The U.S. accused the Cambodian government of scaling back the space for free speech and the World Bank of failing to learn from its mistakes in justifying its decision to abstain from a recent Bank vote that approved a sheaf of new loans to Cambodia. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen told a local media outlet on Sunday that the ruling CPP would not engage in any talks with the opposition CNRP over the jailing of its officials and supporters or recent moves by police to arrest deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha. ...

The government’s tax revenue collection rose to about 21.6 percent in the first five months of this year, compared with the same period last year, with some $708.2 million filling state coffers, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT). ...

Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon defended Cambodia’s position on the South China Sea issue during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry yesterday, denying accusations that the Kingdom’s opposition to any joint Asean statement in support of the Philippines was tied to large loans and grants ...

New data released by Cambodia’s independent credit reporting agency indicate a significant slowdown in the rate of lending during the second quarter of the year, a sign that banking industry experts claim is due to a tightening of lending criteria and less demand from the ...

Political hopeful and self-exiled dissident Sourn Serey Ratha said Monday that he will make his return to Cambodia after spending years abroad on October 1, in time to mark the anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreement with a trip to the country’s contentious border with ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia and Vietnam may request French expert for border verification. ​ “On some disagreed points, Cambodia and Vietnam may request the border experts from France to verify or hire any independent experts to help in case of need”, he added. ...

Cambodians authorities have cracked down on villagers in three forest communities, arresting them or forcing them to stop clearing land for subsistence agriculture, while companies, military personnel and the government continue to encroach upon the areas, according to commune leaders and rights group officials. ...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a businessman who was charged with fraud after he acquired the office of the municipal women’s affairs department in a 2012 land swap, but failed to hand over the property to a tycoon to whom ...

Expired glue used in the production of Cambodia’s new generation of national identification cards is causing the top layer of some to peel off, though it’s unclear exactly how many of the 6.4 million issued since 2012 are affected, according to a Ministry of Interior ...

On Nov. 13, Cambodia’s dictatorial prime minister Hun Sen ousted opposition leader Sam Rainsy, stripping him of his seat in parliament and calling for his arrest. These latest actions against Rainsy are representative of Cambodia’s long muddle through a sort of unfree democracy. ...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday threatened to cut off electricity from the homes of “environmental extremists” who oppose development projects in the country, drawing condemnation from critics who said his government should focus on sustainability and providing services to the people. ...

The earliest reading materials were made from clay tablets, stones and tree bark. Before long, scrolls made from an early form of paper appeared in a process of technological advancement that stretches from those ancient materials to the electronic devices that modern humans use to ...

Nearly 50 residents of Kampong Chhnang province who were mistreated by the Giant Ocean International Fishery Co. Ltd. while working abroad asked for the assistance of human rights group Adhoc yesterday in order to expedite their former employer’s payment of owed wages, according to the ...

National Police on Sunday said Khmer New Year traffic figures were evidence that the new traffic law has been a success, with 98 traffic accidents reported over the four-day holiday this year, a drop from 123 in 2015, when it was a three-day holiday.   ...

A senior government minister yesterday announced a halt to plans to expand the Phnom Penh International Airport, and instead revived talk of a new airport altogether, mentioning plans to identify a location 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new ...

A new study has predicted that even if Cambodia manages to eradicate so-called “human” strains of malaria by 2025 – a key government goal – it will continue be at “high risk” of infections from a strain of the parasite more typically found in wild ...

Representatives of 120 families consisting of veterans and disabled soldiers living in Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district asked the government and provincial authorities to expedite the delivery of land titles as they have been living on land the government gave them for three years without ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has thrown cold water on a request by the Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC) that it permit garment workers extra time off to register in their home provinces without receiving a pay cut, according to a letter posted on the NEC’s ...

As Prime Minister Hun Sen ages, more and more talk is surfacing of his sons taking his mantle and leading the country into the future. Two were in the spotlight this past week as they bolster their credentials for their eventual rise to the top ...