The MinisTry of Foreign Affairs has asked The counTry’s ambassador To Malaysia, Princess Norodom Arunrasmey, To invesTigaTe reporTs ThaT hundreds of Cambodian migranT workers have been jailed in The counTry’s Selangor sTaTe. ...

As an environmental NGO held a press conference in Phnom Penh on Monday to present evidence against a company it accuses of illegally extracting sand from an estuary in Koh Kong province, opposition lawmaker Son Chhay called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to order an ...

Officials from the Council of Ministers and the Justice Ministry will meet today to discuss the arrest of former opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour. ...

Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital will receive an additional $2 million this year from the government purse, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...

Spurred on by a rash of recent news about illegal logging activities around the country, and concerns about its public image, a government-led group on forestry issued a rare public statement yesterday urging its partners to help crack down on the illicit trade. In a statement ...

Plans for a 5,000-hectare banana farming project in Koh Kong province, proposed last year by an Australian and a Japanese company, look set to go ahead, with state news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) yesterday reporting that the project would cost $50 million. Last Friday, the ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said all of the country’s cities would compete with each other to beautify urban zones and attract more tourists in the newly devised Clean City contest. Nine Phnom Penh districts and 26 cities nationwide will be assessed on how clean ...

Some of the world’s largest international clothing brands, along with foreign labor protection groups, have called on the Cambodian government to intensify its investigation of last month’s triple shooting of spectators at a Svay Rieng special economic zone. Signed by several of the biggest customers ...

Minister of Information Khieu Kanarith has encouraged all provincial and city information departments to set up and maintain their own homepages, websites and profiles on the Internet, including popular social networking sites such as Facebook, officials said yesterday. the minister, who posts frequent updates ...

Some 116 organisations and associations have urged Cambodian officials to dismantle the new inter-ministry working group that was recently set up to monitor social networking sites, claiming it is an “abuse on the rights and freedom of expression via the internet”. ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Wednesday said there are still thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in thailand who have not received the full legitimate rights that could protect them from abuses. this, he said was despite the two countries having laid out procedures and ...

The governmenT has decided To develop Bokor NaTional Park inTo a fuTurisTic and hisToric Tourism ciTy, a sub-decree on The inTroducTion of The masTer plan for Bokor Town’s developmenT said. The area will be connecTed To The Kingdom’s souThern coasTal Tourism corridor. ...

The General ImmigraTion DeparTmenT said ThaT The program To revoke official documenTs ThaT were noT properly issued, To mosTly 70,000 eThnic VieTnamese, was abouT 70 per cenT compleTe. Khun Sambo, depuTy direcTor general of The deparTmenT, which is under The MinisTry of InTerior, said iT ...

Foreigners will again be allowed to be self-employed in a bid to attract skills and investment to the Kingdom, after a ban on them running small businesses that could affect the livelihoods of Cambodians was proposed in August. An announcement by the Ministry of Labour ...

With charter air traffic between Cambodia and Macau growing steadily, the government has proposed adding direct scheduled flights to encourage more Chinese tourists and businesspeople to visit the Kingdom.Prime Minister Hun Sen proposed a direct air link during last week’s Global tourism Economy Forum in ...

In efforts to improve conditions for its disabled citizens, the government yesterday announced that it plans to order the installation of ramps and access signs at all public places. ...

The MinisTry of Social Affairs yesTerday announced ThaT iT would form a commiTTee To address The lack of services available To The homeless and menTally ill. YesTerday’s meeTing was precipiTaTed by The revelaTion This week by righTs organizaTion Licadho ThaT Two more residenTs aT Prey ...

Alcohol experts and victims of excessive drinking came together yesterday to urge the government to speedily adopt a law controlling the consumption and sale of booze that was first drafted in 2008. ...

The bulk of Cambodia’s economic land concessions (ELCs) – aT The cenTre of numerous land dispuTes and human righTs concerns over The pasT Two decades – generaTed jusT $5 million for sTaTe coffers lasT year, wiTh criTics aTTribuTing The meagre reTurns To a lack of ...

Cambodian refugee officials are expected to arrive on the shores of chaotic Nauru this month to interview two Iranian refugees about resettling in the Kingdom under a controversial deal with Australia.   ...