conflict this year, casting a shadow on a mostly sunny outlook for Southeast Asia’s output of the key grain as the region deals with other potential longer term supply troubles, farm officials and researchers say. Poverty and hunger are stalking some […]