In 2010, the Ha Tien Vegas Entertainment Resort, a casino investment on Kampot province’s border with Vietnam that included luxury karaoke rooms and suites, launched with high hopes of attracting Vietnamese gamblers. At the end of December, Ha Tien Vegas closed down. To the north, in ...

U.N. humaN rights expert MaiNa Kiai oN Thursday urged Cambodia’s SeNate Not to pass a coNtroversial NGO law that the NatioNal Assembly approved this week, warNiNg that the legislatioN could have “disastrous” effects. ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new dataset on “Reclassifying natural protected areas in Cambodia.” This dataset collected data on the expansion of protected areas in Cambodia taken from government Sub-decrees. The coordinate system, WGS 84, Zone 48n, is used to determine this geographical data, ...

At the ceremony yesterday making the official start of the national Election Committee’s new mandate, nEC chairman Im Suosdey criticized the U.n. human rights envoy to Cambodia for taking an exceedingly harsh view of the country’s much derided electoral system. In a July report to the ...

The U.N. has said it is coNcerNed about deforestatioN iN Oddar MeaNchey proviNce iN aN area where it has lauNched a carboN tradiNg scheme aNd coNfirmed that it is workiNg with the goverNmeNt iN order to “rectify the situatioN.” IN aN email oN Friday, the ...

A 15-month-old boy in the capital’s Russei Keo district has been diagnosed with H5n1 virus, bringing the number of the cases to 18 so far this year, a joint statement by the World Health Organization and Cambodian Health Ministry said Wednesday. The latest death case ...

Cambodia ranked 143rd out of 188 countries in the U.n.’s latest Human Development Index (HDI), a composite measure of development incorporating health, education and living standards, according to new figures released on Monday. ...

As anticipated, the U.n. Human Rights Council on Friday approved U.K. professor Rhona Smith as the new special rapporteur to Cambodia on human rights, replacing Surya Subedi, whose six-year term ends this month. ...

A group of 12 international and local human rights organizations sent a letter to the U.n. Human Rights Council on Thursday urging it to support a resolution addressing “the deteriorating human rights situation in Cambodia.” ...

The relaxing of trade restrictions in Southeast Asian countries has also increased the flow of illegal drugs into the region, according to a report released by the U.n. Office on Drugs and Crime on Thursday. ...

Soeung Hai, a dissident former monk wanted for arrest by the government, said on Tuesday that he had been living in Sweden since February after the U.n.’s refugee agency helped him secure political asylum there. ...

Backed by the U.N., Cambodia oN WedNesday lauNched a NatioNal actioN plaN to completely elimiNate huNger iN the couNtry by 2025, the first step iN aN ambitious iNitiative that the goverNmeNt sigNed oN to last year. ...

The U.N.’s humaN rights eNvoy to Cambodia met with local rights advocates oN MoNday as she begaN her secoNd fact-fiNdiNg missioN to the couNtry, oNe of the meetiNg’s atteNdees said. &Nbsp; ...

October marks the start of the main rice harvest in Thailand, the world’s largest exporter of the grain. Traders are waiting to see the full impact of flooding on the crop, but it’s already clear that output across Southeast Asia will fall substantially. The U.n.’s ...

An eight-year-old girl from Cambodia’s eastern Kampong Thom province has been confirmed for the H5n1 virus, bringing the number of the cases to 21 so far this year, a joint statement by the World Health Organization and the Cambodian Health Ministry said Tuesday. The little girl ...

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha are due to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as scheduled this morning after retaining the services of a new lawyer, a CnRP spokesman said Monday. Mr. Rainsy and Mr. Sokha, as well as union leaders Rong Chhun ...

Twin brothers who were granted temporary asylum in Thailand by the U.n. last month said on Thursday that they planned to return to Cambodia, citing a cooler political climate and a desire to continue their environmental activism. ...

Interior Minister Sar Kheng said on Wednesday that 100 to 200 Cambodians illegally cross the border with Thailand every day, well under an estimate from a U.n. agency that puts the figure at 3,000 to 4,000. ...

A group of 36 Montagnard asylum seekers who went missing last week after they left their hiding places in the forests of Ratanakkiri province have been arrested and deported back to Vietnam, the U.n. and local villagers said Sunday. ...

There are now 109 Montagnard asylum seekers in Phnom Penh waiting to be registered, according to the U.n., but a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said Monday the government does not recognize any of them as legitimate asylum seekers. ...