From the snowy plateaus of Tibet to the mountain gorges of China’s Yunnan province and beyond to the jungled borders of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and down to the plains of Cambodia and paddy fields of Vietnam – the Mekong River is of crucial importance to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Angkor Air, the Kingdom’s flag carrier, inked an agreement with singapore-based aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation Ltd yesterday to dry lease two Airbus A320s, with the new planes scheduled for delivery by the end of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...

During a cabinet meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Hun sen announced a “vision” to shrink the country’s cabinet by excluding secretaries and undersecretaries of state from the body, and to be given the right to bypass the National Assembly by appointing them directly, according to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Interior Ministry said it will investigate documents and a video from 2013 that resurfaced yesterday showing former opposition leader sam Rainsy committing to upholding the rights of ethnic minorities in four northeastern Cambodian provinces, with a Justice Ministry spokesman saying it qualified as “treason”. ss='cambodia-color'>...

In an unusual reversal of rhetoric, Prime Minister Hun sen publicly questioned the loyalty of long-time ally Vietnam on Wednesday, while ordering the interior and justice ministries to thoroughly investigate former opposition leader sam Rainsy for treason for allegedly colluding with the Kingdom’s eastern neighbour. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The prime minister’s older brother Hun san has sent a letter to the Interior Ministry asking for “serious action” to be taken against a deputy National Police chief over an alleged dispute on his land in Banteay Meanchey province. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Popular media outlets Radio Free Asia and Voice of America have become the latest to draw the attention of the government for allegedly not paying taxes, one week after a letter to the Cambodia Daily demanding more than $6 million in back taxes was leaked. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Giving a speech to high-ranking officials on Wednesday, Borith spoke of the rising tensions between Washington and Phnom Penh following the arrest of opposition leader Kem sokha and the closure of U.s.-linked media outlets and a democracy promotion NGO. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to the United Nations in Geneva shot back at the UN human rights office (OHCHR) yesterday for criticising what it characterised as the Kingdom’s deteriorating political climate, claiming the criticism was “unverified” and “politically motivated”. // //   ss='cambodia-color'>...

The fledgling Grassroots Democracy Party appealed yesterday to the predecessors of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party to contest this year’s upcoming elections in a bid to dilute the ruling party’s vote share – an offer they quickly turned down. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Yim Vivatey has cast his ballot at the same polling station in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district since 2003. He has never moved and has been assigned to the same polling station number each time—351. But when the wiry 35-year-old tried looking up his name on ss='cambodia-color'>...

The younger sister of Prime Minister Hun sen is the owner of a private security firm that has been hired to protect the sL Garment Factory from its workers, who have been on strike for more than three months, officials at the firm said Wednesday. Hun ss='cambodia-color'>...

Resentment is still simmering toward Cambodia for its handling of the contentions south China sea issue last year, which fractured the unity of Asean, analysts from around the region said Thursday. During the first day of a two-day regional conference in Phnom Penh organized by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian and international rights groups have renewed their calls for the release of Phnom Penh housing rights campaigner campaigner Yorm Bopha one year after her arrest, urging the public and national leaders not to forget her during the country’s current political deadlock. Global watchdog Amnesty International ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) has dropped to its lowest level of the year, with only 10 units in stock and doctors relying heavily on patients’ family members and friends to donate in emergency situations, health officials said Thursday. NBTC Director Dr. Hok Kim ss='cambodia-color'>...

As hundreds of riot police conducted protest suppression drills in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday morning, Prime Minister Hun sen’s mansion in the center of the city was the focal point of a demonstration by some 2,000 garment factory workers. Municipal police, along with 16 ss='cambodia-color'>...

China on Thursday donated one million U.s. dollars to Cambodia for the relief of the flood- affected people. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo handed over the cash donation to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen at the Peace Palace in the Cambodian capital. Bu, on behalf of ss='cambodia-color'>...

His party is reeling from its worst-ever election result. His political opponents have grown bold and vocal. His people are protesting on the streets. so why is Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen smiling? The long-ruling autocrat emerged beaming from lengthy closed-door meetings this week with his ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun sen has called on a U.N. special envoy to press the country’s opposition to rejoin parliament and negotiate an end to the country’s political stalemate since disputed July elections, an official said Wednesday. Hun sen met with U.N. special envoy for human ss='cambodia-color'>...

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