The Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday launched a U.s.-aided strategic planning manual with an aim to assist Cambodian strategists to design standardized and effective defense strategic plans. Major Gen. Phat Vibolsopheak, chief of international relations department at the Defense Ministry, said the 17-page instruction manual ss='cambodia-color'>...

Five unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 80 bullets were dug out from the drained pond of a Battambang pagoda yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With regional and international competition increasing, Cambodia’s workers could be falling behind. A new World Bank report says Cambodia’s labor force lacks the skills to advance the country’s economy, even as an increasing number of young people enter the labor market. Kem Lay, a sociology researcher, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia failed to improve its ranking on the U.s.’ annual “Trafficking in Persons Report” after being demoted last year. Released on Friday, the global report again ranks Cambodia on the Tier 2 Watch List, one tier away from the lowest position, Tier 3. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With the Indian government set to inject five million tonnes of rice in to its domestic market, Cambodia’s rice producers fear that any spillover into the global rice trade may impact local exports. David Van, acting secretary-general of a newly established Cambodia Rice Federation, said ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Committee for Disaster Management said yesterday that the government has made provisions for this year’s rainy season. More than 10,000 tonnes of rice, emergency supplies and rescue vehicles have been prepared ahead of predicted flooding, committee deputy director Nhim Vanda said yesterday at a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s cybercrime law was leaked earlier this year. Cambodian officials have denied the existence of such a draft law, but local and international rights group have criticized the secret draft process, as well as some stipulations that might affect freedom of speech online. VOA Khmer ss='cambodia-color'>...

One of the men suspected in the seven-year-old murder of a Phnom Penh garment factory union representative was tried at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, nearly two years after his conviction in absentia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

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More than 100 vendors from Phe Leu market in Kratie town protested yesterday after they arrived at work to find security guards refusing to let them sell at their usual spots, vendors said. More than 20 unarmed guards blocked the protesters, forcing them to set up ss='cambodia-color'>...

Workers at Dongdu Textile in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district ended a two-week strike yesterday after their bosses agreed to reinstate 11 union leaders and activists fired in January. Chhin sony, president of the government-aligned Union of Cambodia, said more than 2,000 workers returned to the factory ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PQRU) on Friday published an extended criticism of a speech made by opposition leader sam Rainsy last week in which he promised his supporters that the political change that swept Ukraine’s president from power​​ would soon ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party will commence its campaign for municipal, provincial, city and district council election in Koh Thom district of Kandal province on May 2, according to its spokesman on Thursday. Yem Punharith said that the campaign in Kandal province in the morning and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party will commence its campaign for municipal, provincial, city and district council election in Koh Thom district of Kandal province on May 2, according to its spokesman on Thursday. Yem Punharith said that the campaign in Kandal province in the morning and ss='cambodia-color'>...

When an overloaded and illegally built storage level at the Wing star shoes factory in Kampong speu province collapsed last May 16, officials went into damage control, promising to compensate victims using a relatively new state fund. But one year after teenager Kim Dany and co-worker ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) gained ground against Prime Minister Hun sen’s party in local elections over the weekend, initial tallies indicated Monday, in a boost the opposition party’s leader sam Rainsy said would help strengthen democracy at the grassroots level. The ruling Cambodian People’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

In less than two months, smokers indulging in Cambodia’s inexpensive cigarettes will have to reach a little deeper into their wallets. starting in July, the tax on cigarettes will jump from 20 per cent to 30 per cent of the retail price, with a tax base ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Chinese firm that was financially backing an ambitious project to develop Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood has pulled out, Chinese Embassy and company officials have confirmed, and no other investor appears to have taken its place. That makes the Erdos Hongjun Investment Corporation at least ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), led by Hun Many, Prime Minister Hun sen’s son, is claiming that one of its Facebook pages was hacked by international “hactivist” group Anonymous. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A request has been sent to the government’s Human Rights Committee and the interior and foreign affairs ministries seeking clarification on the status and whereabouts of a draft law that will govern associations and non-governmental organizations, asking to see the latest version of the law ss='cambodia-color'>...