When the Cambodia National Assembly passed the 2016 national budget last December Cambodia’s public health system was not high on the list for additional resources, receiving a meager 8 per cent increase from the year prior, or $275 million. Admirably education received a boost of ss='cambodia-color'>...

A representative of Bonna Realty Group said yesterday that the arrest of the company’s eponymous chairman on Friday on fraud charges stemming from a bounced cheque would have no impact on the business because it was purely a personal matter. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen addressed world leaders at the UN on sunday, giving his formula for closing the gender gap. On Friday, world leaders adopted a new set of development goals, to be achieved over the next 15 years, including gender promotion. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodians will mark the third-year anniversary of the death of their former king, Norodom sihanouk, on Thursday, in a somber occasion marking his legacy.Norodom sihanouk was revered by many Cambodians before his passing, in Beijing in 2012. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev landed at Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday evening and was greeted by a delegation of senior Cambodian government officials and a large security contingent—but few members of the local media, who were largely barred from covering his visit. ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least five men were respectively arrested by police on Wednesday and Thursday for involvement in violence protest in two special economic zones (sEZs) in svay Rieng province, Bavet city. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Visiting U.s. secretary of state John Kerry on Tuesday hailed Cambodia for its rapid development and said the United states is committed to further enhancing ties with the southeast Asian country. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia Rice Federation yesterday raised fresh concerns about the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA), after an online rice-industry portal said the deal will scrap import duties on about 80,000 tons of rice from Vietnam per year and that this could start this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prior to her death on Thursday of last week, British architect Zaha Hadid was working to help Cambodia rebuild after the tragedies of its history. As was well-known, she was designing a new institute in Phnom Penh to foster research and remembrance of the country’s darkest ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Long Beach, California, said on saturday that they had opened an investigation into the alleged assault of an American man by a bodyguard of Prime Minister Hun sen’s son Hun Manet.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam and Cambodia support Indonesia’s proposal for minimum wage standards which will be applicable to AsEAN member states, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea&rSquo;S vice defenSe miniSter will viSit Cambodia and LaoS thiS week in the country&rSquo;S widening effortS to win over countrieS cloSe to North Korea aS Pyongyang ShowS little Sign of letting up on itS military provocationS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The newest U.s. ambassador to Cambodia is visiting Long Beach, which is home to the largest population of Cambodians outside their native country – many of whom are still connected to their homeland.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kampong Speu Provincial Court haS joined the fray in a land battle between Hun Sen&rSquo;S elder brother and a general attached to RCAF&rSquo;S infamouS Brigade 70, ordering a halt to itS clearing.A court officer, joined by 20 local authority officerS and Several memberS of SS='cambodia-color'>...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has expressed its appreciation for Cambodia’s decision to increase the minimum wage of garment, textile and footwear workers to Us$140 per month, according to an ILO’s statement received by the state news agency-AKP this afternoon.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Authorities have unearthed an­other cache of high-grade logs buried near a well-known timber dealer’s sawmill in Tbong Khmum province, weeks after finding a stockpile of buried logs on the businessman’s property in the same district. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian officials have not informed Russian authorities about the arrest of a wanted embezzler in sihanoukville last month, despite apprehending him at their request, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The insurance industry in Cambodia reported a 38-percent increase in gross premium in the first quarter of 2016 over the same period last year, the Insurance Association of Cambodia (IAC) said on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen has accepted the invitation to visit India, according to the state News Agency-AKP.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy over the weekend again raised the prospect that a future CNRP government may oversee forced redistributions of land from the rich to the poor in order to correct cases of land-grabbing under Prime Minister Hun sen’s reign.Mr. Hun sen last week ss='cambodia-color'>...