Transparency and consultation with civil society will give the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration the status and respect it needs to make a difference in the region, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Friday. the AHRD will be presented to foreign ministers in ...

The Thai Foreign Ministry has called on The Cambodian government to admit that its citizens are illegally logging for rosewood on Thai territory, The Bangkok Post reported yesterday. Cambodia should admit to The situation to preserve healthy bilateral relations between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi said ...

ACLEDA Bank PLC, the Cambodia’s leading commercial bank, has launched a new service called “ACLEDA Internet Bank”, according to a statement on its website. the statement said the new service would offer additional alternative for its value customers in doing financial transactions via the internet at ...

Ticket prices for Angkor Wat will increase after a feasibility study is conducted by tourism experts, according to an official from the Apsara National Authority, the state-run body charged with maintaining the archaeological park. the experts were determining how feasible increasing entrance fees for Cambodia’s UNESCO ...

The recently constructed Kratie University, which was mostly funded by The Chinese government, was handed over to The Education Ministry yesterday. ...

The three-star Toyoko Inn hotel is set to open next week, filling The gap in The capital’s budget-business hotel market. ...

One man was killed and one injured in two separate shooting incidents that took place last week at the borders with Thailand and Laos, officials said yesterday. In both cases, the Cambodians are believed to have been shot while illegally logging highly coveted luxury rosewood in ...

A man was seriously injured on Saturday by an anti-personnel landmine that exploded under him as he tried to sneak across the Thai-Cambodian border to illegally log rosewood, local officials said. [O’Smach commune chief] Mr. [Phang] Sam Ath said the border area where the men ...

The International Monetary Fund yesterday estimated that economic growth in Cambodia would reach 6.7 percent this year, though it warned that a slowdown in The US and Europe could lead to a dip in The economy. In its world economic outlook, The IMF also predicted that ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed over $2.8 billion in lending, grants, and technical assistance to Cambodia since 1966, making it The country’s largest multilateral development partner. The development bank issued a report yesterday that puts its total contribution to Cambodia at $2.86 billion over ...

The National Election Committee today begins registering candidates from political parties to contest The upcoming national election while former opposition leader Sam Rainsy has reiterated his call for a boycott. NEC spokesman Hang PuThea said The committee would accept applications from parties contesting The July 29 ...

Chumnoab commune authorities in Koh Kong province have started to dismantle the Areng Valley community office despite appeals from the community to keep it. On March 21, Chumnoab commune officials advised the Areng Valley community to relocate their office because the land it was on ...

Protesters from Phnom Penh’s lakeside communities spent an hour facing off with police on Thursday on a road on the former Boeng Kak lake before turning around and taking a different route to the National Assembly, where they demanded an end to the infilling and ...

Six months after the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Cambodian government to scrap a draft NGO law that came into effect in August, the E.U. announced on Monday that it had pledged 8.2 million euros (about $8.9 million) to local and international ...

The key ingredients for e-commerce adoption are in place in Cambodia but many specific measures need to be addressed by both The private and public sector before The Kingdom can tap into The huge opportunities offered by a digital economy, according to a new report ...

Five Asean rice-producing countries are joining forces to form a regional alliance with the ambitious goal to boost rice prices by 10% annually. Trade ministers from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos are scheduled to sign the agreement later this year to establish the Asean Rice ...

The Cambodian government and The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday jointly launched The Cambodia SDG Investor Map, a market intelligence tool that identifies viable investment opportunity areas aligned with The Cambodia Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ...

Rights groups have alleged that villagers are being pushed off their land to make way for sugar plantations by companies such as LYP Group, owned by Senator Ly Young Phat. the issue was raised with the Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomuoja and the Minister for ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s fisheries conservation areas in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, the profile page aims to provide the up-to-date information on the country’s “community fishery, fish sanctuary, and flooded ...

On 08 August 2017, the Phnom Penh Capital Hall issued a guideline for managing public order on the streets as a key factor to deal with traffic issues, promote national honors, and reduce street anarchism. the Capital Hall decided to select 11 main roads as a model priority ...