The first day of campaigning for Senate elections began on Saturday, with only the ruling CPP having a large march in Takeo province, according to the National Election Committee.The NEC said the march was attended by more than 1,000 people, about 300 cars and about ...

Sesan dam holdouts from Kbal Romeas and Srekor villages have gone on the offensive, demanding compensation for destroyed rice fields and new homes on their ancestral land. Both villages were flooded following the inauguration of the China-backed Lower Sesan II Dam in September. While some accepted ...

Civil society organizations, unions and citizens celebrated Human Rights Day in Phnom Penh on the weekend, but were not permitted to march through the streets and many opted to hold their celebrations in Freedom Park. On Saturday, Yang Kim Eng, the chairman of the Cambodian Human ...

Kampong Speu province will be the second place after Phnom Penh to launch a public bus service after an agreement between the provincial authority and Brickston Cambodia on Wednesday.Provincial governor Vei Samnang said: “We cannot confirm the specific date because we need to process the ...

More than a dozen Chinese companies inked deals to purchase about $526 million worth of agricultural products from Cambodian firms on Monday. The 34 agreements between 14 Chinese firms and 18 Cambodian firms were announced by the two country’s commerce ministries at a press conference ...

The United States says it will give Vietnam a loan of more than $100 million to buy a telecommunications satellite from a U.S. companyLockheed Martin Ex-Im says the satellite will provide coverage to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. It says President Barack Obama was required to ...

Free Trade Union president Chea Mony has announced that his union will leave the Cambodian Confederation of Unions and sever all ties with its long-time ally, the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association. In a letter to Minister of Labour Vong Sauth, dated June 27 and obtained by ...

Finance Minister Keat Chhon an­nounced a new plan on Thursday to cut down on rampant state corruption by dispersing three-quarters of non-tax revenue to ministries and their employees as financial “rewards.” With Anti-Corruption Unit chief Om Yentieng by his side, Mr. Chhon laid out the bare ...

Thailand is rethinking a controversial plan to deport pregnant migrant workers from countries such as Cambodia and instead support them following widespread outrage, a Thai labour ministry official said yesterday. Last month, Thai Labor Minister Padermchai Sasomsap announced plans to send home migrant workers who were ...

The Cambodian government said Saturday that it is going to take a firm measure against the country’s main opposition leader Sam Rainsy over his offensive remarks on the nation’s King Norodom Sihamoni. “The government will consider a firm measure against Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue ...

In a report released yesterday, local election-monitoring organisation Comfrel accuses the ruling Cambodian People’s Party of stifling the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s campaign for district, provincial and municipal council elections. Comfrel cited the closure of Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park to would-be campaigners, and the ...

Cambodian human rights organizations say they have major concerns over a deal with Australia that could send unwanted refugees to Cambodia. The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee says Cambodia’s track record of human rights abuse and corruption make people “living on the margins” vulnerable to abuse. Australia ...

A group of 14 ethnic minority Uighurs, including six children, fleeing China were arrested on Saturday in the Thai border province of Sa Keo after Cambodian smugglers deserted them on Friday, Thai media reported yesterday. The five men, three women and six children who were apprehended ...

After nearly a year of boycotting parliamentary sessions, all 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party took the oath of office Tuesday. The oath was taken two weeks after the CNRP and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to ...

Fifty-five opposition politicians were sworn in to the Cambodian parliament Tuesday, ending a yearlong boycott in protest of what they called massive vote rigging by the party of longtime ruler Hun Sen. The swearing-in of Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy and his colleagues took ...

Cambodia presented its human rights report before the United Nations Office in Geneva amid growing allegations that abuses are being systematically committed by state forces. The UN committee acknowledged that Cambodia has introduced some reforms in recent years, in particular land reform and registration of ...

The Tax Department has threatened to publicly name companies that have not paid their outstanding dues by the end of the month. In an announcement posted on its website and in local media on Tuesday, the General Department of Taxation called on all company directors with ...

Prime minister Hun Sen will be automatically nominated as the new president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party but not clear for whom will succeed him as the new vice president. The CPP will hold its congress on June 20, 2015 to elect new president ...

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The Swedish government announced today it will cease providing development assistance, starting from July 1, and will redirect its focus to human rights, democracy and the rule of law. ...