The National Assembly today ratified the 1985 supplementary treaty and 2005 agreement on border demarcation between Cambodia and Vietnam to foster good relations and maintain peace along borders of the two nations. ...

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Koy Kuong said the government will attempt to address all the points of concern raised by the European Union but refrained from divulging any details. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen addressed a group of Cambodian expatriates in New York on Thursday, calling for an end to politically divisive rhetoric and assuring them that he was speaking as a government leader who represented all Cambodians, not as a party politician.However, he also ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday condemned the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly on Monday, before then insisting the violence was wholly unrelated to the pro-ruling party rally from which its perpetrators emerged.In a rare televised address to the nation, the ...

Vietnam and Cambodia Wednesday agreed on directions and measures to bolster cooperation between their border provinces and effectively settle arising and complex issues, the Vietnam News Agency reported.The eighth meeting on border province cooperation and development, held in Ho Chi Minh City October 27-28, was ...

Cambodia continues to lack an effective way to resolve land disputes, which remain a major destroyer of livelihoods for many families, according to a study released by the NGO Forum yesterday.The study examines 26 sample villages in Battambang, Kampong Speu, Pursat and Kampong Chhnang provinces, ...

After weeks of occasionally tumultuous negotiations saw 2016’s minimum wage for garment workers raised to $140 earlier this month, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned yesterday that the new rate could cause factories to flee Cambodia, even though he was credited with personally intervening to push ...

In an unexpected turn, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Saturday that the outspoken Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) will not be shut down, despite accusing the local NGO last week of serving foreign interests. In an article posted to government mouthpiece Fresh News, the ...

The Interior Ministry is due to hold a meeting with representatives of local and foreign NGOs next week in a bid to review and give feedback over draft amendments to the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations. ...

Countries along the Mekong River have vowed to increase co-operation in cracking down on and preventing drug trafficking from the Golden Triangle area and the import of chemical substances for drug production.​ ...

Container traffic through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 7.5 percent in the first eight months of this year compared to the sme period last year, according to port figures. In the January through August period, the port received 57,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, up ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has inked an agreement with French international development agency – Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), for obtaining a loan of US$ 3.5 million to set up [sic] first garment training institute in the country. As per the agreement the ...

About 30 metres of luxury timber were seized in Ratanakirri province on Sunday after national and provincial military police set up a road block near the border with Vietnam, according to police officials. The high-end lumber was being smuggled over a dirt road in Lumphat ...

Villagers and police clashed Sunday after excavators moved in to prepare work on a disputed plot where authorities will build a CPP commune office in Stung Treng City’s Preah Bat commune, officials said yesterday. Hou Sam Ol, provincial monitor for local rights group Adhoc, said Stung ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has told villagers they should not to protest in land disputes but rather seek help from authorities following a spate of violent crackdowns on demonstrations. The premier said protests affect public order and claimed they sometimes become violent in a statement signed ...

PHNOM PENH: the Siem reap international airport announced today that it gained 340,000 passengers for January and the South Korean passengers stand first class. “This is first time in its history, [sic] the statement said. It adds: barely a month after crossing the 2-millionth passenger milestone, ...

Singapore-listed property and construction group TA Corporation has managed to post stellar increase in earnings in the first half of this year, despite the government’s property cooling measures TA Corporation is also aiming for further growth overseas through joint ventures in China and Cambodia “China has big ...

Cable Thai Holdings (CTH) says it is in talks with leading cable-TV operators and private broadcasters in Cambodia and Laos to grant sub-licence rights to broadcast the English Premier League for three seasons beginning in 2013-14. CTH is a group of more than 300 cable-TV operators ...

Residents who were forcibly evicted from their homes in Borei Keila on this day two years ago will hold a ceremony today to remind the public of the pain they endured and push for compensation they say is still owed. On January 3, 2012, more than ...

Cargo shipment entering and leaving Cambodia through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 20 percent in the first nine months of 2013 thanks to growing business activities, according to port’s data released on Saturday. During the January-September period this year, the kingdom’s second largest port ...