At a workshop to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organisation Ngin saorath decried the lack of progress on equal treatment of disabled people ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ruling Cambodian People’s Party working groups are being handed a list of 10 diktats from Prime Minister Hun sen, bringing the party’s recent vows to increase surveillance and restrict dissent to the local level. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ban on surrogate pregnancies announced by the health minister on Monday will remain in place until the government drafts a law protecting Cambodian women giving birth to the children of other parents, an official said on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Cabinet has not held its constitutionally mandated weekly meeting since June 16, fueling speculation about Prime Minister Hun sen’s health and confusion over why officials have forgone the meetings. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday pledged to remain in power 10 more years to “maintain stability” in Cambodia, going on to blame the fatal crackdown on wage protests in 2014 on a “conspiracy” orchestrated by the beleaguered opposition. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea will manage the replanting of treeS on former economic land conceSSionS&mdaSh;with an eye toward eventually entering Cambodia&rSquo;S logging induStry&mdaSh;under a tentative agreement between the two countrieS, Agriculture MiniSter Veng Sakhon Said on WedneSday. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

Government officials are working to settle compensation claims for 50 families living alongside a kilometer of rail track in Poipet town, to allow a rail link between Cambodia and Thailand to open by the middle of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The needs of disabled Cambodians have not been taken into account in the forthcoming local elections, a disabilities group has said. Ngin saoroth, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO), told reporters this week that politicians were not putting “the issue of the disabled ss='cambodia-color'>...

Senior government officialS yeSterday gathered to celebrate the 24th anniverSary of the adoption of the Kingdom&rSquo;S ConStitution, laviShing praiSe on the ConStitutional Council &ndaSh; while SimultaneouSly appearing to threaten legal action againSt thoSe who queStion the body&rSquo;S independence or deciSionS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Fresh off a clean sweep in the senate elections on sunday, a ruling party spokesman and newly elected senator yesterday espoused the benefits of one-party rule in Cambodia, pointing to the example of chief patron China while glossing over longstanding concerns about the superpower’s human ss='cambodia-color'>...

Last week marked the end of the annual fishing season and many who had gathered on the riverbanks to buy and sell fish in the Russei Keo district of Phnom Penh called it the best season in years. An abundance of fish, there were bargain prices ss='cambodia-color'>...

The director of a Phnom Penh children’s NGO arrested over allegations of abuse was released from police custody on Wednesday due to a lack of evidence, police said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The UN plans to devote resources to improving the sexual and reproductive health of young women working in garment factories. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is less likely to be affected by the El Nino weather pattern and the country is expected to receive rainfall this week, the local sources quoted the spokesman of the Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police are searching for a 26-year-old unlicensed dentist in Tbong Khmum province who is believed to have used a rope to strangle a patient to death at his clinic in order to steal her jewelry and motorbike, along with about $3,000 in cash, an official ss='cambodia-color'>...

The European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Cambodia, which has 203 companies as members, signed an agreement with Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday, expressing its commitment to help rid the country of corruption. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s armed forces belong to the country’s ruling party and must prevent a “color revolution” from overtaking the southeast Asian nation, a four-star general said Wednesday, drawing criticism from an opposition official who called his understanding of the military’s role “limited.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Every evening, Seu Rin takeS hiS family&rSquo;S wooden fiShing boat down the Teuk Chhu River to the waterS of the Cambodian coaSt. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on saturday held its 42nd congress at the Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre in the capital to review its achievements for last year and set this year’s targets. Presided by Prime Minister Hun sen, who is also CPP president, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has adjusted its medium-term outlook for Cambodia’s economy, projecting that it will contract by 4 percent by the end of the year.  ADB’s previous outlook had projected that the national economy would decline by 5.4 percent compared with last year, as ss='cambodia-color'>...