For Cambodia, the impact of COVID-19 is similar to a simulation of the withdrawal of the EU-driven Everything But Arms (EBA) trade scheme. If EBA is withdrawn, it would be “a nail in the coffin” of the already dying garment industry, the country’s biggest employer, writes Sim Vireak. Sim Vireak is an Advisor to the...Read More

ខណៈ​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក​និង​កម្ពុជា ប្រារព្ធ​ខួប​លើក​ទី​៧០​នៃ​ទំនាក់ទំនង​ការ​ទូត​របស់​ខ្លួន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខែ​កក្កដា​នេះ អ្នកវិភាគ​ក្នុង​តំបន់ មើល​ឃើញ​ថា ប្រទេស​ទាំងពីរ ចាំបាច់​ត្រូវ​ដោះស្រាយ​បញ្ហា​មួយ​ចំនួន ដែល​កំពុង​រារាំង​ទំនាក់ទំនង​ទ្វេភាគី មិន​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​មុខ​ដោយ​រលូន​បាន។ លោក សាយ មុន្នី នៃ​វីអូអេ​បាន​សម្ភាសន៍ លោក​បណ្ឌិត ឈាង វណ្ណារិទ្ធ ប្រធាន​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ទស្សនៈ​វិស័យ​អាស៊ី ដែល​ផ្តល់​អនុសាសន៍​ថា ប្រទេស​ទាំងពីរ​គួរ​បង្ហាញ​ការ​គោរព​គ្នា​ទៅវិញ​ទៅមក ដោយ​មិន​រំលង​បន្ទាត់​ក្រហម​នៃ​ភាគី​ណាមួយ ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ទំនាក់ទំនង​ទ្វេ​ភាគី កាន់តែ​ល្អ​ប្រសើរ​ឡើង៕ អត្ថបទពេញ៖​ https://khmer.voanews.com/a/q-a_u-s-s-expressed-intention-for-no-regime-change-in-cambodia-a-political-insurance-for-current-regime-says-regional-analyst-/5510398.htmlRead More

With US-China ties fraying and a need for trade with China amid the Covid-19 pandemic, countries in the region cannot risk siding with Washington, analysts sayNegotiations over a code of conduct in the disputed waterway could also stall following the US’ assertions that Beijing’s claims are ‘completely unlawful’ Most Asean countries will remain cautious and not publicly...Read More

The issue of how to truly empower women continues to be hotly debated among politicians, academics, development practitioners, and the like, despite the fact that the initial discussions of this issue started long ago, in the 1960s. Women’s empowerment is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), which is set to promote...Read More

PHNOM PENH—Prime Minister Hun Sen will travel to China next month to preside over the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, a senior official announced on July 8. Vongsey Vissoth, standing secretary of state at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, made the announcement during a press conference at the...Read More

កម្ពុជា-សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប៖ ការ​ពិភាក្សា​លើ​គោល​គំនិត ​«ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​​​ប្រសើរ​ជាង​ជំនួយ​» (Trade-​not-aid)Read More

To Cambodia as well as the rest of the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented the worst form of challenges to fundamental human rights, ranging from the right to life to decent jobs, education, food and shelter. The loss of direct income due to the disruption of global production and supply chains has already forced 400...Read More

Reaction from most Asian countries towards Hong Kong’s new national security law has been largely lukewarm if not downright muted, with the exception of Japan.On Tuesday China passed and enacted the new legislation which Beijing said will help the special administrative region restore stability after a year of social unrest.Japan’s immediate response was to say the move would erode international...Read More

Le président de l’Asian Vision Institute, Chheang Vannarith, a salué le rôle et les apports du Vietnam dans le processus de négociations en vue de la conclusion de l’Accord de partenariat économique global régional (RCEP), prévue vers la fin de cette année. Full article available: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/chu-tich-avi-viet-nam-thuc-day-hieu-qua-tien-trinh-dam-phan-rcep/648355.vnp : https://www.lecourrier.vn/le-vietnam-fait-avancer-efficacement-les-negociations-sur-le-rcep/810999.htmlRead More

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the United States. Over the past seven decades, there have been ups and downs in the bilateral relationship. In 1965, there was a diplomatic cut-off, which happened again in 1975. The main stumbling blocks in bilateral ties have...Read More