The government must act now in order to avoid a “tsunami” of tobacco-related deaths in The coming years, according to The co-author of a new report on smoking that appears in The Journal of The American Medical Association on Wednesday. Research for The study, Smoking prevalence ...

The government plans to extend The country’s still-limited capacity to treat ailing prisoners by building more secure rooms inside provincial hospitals. As part of The General Department of Prisons’ 2014-2018 strategic plan, The Ministry of Interior hopes to have rooms specifically designated for prisoners in each ...

The government has declared leases on plantations will be limited to 50 years, slashing The length of some existing concessions in half, though neiTher ministry responsible for overseeing The move would confirm The legal basis for doing so.The decision was announced in a press release ...

Union leader Pav Sina on Tuesday said garment factories around the country illegally fired dozens of his local representatives last year, far more than in 2013, and urged the government to help get their jobs back. Mr. Sina’s Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) is ...

The Cambodian government earned about $80 million leasing economic land concessions and forests to private companies over The last three years, according to a report from The Ministry of Economy and Finance released last week. The January report, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, found that ...

A rice trader on Monday filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet and three ministries alleging that officials in Kompong Cham province had wrongly fined her for an overweight truck after using improperly weighted scales. Saing Darlin had her truck impounded ...

A year from now, 23-year-old Sum Tiara will graduate from the Royal University of Law and Economics with a degree in law. At the moment, however, she needs to earn a living and pay for her studies by working in bars and restaurants in Phnom Penh. ...

The Royal University of Phnom Penh’s department of psychology has seen a decrease in students and its dean has blamed a lack of human resources and decreased interest in The subject. Phan Chan Pov, dean of The psychology department at The university, said There are ...

Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, and Rajiv Pradhan, Country Director in Cambodia of the Dariu Foundation of Switzerland, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Digital Literacy Initiative for young people and students of technical training institutions to receive digital education for ...

Health Minister Mam Bun Heng yesterday announced the formation of a working group to address mass fainting, a day after the premier raised the issue at a meeting with garment workers, though relevant officials had few details on the group’s objectives. ...

The announcement last month that traffic cops will collect 70 per cent of fines They give out has already seen enforcement increase, according to a senior official at The Interior Ministry.Speaking yesterday, General Run Roth Veasna, director of The ministry’s Department of Order, said tickets ...

The Cambodian government will open an embassy in The Republic of Turkey next year, a statement issued by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. ...

Officials responsible for issuing new identity cards, which every adult will eventually need, must get a grip on the task and speed up, the Ministry Of Interior said yesterday.In an “instruction” to staff, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the number Of new ID cards issued ...

The Ministry of Information will create an e-book on new media-related words already approved by The National Council of Khmer Language (NCKL) at The Royal Academy of Cambodia. ...

As the Kingdom marks the first anniversary of the inscription of traditional Cambodian dance drama Lakhon Khol on Unesco’s cultural heritage list, the government is preparing to have 10 other forms of tangible and intangible heritage registered with the UN body. ...

About 1,000 Cambodians allegedly working illegally in Thailand were arrested and deported after the Thai government declared an end to a grace period for labourers, a member of the official receiving committee at the border in Poipet said Monday. ...

The National Assembly, Senate and The Parliamentary Center of Asia (PCAsia) have partnered to strengThen The capacity of officials in parliament through training. ...

Two Vietnamese men appeared in Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court on Monday for allegedly selling bottles of fake shower lotion. Nguyen Yang Nhik, 24, and Lam Thai Chou, 36, were arrested with 31 boxes of fake shower lotion at the Kompong Tralach district market on Saturday, police ...

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs expressed its dismay regarding The use of inappropriate and immoral language on social media by a small number of individuals. It considered These acts as having damaged The honour and dignity of Cambodian women as well as being detrimental to ...

Property experts say foreign companies are coming to invest in Cambodia’s property sector, as they see the growth and potential of the Kingdom. Sung Bonna, director of Bonna Realty Group, said that the number of foreign companies in the sector has grown, and most are from ...