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Slipping into darkness
Itsarin Tisantia, Published on 21/07/2018
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EC names Ittiporn chair as poll looms
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/08/2018
» The Election Commission (EC) has chosen one of its members, Ittiporn Boonpracong, as the group's new chairman and the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) chairman said the selection was legal.
5 EC names sent to King for approval
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 04/08/2018
» The names of five selected election commissioners have been submitted for royal endorsement, National Legislative Assembly (NLA) president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai said on Friday.
Cambodia approves China investment in banana farm
Published on 09/08/2018
» The Cambodian government has given the green light to a Chinese-owned firm, Longmate Agriculture Co, to invest in a banana plantation in Kampot province.
Japan goes shy on Khmer poll flaws
News, Sek Sophal, Published on 13/08/2018
» Cambodia's general election on July 29 concluded with a sharp controversy. Skeptical voter turnout, a number of spoilt ballots, election boycotts and a sweeping victory by the ruling Cambodian People Party (CPP) appeared in international media headlines. Shortly after the National Election Committee (NEC) announced the preliminary result, the US, the European Union, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Germany expressed concern that the election was neither free nor fair and failed to justify the spirit of democracy in the absence of the banned opposition party, the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP).
Limited primary vote draws flak
News, Published on 30/08/2018
» A limited version of the primary vote, where a handful of political party members are represented in nominating MP candidates, has drawn criticism from academics and parties.
Local polls must wait, Meechai says
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 05/09/2018
» Local polls will take place after the general election, not before, to give the Election Commission (EC) sufficient time to make preparations, said Meechai Ruchupan, head of the Constitutional Drafting Committee (CDC).
HIV alert is skin deep
News, Published on 09/09/2018
» Those who love body art are on alert following a news report that a man in Loei claimed his 22-year-old daughter died of complications from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) late last month and all of her three friends who went to get tattoos together in Bangkok in March had also died.
Don't blame the rain
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 10/09/2018
» After days of being battered by heavy rain in Bangkok, anyone who isn't sniffling or coughing probably considers themselves lucky. After all, didn't your mother always tell you, "Don't stay in the rain or you'll catch a cold" … "go dry your hair and change your clothes or you'll catch a cold"? Mine certainly did.
Brides-to-be compete
Life, Published on 24/10/2018
» Interested brides-to-be have only one month left to take action. They are invited to enter the "Eazy Running Of The Brides" to vie for a wedding package and other prizes worth more than 2 million baht.