At least nine police checkpoints on the major entry points into Phnom Penh have been set up ahead of today’s trial of acting CNRP president Kem sokha, with the opposition claiming supporters were being hindered from attending a party rally. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Leaders of Cambodia’s opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Tuesday called on aid donor Japan to deescalate tensions with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party following a brutal attack on two of their lawmakers outside of parliament in the capital Phnom Penh late last month. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Importers can expect a substantial increase in the “specific tax” component of certain products, especially automobiles and auto spare parts, according to a sub-decree by the Customs and Excise Department released yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

CBRE’s 2016 report ‘Asia Pacific Millennials: shaping the Future of Real Estate’ sheds light on millennials thinking around the themes of work, live and play. We see many of the trends observed at a regional level as being applicable to Phnom Penh’s millennials, especially in ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Police are monitoring Facebook to repress attempts to create a “rebel movement against the government” through negative posts and are working to better control civil society groups that have “opposition trends” and try to cause instability in society, a semiannual police report issued yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian rice exports increased marginally during the first half of the year as export companies push to fulfill higher quotas destined for China. Rice exports totalled 288,562 tonnes in the first six months of the year, an increase of 7.6 percent compared to the same time ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen donated $10,000 to Kem Ley’s family yesterday to help with the costs of a ceremony commemorating the one-year anniversary of the murdered political analyst’s assassination. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS haS cut funding next year for the Cambodian Mine Action Centre following monthS of criticiSm from Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S government of America&rSquo;S war legacy in the Kingdom. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Three days ahead of the highly politicised January 7 holiday marking the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge, Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday slammed the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac) for its alleged failure to bring peace to Cambodia in the 1990s, instead claiming his ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of US SenatorS haS Sent a letter to Nikki Haley, the country&rSquo;S ambaSSador to the United NationS, urging her to work with other memberS of the UN Human RightS Council to paSS a reSolution on Cambodia&rSquo;S political Situation.​ SS='cambodia-color'>...

Russia will send observers to the Kingdom for the upcoming national elections and has pledged to sit down to discuss Cambodia’s outstanding debt, a move that analysts yesterday saw as a sign of solidarity between two governments increasingly out of favour with the West. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Hydropower development will likely deal a serious economic blow to Cambodia, with dire outlooks for its fisheries and rice outputs predicted even under best-case scenarios, according to key findings from the Mekong River Commission (MRC). ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United StateS Senate haS paSSed a $1.3 trillion Spending bill that lookS to cut funding for Cambodia unleSS it releaSeS all political priSonerS and reinStateS the oppoSition Cambodia National ReScue Party. The paSSage of the omnibuS bill on Friday, which avertS a US government SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s political dispute deepened on sunday as the opposition planned a three-day mass protest against the final election results that handed victory to the long-serving Prime Minister Hun sen’s ruling party. The nation held a general election on July 28. The National Election Committee (NEC) issued ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy joint his Cambodian supporters, who live in Europe, to hold a protest in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva in his effort to attack the government led by Prime Minister Hun sen, one of the longest Asian leaders. He left ss='cambodia-color'>...

The anti-corruption Unit is launching its investigation on corruption cases after being revealed by Global Fund Organization through its progressive report. The investigation is being launched in line with the Unit’s announcement on the 37th Meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council on 29 January 2014. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Banteay Chhmar Community-Based Tourism project is a group of local villagers from the Banteay Chhmar community dedicated to preserving and protecting the cultural heritage of their local temple site. Khiri Travel is aiming to create a responsible tourism industry in the town of Banteay Chhmar. The CBT ss='cambodia-color'>...

Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) appealed to Labor Minister Ith samheng, and relevant institutions to immediately stop ongoing protests at Tai seng and Manhattan special Economic Zone in svay Rieng’s Bavet town. Workers led by Mr. Pav sina, President of Collective Unions of Movement of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Civil society organizations of Cambodia request the Royal Government to meet its pledge to be more responsive to the voices of its citizens and undertake critical reforms on current legislative agenda. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The contradictory decisions of the leaders of the Cambodia National Rescue Party raised concern over the future of this opposition party. The leaders of this party have shown contradictory stance a few times in the political negotiations with Mr. Hun sen’s Cambodian’s People Party (CPP). ss='cambodia-color'>...